INTRODUCTION

INDIAN SOFT DRINK SCENARIO

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

SCOPE OF THE STUDY

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

LIMITATIONS

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INTRODUCTION

INDIAN SOFT DRINKS SCENARIO

The Indian market offers a strong consumer potential as the majority of

the population is in middle class category, which is a strong consumer base for

any soft drink industry.

Coca-cola and Pepsi are the man combatants in the soft drinks wars.

They wage constant and pitch battles for the retail shelf space. They engage in

price wars, copycat advertising, court battles etc,

After 16 years, soft drinks again coca-cola came to India and launched

coke in October 1993 for the first time in Agra. As a result of liberalization and

opening doors to the multi national companies, Pepsi came to India in the year

1990 and for indianization it has added the word lehar.

Coca-Cola India’s objective is to create more seasons and reasons for

enjoying a coke. That us why the 200ml “mini” coke bottle coke, as a brand has

a 21% market share.Coca-cola India accounted for 135 million unit’s cases.

While Pepsi Company accounted for 79 million units cases.In 2001 coca-cola

claims a market share of 58% of the total soft drinks market Of this, coca-cola

and thumps up accounted for 42% with 16% accounted by other drinks such as

limca, maaza, sprite and fanta. Pepsi company market share is 42%

respectively.

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OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

The study will provide a representation of the ready to drink market for coffee-

tea in the twin cities, which will help in understanding the market in a better way

and also enables coca-cola to identify opportunities in the near future an

measure the potential of this sector, thus allowing it to gain considerable share

of the market and cater to the needs of the customers.

The study also concentrates in detail the behavior of the consumer

towards the hot beverages at the vending machines.

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SCOPE OF THE STUDY

The study will provide a representation of the ready to drink market for coffee-

tea in the twin cities, which help in understanding the market in a better way

and also enables coca cola to identify opportunities in the near future and

measure the potential of this sector, thus allowing it to gain considerable share

of the market and cater to the needs of the customers.

The study also concentrates in detail the behavior of the consumer

towards the hot beverages at the vending machines.

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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

SAMPLING DESIGN:

The study is conducted in the twin cities of Hyderabad and

Secunderabad spanning over a period of eight weeks.

For the purpose of collecting the required information, two heterogeneous sets

of population were identified and studied.

1 The retail vendors under various categories of point of sale.

2 The consumers at the vending points.

RESEARCH DESIGN

NATURE OF RESEARCH:

1 Descriptive research: This method has been used to identify and

provide an accurate picture of aspects of market environment

like….

2 Market size of twin cities

3 Market shares of leading brands in terms of value and volume

4 Consumption pattern at various outlets etc.,

PROBLEM STATEMENT:

The problem statement includes the following:

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a. Management dilemma:

‘Can the market size for ready to drink coffee-tea through vending, in

twin cities, be expanded, by introducing Georgia coffee-tea in the retail

segment?’

b. Management questions:

‘How can the retail market for ready to drink coffee-tea be increased or

expanded in order to achieve a considerable market share in this

segment, in twin cities?’

c. Research question:

‘What are the marketing strategies being practiced by the existing

companies in twin cities and what is the customer preference?’

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES:

The research study has been carried out with the aim of collecting the

information, which will be useful in formulating an effective marketing strategy

for the launch of Georgia in twin cities.

The following are some of the major objectives of this research study, which

have been identified.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

1 To understand the environment for the existing ready to drink

coffee-tea through vending machines in twin cities, by determining

the market size, market share of the existing brands and other

related trends in the market.

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2 To assess the competitive position of Georgia in respect to other

brands and identify possible threats and opportunities in the

market.

DATA COLLECTION:

The personal interview technique is used in order obtain the required

information from the respondents. This has been conducted in two phases….

Phase I: data has been collected by using a structured questionnaire consisting

of close-ended questions, from a sample of 180 outlets.

The following important points are known from the questionnaire:

1 Market share of the competitors.

2 Average cuppage per outlet.

3 Machine placement schemes of the competitors.

4 Service frequency.

5 Maintenance costs.

6 Source of water

Phase II: data has been collected by using a structured questionnaire consisting

of closed ended and open ended questions, from a sample of 167.

The following points are known from the questionnaire:

1 Consumer’s beverage preference

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2 Consumers brand preference

3 Consumers flavor preference in both tea and coffee

4 Consumption rate per day

5 Consumers chicory perception

6 Age break up at the vending points

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LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

Respondents reluctant to provide information.

Regency effect: during the process of data collection the respondents

might have given the sales figures of the recent month, which might lead

to inaccuracy.

A broad spectrum of market aspects have been studied which resulted

in lack Of as in depth understanding of those aspects.

The distributor’s data has not been studied to give a complete picture of

the market.

The limited period of 8 weeks for the project did not allow the study to be

continued in detail.

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COMPANY PROFILE

COMPANY PROFILE

About Hindustan coca-cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.

“The COCA-COLA Company exist to benefit and refresh everyone who is

touched by their business”

HISTORY OF COCA-COLA

The history of coca-cola is a story that begins more than a century ago in

the back yard a few blocks down the street from where the world head quarters

of the coca-cola company is now located.

Coca-cola originated in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 8, 1886. Pharmacist Dr.John

Styth Pemberton stirred up fragrant caramel colored syrup in a three -legged

brass kettle in his back yard and now carried a jug office formulation down the

street to Jacob’s pharmacy, Atlanta’s largest drug store. That same day, the

new product made its debut as a soda fountain drink for five cents a glass.

When carbonated water was mixed with new syrup, refreshment history was

made.

Dr.Pemberton’s partner and book keeper frank M.Robinson suggested that

name and calligraphed the famous trade mark in unique script.

