TERM PROJECT MARKETING STRATEGY

Marketing Strategies Of

Coca Cola

PRESENETED TO: MR. SUFIAN AHMAD PRESENTED BY:

Sami Ullah Khan 27s-640

TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS 1. 2. 3. 4. Acknowledgement. Mission statement Introduction. Coca Cola. 1. Coca Cola International. 2. History. 5. Management. 6. Market share. 7. Financial report. 8. Dividends and Cash Plan. 9. Products. 10. Strategic planning. 11. Bottlers owned by Coca cola 12. Coca Cola Pakistan. 13. Major Competitors 1. Pepsi 2. History. 3. Financial assets. 0 Market share. 0 Financial report. 0 Products. 0 Methodology 14. Some basic information regarding marketing of coke 1. Target market: 2. Major segments: 3. Factors effecting sales: 4. Major competitors: 5. Strategies of quality: 6. Threats from competitors: 7. Targets that would like to attain: 8. Expanding target market 9. Threats and opportunities for price: 10. Strategies of getting goals i.e. high profits: 11. Marketing strategy: 12. Expectations for the coming year: 13. How coke determine the yearly budget: 15. Marketing strategies 16. Pest analysis

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DEDICATION
This report is dedicated to my beloved parents, Who educated me and enabled me to reach at this level.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We think if any of us honestly reflects on who we are, how we got here, what we think we might do well, and so forth, we discover a debt to others that spans written history. The work of some unknown person makes our lives easier everyday. We believe it's appropriate to acknowledge all of these unknown persons; but it is also necessary to acknowledge those people we know have directly shaped our lives and our work. First of all we would like to thank our teacher Mr. Muhammad Shafique for their guidance through out the semester. Then we would like to thank our friend and brother Mr. Zeeshan Anjum for providing us the information that was required for completion of this project.

The Mission Statement of the Coca Cola Company

Our mission statement is to maximize shareowner value over time. In order to achieve this mission, we must create value for all the constraints we serve, including our consumers, our customers, our bottlers, and our communities. The Coca Cola Company creates value by executing comprehensive business strategy guided by six key beliefs: 1. Consumer demand drives everything we do. 2. Brand Coca Cola is the core of our business 3. We will serve consumers a broad selection of the nonalcoholic ready-todrink beverages they want to drink through out the day. 4. We will be the best marketers in the world. 5. We will think and act locally. 6. We will lead as a model corporate citizen. The ultimate objectives of our business strategy are to increase volume, expand our share of worldwide nonalcoholic ready to drink beverages sales, maximize our longterm cash flows, and create economic value added by improving economic profit. The Coca Cola system has more than 16 million customers around the world that sells or serves our products directly to consumers. We keenly focus on enhancing value for these customers and helping them grow their beverage businesses. We strive to understand each customers business and needs, whether that customer is a sophisticated retailer in a developed market a kiosk owner in an emerging market. There are nearly 6 million people in the world who are potential consumers of our companys product. Ultimately, our success in achieving our mission depends on our ability to satisfy more of their beverage consumption demands and our ability to add value for customers. We achieve this when we place the right products in the right markets at the right time.

COCA COLA INTERNATIONAL

HISTORY:
Coca-Cola Enterprises, established in 1986, is a young company by the standards of the Coca-Cola system. Yet each of its franchises has a strong heritage in the traditions of Coca-Cola that is the foundation for this Company. The Coca-Cola Company traces its beginning to 1886, when an Atlanta pharmacist, Dr. John Pemberton, began to produce Coca-Cola syrup for sale in fountain drinks. However the bottling business began in 1899 when two Chattanooga businessmen, Benjamin F. Thomas and Joseph B. Whitehead, secured the exclusive rights to bottle and sell CocaCola for most of the United States from The Coca-Cola Company.

The Coca-Cola bottling system continued to operate as independent, local businesses until the early 1980s when bottling franchises began to consolidate. In 1986, The Coca-Cola Company merged some of its company-owned operations with two large ownership groups that were for sale, the John T. Lupton franchises and BCI Holding Corporation's bottling holdings, to form Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. The Company offered its stock to the public on November 21, 1986, at a split-adjusted price of $5.50 a share. On an annual basis, total unit case sales were 880,000 in 1986.

