Chapter - 1 Industry Profile: Growth Potential
Chapter - 1 Industry Profile: Growth Potential
Chapter - 1 Industry Profile: Growth Potential
Industry profile
The beverage industry (also known as the drink industry) manufactures drinks and ready-to-drink
products. Examples are bottled water, soft drinks, energy drinks, milk products, coffee and tea-
based products, nutritional beverages, and alcohol.
The beverage industry is traditionally a market with specific high demands regarding hygiene
and its related technologies.
Exquisite hygiene is needed to maintain the end product's high-quality standards and shelf life,
whether it is mineral/drinking water, lemonade, fruit juice, beer, wine, or (sparkling) wine.
Beverage production varies mainly depending on the product being made.
o Alcoholic beverage industry: The alcoholic beverage industry includes distilled spirits,
(sparkling) wine, cider, and brewing.
Growth potential
The production, distribution, and sale of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages generate billions
of dollars in the United States and worldwide every year. We set out to uncover just how
successful the beverage industry is. After extensive research, our data analysis team concluded:
2020 $358.6M
2019 $396.5M
2018 $383.6M
2017 $370.1M
2016 $355.5M
2015 $342.6M
2014 $327.3M
2013 $314.4M
Economic factors
The alcoholic beverage industry has grown by $76,097 million since 2006. The alcoholic
beverage industry grew by more than $76,097 million between 2006 and 2019. Sales
generated $176,723 million in 2006 and $252,820 million in 2019.
The beverage industry is growing at a compound annual growth rate of 1.7%.
The global beverage industry is expected to grow at a CAGR of 1.7% between 2021 and
2026. At this rate, the market will be valued at more than $1.691 billion by the end of
2026.
Beer is the largest segment in the alcoholic beverage market by volume of sales.
Beer is the largest segment in the alcoholic beverage market, with a volume value of
$109,028 million. It’s estimated that the average adult consumes 94.38 liters of
alcoholic drinks, a cost of about $748.20, every year.
Across the nation, beer is the most popular alcoholic beverage.
The beer segment of the beverage industry includes fermented alcoholic beverages made
from malted cereal grains, hops, and water. Such drinks most often have an alcohol
content of roughly 5%.
The largest beer distributors across the United States include Anheuser-Busch InBev,
Heineken, Diageo, Kirin Holdings, Molson Coors, and Pernod Ricard, among others.
Water is the most popular non-alcoholic beverage in the United States.
Water is the most popular non-alcoholic beverage in the , accounting for 51.2% of the
nation’s total non-alcoholic beverage consumption between 2015 and 2018. Coffee is the
second most popular non-alcoholic beverage, accounting for 14.9% of non-alcoholic
drink consumption.
Competitor analysis
Industry competitors include Red Bull, Tetra Pak, PepsiCo, Keurig Dr Pepper and Soylent. The
Coca-Cola Company ranks 2nd in Product Quality Score on Comparably vs its competitors. See
below how The Coca-Cola Company compares to its competitors with CEO Rankings, Product
& Services, NPS, Pricing, Customer Services, Overall Culture Score, ends’, Gender and
Diversity Scores.
The global beverage industry is valued at USD 1813 billion for 2022 and the industry is growing
at a CAGR of 4%. It’s value estimations are USD 1885 billion in the year 2023. The beverage
industry will further expand and be valued at USD 1961.24 billion in 2024.
Classifications of the beverage industry
The beverage industry can further be classified into non-alcoholic and alcoholic categories. The
non-alcoholic beverage market includes soft drinks(soda), fruit juices, syrup, caffeinated drinks,
sports drinks, coffee, and tea. While the alcoholic beverage market has categories such as
market is anticipated to grow at an estimated CAGR of 5.5%. It’s value estimations are USD
1885 billion in 2023 and will be valued at USD 1488 billion in 2024.
The largest segment of the non-alcoholic beverage market is soft drinks. The soft drinks market
is estimated to be 201,103 million dollars in 2020. In addition, researchers estimate that the
average revenue per person in the Soft Drinks segment amounts to be US $90 in 2020.
