Marketing Case Study: Cadbury Beverages‚ Inc. – Crush Brand 1. Situation Analysis Cadbury Beverages‚ Inc. is the beverage-manufacturing division of Cadbury Schweppes PLC. It was created in 1969 by a merger of Schweppes PLC (1783‚ London‚ the first world’s soft drink maker) and Cadbury (1830‚ Birmingham‚ a major British confectionery manufacturer). In 1989‚ the Cadbury Schweppes PLC was one of the world’s largest multinational companies and the world’s third largest soft drink marketer (behind
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Strategies Cadbury Beverages Case Study Cadbury Beverages is the beverage division of Cadbury Schweppes‚ a major soft drink and confectionary marketer. In 1989 they had worldwide sales of $4.6 billion. Schweppes was the worlds first soft drink maker and the 3rd largest soft drink marketer. In 1969 Schweppes merged with Cadbury in the year 1989 and Cadbury Schweppes was on of the world’s largest multinational firms and was ranked 457th in the business week’s global 1‚000. Beverages accounted
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The Company: Cadbury Beverages Inc. a division of Cadbury Schweppes PLC Company Status: 3rd largest Worldwide and 4th largest in US; achieved positioning through consistent marketing investment in the brand and its diverse products. The Acquisition: In addition‚ the company acquired other brands worldwide that already had a solid customer following. • 1986 acquired Canada Dry and certain rights to Sunkist soft drinks • 1989 acquired Crush brand worldwide along with soft drink companies
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In October 1989 Cadbury Beverages (CB) Inc. has acquired soft drink brands from Procter & Gamble. Then in January 1990‚ the Cadbury marketing team decided to take up a challenge of relaunching the Crush soft drink brands. A marketing plan is strategically developed to achieve the target of the organization. The primary objective of this marketing plan is to relaunch the Crush brand through improved market coverage. With the effort to relaunch the Crush Brand‚ Cadbury Beverages (CB) had identified
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Company Description Cadbury Beverages‚ Inc. is the beverage division of Cadbury Schweppes PLC‚ a major global soft drink and confectionery marketer. In 1989‚ Cadbury Schweppes PLC had worldwide sales of $4.6 billion‚ which were produced by product sales in more than 110 countries. Cadbury Schweppes PLC headquarters are located in London‚ England; Cadbury Beverages‚ Inc. worldwide headquarters are in Stamford‚ Connecticut. Cadbury Schweppes PLC has the distinction of being the world’s
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Cadbury Beverages‚ Inc.: Crush Brand 1. Based on your assessment of the soft drink industry‚ the orange-flavored category‚ and the competitive situation of Cadbury Beverages and orange Crush‚ what is your recommendation for positioning orange Crush? Be sure to base your recommendation on facts and issues raised in the case. According to Exhibit 5‚ from 1985-1989‚ Orange crushes’ market share decreased from 22% (1985) to 8% (1989)‚ this data shows that prior to the entrance of Coca Cola’s
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RUNNING HEAD: CADBURY BEVERAGES INC. CASE ANALYSIS Cadbury Beverages Inc. Case Analysis October 3‚ 2010 Cadbury Beverages‚ Inc. Case Analysis Marketing executives at Cadbury Beverages‚ Inc. want to re-launch the following brands: Crush‚ Hires‚ and Sun-Drop soft drinks. However‚ Cadbury has seen several challenges arise in the eve of their next attempt to lead the market. Senior marketing executives decided to focus generally on the Crush brand of fruit flavored carbonated beverages. The key
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Cadbury Schweppes is an important player in the American soft drink market where American consumers drink more soft drinks than tap water. In conjunction with population growth and rising per capita consumption there was an estimated $43 billion in retail sales in 1989. However‚ trend data suggests that sales of diet drinks accounted for a large portion of the overall growth of carbonated drink sales in the 1980’s with supermarket sales the key to successful soft drink marketing. Despite being the
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Case: Cadbury Beverages‚ Inc. 1. Situation Analysis - Industry o $43 billion in retail sales for soft drinks in 1989 o 82% of soft drink sales are led by 3 producers: Coke‚ PepsiCo‚ Dr. Pepper/Seven Up Supermarkets account for 40% of industry sales o Orange Category (diet & regular) accounts for about 3.9% of soft drink sales Top 4 ‘orange’ brands: Sunkist‚ Slice‚ Minute Maid‚ Crush - Company: Cadbury o 1989‚ $4.6 billion in worldwide sales beverages accounted for 60% ($2.76 Billion)
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SWOT Analysis v Strengths ÿ The name “Crush” is the first name people think of when they think of orange soda. ÿ World’s first soft drink marketer‚ now 4th largest one ÿ Schweppes brand equity support ÿ Crush has is a long life brand ÿ Crush has high awareness in big cities ÿ Crush is the most recognized orange flavored soda name ÿ It is used in many trendy pop-culture outlets (i.e. vintage clothing‚ popular restaurants ÿ Crush has sufficient resources v Weaknesses ÿ Cadbury Schweppes
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