In December 1991, a merger between Coca-Cola Enterprises and the Johnston Coca-Cola Bottling Group, Inc. (Johnston) created a larger, stronger Company, again helping accelerate bottler consolidation. As part of the merger, the senior management team of Johnston assumed responsibility for managing the Company, and began a dramatic, successful restructuring in 1992.Unit case sales had climbed to 1.4 billion, and total revenues were $5 billion

MANAGEMENT:
The hierarchy of Coca Cola Company is as follows.

Chairman Board of governors

Vice Chairman and chief operating officer

Executive Vice Presidents

Senior Vice Presidents

Vice Presidents

MARKET SHARE:
Being the biggest company in the soft drink industry, Coca Cola enjoys the largest market share. This company controls about 59% of the world market.

GLOBAL MARKET SHARE:

The following table can show the worldwide operating segments. (Table ) Unit case growth 10 year compound annual growth
Compan y Industry

5-year compound annual growth

Compan y Industry

2001 annual growth

Compan y Industry

Nonalcoholic drink 2002

Company share

All commercial Beverages 2002

Compan Compan y share y per capita Income

6%

5%

5%

5%

4%

4%

18%

9%

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This shows that the market of the company is geographically vast and it is controlling it with great success. In 2002, the company grew their carbonated soft-drink business by nearly 250 million unit cases and generated record volumes. Because carbonated soft drinks are the largest growth segment within the nonalcoholic ready-to-drink beverage category measured by volume, that is why they are focusing more on this and they are continually increasing the pace because they know that accelerating this pace is crucial to their future success. Thus they are increasing their market day by day. The operation income earned by Coca Cola Company can be illustrated by the following pie chart. (Figure)

This strategy has worked a lot and it has helped them to become the Worlds leading Soft Drink Company. The global unit sale of the Coca Cola Company is increasing from the last ten years. The data of the global unit sale of the Coca Cola Company can be represented by following chart. (Figure)
12 10 8 6 4 2 0 1971 1981 1991 2002 unit sale in billions

So there is positive growth in the market of the Coca Cola Company. There is a worldwide volume increase by 4% with strong international growth of 5%. This is only due to the innovative marketing programmers, which has deepened the relationship of the customers and Coca Cola. The financial health and success of their bottling partners is a critical component of The Coca-Cola Company's ability to build and deliver leading brands.
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In 2002, the company had worked with their bottlers to turn good intentions into reality by improving the system economics. The results in 2002 reflect this steadily improving and mutually constructive relationship between the Company and their bottling partners. The main reason behind this relationship is to continue realizing shared opportunities for growth, with closer coordination of operations including customer relationships, logistics and production.

MARKET SHARE BY AREA:

Coca Cola is the world-renowned soft drink and the company is currently operating through out the world. The world wide total is about 17.8 billion. The operation review according to the segments is as follows. Operation Review (2002 worldwide unit case volume by operating segment) NORTH AMERICA 30% LATIN AMERICA 25% EUROPE & MIDDLE EAST 22% ASIA AFRICA

17%

6%

NORTH AMERICA LATIN AMERICA EUROPE & MIDDLE EAST ASIA AFRICA

So the volume is least in the Africa and most in the North America. The data about the market share of this company area wise is given in the following table. The above table shows the geographical earning of the Coca Cola Company and from this data; we can find out that the customers of Coca Cola are increasing which is shown by the companys per capita income. Unit case equals 24 eight-ounce servings. The column, which shows the non-alcoholic beverages consist of commercially, sold beverages, as estimated by the Company based on available industry sources. The country column is derived from
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The Company's unit case volume while the industry column includes nonalcoholic ready-todrink beverages only, as estimated by the Company based on available industry sources. (Table ) Country Unit case growth Nonalcoholi c Drinks 2002
Compan y share