Since then the coca-cola has grown up became the most favorable soft drink in

more than 200 countries across the world. The coca-cola bottling system

continued to operate as an independent local business until the late 1970’s and

early 1980’s when, for economic and other reasons; bottling franchise

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ownership began to consolidate. In 1986, the coca-cola company recognized

the opportunity to

Significantly advance this consolidation by merging some of this

company owned operation with two large ownership groups that for sale.

These bottling operations were combined into coca-cola enterprise Inc. the

company offered

Its stock in the New York stock exchange on the November 21st, 1986, in

the largest initial public offering made up to the date.

Board of directors

James D. Robinson

[General Partner of RRE Ventures]

Warren E. Buitentt

[Chairman of the board and chief executive officer]

Dunaut F. Henery

[President of the IRC Group, LIC]

Sam Naun

[Chief executive officers of nuclear threat initiatives]

Paul F. Oreffic

[Board of director and chief executive officer of Dow chemical company]

Douglas N Daft

[Chairman of the board and chief executive of the Coca – Cola Company]

Herbert A. Aller

[Director and Managing director of Allen and company]

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Cathlon P. Block

[President of Henrst Magazines]

James B. Williams

[Chairman of the executive committees]

Robert L. Nardeil [Chairman of the board]

Parter V. Veheniroth

[Chairman of Contrarian]

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PROFILE OF COCA-COLA INDIA

Coca-cola India began in the year October 1993. Prior to this the

company was forced to leave the country in the year 1977, 16 years from the

date of its reentry. The political developments made the company to wind up its

operations in India. In 1993, coca-cola was re launched in the historic city of

Agra. Immediately after reentering the country, it took over the network of 52

bottlers of the national soft drink leader at the point of time i.e. parole exports.

The major advantage the company gained through the re-entry was that it

acquired all the brand leaders in the industry i.e. thumps up, Limca, Citra, gold

spot and Maaza.

The bottles were convinced to invest money and upgrade their plants to

suit cokes requirements in 1994. 18 bottling plants in the country launched the

international flavors coca-cola and Fanta in their respective markets. This

continued with the rest of bottlers launching these brands gradually in their

respective markets. The company aims to takeover all the 52 plants and set up

new plants in order to cater to the customers and the increasing demand for the

soft drinks manufactured in organized sector.

The brand promotion was between 1994-96. The bottling acquisition

occurred between 1997-99. Its quest for profitability started from 2000 onwards.

In India coke has its concentrate plants at Pune producing 10 brands .

Its company-owned bottling operations are at six operating regions, 29

operating areas with 26 plants 10 green fields and 3000 associates. It enjoys a

turnover of over rs.3000crores in India.

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AP region

Consists of five operating locations- Moula-Ali, Ammenpur, Nellore,

Vijayawada and

Visakhapatnam having a turnover of over 750crores with 3 plats, 2 green

fields 1500 associates.

VISION OF COCA-COLA

Provide exceptional strategic leadership in the coca-cola India system

resulting in consumer and customer preferences and loyalty, through coca-

cola’s commitment to them, and in a highly profitable coca-cola corporate

branded beverages system

MISSION OF THE COCA-COLA INDIA

Create consumer product, services and communications, customer

service and bottling system strategies, process and tools in order to crate

competitive advantage and deliver superior value to:

1. Consumer’s as a superior beverages experience.

2. Consumer’s as an opportunity to grow profits through used of

finished drinks.

3. Bottlers as an opportunity to grow profits and volume.

4. TCCC as trademark enhancement and positive economic value-

added.

5. Suppliers as an opportunity to make reasonable profits when

creating real value added in an environment f system-wide

teamwork, flexible business system and continuous improvements.

6. CCI associates as superior career opportunity.

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

development.

BUSINESS:

Coca-cola enterprise is in the business of marketing, producing and

distributing liquid non-alcoholic refreshments to customers and the consumers

in their franchise tern tones. Coca-cola enterprise is the world’s largest bottler

of the products of the coca-cola company; its operations extend in over 22

countries worldwide.

The coca-cola enterprise and the coca-cola company are in the business

partnership.

The coca-cola company develops the product: while as a bottler the coca cola

enterprise combines the product concentrates with other ingredients and

packages in bottles, cans and fountain containers.

MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHY:

CORPORATE AREA:

The major concept of the management philosophy is to remain in the

beverage industry and not diversity into other areas. The management believes

in investing in non capital-intensive areas. In fact, the beverage industry

requires little capital, and produces maximum returns. The returns from the

foreign markets are tapped to the most. Management as a whole believes in

expanding into the global market.

FINANCIAL AREA:

The corporate objectives are to increase the shareowners value. The

management believes

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That in increasing the shareholders value it requires consistent growth in

financial results complemented by effective use of the cash flow.

MARKETING AREA:

The coca-cola consistently ranks first in the world’s most valuable brands.

The brand value is about $39 billion. This is the greatest heritage of the

company. As far as the branch management concerned, we find that coca cola

ranks itself as the third only after Microsoft and Louis vuitton.

PRODUCTS:

The carbonated market

Four basic segments

Refreshment:

-carbonated soft drinks (CSDs): Coca-Cola, fanta, sprite, thums-up and

limca.

Rejuvenation:

-ready to drink tea and coffee: Nestea, Georgia gold

Health and nutrition:

-juices and milks: bibo, Fruitopia, minute, maid, sunfill

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Replenishment:

-water and sports drinks: kinley, shock, PowerAde

Six operating groups

North America group : 30% share

Latin America group : 26% share

Europe and Eurasia group : 21% share

Asia pacific group : 16% share

Africa and Middle East group : 7% share

Marketing Research of Coca-Cola Company

In the beginning near by 1985 when coke was not running in a proper

manner due to regular innovation in the taste of coke. It was losing its market

value of shares. This was due to the research done by the company.

