Maaza

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PROJECT REPORT ON

Submitted to:

Prof. Arpita Srivastava

Submitted by:

Nilam Das

Roll no:-34

PGDM 3rd Sem

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Coke is a households name and is the lips of every one. In present time every person knows the name of coca cola since India is one of biggest market and a sultry summer from March to the end of October and huge population has immensely helped in the sales the sales of coke in India and its making it more economical.

Maaza is a Coca-Cola fruit drink brand marketed in India and Bangladesh, the most popular drink being the mango variety, so much that over the years, the Maaza brand has become synonymous with Mango. Initially Coca-Cola had also launched Maaza in orange and pineapple variants, but these variants were subsequently dropped. Coca-Cola has recently re-launched these variants again in the Indian market.

India’s one billion people, growing middle class, and low per capita consumption of soft drinks made it a highly contested prize in the global CSD market in the early twenty-first century. Ten percent of the country’s population lived in urban areas or large cities and drank ten bottles of soda per year while the vast remainder lived in rural areas, villages, and small towns where annual per capita consumption was less than four bottles. Coke and Pepsi dominated the market and together had a consolidated market share above 95%. While soft drinks were once considered products only for the affluent, by 2003 91% of sales were made to the lower, middle and upper middle classes. Soft drink sales in India grew 76% between 1998 and 2002, from 5,670 million bottles to over 10,000 million and were expected to grow at least 10% per year through 2012. In spite of this growth, annual per capita consumption was only 6 bottles versus 17 in Pakistan, 73 in Thailand, 173 in the Philippines and 800 in the United States29. With its large population and low consumption, the rural market represented a significant opportunity for penetration and a critical battleground for market dominance. In 2001, Coca-Cola recognized that to compete with traditional refreshments including lemon water, green coconut water, fruit juices, tea, and lassi, competitive pricing was essential. In response, Coke launched a smaller bottle priced at almost 50% of the traditional package.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapters Particulars Pages

1. Executive summary 2

2. Company Profile 4

3. History 8

4. HCCBPL 10

5. SWOT analysis of Coca cola 15

6. Products 19

7. Four P’s of marketing 21

8. Recommendation 34

Bibliography

COMPANY PROFILE

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The Coca-Cola Company is a beverage retailer, manufacturer and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola, invented by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in 1886. The Coca-Cola formula and brand was bought in 1889 by Asa Candler who incorporated The Coca-Cola Company in 1892. Besides its namesake Coca-Cola beverage, Coca-Cola currently offers more than 500 brands in over 200 countries or territories and serves 1.6 billion servings each day.

The company operates a franchised distribution system dating from 1889 where The Coca-Cola Company only produces syrup concentrate which is then sold to various bottlers throughout the world who hold an exclusive territory. The Coca-Cola Company owns its anchor bottler in North America, Coca-Cola Refreshments.

The Coca-Cola Company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Its stock is listed on the NYSE and is part of DJIA, S&P 500 Index, the Russell 1000 Index and the Russell 1000 Growth Stock Index. Its current chairman and CEO is Muhtar Kent.

Coca-Cola, the corporation nourishing the global community with the world’s largest selling soft drink concentrates since 1886, returned to India in 1993 after a 16 year hiatus, giving new thumbs up to the Indian soft drink market. In the same year, the Company took over ownership of the nation’s top soft-drink brand and bottling network. It’s no wonder our brands have assumed an iconic status in the minds of the world’s consumers

Every person who drinks a coca-cola enjoy moment of refreshment and shares an experience that millions of others have savored. All of those individual experience combined have created a worldwide phenomenon – a truly global brand. The Coca-Cola company, nursing the global community with the world largest selling soft drinks since 1886, returned to India in 1993 after a grape of 16 years giving a new thumbs up to Indian soft drink market. In the same year the company took our ownership of the nations top soft drink market brands & bottling market. No wonder our brands assumed an iconic status in mind of consumers. Coca-Cola serves in india some recalled brands across the world including name such as Coca-Cola, diet coke, Sprite, Fanta, Thums-up, Limca, Maaza & Kinely (packaged drinking water).The biz.system of coca-cola

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in India directly employs apporxmatly 6,000 people, & indirectly creats employment for many more related industries throw our wash procurement , supply and distribution system.The vast Indian operations comprise 25 company owned bottling operations & 24 franchise –owned bottling operations.