The market size of the non-alcoholic beverage industry in the APAC region
Home for the majority of the consumers, the APAC region will dominate the world’s non-
alcoholic beverage market in the upcoming years. The high consumption in Indian and Chinese
markets drives growth for the non-alcoholic beverage industry in the APAC region. The warm
climate and hotter summer drive sales of non-alcoholic beverages in the APAC region.
Previously, the Carbonated soft drinks (CSD) segment accounted for driving revenue in this
region. However, in recent times the consumption of CSD is expected to decline as young
consumers prefer healthier alternatives such as 100% natural juice, Pulp fruit juice, etc. This
behavior change opens up opportunities for native and DTC brands to penetrate the market.
The EU beverage industry is estimated to make 608 billion dollars in 2022. The market is
forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 5%. The industry would further expand to a value of 633
billion at the end of 2023. Though alcoholic beverages are the most popular segment in this
region, there is a surge in demand for Zero alcoholic beverages in recent times.
The interest for zero alcohol beverages is predominant in Western Europe compared to the
eastern region. Germany and Spain are the hotspots for the zero alcohol beverage market.
Together these two countries contribute to a 30% share of zero alcohol beverage consumption.
While Poland and Netherlands would be the following emerging markets showing promising
Overall, the non-alcoholic beverage market in the European region is driven by shifts in
US non-alcoholic beverage market size is valued at 225 billion dollars in 2022. The market is
growing at a CAGR of 3.8%. The industry will be valued at 234 billion dollars in 2023 and it is
estimated to be 236 billion dollars in 2024. Carbonated soft drinks (CSD), a popular segment in
this market, have been shrinking in size and revenue in recent years. While the market size for
functional beverages is expected to grow and expand in the upcoming years. This shrink in the
market share soft drink category is compensated by the rise in the market share for the
subcategories such as fresh juices, enhanced water, RTD coffee, probiotic drinks, etc. In
addition, the increase in obesity rates and the impact of a sedentary lifestyle is making young
Industry overview and market size of the alcoholic beverage market in 2022
The global alcoholic beverage market share was valued at USD 1559 billion in 2022. The market
the market is estimated to expand at a CAGR of 4.5%. The value of the alcoholic beverage
market is estimated to be USD 12.09 billion dollars in the year 2023 and is expected to reach
The increase in the trend of drinking in a social gathering is one of the main factors that is
driving growth for APAC’s alcoholic beverage market. While beer and spirits are mostly
popular in recent times. The increase in the per capita income and the influence of western
Europe is the largest alcoholic beverage market in the world. The market is estimated to be worth
363 billion euros at the beginning of 2022 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3% in the
upcoming years.
Our estimates say consumers in Eastern Europe consume more alcohol when compared to those
who are in the western region of Europe. While Germany, France, and Spain hold a major
market share of the market in this region. Lithuania has the highest per capita consumption of
alcohol. A survey by WHO states that on average a Lithuanian consumes 15.9 liters of pure
alcohol in a year. The upcoming trend in the EU alcoholic beverage market is all about the
increase in usage of natural fruit flavors in ciders and RTDs. Many distilleries are coming up
The size of the US beverage market is estimated to be USD 237 million dollars in the year 2022.
The industry is growing at a CAGR of 3.7%. The US alcoholic industry comprises 80% malt-
based beverages and 20% of Spirit-based beverages. Among the malt-based beverages, beer is
the most consumed product while the interest in crafted beers is trending among the Millennials
(the major sect of consumers in this market). With flavors driving consumer interest the local
brewers and DTC brands are capitalizing this opportunity to penetrate the market.
Global spirits consumption will see a moderate rise of 36.5m cases by 2022, equivalent to a
CAGR of 0.2%. While low-priced spirits will see their share of the global spirits market fall to
just over 50% over the forecast period, premium-and-above spirits will see their share jump from
4.7% to 7.4% during this time, says the IWSR Forecast Report.