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But, then Coca-Cola began the largest new product research project in the

company’s history. It spent more then two years and four million on research

before setting on a new formula. It conducted some 2, 00,000 taste and 3,

00,000 on the final formula taste alone. It blind tests, 60% of consumers

chose the new coke over the old and 52% chose it over Pepsi. Research

showed that new coke would be a winner and the company introduced it with

confidence.

The Coca-Cola Company has one of the largest Best-Managed and most

advanced marketing research operations in America-a top the rough and

tumble soft drink market for decades. But marketing research is far from an

exact science. Consumers are fuel or surprises and figuring then out can be

touch.

If Coca-Cola L.T.D. can make a large marketing research mistake, any

company can.

Marketing Process

The marketing process involves:

Analyzing market opportunities

Selecting target markets

Developing the marketing mix

Managing the marketing efforts

The strategic plan defines the company’s overall mission and objectives

with each business unit; marketing plays a important role in helping to

accomplish the overall strategic objectives marketing role and activities in the

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organization can be clearly seen by knowing the marketing strategy of the

company.

Targeting the consumer is very important step in the marketing process.

The company identifies the total market; select the most promising segments

and focalizes serving and satisfying these segments. It designs a marketing

mix made up of factors under its control; Product; Prices; Place and

promotion. To find the best marketing mix and put it into action, the company

engages in marketing analysis planning implementation and controls.

Market Segmentation

Market consists of buyers and buyers differ in one or more ways, they

may differ in their wants, resources location, buying attitude etc. each buyer is

potentially a separate market. Ideally, a seller must design a separate

marketing program for each buyer.

Most sellers face large no. of small buyers and do not final complete

segmentation worth while instead; they look for brand classes of buyers who

differ in their product needs or buying responses.

Types of Segmentation :-

1 Geographic segmentation:-

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Dividing market by its geographical limits does it. For example dividing

the market as rural market urban market, International market, domestic

market etc.

2 Demographic segmentation:-

It is done because of population of a particulars state of a country.

3 Psychographics segmentation:-

It is done because of taste, chose in company preferences, psychology

etc.

4 Behavioral segmentation:-

It is bone because of the behavior of the consumer.

Market Targeting

Marketing targeting involves evaluating each markets segment

attractiveness and selecting one or more segment to enter.

A Company should target segments in which it can generate the greatest

consumer value and sustain it overtime. A Company with L.T.D. resources

might decide to save only one or a few special segments.

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MARKETING MIX

Once the company has decided on its overall competitive marketing

strategy, it is ready to being planning the details of the marketing mix. The

marketing mix is one of the major concepts in modern marketing. We define

marketing mix as the set of controllable tactical marketing tools that the firm

blends to produce the response it wants in the target marketing. The marketing

mix consists of everything the firm can do to influence the demand for its product.

The many possibilities can be collected into four groups of variables known as

the “Four Ps”: product, price, place, and promotion. Figure 5-6 shows the

particular marketing tools under each P.

Product means the “goods-and-service” combination the company offers to

the target marketing. Thus, a Ford Taurus “product” consists of nuts and bolts,

spark plugs, pistons, headlights, and thousands of other parts. Ford offers

several Taurus styles and dozens of optional features. The car comes fully

serviced and with a comprehensive warranty, that is as much a part of the

product as the tailpipe.

Price is the amounts of money customers have to pay to obtain the product.

Ford calculates suggested retail price that its dealers might change for each

Taurus. However, Ford dealers really change the full sticker price. Instead, they

negotiate the price with each customer, offering discounts, and trade-in

allowances, and credit terms to adjust for the current competitive situation and to

bring the price into line with the buyer’s perception of the car’s value.

Place includes company activities that make the product available to target

consumers. Ford maintains a large body of indecently owned dealerships that

sell the company’s many different models. Ford selects its dealers carefully and

supports them strongly. The dealers keep an inventory of Ford automobiles,

demonstrate them to potential buyers negotiate prices, close sales, and service

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the cars after the sale.

PRODUCT PRICE Product variety List pieceQuality DiscountsFeatures AllowanceBrand name Payment periodSize Credit termsServicesWarrantiesReturns

Target Customers Intended Positioning

PROMOTION PLACEAdvertising ChannelsPersonal selling CoverageSales promotion AssortmentsPublic relations Locations

InventoryTransportationLogistics

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GEORGIA

GREAT REFRESHER - Any time any where.

Long ago when the ancient Saadhus started using a queer herb that helped

them stay awake for their prayers, the whole world woke up to a new beverage.

It has, over the years, found its way into lives of almost all mankind, be it the

spicy green tea of china, or the crushed black coffee of south America, or the

sweet, milky version of both tea and coffee that has wooed us Indians

whichever way you like it, there is no denying the role that a cup plays in our

lives.

And why only mornings… we Indians cannot resist a delicious hot sip

anytime of the day. Late nights, evenings, afternoons, early mornings and all

times in between tea and coffee has been an integral part of India for ages.

Research proves that an average Indian wakes up to a hot cup of tea or coffee

and consumes many more before he ends his day. It also proves that with this

backdrop, Georgia fits perfectly in the Indian market.

GEORGIA: A SWEET STORY OF SUCCESS

Way back since 1886 quality beverages, around the world, has been

synonymous with one name: coca cola they extended the same quality into the

hot beverages segment with a new brand, called Georgia tea and coffee. It

became instantly one of the most popular international brands. In markets like

Japan where people take tea very seriously, Georgia teas and coffees are a big

hit.

Today, Georgia brings all its quality and experience into India. Perfectly

blended to pamper the Indian taste, and the Coca-Cola promise of quality,

hygiene and unwavering consistency…cup, after cup, after cup!