Coke in IndiaCoca-Cola was the leading soft drink brand in India until 1977 when it left rather than reveal its formula to the government and reduce its equity stake as required under the Foreign Coca-Cola India Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) which governed the operations of foreign companies in India. After a 16-year absence, Coca-Cola returned to India in 1993, cementing its presence with a deal that gave Coca-Cola ownership of the nation's top soft-drink brands and bottling network. Coke’s acquisition of local popular Indian brands including Thums Up (the most trusted brand in India21), Limca, Maaza, Citra and Gold Spot provided not only physical manufacturing, bottling, and distribution assets but also strong consumer preference. This combination of local and global brands enabled Coca-Cola to exploit the benefits of global branding and global trends in tastes while also tapping into traditional domestic markets. Leading Indian brands joined the Company's international family of brands, including Coca- Cola, diet Coke, Sprite and Fanta, plus the Schweppes product range. In 2000, the company launched the Kinley water brand and in 2001, Shock energy drink and the powdered concentrate Sunfill hit the market.From 1993 to 2003, Coca-Cola invested more than US$1 billion in India, making it one of the country’s top international investors.22 By 2003, Coca-Cola India had won the prestigious Woodruf Cup from among 22 divisions of the Company based on three broad parameters of volume, profitability, and quality. Coca-Cola India achieved 39% volume growth in 2002 while the industry grew 23% nationally and the Company reached breakeven profitability in the region for the first time.23 Encouraged by its 2002 performance, Coca-Cola India announced plans to double its capacity at an investment of $125 million(Rs. 750 crore) between September 2002 and March 2003.Coca-Cola India produced its beverages with 7,000 local employees at its twenty-sevenWholly-owned bottling operations supplemented by seventeen franchisee-owned bottling operations and a network of twenty-nine contract-packers to manufacture a range of products for the company. The complete manufacturing process had a documented quality control and assurance program including over

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400 tests performed throughout the process The complexity of the consumer soft drink market demanded a distribution process to support 700,000 retail outlets serviced by a fleet that includes 10-ton trucks, open-bay three wheelers, and trademarked tricycles and pushcarts that were used to navigate the narrow alleyways of the cities.25 In addition to its own employees, Coke indirectly created employment for another 125,000 Indians through its procurement, supply, and distribution networks.Sanjiv Gupta, President and CEO of Coca-Cola India, joined Coke in 1997 as Vice President, Marketing and was instrumental to the company’s success in developing a brand relevant to the Indian consumer and in tapping India’s vast rural market potential. Following his marketing responsibilities, Gupta served as Head of Operations for Company-owned bottling operations and then as Deputy President. Seen as the driving force behind recent successful forays into packaged drinking water, powdered drinks, and ready-to-serve tea and coffee, Gupta and his marketing prowess were critical to the continued growth of the Company

Mission of coca cola

To refresh the world in mind, body & sprit to make a difference in our product.

To inspire moments of optimism through our brand and action.

To create a value in brands & difference everywhere we engage.

To do everything differs Our product in each hand.Being a global leader in beverage

Vision of coca cola

Profit : Maximize the return of shareholder

People: Establish a great place to work where people are inspired to the

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Best they can do.

Portfolio: Bringing to the world a portfolio of beverage brands thatAnticipate and safely people’s desire & need.

Partners: nurturing a winning network of partners & building a mutual Loyalty.

Planet: Being a responsible global citizen that makes a difference

The World’s Most Powerful Brand

Interbrand’s Global Brand Scorecard for 2003 ranked Coca-Cola the #1 Brand in the World and estimated its brand value at $70.45 billion .The ranking’s methodology determined a brand’s valuation on the basis of how much it was likely to earn in the future, distilling the percentage of revenues that could be credited to the brand, and assessing the brand’s strength to determine the risk of future earnings forecasts. Considerations included market leadership, stability, and global reach, incorporating its ability to cross both geographical and cultural borders.17From the beginning, Coke understood the importance of branding and the creation of a distinct personality.18 Its catchy, well-liked slogans19 (“It’s the real thing” (1942, 1969),“Things go better with Coke” (1963), “Coke is it” (1982), “Can’t beat the Feeling” (1987),and a 1992 return to “Can’t beat the real thing”) 20 linked that personality to the core values of each generation and established Coke as the authentic, relevant, and trusted refreshment of choice across the decades and around the globe.

