The Company
· PepsiCo, Inc. is the result of the merging of Pepsi Cola and Frito Lay. Pepsi Cola was established in New Bern, NC by Caleb Bradham in the late 1800s. Frito Lay is the result of the merger between the Frito Company, and the Lay Company around 1960. Today, the company reports sales of $510 million, and employs approximately 20.000 people. The company’s major product line consists of: Pepsi Cola, Diet Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Frito corn chips, Lays potato chips, Cheetos, Ruffles, and Rold Gold pretzels.
Company Global Operations
· PepsiCo Americas Foods, which includes Frito-Lay North America (FLNA), Quaker Foods North America (QFNA) and all of our Latin American food and snack businesses (LAF)
· PepsiCo Americas Beverages (PAB), which includes all of our North American and Latin American beverage businesses
· PepsiCo Europe (Europe), which includes all beverage, food and snack businesses in Europe and South Africa
· PepsiCo Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA), which includes all beverage, food and snack
· businesses in AMEA, excluding South Africa
Company History & Growth
· 1966 – Introduction of Doritos brand tortilla chips Pepsi enters Japan and Eastern Europe
· 1970 – PepsiCo moves headquarters to Purchase, NY Frito Lay begins expansion initiative Pepsi introduces lightweight, recyclable plastic bottles, and the first two-liter bottle.
· 1973 – Frito Lay International is established, and begins marketing snack foods worldwide
· 1974 – Pepsi Cola is the first American product produced, marketed, and sold in the former Soviet Union
· 1977 – PepsiCo purchases Pizza Hut, Inc.
· 1978 – PepsiCo purchases Taco Bell
· 1981 – Nutritional information is added to Frito Lay snack food packaging’
· 1982 – PepsiCo introduces caffeine-free colas Pepsi Cola moves into China
· 1984 – Pepsi Cola makes history by teaming up with Michael Jackson for The Choice of a New Generation campaign
· 1985 – PepsiCo is the largest beverage industry, and has products in over 150 countries
· 1986 – PepsiCo purchases KFC
· 1989 – PepsiCo is ranked in the top 25 of the Fortune 500 company rankings
· 1994 – PepsiCo and Starbucks form the North American Coffee Partnership
· 1997 – Aquafina bottled water is introduced
· 1998 – PepsiCo purchases Tropicana products from Seagram Company, Ltd. Pepsi Cola celebrates 100 years
· 2000 PepsiCo own majority stock in South Beach Beverage Company (SoBe)
· 2001 – PepsiCo merges with Quaker Oats
· 2007 – PepsiCo introduces: Performance with Purpose
Strengths
· PepsiCo employees are motivated, and highly engaged in the organization
· Sustained improvements in employee commitment, and satisfaction
· Continued focus on discipline to drive results in the short term
· Continued investments to build capabilities and advantages for the long term
· Attractive partner for retailer who look to Pepsico to drive a significant share of their growth
· A broad portfolio, which is a strong competitive advantage in the food service i ...
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1. The Company
· PepsiCo, Inc. is the result of the merging of Pepsi Cola and
Frito Lay. Pepsi Cola was established in New Bern, NC by
Caleb Bradham in the late 1800s. Frito Lay is the result of the
merger between the Frito Company, and the Lay Company
around 1960. Today, the company reports sales of $510
million, and employs approximately 20.000 people. The
company’s major product line consists of: Pepsi Cola, Diet
Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Frito corn chips, Lays potato chips,
Cheetos, Ruffles, and Rold Gold pretzels.
Company Global Operations
· PepsiCo Americas Foods, which includes Frito-Lay North
America (FLNA), Quaker Foods North America (QFNA) and all
of our Latin American food and snack businesses (LAF)
· PepsiCo Americas Beverages (PAB), which includes all of our
North American and Latin American beverage businesses
· PepsiCo Europe (Europe), which includes all beverage, food
and snack businesses in Europe and South Africa
· PepsiCo Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA), which
includes all beverage, food and snack
· businesses in AMEA, excluding South Africa
Company History & Growth
· 1966 – Introduction of Doritos brand tortilla chips Pepsi
enters Japan and Eastern Europe
· 1970 – PepsiCo moves headquarters to Purchase, NY Frito
Lay begins expansion initiative Pepsi introduces lightweight,
recyclable plastic bottles, and the first two-liter bottle.