In a positive development for the category, standard and above vodka consumption is forecasted
US whiskey is forecasted to be one of the fastest-growing spirits categories over the forecast
Mixed drinks, beer, and cider are all projected to make incremental gains throughout the forecast
period, with respective CAGRs of 1.3%, 0.02%, and 1.3% between 2017 and 2022.
While the champagne is also expected to perform solidly with a CAGR of 1.5%, recording
products. This is mainly due to the increase in the young-adult demographic, coupled with the
It is an exciting time to be in the beverage industry. Products such as Kombucha, cold brew
coffee, and hard seltzer which are largely considered as non-existent, are now filling the front
and center of grocery display cases. On the other hand, the news products such as CBD infused
beverages, vegan beverages are in demand as well. Changes in lifestyle and consumption habits
of the new-age consumers are two major reasons driving this change.
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
Company Profile
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is a total beverage company with products sold in more
than 200 countries and territories.
Our company’s purpose is to refresh the world and make a difference. Our portfolio of brands
includes Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta and other sparkling soft drinks. Our hydration, sports, coffee
and tea brands include Dasani, smartwater, vitaminwater, Topo Chico, Powerade, Costa,
Georgia, Gold Peak, Honest and Ayataka. Our nutrition, juice, dairy and plant-based beverage
brands include Minute Maid, Simply, innocent, Del Valle, fairlife and AdeS.
We’re constantly transforming our portfolio, from reducing sugar in our drinks to bringing
innovative new products to market. We seek to positively impact people’s lives, communities
and the planet through water replenishment, packaging recycling, sustainable sourcing practices
and carbon emissions reductions across our value chain. Together with our bottling partners, we
employ more than 700,000
The Coca-Cola Company, American corporation founded in 1892 and today engaged
primarily in the manufacture and sale of syrup and concentrate coca - cola , a sweetened
carbonated beverage that is a cultural institution in the United States and a global
symbol of American tastes. The company also produces and sells other and citrus
beverages. With more than 2,800 products available in more than 200 countries, Coca-
Cola is the largest beverage manufacturer and distributor in the world and one of the
largest corporations in the United States. Headquarters are in Atlanta , Georgia
Coca-Cola Mission
Coca-Cola Vision
Our vision is to craft the brands and choice of drinks that people love, to refresh them in the body
in
Spirit. an done in ways that create a more sustainable business shared futures that make a
The difference in people's lives then communities and our planet.
As clear from its vision there are three core values that we can extract from coca-cola vision
One of the reasons why the Coca Cola brand is so successful is that it has focused on building its
brand, instead of its product. Rather than telling you how delicious Coke is, the coca cola brand
invest in creating an idea of what life with coke is like .
Department of coca cola and its functions
The main functional areas are Human Resources, Production, and Administration, Finance,
Marketing, R&D. the main functional areas in the coca cola company are HR, Production and
Administration.
Human resource
our HR department covers the whole employee lifecycle, from recruitment and onboarding to
employee relations and payroll. Our shared services team work together to help employees
throughout all stages of their career.
Production department
Finance department
The finance department of the coca cola is responsible for financial record keeping.
Thisinvolves keeping records of money received and paid out. The financial report wall
isused to produce the annual reports for the share holders. So that they can see the
company performance. The finance department is also responsible for the a mnabeget accounts
for the business like marketing tact. The coke company finance department us also responsible
for making budget of the company and for each department budget like marketing department of
research and development. They will also be involved in the planning process like taking over
or any major decision.
Administration department
This department is essential for keeping the business going. They act as a help support o f
the company, it is not the central purpose the business but every business
organization would need this department. Most businesses rely on this administration to be
organized. They deal with in queries, give messages produced documents, and give
information to any consumers. The complains that this department gives would be
transferred to the complaint that this department will get would be transferred to the research
and development to make the product better or ix the problem the consumer ishaving. These
departments are the most important department of the coca cola company because
they help the company to meet the objectives of the coca cola companywide.