HISTORY

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Coca-Cola was first introduced by John Syth Pemberton, a pharmacist, in the year 1886 in Atlanta, Georgia when he concocted caramel-colored syrup in a three-legged brass kettle in his backyard. He first “distributed” the product by carrying it in a jug down the street to Jacob’s Pharmacy and customers bought the drink for five cents at the soda fountain. Carbonated water was teamed with the new syrup, whether by accident or otherwise, producing a drink that was proclaimed “delicious and refreshing”, a theme that continues to echo today wherever Coca-Cola is enjoyed.

Dr. Pemberton’s partner and book-keeper, Frank M. Robinson, suggested the name and penned “Coca-Cola” in the unique flowing script that is famous worldwide even today. He suggested that “the two Cs would look well in advertising.” The first newspaper ad for Coca-Cola soon appeared in The Atlanta Journal, inviting thirsty citizens to try “the new and popular soda fountain drink.” Hand-painted oil cloth signs reading “Coca-Cola” appeared on store awnings, with the suggestions “Drink” added to inform passersby that the new beverage was for soda fountain refreshment.

By the year 1886, sales of Coca-Cola averaged nine drinks per day. The first year, Dr. Pemberton sold 25 gallons of syrup, shipped in bright red wooden kegs. Red has been a distinctive color associated with the soft drink ever since. For his efforts, Dr. Pemberton grossed $50 and spent $73.96 on advertising. Dr. Pemberton never realized the potential of the beverage he created. He gradually sold portions of his business to various partners and, just prior to his death in 1888, sold his remaining interest in Coca-Cola to Asa G. Candler, an entrepreneur from Atlanta. By the year 1891, Mr. Candler proceeded to buy additional rights and acquire complete ownership and control of the Coca-Cola business. Within four years, his merchandising flair had helped expand consumption of Coca-Cola to every state and territory after which he liquidated his pharmaceutical business and focused his full attention on the soft drink. With his brother, John S. Candler, John Pemberton’s former partner Frank Robinson and two other associates, Mr. Candler formed a Georgia corporation named the Coca-Cola Company. The trademark “Coca-Cola,” used in the marketplace since 1886, was registered in the United States Patent Office on January 31, 1893.

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The business continued to grow, and in 1894, the first syrup manufacturing plant outside Atlanta was opened in Dallas, Texas. Others were opened in Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California, the following year. In 1895, three years after The Coca-Cola Company’s incorporation, Mr. Candler announced in his annual report to share owners that “Coca-Cola is now drunk in every state and territory in the United States.”

As demand for Coca-Cola increased, the Company quickly outgrew its facilities. A new building erected in 1898 was the first headquarters building devoted exclusively to the production of syrup and the management of the business. In the year 1919, the Coca-Cola Company was sold to a group of investors for $25 million. Robert W. Woodruff became the President of the Company in the year 1923 and his more than sixty years of leadership took the business to unsurpassed heights of commercial success, making Coca-Cola one of the most recognized and valued brands around the world.

HINDUSTAN COCA-COLA BEVERAGES PRIVATE

LIMITED (HCCBPL)

ABOUT THE COMPANY

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Coca-Cola was the leading soft drink brand in India until 1977, when it left rather than reveal its formula to the Government and reduce its equity stake as required under the Foreign Regulation Act (FERA) which governed the operations of foreign companies in India. Coca-Cola re-entered the Indian market on 26th October 1993 after a gap of 16 years, with its launch in Agra. An agreement with the Parle Group gave the Company instant ownership of the top soft drink brands of the nation. With access to 53 of Parle’s plants and a well set bottling network, an excellent base for rapid introduction of the Company’s International brands was formed. The Coca-Cola Company acquired soft drink brands like Thumps Up, Goldspot, Limca, Maaza, which were floated by Parle, as these products had achieved a strong consumer base and formed a strong brand image in Indian market during the re-entry of Coca-Cola in 1993.Thus these products became a part of range of products of the Coca-Cola Company.

