Case study of There’s a Syringe in My Pepsi Can! Background Pepsi-Cola is a soft drink produced by PepsiCo. This soft drink was first introduced on August 28‚ 1898 by pharmacist Caleb Bradham. This paper is a case study of a hoax perpetrated on PepsiCo on June 9‚ 1993. It all began when an 82-year-old man‚ Earl (Tex) Triplett and his wife Mary Triplett said that they had found a syringe similar to that used by diabetics in a can of Diet Pepsi. The can was turned over to their lawyer‚ which could
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Pepsi’s Crisis Response: The Syringe Scare 1993 Ryan Campbell Public Relations 9/28/10 Background: Pepsi has been a favorite soda of millions of people for over a decade. In 1993‚ PepsiCo received the Silver Anvil Award for businesses for successfully solving a crisis that had to do with one of its products. To understand the severity of the crisis it was first facing in 1993 it is important to understand a little history of the company. It was first created in 1898 when Pepsin and Cola
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PEPSI: REFRESH EVERYTHING CAMPAGIN By: Lorraine Reynolds March 12th 2015 GSCBC21: Effectve PR Professor Jonas LJUNGGREN PEPSI: REFRESH EVERYTHING CAMPAGIN The Pepsi Refresh Project (PRP) was a new campaign launched by Pepsi Co. It was a campaign where Pepsi asked consumers to come up with different ideas on how to improve aspects of their local communities based on four categories – arts‚ music‚ education and communities. There was also an extra Pepsi Challenge where they would post a question
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11 CASE STUDY PEPSI GROUPE ASSINGMENT INTRODUCTION Pepsico‚ inc.is one of the most successful consumer products companies in the world. Its operates from Australia. Pepsi-cola company‚ the second largest soft drink business and Tropicana products. The main products of the company comprises of different soft drinks brand includes pepsi‚pepsi light ‚pepsi max‚7up‚mountain dew‚etc..The company consists of: Frito-Lay Company‚ the largest
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United Kingdom (Case study) STUDENT NAME :Nambuhewage Buddhini Shashika STUDENT ID NUMBER :G1406999U LECTURER :Ms.June DATE OF SUBMISSION Table of Content Word Count Number of Pages: Number of Words: Word count is exclusive of the followings: Cover page Content Page List of References 1: INTRODUCTION Coca-Cola and Pepsi have been battling each other for more than a century. It’s a legendary brand rivalry. The saga began in 1886‚ when John S. Pemberton developed
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Effective Communication Case Study Analysis Case 9-1 Pepsi Syringe University of Phoenix Public Relations / MKT 438 Charles Bocage‚ Dean of Education‚ Apagy Technology Group‚ MBA‚ MSIS‚ TQM January 22‚ 2007 Effective Communication Case Study Analysis Case 9-1 There’s a Syringe in My Pepsi Can Public‚ private‚ and non-profit organizations have experienced unprecedented change. The function of public relations has gained recognition for providing appropriate counsel to organizations
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Strategic issue Maintain competitive focus‚ while splitting PepsiCo and creating governance for the new Pepsi Bottling Group. Internal Analysis Pepsi was invented in 1893‚ establishing a franchise bottling system of 270 bottlers by 1910. Pepsi struggled in its early years declaring bankruptcy twice. The 1970’s and early 80’s‚ Pepsi surpassed Coke for the first time. Bottling was a capital-intensive business and involved highly specialized production lines. Bottling and canning could cost between
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incident of syringes were found in the Diet Pepsi cans‚ it is clearly showed that the company had demonstrated an effective halting from the company’s openness with the media. While dealing and handling with the crisis‚ the PR team of Pepsi focused on both their internal and external publics. It is important for an organization to have a strong internal communication as these internal publics helps to convince the external publics of the organization. The internal publics of Pepsi were consists
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the largest manufacturer and distributor of snack chips; Pepsi-Cola Company‚ the second largest soft drink business and Tropicana Products‚ the largest marketer and producer of branded juice. PepsiCo brands are among the best known and most respected in the world and are available in about 190 countries and territories. In 2000‚ PepsiCo has a reported net sale of $20‚348 and a comparable net sale of $20‚144 in comparison to its 1999’s net sales of $20‚367 and $18‚666 respectively. PepsiCo has
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1. Select a specific company of your choice. Read about this company and its current position. Based on your study‚ identify some of the important macro environmental opportunities and threats for this company. Solution: Pepsi Co: Revenuue- $ 60 Billion No. of employees:2‚85‚000approx Opportunities * Broadening of Product Base - PepsiCo is seeking to address one of its potential weaknesses; dependency on US markets by acquiring Russia’s leading Juice Company‚ Lebedyansky‚ and V Wwater
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