Surviving customer satisfaction and make more profits. As we said thatthe help desk
department will satisfy the customer by providing the information they need and taking the
complains and passing the research and development departmentwho improve the product.
Packaging department
Sales department
The sales department of the coca cola company is to coordinate the selling program. They
also have to make their distribution methods etc. also decide how much to sell and much to store
in the ware house and to choose the transporting method which is the most cost efficient and
the quickest way
Receive and handle complaints of damage from the outlet of Cold Drink Equipment as
well as the Sales Center
Receive and handle request installation or withdrawal from the outlet of Cold Drink
Equipment and Sales Center
Answering question about the Cold Drink Equipment Services Coca-Cola
1 Strategy
As per studies of (Jason, 2020), the corporate strategy of Coca-Cola is listed as follows.
1. Portfolio building – acquisitions of the Chinese Fruit / Veg and Asian Speciality brand to
create a foothold in the Asia Pacific.
2. Riding on HW-Switch safety switches to FVJ.
3. Packaging amended to raise volume per customer.
4. Resource expansion with a concentrated approach "China-India".
5. Taking advantage of cost synergies through its manufacturing and bottling facilities to
ensure quality.
• Marketing strategy – well backed by the overall power of the Coca-Cola brand, each
product range spanning 7 Coca-Cola categories.
• Talent management strategy – Coca-Cola may not have adequately engaged its workers
to reduce the rate of workforce turnover. It will need to tighten up its policies on retention and
growth.
• Development strategy-capitalizing on cost synergies by combining bottling facilities
vertically. Supply chain operations are supported on a global scale with the new tools.
• Market strategy – close partnerships with retailers, proximity strategy for bringing a Coke
brand within reach through the use of vending machines, and maintaining sufficient distribution
coverage by different means.
2 Structure
Coca-Cola – has the Head Office division responsible for providing overall guidance to Coca-
Cola and maintaining the regional structure. Ex Co's President of Coca-Cola, sometimes the
CEO. Other managers are either responsible for the big regions or have significant specialized
companies, e.g. the CFO. Coca-Cola combines centralized and decentralized elements.
Divisions and regions act as product line teams and report to the Chairman of the Division with
each Country Manager.
The various departments are responsible for national (local) decision-taking, national market
analysis, and local advertising production, for example, using languages from the countries
where Coca-Cola works. Regional decision-making is a matter of fact. A big region such as the
Asia Pacific is grouped according to a map with its own marketing structure.
3 Systems
Process Systems: each unit is responsible for splitting these into manageable activities and
providing benchmarks for 6P initiatives. (Profit, People, Portfolio, Partners, Planet, Productivity)
Management day to day systems: administrative steps to be placed at a managerial level along
with daily reviews and reports to provide information about the outcomes. Day to day
management systems, In addition to the advantages and opportunities for meeting targets
alignment.
4 Style
Coke Society – look forward and inspired, reflecting solidarity. “One business- One team. One
team. One love. One love. As one business”, employees are provided with relevant and expedited
learning opportunities for the greater good of Coca-Cola. One team links to job development
partnerships. One Love goes beyond the brand's portfolio to sustainability, community support,
and earth preservation and security.
5 Staff
Benchmarked business strategy of recruitment and retention. Facilitating work pathways.
Systems for performance improvement are best controlled. Given the silo existence of some
employees' roles, activities should be implemented in order to promote creativity and to include
employees. Coca-Cola stock ownership financial incentives encourage workers to support the
company.
6 Skill
Vision 2021 calls for creative approaches to achieve its objective, particularly with regard to
product content (new preferences, healthcare trends), volume and efficiency innovation.
Objectives explain the main activities to be performed by Coca-Cola and what should be done at
each stage.
Strategically, investment dedication in product quality innovation, volume (new packaging with
a minimum of 10% increase in volume) and effectiveness.
7 Shared Vision
Coca-Cola systems revenues for 2010 by 2020 through the production of new beverages,
meeting changing consumer tastes by taking the plan into line with their 6P dream; Profit,
People, Portfolio, Partners, Planet, Productivity.