In the new liberalized and deregulated environment in 1993, Coca-Cola made its re-entry into India through its 100% owned subsidiary, HCCBPL, the Indian bottling arm of the Coca-Cola Company. However, this was based on numerous commitments and stipulations which the Company agreed to implement in due course. One such major commitment was that, the Hindustan Coca-Cola Holdings would divest 49% of its shareholding in favor of resident shareholders by June 2002.

Coca-Cola is made up of 7000 local employees, 500 managers, over 60 manufacturing locations, 27 Company Owned Bottling Operations (COBO), 17 Franchisee Owned Bottling Operations (FOBO) and a network of 29 Contract Packers that facilitate the manufacture process of a range of products for the company. It also has a supporting distribution network consisting of 700,000 retail outlets and 8000 distributors. Almost all goods and services required to cater to the Indian market are made locally, with help of technology and skills within the Company. The complexity of the Indian market is reflected in the distribution fleet which includes different modes of distribution, from 10-tonne trucks to open-bay three wheelers that can navigate through narrow alleyways of Indian cities and trademarked tricycles and pushcarts.

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“Think local, act local”, is the mantra that Coca-Cola follows, with punch lines like “Life ho to aisi” for Urban India and “Thanda Matlab Coca-Cola” for Rural India. This resulted in a 37% growth rate in rural India visa-vie 24% growth seen in urban India. Between 2001 and 2003, the per capita consumption of cold drinks doubled due to the launch of the new packaging of 200 ml returnable glass bottles which were made available at a price of Rs.5 per bottle. This new market accounted for over 80% of India’s new Coca-Cola drinkers. At Coca-Cola, they have a long standing belief that everyone who touches their business should benefit, thereby inducing them to uphold these values, enabling the Company to achieve success, recognition and loyalty worldwide.

FIGURE 3: LOCATIONS OF COBO, FOBO & CONTRACT PACKAGING IN INDIA

MANIFESTO FOR GROWTH

VALUES

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The values that the employees in the Company are expected to keep up to and work by regularly are as follows:

LEADERSHIP: To take an initiative and lead, motivate and drive the team with energy and zeal, to deliver outstanding results.

INNOVATION: To continuously strive for progress and reach the next level of excellence in everything we do.

PASSION: To be deeply committed and display drive and energy in the quest to deliver outstanding performance.

TEAMWORK: To unite for greater strength and work collectively as a group towards the achievement of common goals.

OWNERSHIP: To think and act like owners at all levels; to have decisions taken at the lowest appropriate level.

ACCOUNTABILITY: To be individually and transparently accountable to our colleagues for delivering agreed targets and goals.

VISION FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH

To provide exceptional strategic leadership in the Coca-Cola India System-resulting in consumer and customer preference and loyalty, through Coca-Cola’s commitment to them, and in a highly profitable Coca-Cola Corporate branded beverages system.

MISSION

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To create consumer products, services and communications, customer service and bottling system strategies, processes and tools in order to create competitive advantage and deliver superior value to;

Consumers as a superior beverage experience

Consumers as an opportunity to grow profits through the use of finished drinks

Bottlers as an opportunity to grow profits in volumes

Bottlers as a trademark enhancement and positive economic value added

Suppliers as an opportunity to make reasonable profits when creating real value-added in an environment of system-wide team work, flexible business system and continuous improvement

Indian society in the form of a contribution to economic and social development.

QUALITY POLICY

“To ensure customer delight, we commit to quality in our thoughts, deeds and actions by continually improving our processes…Every time.”

: DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

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Direct distribution: In direct distribution, the bottling unit or the bottler partner has direct control over the activities of sales, delivery, and merchandising and local account management at the store level.

Indirect distribution: In indirect distribution, an organization which is not part of the Coca-Cola system has control on one or more of the distribution elements (Sales, delivery, merchandising and local account management)

Merchandising: Merchandising means communication with the consumer at the point of purchase to convey product benefit, value and Quality. Sales people and delivery personnel both have this responsibility. In certain locations special teams who go into business locations to specifically merchandise our products.

DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED IN THE DISTRIBUTION PROCESS

The Distribution process mainly consists of three departments:

Distribution Department: It appoints distributors and establishes a distribution network, processes approved sale orders and prepares invoices, arranges logistics and ship products, co-ordinates with distributors for collections and monitors distribution stocks and their set-up.

Finance Department: It checks credit limits and approves sales orders in compliance with the credit policy followed by the firm, records collections from distributors, periodically reconciles outstanding balances from distributors, obtains balance confirmation from distributors and follows up outstanding balances.

Shipping or Warehousing Department: It dispatches goods as per approved by order, ensures that stocks are dispatched on a FIFO basis,

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ensures physical control over load out area and updates warehouse stock records in a timely manner.

SWOT ANALYSIS OF COCA COLA

STRENGTHS

DISTRIBUTION NETWORK: The Company has a strong and reliable distribution network. The network is formed on the basis of the time of consumption and the amount of sales yielded by a particular customer in one transaction. It has a distribution network consisting of a number of efficient salesmen, 700,000 retail outlets and 8000 distributors. The distribution fleet includes different modes of distribution, from 10-tonne trucks to open-bay three wheelers that can navigate through narrow alleyways of Indian cities and trademarked tricycles and pushcarts.

STRONG BRANDS: The products produced and marketed by the Company have a strong brand image. People all around the world recognize the brands marketed by the Company. Strong brand names like Sprite, Fanta, Limca, Thums Up and Maaza add up to the brand name of the Coca-Cola Company as a whole. The red and white Coca-Cola is one of the very few things that are recognized by people all over the world. Coca-Cola has been named the world's top brand for a fourth consecutive year in a survey by consultancy Interbrand. It was estimated that the Coca-Cola brand was worth $70.45billion. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4706275.stm)

LOW COST OF OPERATIONS: The production, marketing and distribution systems are very efficient due to forward planning and maintenance of consistency of operations which minimizes wastage of both time and resources leads to lowering of costs.

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WEAKNESSES

LOW EXPORT LEVELS: The brands produced by the company are brands produced world wide thereby making the export levels very low. In India, there exists a major controversy concerning pesticides and other harmful chemicals in bottled products including Coca-Cola. In 2003, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a non-governmental organization in New Delhi, said aerated waters produced by soft drinks manufacturers in India, including multinational giants PepsiCo and Coca-Cola, contained toxins including lindane, DDT, malathion and chlorpyrifos- pesticides that can contribute to cancer and a breakdown of the immune system. Therefore, people abroad, are apprehensive about Coca-Cola products from India.

SMALL SCALE SECTOR RESERVATIONS LIMIT ABILITY TO INVEST AND ACHIEVE ECONOMIES OF SCALE: The Company’s operations are carried out on a small scale and due to Government restrictions and ‘red-tapism’, the Company finds it very difficult to invest in technological advancements and achieve economies of scale.

OPPORTUNITIES

LARGE DOMESTIC MARKETS: The domestic market for the products of the Company is very high as compared to any other soft drink manufacturer. Coca-Cola India claims a 58 per cent share of the soft drinks market; this includes a 42 per cent share of the cola market. Other products account for 16 per cent market share, chiefly led by Limca. The company appointed 50,000 new outlets in the first two months of this

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year, as part of its plans to cover one lakh outlets for the coming summer season and this also covered 3,500 new villages. In Bangalore, Coca-Cola amounts for 74% of the beverage market.

EXPORT POTENTIAL: The Company can come up with new products which are not manufactured abroad, like Maaza etc and export them to foreign nations. It can come up with strategies to eliminate apprehension from the minds of the people towards the Coke products produced in India so that there will be a considerable amount of exports and it is yet another opportunity to broaden future prospects and cater to the global markets rather than just domestic market.

HIGHER INCOME AMONG PEOPLE: Development of India as a whole has lead to an increase in the per capita income thereby causing an increase in disposable income. Unlike olden times, people now have the power of buying goods of their choice without having to worry much about the flow of their income. The beverage industry can take advantage of such a situation and enhance their sales.

THREATS

IMPORTS: As India is developing at a fast pace, the per capita income has increased over the years and a majority of the people are educated, the export levels have gone high. People understand trade to a large extent and the demand for foreign goods has increased over the years. If consumers shift onto imported beverages rather than have beverages manufactured within the country, it could pose a threat to the Indian beverage industry as a whole in turn affecting the sales of the Company.