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Every cup is brewed so that it delivers a consistent and splendid taste.

Ready-to-drink tea and coffee from Georgia comes to you a winning variety of

taste and mouth-watering flavors.

Tea → Plain tea, Cardamom tea, Adrak tea and Masala tea

Coffee → coffee, cappuccino and mochacino.

TASTE THE DIFFERENCE:

That’s because the Georgia vending machine is the most advanced of its

kind. Microprocessor controlled digital counter, hardware lock, auto flush system

and state-of-the-art. This means low failure rates, hygienic, insect proof and

durability like never before. The Georgia vending machine stands out as one of

the most convenient to use, producing the best tasting tea and coffee, more

profitable than any other in the market.

TECHNOLOGY:

Georgia vending machines have been specially designed and are introduced

keeping the unique requirements of the market in the mind. Technologically

Georgia vending machine is the most advanced of its kind. Flexibility in cup

offering full and half: is another attribute that makes Georgia vending machine.

The technologically superior machine has been put through intense stress tests

so that it can withstand the demanding local market conditions.

Georgia vending machines come in four different types

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Solo → single canister

Twin Georgia → double canister

Tri → triple canister

Georgia max → four canister

SWOT ANALYSIS

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

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Coca-Cola brand was worth $70.45

billion.(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.

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.

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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 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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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

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fruit juice. These products give a strong competition to Maaza and the

latest product Minute Maid Pulpy Orange.

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

The Marketing mix is generally accepted as the use and specification of the four

p's describing the strategic position of a product in the marketplace. One version

of the origins of the marketing mix starts in 1948 when James Culliton said that a

marketing decision should be a result of something similar to a recipe.

This version continued in 1953 when Neil Borden, in his American Marketing

Association presidential address, took the recipe idea one step further and

coined the term 'Marketing-Mix'. A prominent marketer, E. Jerome McCarthy,

proposed a 4 P classification in 1960, which would see wide popularity. The four

Ps concepts are explained in most marketing textbooks and classes.

Marketing Mix

A Marketing mix is the division of groups to make a particular product, by pricing,

product, branding, place, and quality. Although some marketers[who?] have

added other P's, such as personnel and packaging, the fundamentals of

marketing typically identifies the four P's of the marketing mix as referring to:

Product - A tangible object or an intangible service that is mass produced

or manufactured on a large scale with a specific volume of units.

Intangible products are often service based like the tourism industry & the

hotel industry. Typical examples of a mass produced tangible object are

the motor car and the disposable razor. A less obvious but ubiquitous

mass produced service is a computer operating system.

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Price – The price is the amount a customer pays for the product. It is

determined by a number of factors including market share, competition,

material costs, product identity and the customer's perceived value of the

product. The business may increase or decrease the price of product if

other stores have the same product.

Place – Place represents the location where a product can be purchased.

It is often referred to as the distribution channel. It can include any

physical store as well as virtual stores on the Internet.

Promotion – Promotion represents all of the communications that a

marketer may use in the marketplace. Promotion has four distinct

elements - advertising, public relations, word of mouth and point of sale. A

certain amount of crossover occurs when promotion uses the four

principal elements together, which is common in film promotion.

Advertising covers any communication that is paid for, from television and

cinema commercials, radio and Internet adverts through print media and

billboards. One of the most notable means of promotion today is the

Promotional Product, as in useful items distributed to targeted audiences

with no obligation attached. This category has grown each year for the

past decade while most other forms have suffered. It is the only form of

advertising that targets all five senses and has the recipient thanking the

giver. Public relations are where the communication is not directly paid for

and includes press releases, sponsorship deals, exhibitions, conferences,

seminars or trade fairs and events. Word of mouth is any apparently

informal communication about the product by ordinary individuals,

satisfied customers or people specifically engaged to create word of

mouth momentum. Sales staff often plays an important role in word of

mouth and Public Relations (see Product above).

Broadly defined, optimizing the marketing mix is the primary responsibility

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of marketing. By offering the product with the right combination of the four

Ps marketers can improve their results and marketing effectiveness.

Making small changes in the marketing mix is typically considered to be a

tactical change. Making large changes in any of the four Ps can be

considered strategic. For example, a large change in the price, say from

$19.00 to $39.00 would be considered a strategic change in the position of

the product. However a change of $131 to $130.99 would be considered a

tactical change, potentially related to a promotional offer.

The term "Marketing Mix" however, does not imply that the 4P elements

represent options. They are not trade-offs but are fundamental marketing

issues that always need to be addressed. They are the fundamental

actions that marketing requires whether determined explicitly or by default.

Product marketing

Product marketing deals with the first of the "4P"'s of marketing, which are

Product, Pricing, Place, and Promotion. Product marketing, as opposed to

product management, deals with more outbound marketing tasks.

For example, product management deals with the nuts and bolts of product

development within a firm, whereas product marketing deals with marketing the

product to prospects, customers, and others. Product marketing, as a job

function within a firm, also differs from other marketing jobs such as Marcom or

marketing communications, online marketing, advertising, marketing strategy,

etc.

A Product Market is something that is referred to when pitching a new product to

the general public. The people you are trying to make your product appeal to is

your consumer market. For example: If you were pitching a new video game

console game to the public, your consumer market would probably be a

younger/teenage market (depending on the type of game).

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Thus you would carry out market research to find out how best to release the

game. Likewise, a massage chair would probably not appeal to younger children,

so you would market your product to an older generation.

Role of product marketing

Product marketing in a business addresses four important strategic questions:[1]

What products will be offered (i.e., the breadth and depth of the product

line)?

Who will be the target customers (i.e., the boundaries of the market

segments to be served)?

How will the products reach those customers (i.e., the distribution

channels to be used)?

