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In September 1996, a mutual fund manager who had over 3 million shares in PepsiCo had told the CEO that no one understood why the restaurant group was not being sold off while the group was not being run efficiently. He had also mentioned that it did not fit in with other business of PepsiCo. Thus it is clear that the CEO of PepsiCo knows the reason, but is not able to take the action, or is unwilling to take the needed action.
Regarding the strategies to be applied now, the important aspects that they must cover are the situations of the organization's resources, circumstances and objectives. The first question here is of the difficulty with resources that the organization has now, and for this resources have to be collected, and at the same time, the process of collecting the resources must not interfere with the other aspects. So, the first strategy to be applied now is to get rid of assets within the organization that are not yielding enough returns or showing signs of future yields. With this purpose, the restaurant group should be first disposed off. The second strategic action...
It is obvious that the main activity of preparing the concentrate should be kept within PepsiCo while the other activity should be under a separate company. This is the action that has been taken already by Coca Cola and seems to be successful.
Though the second strategy would really be a copy of the strategy taken by a competitor, it should not be a matter of any emotional problems. The third strategic action should be to separate the successful activity of snack foods. This can be best achieved with a third unit for the purpose, and clearly the marketing of the three products are not the same. Once the organization has three separate companies for marketing, they are likely to be better managed. Here of course one of the main beliefs of the CEO will be violated, and that is the reason why one would say that the achievement of these strategies will require a change of top management. No…
Pepsi Co One of the most effective ways of analyzing a business is to conduct a situational analysis. This is when there is a focus on looking at past / current economic, political, social and technological information to understand the opportunities / challenges impacting a firm. In the case of Pepsi Co, the company has been continuing to evolve with different changes that are taking place inside the industry. To fully
Pepsi Company Pepsi Co Synergy that is realized when two or more companies merge takes the form of revenue enhancement and cost savings. Cost saving opportunities is often initiated to offset revenue decline. The merger between PepsiCo Inc., Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc., and PepsiAmericas was formalized on Friday 26th, February 2010. This came after PepsiCo Inc. had made clear its intentions to acquire all the outstanding shares of common stock in Pepsi
Pepsi is a good model for my objectives because they are not only a highly successful business but they also make strong contributions to the different countries in which they operate. Pepsi donates to charities and builds its enterprise in a manner that supports local businesses. What Pepsi does is they promote local bottlers and they help those bottlers to build their businesses. Ultimately, this helps Pepsi to build its
Pepsi Ratios Pepsi Performance Assessment Ratio Analysis Based on the financial ratios shown in the table in Appendix A, a general assessment of Pepsi's strength and performance over the past several years and in its current position can be made. As a measure of liquidity, the current ratio shows that Pepsi definitely appears to be struggling, though it has made significant improvements since 2009. Current assets are still slightly lower than current liabilities,
Pepsi or Coke Forward Integration During 2010, both Pepsi Cola and Coca-Cola completed the acquisition of their previously independent North American bottling affiliates. PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) acquired The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. (PBG) and PepsiAmericas, Inc. (PAS). These deals closed on February26, 2010. (Pepsi PRNewswire, 2010) Almost immediately, Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) announced that it would acquire the North American operations of Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE:CCE) and sell to CCE its bottling operations in Norway
("Contemporary Trends in Corporate Design," 2001) Pepsi's second era of expansion in the 1970's transpired when domestic markets at its corporate home base had become stagnant. Foreign markets were growing much faster than domestic markets and thus a source of greater volume of sales. It wished to maneuver itself ahead of its rival Coca-Cola by dominating the world, if it could not immediately dominate the domestic, American market. Globalization then