TAX AND REGULATORY SECTOR: The tax system in India is accompanied by a variety of regulations at each stage on the consequence from production to consumption. When a license is issued, the production capacity is mentioned on the license and every time the production capacity needs to be increased, the license poses a problem. Renewing or updating a license every now and then is difficult. Therefore, this can limit the growth of the Company and pose problems.

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SLOWDOWN IN RURAL DEMAND: The rural market may be alluring but it is not without its problems: Low per capita disposable incomes that is half the urban disposable income; large number of daily wage earners, acute dependence on the vagaries of the monsoon; seasonal consumption linked to harvests and festivals and special occasions; poor roads; power problems; and inaccessibility to conventional advertising media. All these problems might lead to a slowdown in the demand for the company’s products.

COMPETITORS TO COCA COLA

The competitors to the products of the company mainly lie in the non-alcoholic beverage industry consisting of juices and soft drinks.

The key competitors in the industry are as follows:

PepsiCo: The PepsiCo challenge, to keep up with archrival, the Coca-Cola Company never ends for the World's # 2, carbonated soft-drink maker. The company's soft drinks include Pepsi, Mountain Dew, and Slice. Cola is not the company's only beverage; PepsiCo sells Tropicana orange juice brands, Gatorade sports drink, and Aquafina water. PepsiCo also sells Dole juices and Lipton ready-to-drink tea. PepsiCo and Coca-Cola hold together, a market share of 95% out of which 60.8% is held by Coca-Cola and the rest belongs to Pepsi.

Nestlé: Nestle does not give that tough a competition to Coca-Cola as it mainly deals with milk products, Baby foods and Chocolates. But the iced tea that is Nestea which has been introduced into the market by Nestle provides a considerable amount of competition to the products of the Company. Iced tea is one of the closest substitutes to the Colas as it is a thirst quencher and it is healthier when compared to fizz drinks. The flavored milk products also have become substitutes to the products of the company due to growing health awareness among people.

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Dabur: Dabur in India, is one of the most trusted brands as it has been operating ever since times and people have laid all their trust in the Company and the products of the Company. Apart from food products, Dabur has introduced into the market Real Juice which is packaged fresh fruit juice. These products give a strong competition to Maaza and the latest product Minute Maid Pulpy Orange.

PRODUCTS

The Coca-Cola Company offers a wide range of products to the customers including beverages, fruit juices and bottled mineral water. The Company is always looking to innovate and come up with, either complete new products or new ways to bottle or pack the existing drinks. The Coca-Cola Company has a wide range of products out of which the following products are marketed by HCCBPL:

In the Cola Section:

In the Lemon section:

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In the Orange section:

In the Juice section:

In the Soda Water and Bottled Mineral Water section:

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In the Tonic Water section:

FOUR P’S OF MARKETING

Product

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Price Place Promotion

PRODUCT

Product mix of Coca-Cola consists of the various brand packs and flavors given in the table. Product strategy of the Coca-Cola is to promote all the brands available in all the brands packs and to introduce the product in new flavors and. even new product. Regarding this Kinley soda is introduced. Fanta in green apple flavor is also introduced.

COKE BRANDS IN INDIAN ORIGIN

COCA-COLA:

Developed in a brass pot in 1886, Coca-Cola is the most

recognized and admired trademark around the globe. Not

to mention the best selling soft drink in the world.

SPRITE:

In 1961, a citrus-flavored drink made its U.S. debut, using

"Sprite Boy" as inspiration for its name. This elf with

silver hair and a big smile was used in 1940s advertising

for Coca-Cola. Sprite is now the fastest growing major soft drink in the U.S.,

and the world's most popular lemon-lime soft drink.

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FANTA:

The name "Fanta" was first registered as a trademark in

Germany in 1941, when it was used for a few years for a

soft drink created from available materials and flavors.

The name was then revived in 1955 in Naples, Italy, when it was used for the

"Fanta" orange drink we know today. It is now the trademark name for a line of

flavored drinks sold around the world.

DIET COKE:

The extension of the Coca-Cola name began in 1982 with

the introduction of diet Coke (also called Coca-Cola light

in some countries). Diet coke quickly became the number-

one selling low-calorie soft drink in the world.

