Pepsico began selling its products in international markets in 1934 with its starting of operations in Canada. Operations grew rapidly in the 1950’s. Key international markets include Brazil, China, India, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Philippines, Argentina, Spain, Thailand and the United Kingdom. PepsiCo Beverages International, also produces, sells and distributes Gatorade sports drinks as well as Tropicana and other juices internationally How MNC works in the market Their main product, Pepsi Cola, sells over 100 billion cans a year. Besides the Pepsi-Cola brands, the company owns other brands such as Quaker Oats, Gatorade, Frito-Lay, Tropicana, Copella, Mountain Dew, Miranda and 7-Up (outside the USA).
PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT: Recruiting, developing and gratifying talent is central to the value “Caring For Our People”. The future of Coca Cola Company as the successful and dynamic company is the dependent upon as equipping our employees to reach their full potential. EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT: Everything starts with our values only. They are the DNA of the company what makes men who we are. In 2011 we reinforced the commitment to being a value-led organisation and then undertook a project to clearly define these values and build a high –performance team committed for living them everyday, in everything we do.
Introduction Coca cola was first created in 1886 by a man named John Pemberton. Coca-Cola is one of the world’s leading non- alcoholic soft drink manufacturers, selling 1.3 billion beverage servings every day. Its products can be found in over 200 countries around the world. Its product portfolio consists of roughly more than 400 brands; this includes soft drinks, energy drinks, and bottled water and as well as juice products. It was first offered as a fountain beverage mixing Coca cola with carbonated water.
T The Procter & Gamble Co. is a global manufacturer and marketer of consumer products for the Beauty and Grooming, Health and Well-Being, and Household care segments. It was founded 175 years ago and has risen to become an American icon with products like Pampers, Tide, Head and Shoulders and Gillette. It markets more than 250 brands to nearly 5 billion consumers in 140 countries. The total annual net sales equal 83 billion dollars, making it one of the largest fast moving consumer goods companies in the world. Procter and Gamble is an established household brand around the world.
United Spirits (MCDOWE) UB Group is an Indian conglomerate company headquartered in UB City, Bangalore in the state of Karnataka, India. Its core business includes beverages, aviation and investments in various sectors. The company markets beer under the Kingfisher brand, and owns various other brands of alcoholic beverages. It is India's largest producer of beer with a market share of around 52.5% by volume. United Breweries now has greater than a 40% share of the Indian brewing market with 79 distilleries and bottling units across the world.
PepsiCo is a worldwide food and beverage company with net revenues over $66 billion and a product portfolio that includes 22 brands which generates over $1 billion each in estimated retail sales. The company’s main businesses are the following: Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Cola – make hundreds of foods and beverages distributed worldwide. Pepsi originated way back 19th century and started selling a refreshing drink called, “Brad’s Drink”, named after the inventor/pharmacist Caleb Bradham in his pharmacy. Years later, it was later renamed as Pepsi-Cola, after adding the ingredient of digestive enzyme-pepsin. Pepsi- Cola Company was launched in the year 1902 and boomed its sales by then.
The SABMiller Africa SBU produced 48.4 billion liters (in 2015) which is 4% more than the preceding year. Its portfolio of beer brands meets the needs of a wide range of consumers and includes five of the country 's top six most popular beer brands namely Carling Black Label, Hansa Pilsener, Castle Lager, Castle Lite and Castle Milk Stout. The focus of this report will be on the analysis of the SABMiller Africa SBU. This company was chosen as it is completely focussed on the alcoholic beverage industry within Africa. It has a strong strategy in this specific sector with a nett turnover of $7.462million reported for 2015.
Our Corporate Purpose states that to succeed requires "the highest standards of corporate behaviour towards everyone we work with, the communities we touch, and the environment on which we have an impact." (Source Unilever.com) Unilever values define how they do business and interact with colleagues, partners, customers and consumers. Company’s core values are integrity, responsibility, respect and pioneering. Unilever follows these values for expansion into new markets, recruit new talent and face new challenges, these employees in the decisions and actions they take every day. (Source Unilever.com) Unilever’s corporate mission is “to add vitality to life, to meet everyday needs for nutrition, hygiene and personal care with brands that help people feel good, look good and get more out of life.”.
In fact, the success of the company is partially due to Coca Cola’s commitment to providing its employees with a nurturing work environment, with a focus on inclusion and diversity, resulting in the company obtaining a perfect score on the Corporate Equality Index for the 11th consecutive year in 2016. Finally, Coca Cola’s financial resources and capabilities include its net income of $6.5 billion in 2016 and its 40% market share, giving the company a strong and stable financial position. This enables the company to invest into the development of new products as well as marketing efforts to promote them, to expand into new markets, and more
A rival to this world famous drink manufacturer would be Pepsico Inc, whose representative here would be the PCPPI. They have been the exclusive bottlers of the company for 66 years and claim to serve about 500,000 outlets in the Philippines. MUG Root Beer, Mirinda, Mountain Dew, 7Up, and Pepsi and its varieties are sold by this company. ARC would be one of the few locally owned corporations. They have obtained a license from Royal Crown, USA to manufacture and distribute RC Cola.