Conclusion
Coca-Cola has always adjusted its strategy according to McKinsey 7S Framework results.
Concepts, values, and skills are created in the corporate culture of Coca-Cola. Strategic
Management of Coca-Cola has followed an effective mechanism such as Mckinsey’s 7
Framework. That’s why Coca- Cola is still identified as one of the best brands in the world.
CHAPTER – 3
SWOT analysis
The SWOT analysis is used to analyze the internal and external environment of the company.
The internal environment includes the strengths and weaknesses whereas the external
environment is the threats and opportunities .
Strengths –
Strong marketing capabilities (Competition) - Strong distribution network (Competition) -
Customer loyalty (Change in customers tastes) - Beverages' Taste (Change in customers tastes)
Two important strengths of Coca cola are their customer loyalty and Beverages' taste, they have
a strong customer base because of the taste of the drink. Additionally, Coca cola has strong
marketing strategies that include campaigns that attract consumers of all ages, they also have a
strong distribution network across the world, Coca cola is available in most Page | 16 countries
Furthermore, Coca cola has a brand equity, in 2018 they have been amongst the 7 most valuable
brands in the world (Badehausen, 2018)
1. Strong brand identity – Coca-Cola is a highly popular brand with a unique brand identity.
Its soft drinks are the most-selling drinks in history.
2. Extended global reach – It is sold in more than 200 countries with 1.9 billion servings per
day of Company products. It has introduced more than 500 new products globally. Some of
these are variations of Coca-Cola beverage, like Coco Cola Vanilla and Cherry Coca-Cola.
Its brands are known to touch every lifestyle and demography.
3. Greatest brand association and customer loyalty – Coca-Cola is considered one of the
US’s most emotionally-connected brands. This valuable brand is associated with the
‘happiness’ and has strong customer loyalty. Customers can easily quickly identify their
particular taste. Finding its substitutes is difficult for them. Moreover, Coca-Cola and Fanta
have huge fan following than other beverage names in the industry.
4. Dominant market share – Out of the Coca-Cola and Pepsi, only two largest manufacturers
of the soft drinks in the beverage segment, Coca-Cola has largest market share. Coke, Sprite,
Diet Coke, Fanta, Limca, and Mazza are the highest growth drivers for the Coca-Cola.
5. Unparalleled distribution system – Coca-Cola hasmost efficient and most extensive
distribution network in the world. The company has nearly bottling partners and about 900
bottling plants globally.
6. Acquisitions –Coca-Cola has a long list of strategic and profitable acquisitions
including Costa coffee chain, Fair life (Milk Products), Fuze Tea, AdeS, and many
more. Through these acquisitions, Coca-Cola expanded its ready-to-drink beverage portfolio.
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Weaknesses –
No healthy products (Introduce new product line – healthy products ) - Negative publicity
(Improve their publicity)
Coca cola have not yet been involved in producing healthy products so this is considered a
weakness for the company. Additionally, there have been many rumors about the negative
effects that can be caused when drinking coke, in 2007 there were rumors about having
pesticides in the coke (Vedwan, 2007) whereas in 2017, they have been criticized for misleading
marketing (Fantozzi, 2017). This has a huge impact on the publicity of the company.
1. Aggressive competition with Pepsi – Pepsi isbiggest rival of Coca-Cola. Had it not
been Pepsi, Coca-Cola would have been the clear in market leader in the beverage.
2. Product diversification – Coca-Cola has low product diversification.and Where Pepsi has
launched many snacks items like the Lays and Kurkure, Coca-Cola is lagging in this
segment. It gives Pepsi leverage over Coca-Cola.
3. Health concerns –Carbonated drinks are one of the major sources of sugar intake. It results
in two grave health issues – obesity and diabetes. Coca-Cola is the biggest manufacturer of
carbonated beverages. Many health experts have prohibited the use of these soft drinks. It is
a controversial issue for the company. However, Coca-Cola hasn’t devised any health
alternative or solution for this problem yet.
