How does their accounting for inventories affect comparability between the two companies? (d) Which company changed its accounting policies during 2009 which affected the consistency of the financial results from the previous year? What were these changes? SOLUTION (a) Coca-Cola indicates its business is nonalcoholic beverages, principally soft drinks, but also a variety of noncarbonated beverages. It notes that it is the world’s largest manufacturer, distributor, and marketer of concentrates and syrups to produce nonalcoholic beverages.
Opportunities: -Expand into different regions blue collard segment- Expand into new market segments in East Region- New products- Female- “First Time Drinkers” Threats: -Aging core- customer segment- Major Domestic producers- light beer- Second tier domestic producers- Wine and spirited drinks companies- federal excise tax rate, increase in national health concern MMBC’s competitive advantage is the companies unique brand equity. Mountain Man Lager is distinctive because of its’ bitter flavor and slightly higher-than-average alcohol content. The company has made a profit since 1925 until 2005 about 80 years by having a loyal core customer base and building on its brand equity. It is sustainable as long as they keep or increase their core customer market without jeopardizing the brand image. The company’s competitive advantage is a combination of the Brand loyalty, core customer market, Brand Image, “Grass Roots” Marketing which is more effective in there region than competitors.
As stated in MKTG, sustainability ‘refers to the idea that socially responsible companies will outperform their peers by focusing on the world’s social problems and viewing them as opportunities to build profits and help the world at the same time(p.38)’. I believe that Coca-Cola is sustainable in the way that they are focuses on the world’s social problem by wanting to stop or lower the amount of obese people as they said in their commercial and as it says in the article. They get to also make more profit that way by having the people that want to lose weight buying their new products with few or zero calories. 2) Why is it important for corporations like Coca-Cola to consider social and environmental issues in their decision making process? It is important for corporations like Coca-Cola to
Support your position. • Given a company that is already diversified, suggest how senior management may determine the most effective strategy and how it should be evaluated. DQ 2 : "PepsiCo" Please respond to the following: PepsiCo has historically trailed the Coco-Cola company in carbonated beverage sales. Suggest a strategy that may enable PepsiCo to close the gap in this market. Explain how this may allow PepsiCo to achieve the number-one market position.
Explain Britvic’s Micro & Macro environment. A Microenvironment is all of the factors that directly affect the company .e.g. competitors and customers. So in the case of Britvic, as they bought Tango, Pepsi, Canada Dry and 7Up; this meant that their main competitors were Coca-Cola, Barrs and Fanta. So if one of the competitors brought out a new product then Britvic would have to match or beat that new product in order to keep sales up.
We need to make these sugary drinks not so easy to buy. Everyday the soda companies come out with some new drink to suck us in to buying them and getting us hooked. Pepsi and coke are famous for this, but we still feel the need to try the drinks that come out. Even though most of us know that these drinks we consume are bad for us. In conclusion I believe having a tax that increases the prices on sugary drinks is a good place to start for the obesity epidemic.
At least in the health care battle, the administration can count some powerful corporate interests on its side — like the large segment of the Fortune 500 that has concluded the current system is unsustainable. That is hardly the case when it comes to challenging agribusiness. Cheap food is going to be popular as long as the social and environmental costs of that food are charged to the future. There’s lots of money to be made selling fast food and then treating the diseases that fast food causes. One of the leading products of the American food industry has become patients for the American health care industry.
Comparative Analysis Coca-Cola /Pepsi Chapter 2 A. Coca-Cola Company’s primary line of business is a beverage company. They own or license a variety of more than 500 nonalcoholic beverage brands including sparkling beverages, waters, juices, juice drinks, teas, coffees, and energy and sports drinks. PepsiCo, Inc.’s financial statements indicate they are a food and beverage company selling a variety of snacks, carbonated and non-carbonated beverages, dairy products and other foods. B. Coca-Cola has the dominant position in beverage sales. Coca-Cola’s net operating revenues for 2011 were $46,542 million comprised primarily of beverage sales.
In this paper the author will investigate the advantages and disadvantages of bottled water and tap water focusing on the big question: Which is healthier, safer, more economical and environmentally friendly, bottled water or tap water? Where did this idea of bottling water derive from? Well to begin during the 1980’s Americans became more concerned with being healthy and looking good. An obesity epidemic had developed, and Coke and Pepsi were receiving criticism for their “sugary, fattening” drinks. This prompted them to sell a drink which was good and healthy for Americans, water (Leonard, 2011).
As the world best-selling candy bar, snickers is crammed with peanuts, caramel and nougat then coated with milk chocolate (MARS, INC 2012), and according to the data, Snickers is expected to surge from $3.29 billion in global sales last year to $3.57 billion for 2012 and have 1.8% market share, it is acknowledged that Snickers is the top international confectionery brand by the end of year (Schultz 2012). For expanding the market share and consolidating the top position in global, Snickers China is promoting a new arrangement of campaign. It advertises the products by using a series of advertain videos that created by company to attempt to attract and entertain viewers, and sponsored public relative events, Cool Play Day. After ratification of the famous brand in China, Snickers promotes the product under the new slogan ‘Sweeping hunger away, Being on your own’ in the campaign, and it utilizes some nontraditional advertising practice, support media and new special elements in campaign. Security of target audience is the most significant priority in the campaign, Mars Company Handbook claims they will direct their marketing communications to adults who make household purchasing decisions and young people 12 and over, and it even specially claims to people they will not direct marketing communications primarily to