Why will customers prefer our products to those of competitors (i.e., the

distinctive attributes and value to be provided)?

Product marketing vs. product management

Product marketing frequently differs from product management in high-tech

companies. Whereas the product manager is required to take a product's

requirements from the sales and marketing personnel and create a product

requirements document (PRD),[2] which will be used by the engineering team to

build the product, the product marketing manager can be engaged in the task of

creating a marketing requirements document (MRD), which is used as source for

the product management to develop the PRD.

In other companies the product manager creates both the MRDs and the PRDs,

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while the product marketing manager does outbound tasks like giving product

demonstrations in trade shows, creating marketing collateral like hot-sheets,

beat-sheets, cheat sheets, data sheets, and white papers. This requires the

product marketing manager to be skilled not only in competitor analysis, market

research, and technical writing, but also in more business oriented activities like

conducting ROI and NPV analyses on technology investments, strategizing how

the decision criteria of the prospects or customers can be changed so that they

buy the company's product vis-a-vis the competitor's product, etc.

In smaller high-tech firms or start-ups, product marketing and product

management functions can be blurred, and both tasks may be borne by one

individual. However, as the company grows someone needs to focus on creating

good requirements documents for the engineering team, whereas someone else

needs to focus on how to analyze the market, influence the "analysts", press, etc.

When such clear demarcation becomes visible, the former falls under the domain

of product management, and the latter, under product marketing. In Silicon

Valley, in particular, product marketing professionals have considerable domain

experience in a particular market or technology or both. Some Silicon Valley

firms have titles such as Product Marketing Engineer, who tend to be promoted

to managers in due course.

The trend that is emerging in Silicon Valley is for companies to hire a team of a

product marketing manager with a technical marketing manager. The Technical

Marketing role is becoming more valuable as companies become more

competitive and seek to reduce costs and time to market.

Qualifications

Typical qualifications for this area of business are is a high level Marketing or

Business related degree, e.g. an MBA, not forgetting sufficient work experience

in related areas. As a key skill is to be able to interact with technical staff, a

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background in engineering is also an asset.

Pricing is one of the four Ps of the marketing mix. The other three aspects are

product, promotion, and place. It is also a key variable in microeconomic price

allocation theory. Price is the only revenue generating element amongst the 4ps,

the rest being cost centers.

Pricing is the manual or automatic process of applying prices to purchase and

sales orders, based on factors such as: a fixed amount, quantity break,

promotion or sales campaign, specific vendor quote, price prevailing on entry,

shipment or invoice date, combination of multiple orders or lines, and many

others. Automated systems require more setup and maintenance but may

prevent pricing errors.

Questions involved in pricing

Pricing involves asking questions like:

How much to charge for a product or service? This question is that a

typical starting point for discussions about pricing, however, a better

question for a vendor to ask is - How much do customers value the

products, services, and other intangibles that the vendor provides.

What are the pricing objectives?

Do we use profit maximization pricing?

How to set the price?: (cost-plus pricing, demand based or value-based

pricing, rate of return pricing, or competitor indexing)

Should there be a single price or multiple pricing?

Should prices change in various geographical areas, referred to as zone

pricing?

Should there be quantity discounts?

What prices are competitors charging?

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Do you use a price skimming strategy or a penetration pricing strategy?

What image do you want the price to convey?

Do you use psychological pricing?

How important are customer price sensitivity (e.g. "sticker shock") and

elasticity issues?

Can real-time pricing be used?

Is price discrimination or yield management appropriate?

Are there legal restrictions on retail price maintenance, price collusion, or

price discrimination?

Do price points already exist for the product category?

How flexible can we be in pricing? : The more competitive the industry, the

less flexibility we have.

The price floor is determined by production factors like costs (often

only variable costs are taken into account), economies of scale,

marginal cost, and degree of operating leverage

The price ceiling is determined by demand factors like price

elasticity and price points

Are there transfer pricing considerations?

What is the chance of getting involved in a price war?

How visible should the price be? - Should the price be neutral? (ie.: not an

important differentiating factor), should it be highly visible? (to help

promote a low priced economy product, or to reinforce the prestige image

of a quality product), or should it be hidden? (so as to allow marketers to

generate interest in the product unhindered by price considerations).

Are there joint product pricing considerations?

What are the non-price costs of purchasing the product? (eg.: travel time

to the store, wait time in the store, disagreeable elements associated with

the product purchase - dentist -> pain, fishmarket -> smells)

What sort of payments should be accepted? (cash, check, credit card,

barter) Pricing

Process of determining what a company will receive in exchange for its products.

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Pricing factors are manufacturing cost,market place,competition,maket

condition,Quality of product.

What a price should do

A well chosen price should do three things:

achieve the financial goals of the company (e.g., profitability)

fit the realities of the marketplace (Will customers buy at that price?)

support a product's positioning and be consistent with the other variables

in the marketing mix

price is influenced by the type of distribution channel used, the type of

promotions used, and the quality of the product

price will usually need to be relatively high if manufacturing is expensive,

distribution is exclusive, and the product is supported by extensive

advertising and promotional campaigns

a low price can be a viable substitute for product quality, effective

promotions, or an energetic selling effort by distributors

From the marketers point of view, an efficient price is a price that is very close

to the maximum that customers are prepared to pay. In economic terms, it is a

price that shifts most of the consumer surplus to the producer. A good pricing

strategy would be the one which could balance between the price floor(the price

below which the organization ends up in losses) and the price ceiling(the price

beyond which the organization experiences a no demand situation).

Definitions

The effective price is the price the company receives after accounting for

discounts, promotions, and other incentives.

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Price lining is the use of a limited number of prices for all your product offerings.