All commercial Beverages

10 year compound annual growth

Compan y Industry

5-year compound annual growth

Compan y Industry

2002 annual growth

Compan y Industry

2002
Compan y share Company per capita Income

North America United States Latin America Argentin a Brazil Chile Mexico Europe & Middle East Eurasia France German y Great Britain Italy Middle East Spain Asia Africa

4 4 6 7 5 9 7 6

5 5 7 4 5 6 10 3

3 3 6 6 3 5 8 5

3 3 6 2 6 3 9 3

2 2 3 7 3 (2) 2 2

2 2 4 2 5 3 5 4

22 23 24 20 23 56 22 12

15 16 15 10 13 23 18 6

398 419 205 236 144 336 462 72

17 8 1 8 1 12 6 7 7

8 3 2 2 3 12 4 6 6

6 9 (1) 11 4 7 8 6 8

5 3 1 2 3 5 5 7 3

(14) 7 (6) 8 2 4 4 10 10

1 3 1 3 2 8 4 7 6

14 9 14 17 9 8 17 14 34

5 5 7 6 6 3 12 5 11

39 110 193 193 104 17 264 23 34

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In Asian population, which is the satisfied customer of Coca Cola, is approximately 3.2 billion and the average consumer enjoys close to two servings of our products each month. Through an intense focus on Coca-Cola, innovation and new beverages, the company has achieved volume growth of 10 percent in 2002. With developing economies and populations, this region has strong long-term potential, and the company is building an exciting family of beverage brands in addition to expanding the popularity of our core brands, led by Coca-Cola. In China, for example, sales of Coca-Cola increased 6 percent. The total unit case sale of Coca Cola in Asia can be shown by the following pie chart. (Figure)

So the company is emphasizing more in this area and is trying to develop a strategy, which can increase the growth of the consumption of Coca Cola by the people of Asia. Among the countries of Asia, Japan has the highest percentage, which is about 29%. Among others, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh are those countries where the average consumption is increasing day by day.

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FINANCIAL REPORT:
This company is financially very strong. It is due to the strong finances, the company is still surviving the ups and down of the business world. The financial report of Coca Cola Company of the year 2001 and 2000 along with the percentage change is as follows. (Table) Year Ended December 31, (In millions except per share data, ratios and growth rates) 2002 Net operating revenues Operating income Net income Net income per share (basic) Net income per share (diluted) Net cash provided by operating activities Business reinvestment Dividends paid Share repurchase activity Free cash flow Return on capital Return on common equity Unit case sales (in billions) International operations North America operations Worldwide 20,092 5,352 3,969 1.601 1.601 4,110 (963) (1,791) (277) 3,147 26.6% 38.5% 12.5 5.3 17.8 19,889 3,691 2,177 0.882 0.882 3,585 (779) (1,685) (133) 2,806 16.2% 23.1% 11.9 5.2 17.1 1% 45% 82% 82% 82% 15% 24% 6% 108% 12% 5% 2% 4% 2001 Percentage change

2002 basic and diluted net income per share includes a non-cash gain of $.02 per share after taxes, which was recognized on the issuance of stock by Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., one of the equity investors of this company. 2002 basic and share after income per share includes the following charges: 0 $.24 per diluted net income taxes related to an organizational Realignment. 0 $.19 per share after income taxes related to the Company's portion of charges recorded by the investors of the company. 0 $.16 per share after income taxes related to the impairment of certain bottling, manufacturing and intangible assets. 0 $.05 per share after income taxes related to the settlement terms of a discrimination lawsuit. 0 $.01 per share after income taxes related to incremental marketing expenses in Central Europe.
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These charges are partially offset by a gain of $.05 per share after income taxes related to the merger of Coca-Cola Beverages plc and Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. and $.04 per share after income taxes related to benefits from a tax rate reduction in Germany and from favorable tax planning strategies.