· 1973 – Frito Lay International is established, and begins
marketing snack foods worldwide
· 1974 – Pepsi Cola is the first American product produced,
marketed, and sold in the former Soviet Union
· 1977 – PepsiCo purchases Pizza Hut, Inc.
2. · 1978 – PepsiCo purchases Taco Bell
· 1981 – Nutritional information is added to Frito Lay snack
food packaging’
· 1982 – PepsiCo introduces caffeine-free colas Pepsi Cola
moves into China
· 1984 – Pepsi Cola makes history by teaming up with Michael
Jackson for The Choice of a New Generation campaign
· 1985 – PepsiCo is the largest beverage industry, and has
products in over 150 countries
· 1986 – PepsiCo purchases KFC
· 1989 – PepsiCo is ranked in the top 25 of the Fortune 500
company rankings
· 1994 – PepsiCo and Starbucks form the North American
Coffee Partnership
· 1997 – Aquafina bottled water is introduced
· 1998 – PepsiCo purchases Tropicana products from Seagram
Company, Ltd. Pepsi Cola celebrates 100 years
· 2000 PepsiCo own majority stock in South Beach Beverage
Company (SoBe)
· 2001 – PepsiCo merges with Quaker Oats
· 2007 – PepsiCo introduces: Performance with Purpose
Strengths
· PepsiCo employees are motivated, and highly engaged in the
organization
· Sustained improvements in employee commitment, and
satisfaction
· Continued focus on discipline to drive results in the short term
· Continued investments to build capabilities and advantages for
the long term
· Attractive partner for retailer who look to Pepsico to drive a
significant share of their growth
· A broad portfolio, which is a strong competitive advantage in
the food service industry
· Organic revenue up 4%
· Core constant currency grew 9%
3. · Core net ROIC improved 110 BPS in 2013 compared to 2012
· Free cash flow reached $8.2 billion
· Returned $6.2 billion to shareholders
WEAKENESSES
1. Image Damaging Product Recall 2008 salmonella
contamination forced PepsiCo to pull Aunt Jemima pancake and
waffle mix from retail shelves. This followed incidents of
exploding Diet Pepsi cans in 2007. Such occurrences damaged
the company’s image and reduce consumer confidence in
PepsiCo products (Friesner 2014).
2. Overdependence on Wal-Mart PepsiCo sales to Wal-Mart
represent approximately 12% of PepsiCo’s total net revenue.
Wal-Mart is PepsiCo’s largest customer. As a result PepsiCo’s
fortunes are influenced by the business strategy of Wal-Mart
specifically its emphasis on private-label sales which produce a
higher profit margin than national brands. Wal-Mart’s low price
themes put pressure on PepsiCo to hold down prices. Wal-Mart
has a significant buyer power and can easily dictate prices over
PepsiCo leaving it with very small margins. In addition, if
PepsiCo would lose Wal-Mart it would lose 13% of its revenue
and competitive advantage (Friesner 2014, Jurevicius 2013).
3. Weak brand awareness. The Coca Cola Company has the
largest share market of beverages in the world and much
stronger brand awareness than Pepsi, placing it at competitive
disadvantage (Jurevicius 2013).
4. Questionable practices. PepsiCo is using and selling tap
water but places view of mountains on its water bottle labels,
thus deceiving people that it is mountain spring water when it is
not. PepsiCo has also been criticized for using water in India
with higher than allowed amount of pesticides in it (Jurevicius
2013). Moreover, PepsiCo brand image has been weakened to a
certain extent in recent years due to tap water andTropicana
Kids orange juice product recall (Dudovsky 2014).
5. Overdependence on US Markets – Despite its international
presence, 52% of its revenues originate in the US. This
4. concentration does leave PepsiCo somewhat vulnerable to the
impact of changing economic conditions, and labor strikes.