This is a tradition started in the old five and dime stores in which everything cost

either 5 or 10 cents. Its underlying rationale is that these amounts are seen as

suitable price points for a whole range of products by prospective customers. It

has the advantage of ease of administering, but the disadvantage of inflexibility,

particularly in times of inflation or unstable prices.

A loss leader is a product that has a price set below the operating margin. This

results in a loss to the enterprise on that particular item, but this is done in the

hope that it will draw customers into the store and that some of those customers

will buy other, higher margin items.

Promotional pricing refers to an instance where pricing is the key element of

the marketing mix.

The price/quality relationship refers to the perception by most consumers that

a relatively high price is a sign of good quality. The belief in this relationship is

most important with complex products that are hard to test, and experiential

products that cannot be tested until used (such as most services).

The greater the uncertainty surrounding a product, the more consumers depend

on the price/quality hypothesis and the more of a premium they are prepared to

pay. The classic example of this is the pricing of the snack cake Twinkies, which

were perceived as low quality when the price was lowered.

Note, however, that excessive reliance on the price/quantity relationship by

consumers may lead to the raising of prices on all products and services, even

those of low quality, which in turn causes the price/quality relationship to no

longer apply.

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PREMIUM PRICING

Premium pricing (also called prestige pricing) is the strategy of consistently

pricing at, or near, the high end of the possible price range to help attract status-

conscious consumers. A few examples of companies which partake in premium

pricing in the marketplace include Rolex and Bentley. People will buy a premium

priced product because:

1. They believe the high price is an indication of good quality;

2. They believe it to be a sign of self worth - "They are worth it" - It

authenticates their success and status - It is a signal to others that they

are a member of an exclusive group;

3. They require flawless performance in this application - The cost of product

malfunction is too high to buy anything but the best - example : heart

pacemaker.

The term Goldilocks pricing is commonly used to describe the practice of

providing a "gold-plated" version of a product at a premium price in order to make

the next-lower priced option look more reasonably priced; for example,

encouraging customers to see business-class airline seats as good value for

money by offering an even higher priced first-class option.[citation needed]

Similarly, third-class railway carriages in Victorian England are said to have been

built without windows, not so much to punish third-class customers (for which

there was no economic incentive), as to motivate those who could afford second-

class seats to pay for them instead of taking the cheaper option.[citation needed]

This is also known as a potential result of price discrimination.

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The name derives from the Goldilocks story, in which Goldilocks chose neither

the hottest nor the coldest porridge, but instead the one that was "just right".

More technically, this form of pricing exploits the general cognitive bias of

aversion to extremes.

This practice is known academically as "framing". By providing three options (i.e.

small, medium, and large; first, business, and coach classes) you can manipulate

the consumer into choosing the middle choice and thus, the middle choice should

yield the most profit to the seller, since it is the most chosen option.

DEMAND BASED PRICING

Demand-based pricing is any pricing method that uses consumer demand -

based on perceived value - as the central element. These include : price

skimming, price discrimination and yield management, price points, psychological

pricing, bundle pricing, penetration pricing, price lining, value-based pricing, geo

and premium pricing. Pricing factors are manufacturing cost, market place,

competition, market condition, quality of product.

MULTI-DIMENSIONAL PRICING

Multidimensional pricing is the pricing of a product or service using multiple

numbers. In this practice, price no longer consists of a single monetary amount

(e.g., sticker price of a car), but rather consists of various dimensions (e.g.,

monthly payments, number of payments, and a downpayment). Research has

shown that this practice can significantly influence consumers' ability to

understand and process price information [1]

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Pricing as the most effective profit lever. Pricing can be approached at three

levels. The industry, market, and transaction level.

Pricing at the industry level focuses on the overall economics of the industry,

including supplier price changes and customer demand changes.

Pricing at the market level focuses on the competitive position of the price in

comparison to the value differential of the product to that of comparative

competing products.

Pricing at the transaction level focuses on managing the implementation of

discounts away from the reference, or list price, which occur both on and off the

invoice or receipt.

Promotion (marketing)

Promotion involves disseminating information about a product, product line,

brand, or company. It is one of the four key aspects of the marketing mix. (The

other three elements are product marketing, pricing, and distribution.)

Promotion is generally sub-divided into two parts:

Above the line promotion: Promotion in the media (e.g. TV, radio,

newspapers, Internet and Mobile Phones) in which the advertiser pays an

advertising agency to place the ad

Below the line promotion: All other promotion. Much of this is intended to

be subtle enough for the consumer to be unaware that promotion is taking

place. E.g. sponsorship, product placement, endorsements, sales

promotion, merchandising, direct mail, personal selling, public relations,

trade shows

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The specification of these four variables creates a promotional mix or

promotional plan. A promotional mix specifies how much attention to pay to each

of the four subcategories, and how much money to budget for each.

A promotional plan can have a wide range of objectives, including: sales

increases, new product acceptance, creation of brand equity, positioning,

competitive retaliations, or creation of a corporate image.

The term "promotion" is usually an "in" expression used internally by the

marketing company, but not normally to the public or the market - phrases like

"special offer" are more common.

An example of a fully integrated, long-term, large-scale promotion are My Coke

Rewards and Pepsi Stuff.

The publicity for the 40th anniversary of the 1966 NCAA Basketball

championship included

The renaming of a city street

1. A tie-in with an autobiography with the same title

2. The screening of a film with the same title

3. The release of a breakfast cereal box with coordinated materials

4. A pep rally on a university campus

5. Media coverage

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DATA ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION

CONSUMER’S PREFERENCE OF HOT BEVERAGE:

The following points give us the percentage for the preference for the hot beverage i.e.

coffee and tea

BRAND PERCENTAGE

Coffee 60.6%

Tea 39.4%

INTERPRETATION: The consumer’s preference towards the vending machine

coffee can even be analyzed from a different angle. “Age” can be used as a

parameter to explain this. From the general observation it is very clear that the

consumer who comes to have a coffee or tea at the vending point is generally

aged between15 to 25. Nearly 82% of the consumers belonged to the age

segment of 15-40 years.

