Quaker Oats Company

example, when the company Quaker Oats decided on a huge business decision to buy the beverage company Snapple in 1994. This decision cost almost one and a half billion dollars. Despite spending a great sum to buy Snapple, it turned out to not be profitable and the company had to sell Snapple for three hundred million dollars. This showed how since the company, Quaker Oats, wanted make a huge change in business practices by deciding to buy Snapple. This huge change resulted in the company losing more than

After the success in college sports, the Gatorade Company was on the sidelines helping professional athletes such as Michael Jordan. Players from the NBA, NFL and even NASCAR have all chosen to drink Gatorade.

life time. But before getting into all of that first let 's have a background to both of the companies so let 's begin with PepsiCo. It began with the merger of Pepsi-Cola and Frito-lay. Caleb Bradham was the creator of PepsiCo. Donald M. Kendall, former president and CEO of PepsiCo, he was the present and also chief executive officer. Another huge announcement that PepsiCo had was acquiring Quaker Oats, so PepsiCo would gain access to Gatorade and control 83.6 percent of the sport drink market.

Kurkure, Lehar, Mirinda, Mountain Dew, Quaker Oats, Slice, Tropicana and Uncle chips. Their motto ‘Performance with Purpose’ states how the company wants to minimalize the impact on the environment apart from giving out good products. The company constantly invests in the Indian market in the areas of product innovation and increasing manufacturing capacity. PepsiCo manufacturing facilities are spread across India with 37 beverage plants and 3 food plants. The company grows about 8 brands in the country

500 company because it has been something we have ate since we were kids, it's a global company that nearly every country works with and is our personal favorite producer of snacks. Pepsico is one of the largest soft drink/snack food producer on the planet. It is a global chief in the “Beverage Food Industry”. Many companies below it looks to it as a leader for a successful company. As it supplies countries with a wide variety of products like Lay’s Potato Chips, Doritos, Gatorade, Quaker Oats, Starbucks

SWOT Analysis: PepsiCo Diversification Strategy in 2008 Name Course Instructor Name Date PepsiCo Diversification Strategy in 2008 PepsiCo History • PepsiCo is the second largest snack and beverage company in the world. Established in 1965 when Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay shareholders merged their salty snack icon and soft drink giant. With revenues of $500 million with popular brands such as Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Fritos, Lay’s, Cheetos, and Ruffles, they have achieved growth and long-term

Question #1 Question #2 Question #3 Question #4 Can you make poor investment decisions and be profitable? What evidence do you see from the companies’ results that indicate how well they made investment decisions (capital budgeting). A company can make poor investment decisions and still remain profitable, but only for a time. A company cannot continually make poor investment decisions and remain profitable forever. When looking at the Coke vs Pepsi case

classic.Pepsi co is the international food and beverage company with sales of $29.3 billion and net income of $4.0 billion in 2004. Pepsi has 153000 employees and markets more than 500 varieties of food and beverage products in more than 200 countries.Pepsi started in 1960 to being the world’s third largest food and beverage company in world, behind only nestle and Kraft foods. MISSION STATEMENT “To be the world’s premium consumer products company focused on convenience foods and beverages”. VISION

Introduction The success the Snapple Beverage Company had achieved by the early 1990s drew the attention of the Quaker Oats Company which bought it in 1994 for $1.7 billion, and planned on maximizing the professedly unequivocal synergies between the “funky” iced tea brand and their established Gatorade brand. Despite Quaker’s efforts and ambition, which some might classify as hubris, the company’s decision to acquire Snapple is often regarded as a clamorous example of a merger and acquisition disaster

distribution network, it does not believe in competing with its competitors but rather defines its own market by selecting their own target audience. It has formulated it strategy in reference to its external environment and internal capabilities. The company selects is own internal strengths and tries to capitalize on them, it also seeks for improving upon its opportunities and find ways to combat its threats. Pepsi being having the second major share in the F&B industry is constantly developing new products