DIVIDEND AND CASH INVESTMENT PLAN:

The Dividend and Cash Investment Plan permits shareowners of record to reinvest dividends from Company stock in shares of The Coca-Cola Company. The Plan provides a convenient, economical and systematic method of acquiring additional shares of our common stock. All shareowners of record are eligible to participate. Shareowners also may purchase Company stock through voluntary cash investments of up to $125,000 per year. At year-end, 76 percent of the Company's shareowners of record were participants in the Plan. In 2002, shareowners invested $36 million in dividends and $31 million in cash in the Plan.

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COMPANY STATISTICS:
The statistics of this company is impressive. Since it is operating through out the world that is why the number of employees and the bottling equipments is highest among the other bottling companies. There is a constant increase in every aspect when we compare the statistics of 2001 and the statistics of 2002. This is because; Coca Cola Company is increasing its volume day by day. The expansion of this company, which shows the success of Coca Cola brands, results in the percentage change in the statistics of the two years. The statistics is as follows. (Table) 2002 Equivalent cases Bottle and cans Fountain Employees Vehicles Cold drink equipments Facilities Production only Distribution Combination Total Percent of North America population coverage Number of States of Operation Bottle and can equivalent case package distribution Cans Non-refillable bottles Refillable bottles Capital structure Net debt to total capital ratio EBITDA interest coverage Weighted average cost of debt Key Statistics Constant territory bottle and can volume growth Bottle and can net revenues per case change Bottle and can cost of sales per physical case change Reported EBITDA (in billions) Reported EBITDA change Capital expenditures( in billions) %-age of net operating revenues Coverage of North American Can/bottle volume
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2001 3.8 billion 87% 13% 67,000 52,000 2.3 million 25 361 50 436 72% 46 45% 51% 4% 59% 3 6.8% % 2% % $2.39 9% $1.18 8% 74%

4.2 billion 87% 13% 72,000 54,000 2.4 million 25 385 53 463 80% 46 44% 52% 4% 63% 3 6.3% 3% Flat 1 $1.95 (18)% $0.97 6% 83%

EBITDA is the Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, and other non-operating items. 0 Net Debt is the Long-term debt plus current portion of long-term debt less cash and marketable securities. 0 Equivalent Case or Unit Case is the physical case and fountain gallons converted to a standard unit of measure defined as 24 eight-ounce servings or 192 ounces per equivalent case sold by Coca-Cola Enterprises.

PRODUCTS:
There are different brands of the Coca Cola Company, which are currently in use through out the world. This company not only deals in the carbonated drinks but also other drinks. While launching its product, the marketing team considers the culture of the country.

Major brands of coca cola

0 Coke 0 Sprite 0 Fanta 0 Diet coke 0 Coke classic

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The over all volume of this company is as follows.

(Figure)

The commitment of the company is to devote resources to water only in markets where it expects profitable growth. This strategy has paid dividends. The company has successfully applied its approach to brands in several key markets, including Ciel in Mexico, Mori No Mizudayori in Japan, Bonaqua in Russia and Kinley in India. Backed by a strong network of bottling partners through out the United States, Dasani became the nation's fastest-growing water brand. In Eurasia, the entire Turkuaz brand team worked together to launch Turkey's first purified water brand. This year, Coca-Cola Company also successfully energized a major piece of its beverage strategywater. By the end of 2001, its bottled water volume exceeded 570 million unit cases, making it the second biggest contributor to the growth of the company after carbonated soft drinks. Three of the water brands, Dasani, Ciel and Bonaqua each achieved sales of over 100 million unit cases for the year. In 2001and 2002, the company has also made good progress in coffees and teas. Beverage Partners Worldwide, the renewed and strengthened marketing partnership with Nestl S.A., began operations in 2001. This partnership combines Nestl's knowledge in life science, research and development with the expertise of Coca Cola Company in brand building and distribution. At the same time, the company grew Georgia coffee in Japan by 3 percent through awardwinning marketing in a category that was flat for the year. Also in Japanwhere The CocaCola Company is the leader in the total tea category, the second-largest category in the non-alcoholic ready-to-drink segmentit launched Marocha Green Tea. With sales of 46 million unit cases for the year, Marocha Green Tea is the fastest-growing product in the fastest-growing category: green tea. The popularity of Marocha is also recognized by the industry with a leading trade journal naming Marocha the most popular new food and beverage product of the year.
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Know the most recognized word on the planet after OK!