VANILA:

It is an Ice Cream in taste Launched in 2004.

LIMCA:

This is thirst-quenching beverage

features a fresh and light lemon-lime taste and a

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lighthearted attitude. The Limca brand was introduced in 1971 and acquired by

the Coca-Cola Company in 1993.

MAAZA :

Maaza, launched in 1984 and acquired by The Coca-Cola

Company in 1993, is a non carbonated mango soft drink

with a rich, juicy m natural mango taste.

THUMPS UP :

In 1993, The Coca-Cola Company acquired this brand,

which was originally introduced in 1977. Its strong and

fizzy taste makes it unique carbonated Indian Cola.

KINLEY WATER:

This is thirst-quenching beverage features fresh the fresh

water with the saturated oxygen level.

SUNFILL:

This is thirst-quenching beverage features a fresh and light

orange taste and a lighthearted attitude.

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Product Range:

Flavour Ingredients Pack Product Company

Cola Cola Flavour

carbonated water

sugar

200Ml.

300Ml.

500Ml.

1.5 Litre

2 Litre

Coke,

Thumsup

Pepsi

Coca-Coal

Pepsi

Orange Orange Flavour +

Carbonated Water+

Sugar

200Ml.

300Ml.

500Ml.

1.5 Litre

2 Litre

Fanta

Mirinda

Coca-Cola

Pepsi

Fruit Juice Mango Pulp+ Treated

water+ sugar

250 ML Maaza

Slice

Coca-Cola

Pepsi

Cloudy

Lemon

Lemon Flavor +

Carbonated Water+

Sugar

200Ml.

300Ml.

500Ml.

1.5 Litre

2 Litre

Limca

Mirinda Lemon

Coca-Cola

Pepsi

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Clear Lemon Lemon Flavour+

Carbonated Water +

Sugar

200Ml.

300Ml.

500Ml.

1.5 Litre

2 Litre

Sprite

7’Up

Dew

Coca-Cola

Pepsi

PRICE

Regarding the Pricing Policy we are not able to have the information regarding the cost of the product and prices in the other origin but we have the prices at which the products available in the market below:

All the soft drinks product of the company except MAZZA will have the same prices on all the different sizes;

ON 200ML:

The prices of the bottle available in the market is Rs.9

ON 250 ML:

The price of the bottle is Rs.10 and this bottle is available for MAZZA only.

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ON 300ML:

The prices of the bottle available in the market is Rs.1

ON 600ML:

The prices of the bottle available in the market is Rs.22 and it can be for soft drinks except MAZZA

ON 1lt. Pack:

The prices of this pack available in the market is Rs.35 , MAAZA is of Rs.40 and KINLEY water bottle is of Rs.12

ON 2lt. Pack:

The prices of this pack available in the market are Rs.55 and MAAZA is of Rs.70.

10% discount have been given in the big retail outlets only in case of 1lt. and 2lt. pack. Regarding the allowances which are not fixed and can be changed time to time.

PLACE

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The Coca-Cola Company in India is governed from its corporate office located

at Gurgaon in Haryana. It governs the working of five zones covering whole

India these zones are: - Northern zone, Eastern zone, Western zone, Southern

zone and Andhra Pradesh zone. These zones are divided in to various, plants,

which govern the area assigned to them. The areas are the various distribution

centers called distributors and C&F agents. Then comes the retailers/customer

for the company's product, they receive goods from distributors and C&F

agents. Finally consumer is there, having the product from the customer's shops

or delivered to their home, it is more clearly visible through this chart. The

Coca-Cola Company, which gave its reach to the mouth of billions of people all

around the world having a wide distribution, network. In India, the pace and

speed at which Coca-Cola has widened its business is really amazing.

Distribution network is the biggest strength of the company.

In India, there are over 5 million retail outlets dispersed all over the country.

The retailing industry provides employment to over 18mn people. 1 out of every

25 families in India is engaged in the business of retailing. Ownership and

management are predominantly family controlled. However in sharp contrast to

developed countries, unit average size of a retail outlet in India is very small.

Organized retailing, however, has been a recent phenomenon and is

relatively undeveloped. There are no large super market chains/ shopping malls.

