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 Brand Assessment Cadbury was established nearly 200 years ago in 1824 by John Cadbury. John himself held values of social justice and equality which have been inherent to the company and are still maintained to this day. Traditionally Cadburys has always been known as a family company; many of its employees were and are located in Bourneville and neighbouring areas‚ such that it is known as ‘Cadbury-town’. However‚ the recent takeover by Kraft‚ a US food giant for $11.5 billion‚ has seen
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Cadbury: The Brand The Cadbury brand enjoys a high level of brand equity in Ireland. Research shows 96% of consumers recognise the brand‚ while 74% state that when it comes to chocolate‚ only Cadbury’s will do! There are three main brand name strategies: Family brand names: The parent brand is also known as an "umbrella" brand. This term is given to product ranges where the family brand name is used for all products. The advantage of this approach is that positive associations with the parent
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CADBURY ADS – BRAND RECONSTRUCT 1. Tagline – Kuch Khaas hai zindagi mein The advertisements with this tagline are: • The football advertisement with old men in it • The girl with mehendi on her hands • The cricket advertisement These advertisements show that Cadbury is eaten whenever there is something special happening in life. So if the person scores a century in cricket or the old men win the football match or when the girl is about to get married‚ she is shown to be celebrating
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