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CONSUMER’S AGE BREAK UP AT THE VENDING POINTS:

The following graph will explain us about the age break up of the consumers at

the vending point.

AGE GROUP %

15-25 44%

25-40 37%

>40 19%

From the following

INTERPRETATION: chart it was found that 44% of the respondents are

belongs to age group of 15-25,followed by 37% are 25-40 and finally19% are

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belongs to the age group of > 40.

CONSUMER’S PREFERENCE OF FLAVORS IN TEA:

The following graph will give us the tea flavor preference of the consumers:

TEA FLAVOUR %

ADARAK 23%

ELAICHI 38%

MASALA 11%

PLAIN 28%

INTERPETATION: An interesting point that can be observed from the survey is

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that nearly 47% of the consumers say that they expect the tea to taste like the

one they get at “Blue sea” (a very famous café at secunderabad)

CONSUMER’S PREFERENCE OF FLAVORS IN COFFEE:

COFFEE FLAVOUR %

BLENDED COFFEE 24%

PURE COFFEE 76%

INTERPRETATION: From the above figure it is clearly evident that most of the

consumers prefer to have a pure coffee rather than the blended one. But many of

them don’t even realize that the coffee they are consuming right now is a blended

one. So this clearly tells us that here the brand is the one which is driving the

consumer rather than the product on its own.

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CONSUMER’S PREFERNCE OF BRANDS:

BRAND PREFERENCE %

NESCAFE 44%

LIPTON &BRU 39%

SUNRISE 5%

COFFEE DAY 12%

INTERPRETATION: From the above chart it is clear that the brand preferences

of respondents.

Many consumers who were interviewed feel that sunrise is an inferior version of

Nescafe.

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RESPONSE OF CONSUMERS WHETHER THEY STICK TO ONE

BRAND OR NOT

Yes No Not Respond

90 65 6

INTERPRETATION: The findings suggest that the majority that is 56% of the

respondents do stick to one brand. 40% of them suggest that they don’t stick to

one brand.

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DOES AN ADVERTISEMENT MAKE YOU TO SHIFT FROM VARIOUS

BRANDS

Yes No Not Respond

28 68 4

INTERPRETATION:

The findings suggest that an advertisement does not influence people to shift

between various brands of a soft drink.

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VARIOUS ADVERTISING SOURCES OF AWARENESS

ADVERTIZING SOURCES %

Newspaper 30

Television 60

Magazines 4

Other sources 6

INTERPRETATION:

The findings suggest that most of the respondents that is 60% come to know

about the advertisement through television.

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THE RETAILERS OVERVIEW

Market share of the competitors:

MARKET SHARE %NESCAFE 30

COFFE DAY 12HLL 58

Though the brand value of Nescafe is good in the market, but the market

leader is HLL. The company is very aggressive in the recent past in

installing its vending machines. Nestle is very selective in placing its

machines in the retail market. Coffee day has started very recently but is

trying to spread itself into the market with rapid pace. Coffee day’s target for

the first financial year is to install 3,000 vending machines in the retail

market. Coming to TATA, its market share is negligible in the retail market.

Hardly there are any vending machines found in the market.

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Average cuppage of the competitors:

CUPPAGE %

COFFE DAY 35

HLL 33

NESCAFE 32

INTERPRETATION:

HLL has the minimum number of machines in the market and its cuppage

is also healthy. Coffee day has a very few outlets and the existing outlets

of coffee day are very potential once. That’s the reason why its average

cuppage is good.

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Types of cups used:

COMPANY BRANDED UNBRANDED

HLL 2 97

NESCAFE 11 40

COFFE DAY 19 1

INTERPRETATION:

HLL and Nescafe use branded cups only at selected outlets. Coffee day

uses only branded cups and it even provided them free of cost to the

retailers along with a lid over it. Infact many retailers say that the

distributors themselves advise them to go in for unbranded cups, to

reduce their cost per cup.

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Machine placement scheme:

SCHEME %

FINANCE SCEME 35

SHARING/CUP 12

MONTHLY RENTAL 114

INTERPRETATION:

71% of the machines in the market are given on monthly rental basis, 22% on

sharing/cup basis and only 7% are given on finance scheme.

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Source of water used:

BRAND TAP WATERMINERAL WATER

HLL 92 6NESCFE 45 4

COFFE DAY 0 20

Once again the discrimination has been shown by HLL and Nescafe in this

issue. These companies use mineral water only at some premium outlets. But

coffee day uses it every where. It provides mineral water to the retailers free of

cost. This will give a good message in the market especially in the minds of

consumers who has turned out to hygiene conscious. They even provide a lid

over the cup of coffee you purchase. All these things add value to your product.

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FINDINGS

1 Coca-cola as an excellent opportunity of entering in to the RTD coffee-tea

segment in the relatively less competitive market of Hyderabad and

Secunderabad and establishes its brand Georgia

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2 The twin cities are going to experience an all new pleasant scenario in the

hot beverages segment and it can also to some extent change the

consumption pattern in the twin cities

3 The RTD market itself is bound to grow with the increase in the

competition and more of the latest technology will be used to provide the

consumer with the ultimate satisfying experience.

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SUGGESTIONS

The company can think of the following combination of marketing options:

1 It has to take drastic steps towards revolutionizing the market

2 Try to crack the market share of nestle at the corporate segment. Aim

for a share of at least 20% to 25%.