4. Lawsuits – Trust is undermined whenever the company is accused of wrongdoing. Coca
Cola is facing a patent infringement lawsuit for using a dispenser that can recognize users
and customize drinks based on their preferences.
Opportunities –
Introduce new product line – healthy products - Improve their publicity
Coca Cola can introduce new products and diversify their current offerings and overcome their
weakness. As the company already have their brand identity, customers, manufacturing, and
evaluation to support them. It’s possible to find niches that are not used by their competitors to
develop products. They can focus on the healthy snacks/drinks area as people have become more
health conscious nowadays. This will aid in overcoming their weakness which is lack of healthy
products. Referring to their weakness of negative publicity, Coca cola can overcome this news
by creating positive campaigns that aids the environment and the society. These campaigns
spread around the world positively and therefore consumers forget about the negative news and
focus on their social and environmental contributions.
1. Introduce new products and diversify its segments – Coca-Cola has the opportunity to
introduce new offerings in health and food segments just like Pepsi. It can contribute to their
revenue, and they can branch out from carbonated drinks.
2. Increase presence in developing nations – Many regions with hot climate have the highest
consumption for cold drinks. Thus, increasing presence in such emerging markets can be
excellent – Middle Eastern and African countries are a good example.
3. Bring advanced supply chain system – Coca Cola’s business is entirely dependent upon
logistics and supply chain. Transportation costs and fuel prices are always on the rise. Thus,
coming up with some advanced and improved systems for distribution can be an opportunity.
4. Packaged drinking water – Coca-Cola owns several packaged drinking water brands
like Kinley. There is a great potential for expansion in this segment for Coca-Cola. There is
an opportunity to expand and bring more healthy drinks in the market to avoid people’s
criticism.
5. Expand through Acquisition – Although different sectors offer lucrative opportunities for
growth, quick entry into these markets can be a challenge. Recently, Coca-Cola’s growth was
driven by some of its recent acquisitions like Costa Coffee, Aha sparkling water and it can do
it again. It has the financial resources to acquire startups or SMBs in emerging markets and
exploit the numerous opportunities they present.
Threats –
Competition - Change in customers tastes
Having customer loyalty because of the taste of Coca cola is one of the important factors for
their success but this can be a main threat as well as the customers taste can change and therefore
the demand will fall. Another threat of Coca cola is the competition, having strong marketing
strategies and global distribution networks increases the threat from the competitors as there are
many new entrants and existing competitors tend to try harder in marketing and spreading their
word across the global.
1. Water usage controversy – Coca-Cola has faced many criticisms over its water
management issue. Many social and environmental groups have claimed that the company
has a vast consumption of water in water-scarce regions. Besides, people have alleged that
Coca-Cola is polluting water and mixing pesticides in water to clear contaminants.
2. Pollution Lawsuit – Coke and three other companies are being sued by a California
environmental group for contributing to plastic pollution. In the lawsuit, Coca-Cola is singled
out for misleading the public about the recyclability of its single-use plastic bottles.
3. Direct and indirect competition – Although direct competition from Pepsi is clear in the
market, however, there are many other companies which are indirectly competing with Coca-
Cola. Starbucks, Costa Coffee, Tropicana, Lipton juices, and Nescafe, are the indirect
competitors of Coca-Cola which can threaten its market position.
4. Economic Uncertainty – The recent events have negatively affected business operations,
supply and distribution chains, and devastated revenues of many global companies. In
2020, Coca Cola’s revenues declined drastically as restaurants, theaters, and other venues
that contribute about half of its revenue remained closed due to the global crisis.
5. Increasing Health-Consciousness – Consumers are increasingly adopting healthy lifestyles
and avoid products with unhealthy ingredients. The increase in health-consciousness can
reduce Coca Cola’s sales and profits as customers migrate to healthier options offered by
competitors
CHAPTER 4
Research development - -
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CURRENT ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
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