to thank her for the constant guidance, feedback and mentoring throughout the course of this project. We thank her for her time in helping us achieve our objective of completing this project to the best of our abilities. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Gatorade is a brand of sports food and beverage product built around the line of sports drinks. It is manufactured by Pepsico and is distributed in 80 countries worldwide. The beverage was first developed in 1965 by researchers at the University of Florida
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Strategy and Positioning Of Gatorade Pops MKT 421 October 20, 2014 Frederick Beiermeister Overview of the Organization The Gatorade Company, Inc. is a manufacturer of sports-themed beverage and food products, built around its signature line of sports drinks. Gatorade is currently manufactured by PepsiCo and distributed in over 80 countries. The beverage was first developed in 1965 by a team of researchers at University of Florida, to replenish the combination of water, carbohydrates, and electrolytes that
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product that I have chosen is Gatorade sports drink. Gatorade was invented in 1965 by four researchers called Dr. Robert Cade, Dr. Dana Shires, Dr. H. James Free, and Dr. Alejandro de Quesada who discovered that a balance of carbohydrate’s and electrolytes in a drink would replace what the athletes were losing. It was brought to the intentions to the Doctors by an assistant coach of the Florida gators, who noticed the players being affect by the climate conditions. Gatorade is still striving
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Gatorade | Marketing and Channel Distribution: Dr. Sean D. JassoJorge Serafio 861080548 | TA Connie Kuo | Discussion 21June 11, 2013 | Abstract: Gatorade is the single most popular sports drink in the world. This paper will examine Gatorade’s current marketing strategy and discuss the channels of distribution exploring the company’s production, supply chain management, vendor purchasing and sales. It is my goal that after reading this paper you will have an in depth understanding of how the
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Competitor Analysis When analyzing the competitors of Gatorade G2 series our goal is to assess the strengths and weaknesses of current and future companies. Although Gatorade is the largest company in the industry with a strong brand image, maintaining that against its competitors is vital to the company. Effective marketing is a critical aspect of Gatorade because this is where the majority of the profits generate from. The main competitors in the sports, energy, and health nutrition industry
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...................10 * Choose a targeting strategy for a selected product for Gatorade in Vietnam..................11 * Demonstrate how buyer behaviour affects marketing activities in different buying situations...........................................................................................................................11 * * Propose new positioning for a selected Gatorade in Vietnam product...................12,13,14 * * Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………14
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generates about 65 billion in profits. Pepsi was founded in 1898 and throughout the years it has developed strength thru mergers and acquisitions. Today it has subsidiaries and partnerships with companies like Lipton, Frito-Lay, Starbucks, Quaker and Gatorade. With their competitive strategies, PepsiCo has proven success and it has proven to be an industry leader. At PepsiCo, the mission is to “be the world’s premier consumer Products Company focused on convenient foods and beverages. They seek to produce
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PepsiCo Business Analysis: Part I Management/MGT-521 Dr. Olivia Herriford PepsiCo Business Analysis: Part I PepsiCo is a world leader in convenient snacks, foods, and beverages with revenues of $65 billion and more than 285,000 employees. The company headquarters are in Purchase, New York. PepsiCo products can be found in nearly 200 countries around the globe. The company has 22 brands that each generates more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. PepsiCo owns some of the world's most
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The report firstly introduced Functional beverages basic information included Functional beverages definition classification application industry chain structure industry overview; international market analysis, China domestic market analysis, Macroeconomic environment and economic situation analysis and influence, Functional beverages industry policy and plan, Functional beverages product specification, manufacturing process, product cost structure etc. then statistics Global and China key manufacturers
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problems occurs 1990s Bottled water business starts. 1997 Due to several strategic fit problems, restaurant businesses have been spun off to form Tricon, later Yum! Brands. FTC’s bans to jointly distribute Gatorade with Pepsi for ten years. 2001 Acquisition of Quaker Oat Company, Adding Gatorade to arsenal Re-Organization of Structure Steven Reinemund (CEO 2001-2006) 2008 Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi, Chairman of the Board and CEO (2006-). Three division model. Strategic realignment. Page 2 2
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