3 Try to dominate even the retail segment where there is a lot of scope

for future growth

4 Go for good promotional campaigns which hell help in building the

brands and helps the company to bang its product in the retail market.

5 The company has to aim for not less than 1300 to 1500 outlets in the

retail market in the first financial year. (Competitors are aggressive).

6 See to it that the distribution system is not complicated. Avoid the

conventional, “carry forward” agents in the distribution chain.

7 Company can also think of setting up exclusive Georgia outlets. This

will help the company in building the brand image. (just like coffee day)

8 Think over the option of putting mobile vending machines just like

the CSD mobile three wheelers at Neckles road. These things contribute

a lot to the Company’s business.

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9 (Not less than 700 to 1000 cups will be sold a day).Some of the

potential places for these mobile vending machines are Dilshuknagar,

Narayanaguda, Himayat nagar, Panjagutta, Osmania University road,

Mehdipatnam.

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ConclusionWhile launching the product the company has to go in for the flavors promotion

program by going for a tie up with some good retail chains, big shopping

complexes, etc.,One of the best strategic ties up options would be to go with the

petroleum companies.

At RP road, a petrol bunk which is the member of club HP has been given the

vending machine by the company. Hindustan Petroleum Company has gifted the

vending machine to the petrol bunk as the petrol bunk is a good contributor to its

business. The powder supply and all will be handled by the distributor.

For the call centre facility the company can use the existing Kinley bulk water call

centre. (Srika Aqua) One of the main hidden potential retail outlets are pan

shops.Providing total beverage solutions to the institutions will help the company

in building its market share.Building brand Georgia is the most important exercise

that has to be taken up by the company

Georgia should be positioned as a quality refreshment beverage at an affordable

price.There must be a physical product appeal in the market which gives the

consumer a strong reason to try the product..

1 Georgia must be positioned as a good house hold coffee in the minds

of the consumers.

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2 Apart from a good communication in the market the company should

even take care of good merchandising.

3 The target market has to be focused on the teenage and young

segment consumers who form a major part in the coffee consumption

figures.

4 The quality aspect has to be highlighted. The company should send

strong signals to the consumers that it will never compromise on any

thing when the aspect of quality comes in to picture.

5 Coming to the in outlet promotion during the first couple of months try

to put in a giant cup of Georgia in the outlets which will catch the eye of

the consumer. This can also be used in the road shows.

6 Coming to the road shows part the company has to make sure that the

sales executives who are conducting it must be dressed red in color

(Red shirt, Red cap,…).

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QUESTIONNAIRE FOR CONSUMERS

1. Name and address:_________________________________

__________________________________

____________________________________

2. Age: _____________________

3. Occupation: ______________________________

4. What do you prefer to take?

1. coffee 2. tea

5. What is the brand that you prefer to have?

1 Nescafe :

2 Sunrise :

3 Lipton & bru :

4 Coffee day :

6. What flavors do you prefer to have?

1 Coffee:

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♦ Pure :

♦ blended :

2 Tea:

♦ masala :

♦ adrak :

♦ Plain :

♦ Elaichi :

7. How many times do you consume tea / coffee?

a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. 5 f. More than 5

8. When do you prefer to take _____________________

9. Where do you prefer to take?

a. Bakeries b. Departmental stores c. fast food

d. cinema theatre e. others

10. Why do you prefer to have tea / coffee?

_________________________________

11. At interval in cinema theatres what do you prefer to take?

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a. Tea b. Coffee c. Cool drinks d. Others

12. Do you think that ads can make to shift from one brand to other

a. Yes b . No

13. How you know the brand

a. Tv ads b. Magazine c. News paper

14. With whom do you prefer to have Tea/ Coffee

a. Friends b. Family c. Alone d. Others

15. How do you expert a good coffee to taste

Like:_____________________________________

_________________________________________________

16. How do you expert a good tea to taste

Like:________________________________

_________________________________________________________

_____

17. In which departmental stores do you shop

a. Trinetra b. Apna bazaar c. Food world d. Others

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QUESTIONNARIES FOR THE RETAILERS

Name : ____________________________________

Location: _____________________________________

Address: ______________________________________

Ph. No: ___________________________________

1. What is the vending machine that you see?

a. HLL b. Nescafe

c. Coffee day d. Tata

2. Number of walks ins

a. 10-50 b. 50-100 c. 100-200 d. >200

3. Number of cups you sell per day?

Coffee: ___________ Tea: ________________

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4. Number of options you offer in each machine

a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. 5

5. M.R.P of each cup.

Coffee: ____________ Tea: ________________

6. Margin per cup.

Coffee: ____________ Tea: ________________

7. Number of flavors you provide.

Coffee: _______________ Tea:_________________

8. Which machine placement scheme do you prefer

a. Finance scheme

b. Sharing per cup

c. Monthly rental

9. How many cups you get from each Kg. of coffee powder______________

10. Cost of coffee powder per Kg.

Pure coffee___________ Chicory mix_____________

11. Cost of tea bags.

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Per 100 _____________ Premix______________

12. Cups used

a. Branded b. Unbranded

13. How do you get the cups?

a. Company gives them for free

b. You buy it from the company

c. You get it from any other source(Please Specify)

14. Machine maintenance cost is born by

a. Distributor b. Yourself

15. Service Frequency

a. Weekly b. Monthly c. other option.

16. Source of water used.

a. Tap water b. Mineral water

17. Are you interested in installing new brand of coffee/ tea through

vending machine

a. Yes b. No

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BIBLOGRAPHY

Principles of Marketing : Philip Kotler

Marketing Resarch : Luck David & Rubin Ronald

Consumer Behavior : Leon G. Schiffman

Lesli Lazer Kanuk

Website

: WWW.google.com

: www.ikipedia.com

: www.cocacola.com

www.cocacolaindia.com

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