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Among the soft drinks Fanta and Sprite become successful along with the major brand Coca Cola and Diet Coke. In key markets, the company has created new packaging sizes to satisfy consumer demands. Increasingly, Mexican families have lunch together at home. The average Mexican household drinks two-and -a-half liters or more of soft drinks during that break, while a twoliter bottle was the largest available package. So the company introduced a convenient 2- liter bottle to select regions, contributing to the sale of nearly 1.5 billion unit cases of CocaCola in Mexico this year. This larger bottle will complete its nationwide rollout in 2002. In China, Coca-Cola is an integral part of holiday celebrations and the family get-togethers that accompany such events. Through an intense focus on Coca-Cola, innovation and new beverages, it has achieved volume growth of 10 percent in 2001. In China, sales of CocaCola increased by 6 percent. In the United States, recognizing that consumers often enjoy their diet Coke with a slice of lemon, the company "bottled" the concept. The resultdiet Coke with lemoncontributed to volume growth of 4 percent for the number-one diet. Soft drink in North America: diet Coke. The company increased its two largest bottle sizes during the 2001 holidays, and festival packaging helped drive a 6 percent volume increase for Coca-Cola. The packaging innovations do not just involve resizing. The company has also responded to consumers' changing fashion styles with new bottles. With brands such as Minute Maid, Hi-C, Simply Orange and Disney juices and juice drinks in the United States, Qoo in Asia, Kapo in Latin America and Bibo in Africa. This year, the company re-launched its global sports-drink business, investing in new products, packaging, positioning and marketing. The results speak for themselves: its global sports drinks, led by Powerade and Aquarius, grew by 13 percent in 2002, nearly double the growth rate of the worldwide sports-drink category. Revitalized in the United States, the company introduced Powerade in nearly every major Western European market, including Great Britain, Germany and Spain, as well as in Mexico and Latin America. The company launched 27 products in 2001. The commitment of the company to packaging innovation also resulted in new initiatives for our fountain business, a channel through which many consumers enjoy Coca-Cola. In the United States, the company developed Fountain, a total beverage dispensing system that is more flexible and more reliable. Two years of research resulted in a dispensing system that provides exceptional beverage quality, easy to upgrade technology, brand and graphic customization and improved reliability.

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STRATEGIC PLANNING
In the year 2002, the company had a great success, as the strategy worked which resulted in making Coca Cola Company the worlds leading company. In 2001, company accomplished the crust of its strategy as Worldwide volume increased by 4 percent with strong international growth of 5 percent and clear signs that our North American business is growing solidly and predictable.

0 Earnings per share grew by 82 percent, as we delivered on our commitment to create volume growth while aggressively 0 Return on common equity grew from 23 percent in 2000 to 38 percent this year. 0 Return on capital increased from 16 percent in 2000 to 27 percent in 2001. 0 The company has generated free cash flow of $3.1 billion, up from $2.8 billion in 2000, a clear indication of its underlying financial strength. The strategy for the future of the company is very straightforward. The marketing strategy for the year 2002 is as follows, 0 Accelerate carbonated soft-drink growth, led by Coca-Cola. 0 Selectively broaden the family of beverage brands to drive profitable growth. 0 Grow system profitability and capability together with our bottling partners. 0 Serve customers with creativity and consistency to generate growth across all channels. 0 Direct investments to highest potential areas across markets. 0 Drive efficiency and cost-effectiveness everywhere.

