Case 8: Panera Bread Company in 2011—pursuing growth in a difficult economy This case study provides information regarding the past performance, current analysis, stock valuation, market evaluation, and industry comparison. In this analysis and case study, The following key elements comprise the Panera Bread strategy: 1. Capitalize on market potential by opening both company-owned and franchised Panera Bread locations as quickly as possible. Management planned to expand the number of Panera
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| |Your two brands under the |Brand 1: Coca-Cola | |sector |Brand 2: Pepsi | |Introduction |Sector overview (e.g. Introduce the industry to the audience)
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Discuss whether price is the main factor affecting the demand for Pepsi The question is telling us to discuss the whether price is the main factor which would affect the demand (the quantity of Pepsi consumers are willing to buy each month or so) for the product in this case Pepsi, this basically means to analyse the alternate factors (non price) which would also alter the demand for the product for example: price of substitute, the quality of substitute, the number of substitute, the quality
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make profit while the company does as well will get a more financial sound base for selling Coca Cola. Encouraging a competitive retail wholesale to stores and restaurants will offer more companies and places to offer the Coca Cola brand rather than Pepsi if they only own a certain brand. Meeting and going over a company’s expectations and offering valuable discounts brings more buyers and better relationships from seller to buyer in the long run. The economy regulates prices and the fact that someone
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introducing the Pepsi Challenge most of those who participated preferred Pepsi’s sweeter formula. in 1981, Coke’s number one status was starting to look vulnerable. It was losing market share Coke’s market share had slipped to an all-time low of just under 24 per cent. http://brandfailures.blogspot.com/2006/10/new-coke.html With Pepsi gaining ground, Coca Cola launched a product with a different taste In creating New Coke, Coca-Cola was reversing its brand image to overlap with that of Pepsi. The company
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whereas PepsiCo has tried to diversify itself by merging with companies such as Quaker, Tropicana, and Gatorade. PepsiCo is slightly better at managing its receivables. Liquidity ratios provide insight as to how easily a company can pay off its short-term obligations without having to obtain additional financing. A concern for PepsiCo may be their cost of goods sold as it continues to be approximately 10% higher than Coke’s cost of goods sold PepsiCo is the second-largest beverage business in the
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About Coca Cola India The Brand Coca Cola has been New India’s favorite for last 20 years. A market leader with strong hold of 51% over the Rs 50 billion soft drink industry in India. Coca Cola India boasts of growth rate twice that of the Indian GDP. Not only the numbers but the popularity and accepatibilty of the product cuts across all kinds of socioeconomic classification in India. The per capita consumption of Cold drinks in Inida is 7-8 bottles and cold drink segments collectively have a
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describe la respuesta de PepsiCo, que sólo pareció aumentar las cargas financieras impuestas a la cuota de mercado de Pepsi vacilante. “La guerra de las Colas” en México entre Coca Cola y Pepsi Cola, la guerra interminable por la presencia mundial. Pepsico, se encontraba en el segundo lugar mundial después de Coca Cola ésta con un 46% de participación en el mercado de las gaseosas y Pepsi con un 21%. La guerra en Latino América comenzó en 1996, cuando Pepsico presentaba pérdidas en el mercado de
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hence proved the difficulties of small firms to enter the market. The presence of Oligopoly was also demonstrated in the Cola Wars where Pepsi & Coke were the only two giants competing in the industry. The profitability was fairly high since the market is shared by few large firms. Similar to RTE cereals, advertising is a robust tool used by Coke and Pepsi in
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-What was the public issue facing the Coca Cola company in this case? What stakeholders were concerned and how did their expectations differ from the company's performance? -Public issue: Corporate impact on water quality, availability and access around the world. -Water is pertinent to Coca Cola because they use 80 billion gallons of water worldwide each year. Because all aspects of the production are dependent on this resource, from the company’s perspective water is the key component of profitability
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