Marketing Plan For Coca Cola

The story of one of the biggest marketing blunders in history, is a story of false hubris, desperation, and driving ambition. Made by one of the largest corporations in the world. The creators of a product on the forefront of the American consciousness. As intertwined into American culture as baseball, apple pie, and Thanksgiving dinner. That product of course was Coca Cola, the formula of which had remained unchanged close to 100 years. Since its creation by Atlanta pharmacist John Pemberton in 1885 as a topical remedy marketed as a cure from ailments such as stomach pains, headaches, and even impotence, Coca Cola had grown into the number one drink in America.

The Coca-Cola Company is America’s number one soda brand and has been consumer’s drink of choice for decades. Coca-Cola does not sell just for its great taste, but also for its effective marketing strategies and sustainability. According

Based on my research, PepsiCo is an extremely ethical and socially responsible. PepsiCo bases their premise off of their values and philosophies as a reflection of the socially and environmentally responsible company they aspire to be. Every business decision that is made is based off of these philosophies and values. PepsiCo acknowledges their power and influences that they can make on different society’s and markets and use that to their advantage to make good and powerful actions to reflect on others. The company spends the extra time and steps to make sure that they fully understand what customers that they are dealing with and to be able to accomplish their needs and their desires in the products that they produce. PepsiCo’s mission is to, “be the world’s premier consumer products company focused on convenient foods and beverages. They seek to produce financial rewards to investors as they provide opportunities for growth and enrichment to

When thinking of what makes a successful advertisement, many would agree that the most successful brands adapt to the society and trends around them. Similar to everything else in our world, advertisements continue to change year after year and era after era. When thinking of common brands with impressive advertisements and campaigns, Coca-Cola is one that we are introduced to at a young age. Coke has been advertising their brand for over one hundred years. This brand continues to relate to many consumers by modifying and creating advertisement campaigns, which relate to current trends. Two advertisements in particular test the theory of how as era’s progress what was once seen as competitive relationship is now a budding romance and popular marketing strategy.

Acceptability- through effective marketing, thus ensuring coke brands are part of consumers daily life making it a everyday preferred drink internationally.

Coca-Cola Company also has a company focus on sustainability. Live Positively is Coca-Cola’s platform for sustainability and is Coca-Cola’s “commitment to make a positive difference in the world by redesigning the way we work and live so sustainability is part of everything we do”. Coca-Cola is reaching across borders through collaboration and partnership to connect and change, is using optimism to stir hope, build solutions, create possibilities, and touch communities across the globe, and with their actions change can be inspired in the world now and in the next generation.

Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational company that manages and produces medical devices, pharmaceutical, and consumer packaged goods and are the brains behind recognizable products such as Band-Aids, Neutrogena, etc. This corporation has been turning heads with its sustainability program which has awarded them a ranking of number eight on Forbes’s list of Top Sustainable Companies of 2017. This paper explores Johnson & Johnson’s personal stance on sustainability and how it has developed over time in the corporation’s background and history.

The Coca-Cola Company is one of the largest in the world and the Coke logo is one of the most widely recognized icons in the world. The company used many different marketing campaigns in the years since the company has been created, some being more successful than others. Two such commercials, the Hilltop commercial and the Taylor Swift commercial, both differ in the approaches but are still both successful in their approaches. The first was first aired in nineteen seventy one while the second was first aired in twenty fourteen. I think that the Taylor Swift commercial is more successful than the Hilltop commercial because it better addresses its more specific audience.

PepsiCo’s biggest area of struggle is within the environmental realm. Although the company has stated to be water conscience, not all water usage is being

President Indra Noovi heads PepsiCo’s Sustainability Task Force which was formed to guide the company’s sustainability efforts in three focus areas of Performance with Purpose: Human, Environmental and Talent

Coca cola have a system in place for incorporating sustainability in decision-making. There’s a story of a farm somewhere in the world in almost all of their products. Their system buys millions of tons of fresh fruit, corn, tea, sugar, coffee and other ingredients every year through their global suppliers. Having a long-term supply of those ingredients is of high importance for their business. According to Coca Cola (2012), “sustainable agriculture is founded on principles to protect the environment, uphold workplace rights and help build more sustainable communities” (papa. 4). Coca cola also have a project gating system in place. The CFOs of both Coca Cola likes the benefits of project gating. Project gating allows them to see the whole project, while giving authorization a stage at a time. The CFOs at Coca Cola see gates as vital control points that decides on whether to continue and terminate a project. At the end of the day, Coca cola sees it as a sensible business investment. In addition, sustainability also factor into their acquisition due diligence process. In relating to the UN guiding principles, Coca

The Coca-Cola Foundation, the philanthropic arm of The Coca-Cola Company, has awarded grants totaling $4 million to 38 organizations across the U.S. and Canada in the fourth quarter of 2010. In line with the Foundation 's commitment to building sustainable communities throughout the U.S. and Canada, this grant funding will help support local initiatives in 11 states, including the District of Columbia and one Canadian province. The grants focus on water conservation, community recycling, active healthy

Coca-Cola is the largest non-alcohol beverage manufacturer in the world, which holds approximate 43% market share. The firm is also ranked in top 20 in the Fortune 500 in terms of the largest capital with over 100 billion dollars in assets. John Stith Pemberton is the founder of the firm, which is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. During its 100 years of history, Coca-Cola has grown its businesses substantially in the globe. Currently, the firm presents over 160 countries, including China, India, Japan, and South East Asia countries. The main objectives of the firm that is it can serve its products to all consumers in the globe, and expands its businesses to the majority of strategic regions. In order to grow and expand its present to the other major markets, Coca-Cola executes its marketing strategies based on three different categories, including price, place, partnerships, and core products. These marketing methods have supported Coca-Cola to sustain, and grow in the soft drink industry.

Evio is the new product by Coca-Cola, which maintains the good taste of diet coke, and meanwhile, provides great energy for the consumers. Especially, Evio contains much less calories and sugar than diet coke. The new product is especially targeted at young consumers aged 25-40, who pursues a healthy and energetic lifestyle. Evio will be offered in several key markets like the US, Australia and China. In the recent years, the major cause for Coca-Cola’s market decline was that people pay attention to importance of health and turned to healthier drinks with fewer calories (Kell n. pag.). Therefore, Coca-Cola is likely to benefit from Evio in three aspects. First, Evio will update consumers’ understanding of Coke.

I’m an undergraduate student majoring in economy prepared the marketing plan for the purpose of learning and experience.