MAJOR COMPETITOR
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PEPSI INTERNATIONAL
HISTORY
PepsiCo is a world leader in convenient foods and beverages, with revenues of about $27 billion and over 143,000 employees. The company consists of the snack businesses of Frito-Lay North America and Frito-Lay International; the beverage businesses of PepsiCola North America, Gatorade/Tropicana North America and PepsiCo Beverages International; and Quaker Foods North America, manufacturer and marketer of ready-to -eat cereals and other food products. PepsiCo brands are available in nearly 200 countries and territories. Many of PepsiCo's brand names are over 100-years-old, but the corporation is relatively young. PepsiCo was founded in 1965 through the merger of Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay. Tropicana was acquired in 1998 and PepsiCo merged with The Quaker Oats Company, including Gatorade, in 2001.would entertain the listener with the latest musical selections rendered by violin or piano or both. The new name, Pepsi Cola, is derived from the two of the principle ingredients, Pepsin and Kola Nuts. It was first used on the August 28. At that time, Bradhams advertising praises his drink as Exhilarating, invigorating, aids digestion.

1990-2002
The advertisement of the Pepsi changes to, You got the right one baby, Uh -Huh!.With the extensive usage of the stars in the adds, the popularity of Pepsi increase. In 1992 PepsiCola formed a partnership with Thomas J. Lipton Co. Today Lipton is the biggest selling ready-to-drink tea brand in the United States. Outside the United States, Pepsi-Cola Company's soft drink operations include the business of Seven-Up International. PepsiCola beverages are available in more than 190 countries and territories. In Asia, they selected Lahore to make their regional office. This was done in 1970. This regional office is monitoring all the operations carried out in South West Asia. As in Pakistan, they only entered beverage industry. They have eleven bottlers covering whole Pakistan. The plant operating here is Riaz Bottlers (Pvt) LTD. This plant was established at Lahore in 1974. The total capacity of the plant is 30,000 cases per day. They have four filling lines in the plant operating on the three shift bases. Each shift is of eight hours. They have permanent work force of 750 people and they employee approximately 1000 people more on temporary basis during summer season.

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Pepsis Products
0 Pepsi 0 Teem 0 Mirinda 0 Pepsi Max 0 Pepsi Lemon 0 Pepsi Blue 0 Mountain Dew 0 7up

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COCA COLA PAKISTAN

The Coca-Cola Company began operating in Pakistan in 1953. Coca -Cola, Fanta and Sprite are the brands in Pakistan. The Coca-Cola System in Pakistan operates through eight bottlers, four of which are majority-owned by Coca-Cola Beverages Pakistan Limited (CCBPL). The CCBPL plants are in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sialkot, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Rahimyar Khan, Multan and Lahore. The remaining two plants, independently owned, are in Rawalpindi and Peshawar. The Coca-Cola System in Pakistan serves 70,000 customers/retail outlets. The Coca-Cola System in Pakistan employs 1,800 people. During the last two years, The Coca-Cola System in Pakistan has invested over $130 million (U.S.)

49 years of refreshment in Pakistan

Coca-Cola introduced in Pakistan 1953 Fanta introduced in Pakistan Sprite was introduced Diet Coke & Fanta Lemon 1965 1972 2001

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PROMISE OF COKE
The basic proposition of our business is simple, solid and timeless. When we bring refreshment, value, joy and fun to our stakeholders, then we successfully nurture and protect our brands, particularly Coca-Cola. That is the key to fulfilling our ultimate obligation to provide consistently attractive returns to the owners of our business.

TARGET MARKET
Cokes commercials basically based on young generations, So, the young generation is the target market of Coke because they want to represent Coke with the youth and energy but they also consider about the old people they take then as a co-target market.

MAJOR SEGMENTS
Major segments are basically those people who take this drink daily and those areas where the demands is higher then the other areas. There are so many people who take this drink daily and those people who take weekly and those who take less often are always there as well. So, their basic segments are those people who take this drink regularly.

FACTORS EFFECTING SALES

There are so many factors, which affects the sale of coke. Here we are discussing three major factors which effects coke. 0 Per capita income 0 Competitors 0 Weather

Per Capita Income

First we will discuss about Per capita income. This is major factor that affects the sale of this soft drink. Because which every passing year budgets are becoming very strict and tight in order to purchase things. So the disposable incomes of the people are coming down. They spend heavily on rents, utilities, and education and basic necessities and after that when they get extra money they think about this soft drink .So the decreasing per capita income effects badly in selling and production of this soft drink.
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