Large US customers could exploit PepsiCo’s lack of bargaining
power and negatively impact its revenues (Friesner 2014).
OPPORTUNITIES
The PepsiCo’s opportunities for product development, market
penetration and expansion exist on a global scale.
1. Reaching untapped markets with existing product lines –
Although PepsiCo is well-known in many developed and
developing countries, some of their brands are largely confined
to a few regions. Technology ubiquity will now allow PepsiCo
to expand its markets to BRICS and other developing nations
(Bouckley, 2012). Like Nestle, it would benefit PepsiCo’s
portfolio if it taps into these new markets instead of maintaining
a heavy reliance on the US (Sosland, 2014).
2. Increasing awareness and demand for healthy food and
beverages – Due to the threats of obesity-associated diseases
and public pressure for healthier eating, a new opportunity for
presenting the market with healthy drinks and snacks has
developed. PepsiCo can continue to take advantage of this
awareness and expand its healthy foods product range and
sponsor healthy living events to portray its company as a
health-conscious food giant (Mangalindan, 2010).
3. Increase in bottled water consumption – PepsiCo is one of
America’s largest suppliers of bottled water. Consumption of
bottled water has been growing and is projected to continue
growing both in US and around the world. PepsiCo has the
opportunity to expand its product line to add different types of
bottled water to suit a variety of consumers.
4. Acquisition of upcoming relevant brands – The fragmented
international snacks and beverages markets constantly have new
healthier foods being invented and gaining popularity on a local
scale. PepsiCo’s financial strength and vast knowledge of the
international food industry can be used to acquire these brands
and enhance its position as a global food and beverage giant
5. (Dean, 2013).
5. Frugal consumers– US consumers are becoming more thrifty
spenders. As such, PepsiCo has an opportunity to change its
delivery methods to suit consumers’ acceptable prices. Pre-
packed snacks and beverages are now a more common part of
our eating culture. Creating smaller packages will not only
provide new customers an opportunity to ‘test’ PepsiCo
products, but encourage existing frugal customers to purchase
as the price comes within their reach (Culliney, 2013).
EXTERNAL THREATS
Changes in consumer tastes. Consumers around the world
become more health conscious and reduce their consumption of
carbonated drinks, drinks that have large amounts of sugar,
calories and fat.
Water scarcity. Water is becoming scarcer around the world and
increases in both cost and criticism for PepsiCo over the large
amounts of water used for production.
Decreasing gross profit margin. PepsiCo’s gross profit margin
was decreasing over the past few years and may continue to
decrease due to higher water and other raw material costs.
Legal requirements to disclose negative information on product
labels. Some researches show that particular ingredients,
consumed in extra large quantities, in some of PepsiCo products
could cause cancer. For this reason, many governments consider
to pass legislation that requires disclosing such information on
product labels. Products containing such information may be
perceived negatively and lose its customers.
Strong dollar: More than 50% of PepsiCo’s income is from
outside US. Due to strong dollar performance against other
currencies PepsiCo’s income should fall.
Increased competition from Snyder’s. Snyder’s increase its US
savory snacks market share by 1.6% and almost all of it was
taken from PepsiCo.
Coca Cola expanding to foreign markets and claiming untapped
markets.
6. Cola and Pepsi control nearly 40% of the entire beverage
market, the changing health-consciousness of the market could
have a serious affect. Of course, both Coke and Pepsi have
already diversified into these markets, allowing them to have
further significant market shares and offset any losses incurred
due to fluctuations in the market.
INTERNAL THREATS
It’s Not Yours: One of the internal threats found in PepsiCo is
the company’s reliant on franchised bottling company to
distribute its products. This strategy has seen the company
create very powerful bottlers that it cannot exert control over.
Sometimes, the franchises oppose introduction of a new product
by PepsiCo while others refuse to manufacture some of the
products. Coke can invest in their bottling companies, whereas
PepsiCo cannot because they do not own them.
Who Did This: New product recalls due to scandals and/or
ingredients tampering.
SWOT ANALYSIS EVALUATION
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