Coca-Cola versus Pepsi-Cola: Competitive Strategies Coca-Cola (Coke) and Pepsi-Cola (Pepsi) have been the most popular soft drinks for many years‚ and has also been each other’s biggest competitor. Coke was created in 1885 by John Stith Pemberton‚ a pharmacist‚ and was initially made as a tonic (Smith‚ 2012). In the beginning‚ Coke had cocaine in it‚ which was to fight depression and also make consumers addicted to the drink. In 1904‚ the Food and Drug Administration eliminated the use of cocaine
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Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2006 1. Why is the soft drink industry so profitable? In an industry dominated by two heavyweight contenders‚ Coke and Pepsi‚ in fact‚ between 1996 and 2004 per capita consumption of carbonated soft drinks (CSD) remained between 52 to 54 gallons per year. Consumption grew by an average of 3% per year over the next three decades. Fueling this growth were the increasing availability of CSD‚ the introduction of diet and flavored varieties‚ and brand extensions
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Introduction The Coca- Cola Company is one of the world’s greatest multinationals that has its headquarters in Atlanta‚ Georgia. The company specializes its operations in the manufacture‚ retail‚ and the marketing of nonalcoholic drinks‚ concentrates and syrups (Foster‚ 2014). Most importantly‚ the coca-cola company is best known for its famous coca-cola product that was invented in the year 1886. Since its inception in the year 1889‚ the Coca-Cola Company has made its operations in different parts
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Management 15 May 2010 R J Corp Company Profile:- Type- Public (BSE)Industry- Food Beverages (Alcoholic & Non-alcoholic)Country of origin- IndiaFounder- Ravi Kant JaipuriaKey People- Ravi Kant Jaipuria (Chairperson & CEO)Products- Pizza Costa Coffee KFC Pepsi Diet Pepsi Mountain Dew
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Case Memo 1 Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2006 Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola have a long history of intense competition since 1950. Besides the CSD (carbonated soft drink) consumption rise‚ it brought both Coke and Pepsi enjoyed significant revenue growth. In 2004‚ CSD has 52.3% of total US Liquid Consumption. Coke and Pepsi had 22.1% and 14.4% in Net profit/sales respectively. There are four major participants involved in the production and distribution of CSDs: 1. Concentrate Producers
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The Coca-Cola Company: Company Evaluation The Coca-Cola Company is the leading supplier of non-alcoholic beverages in the world. The brand is most recognized in the industry‚ providing over 3‚500 soft drinks‚ sports drinks‚ water‚ juices‚ coffee‚ and milk products to more than 200 countries around the world. Guided by the company’s core values‚ Coca-Cola has created value and accomplished great notoriety through careful planning and execution of their business strategy. Current Strategies Although
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industry‚ smaller national producers‚ such as Seven-Up and Dr Pepper‚ are relatively trivial. There are a lot of players of same size in the bottling industry. Unlike the furious competition between Pepsi and Coke‚ no sense of competition can be felt in bottling industry. Reasons are that‚ first‚ Pepsi and Coke control the majority of bottlers in 1990s; second‚ intrabrand competition is restricted by the franchise agreement‚ which is protected by ’Soft Drink Interbrand Competition Act’. From the
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Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2006 CSD Industry Overview Coke and Pepsi‚ the two main players in the duopoly market‚ have benefited from average growth of 3% since 1970 in the CSD market. There are many substitutes to CSD’s such as; milk‚ coffee‚ bottled water‚ beer‚ juices‚ tea‚ wine‚ sports drinks‚ and tap water yet American’s drank more soda than any other beverage. Coke and Pepsi competed fiercely for market share and this competition built brand recognition for both companies. Continuous
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Pepsi [pic] ASK FOR MORE!! INTRODUCTION At the 20’s and 30’s in the 20 century‚ Coca-Cola was the absolute leader of soft drink market. Pepsi-Cola was just a new brand at that time. Pepsi-Cola was thought of just a copy of Coca-Cola and its flavor is similar to Coca-Cola. So the Coca-Cola did not take any importance for it. But later Pepsi-Cola developed fast and became the strongest competitor to the Coca-Cola and now Pepsi shared 40% of the market. It is a big threat
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PepsiCo is a world leader in convenient snacks‚ foods and beverages‚ with revenues of more than$39 billion and over 185‚000 employees. The company consists of PepsiCo Americas Foods(PAF)‚ PepsiCo Americas Beverages (PAB) and PepsiCo International (PI). PAF includes Frito-Lay North America‚ Quaker Foods North America and all Latin America food and snack businesses‚ including Sabritas and Gamesa businesses in Mexico. PAB includes PepsiCoBeverages North America and all Latin American beverage businesses
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