Consumers are unwilling to pay a premium for convenience shopping as their

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counterparts in the western countries do. While small chain stores called Apna

Bazaars and Sahakan Bhandaars, which offer products at reasonable prices,

have been fairly popular, Department Stores and Food Stores are slowly gaining

popularity. A large number of corporates have recently ventured into retailing.

The retail outlet in India can be broadly categorized as follows:

- Grocery stores

- General purpose stores

- Food stores

- Pan bidi shops

- Chemist/ drug stores

- Cold chains

The relative share of grocers dropped from over 50% in the early 90's to 35% in

the late 90's. Chemist outlets on the other hand, have been expanding their

product range to include high margin FMCG products from shampoos to

ketchup. Pan-wallas are also emerging as full fledged consumer product outlets.

COMPOSITION OF URBAN OUTLETS

Grocers 34.7%

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Cosmetic stores 4.0%

Chemist 6.3%

Food Stores 6.6%

General Stores 14.4%

Pan – stores 17.0%

Others 17.0%

COMPOSITION OF RURAL OUTLETS

Grocers 55.6%

Cosmetic stores 13.5%

Chemist 3.3%

Others 27.6%

DISTRIBUTION :

Marketing or Distribution channel refers to the set of marketing

intermediaries which manufacturer's link together to reach their products to the

ultimate consumers. Depending on the product, nature of market and

manufacturers' resources/strategy, there can be one or more links between the

manufacturer and consumer.

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Manufacturer – Retailers

Manufacturer - Wholesalers – Retailers

Manufacturer - Stockists - Wholesalers - Retailers.

PROMOTION

This part of the marketing is playing a very vital and important role in the

current situation in India. Looking at the competition and promotion and

advertising budget of both the companies coca cola and Pepsi, one can easily

estimate the importance of this. The promotion mix of Coca-Cola is divided in

to

Top line promotion includes the promotion designed and done by the

company's corporate office of Gurgaon and the office of Bombay TV ads,

design of banners, and other POS done by the company simultaneously all

around India with no Difference in designs etc. fall in this category. Below the

line promotion includes the promotion schemes, publicity material, POS

display done by the company from zonal, plant, sales manager and area sales

manager level. . At the sales manager and area sales manager level the

promotion done exclusively for the cities in their respective area and other POS

display.

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ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION :

Advertising consists of non-personal form of communications. The

communication is conducted through trade media under player sponsorships.

Advertising aims at providing information about the product arouse demand for

the product and emphasize on superior features of the advertised product over

others. Players have to decide on overall advertisement budget, message and

mode of presentation, type of media, timing etc. They invariably do post audit

of advertising efficacy.

Promotions are of two types viz. pull promotions where consumers are

incentivized and push promotion where dealers/ retailers are incentivized.

There are several forms of promotion such as distributing free samples, discount

coupons, gift offers for consumers and target based incentives and display

schemes etc for retailers. Marketers also sponsor charity programmes, sports etc

to promote corporate/ brand image.

SALES PROMTION

It is a logistics control process that applies situational understanding from

both the operational and logistical common operating pictures in order to

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dynamically control and synchronize the flow of materiel through the

distribution pipelines, including retrograde and lateral distribution. The last part

of the definition - retrograde and lateral distribution - is critical to future success

and is often overlooked in distribution management schemes. Our ability to

move materiel in any direction through the pipelines provides an economy of

effort that actually becomes a force multiplier. In this manner, distribution

management becomes a key enabler of logistics transformation, by reducing

materiel requirements to only those that are needed and by leveraging stockage

positioning to reduce the total cost of sustainment.

It consists with:

Advanced Forecasting

Advanced Pricing

Advanced Stock Valuation

Agreement Management

Bulk Stock Valuation

Enterprise Facility

Planning Inventory Management

RECOMMENDATIONS

For marketing strategy of company should diverse its business in related

sector like-Ice creams, butter & chocolates because of company have

visicoolers in most outlets.

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Now company should launch new taste of soft drinks like recently

launched Minute Maid & also launched new product in another flavor.

Company should search new area for increasing in sales.

Company must make new strategy to fight local cold drinks brands.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

http://www.coca-cola.com http://news.bbc.co.uk

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