This document provides an overview and analysis of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd's brand awareness and sales of their products. It discusses the company's brands, market segmentation, sales process, promotional strategies including advertising, sales promotions and public relations. Research was conducted through surveys and interviews to study consumer awareness, preferences, and factors influencing purchases among different age groups. Key findings indicate that Coca-Cola, Thums Up and Maaza have highest awareness but juice brands need more promotion. The design, taste and price of products along with effective distribution were also found to impact sales. Recommendations include improving rural consumer education and offering grocery stores better discounts to increase sales.
1. Project guide :
Prof. Gincy
Mathew
Prof. Jallavi Panchamia
Submitted By :
Prashant Patel
Presentation
on
BRAND AWARENESS & SALES OF HINDUSTAN
COCA-COLA BEVERAGES PVT. LTD PRODUCTS
2. Research Objectives
To study the awareness among the age groups 18-30 about
the various brand of coca-cola Company.
To understand the factors affecting the awareness &
purchasing of the brands of beverages industry (soft drink).
To understand the hierarchy of work authority and Sales
activities of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.
Company (HCCBPL) in Ahmedabad by Harsh Shah & in
Mehsana District by Prashant Patel.
3. Beverage Industry
In1772 Joseph Priestley invented a method
of "pushing" carbon dioxide into water by
dissolving it under pressure.
The Beverages (soft-drink) industry comprises companies
that manufacture non alcoholic beverages and carbonated
mineral waters or concentrates and syrups for the
manufacture of carbonated beverages.
Major players in the beverage industry are Hindustan Coca-
Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, Pepsico India Holding Pvt. Ltd,
Parle Agro, Dabur India Ltd & RC cola.
4. Overview of Company
Coca-Cola history began in 1886 by Dr. John S. Pemberton.
In India, the Coca-Cola system comprises of a wholly owned
subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company namely Coca-Cola
India Pvt Ltd which manufactures and sells concentrate and
beverage bases and powdered beverage mixes, a Company-
owned bottling entity, namely, Hindustan Coca-Cola
Beverages Pvt Ltd; thirteen licensed bottling partners of The
Coca-Cola Company, who are authorized to prepare, package,
sell and distribute beverages under certain specified
trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company; and an extensive
distribution system comprising of their customers,
distributors and retailers.
5. The Coca-Cola system in India has already invested USD 2
Billion till 2011, since its re-entry into India. The company
will be investing another USD 5 Billion till the year 2020.
The Coca-Cola system in India directly employs over 25,000
people including those on contract.
Overall Carbonated Soft Drinks Market
in India:
Rs 13,000 Crore
Overview of Company
15%
14%
13%
10%8%
42%
Thums Up Rs 1,950 Cr
Sprite Rs 1,820 Cr
Pepsi Rs 1,625 Cr
Coke Rs 1.105 Cr
Mountain Dew Rs
1,105 Cr
Other
6. Brands of Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Thums Up Limca Sprite Fanta Minute Maid Diet Coke
Georgia Gold Maaza Kinley Burn Schweppes
11. The Sales Process
Company has the number of the distributors according the
geographical area and assign the Ares Sales Managers (ASM)
to that specific area, who is responsible for the sales activities
in that area, under ASM their is Sales Team Leader
(STL), Market Developer (MD) & Capability Executive(CE)
for all channel type (Convenience, E&D, Grocery) outlets of
that area.
12. The Promotional Mix
Promotion consists of two components: personal selling and
nonpersonal selling.
Personal selling - a promotional presentation made on a
person-to-person basis with a potential buyer - is the key to
marketing effectiveness.
Nonpersonal Selling - Nonpersonal selling
consists of :
advertising,
sales promotion,
public relations.
13. Advertising
Advertising is a paid, nonpersonal sales communication usually
directed at a large number of potential buyers.
Types of Advertising:
Product Advertising involves the selling of a good or service.
14. Institutional advertising involves the promotion of a
concept, idea, or philosophy, or the goodwill of an
industry, company, organization, or government entity.
Advertising
15. Point-Of-Purchase Advertising (POP) consists of displays
and demonstrations promoting an item at a time and place
near the location of the actual purchase decision, such as in a
retail store.
Advertising
16.
17. Sales Promotion
Sales promotion was traditionally viewed as a supplement to
a firm's sales or advertising efforts, but now it has become an
integral part of the promotional mix.
Company regular use this tool for increasing the consumption
of their products for example:
In kinley 500 ml water bottle company offer 250 ml water free in this
pack for more consumption of water for limited time period
Flat Discount on Thums Up & Coca-Cola 2.15 Ltr pack.
Free bottles of products on the purchasing specific number of cases of
different products in different pack size.
18. Public Relation
Public Relations is an organization's communications with its
various publics, such as customers, vendors, news
media, employees, stockholders, government, and the general
public.
19. Research Methodology
Research Objectives
To study the awareness among the age groups 18-30 about the various
brand of coca-cola Company.
To understand the factors affecting the awareness & purchasing of the
brands of beverages industry (soft drink).
To understand the hierarchy of work authority and Sales activities of
Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd. Company (HCCBPL) in
Ahmedabad by Harsh Shah & in Mehsana District by Prashant Patel.
Research Questions
Is the Consumer aware the number of companies in beverages
industry (cold drink)?
Can Consumer identify the brand of different beverages company?
Can the punch line or brand ambassador or design of bottle attract the
consumer for buying?
20. Research Methodology
Scope of the study
This Research part of the study is confine to the Gandhinager area &
sales activities part of the HCCBPL products in Ahmedabad by Harsh
Shah & in Mehsana District by Prashant Patel.
Kinley 500 ml water & coca-cola 400 ml bottle are major
products, which is consider in the sales activities.
This study does not include the alcoholic drinks and beers.
We are considering only carbonated drinks, fruit juices and bottled water
drinks.
Research Design
In this Project the Descriptive research design is used, as the name
implies it is designed to describe something. Such as awareness of the
different age group people, the degree of the awareness varies among the
gender and age of the consumers.
Personal interview & Observation is used, during the sales of the
HCCBPL products in market.
21. Research Methodology
Sampling Techniques
In this research the convenient sampling technique is used as the
name implies samples are selected which are convenient.
Selection of sample size
In this research we are take 95 sample for Brand Awareness of
beverages industry.
Research tool used
Questionnaire
Graphical Representation
Pie charts
Bar diagrams
32. Conclusion
Research Point of view
In the Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd company Coca-
Cola, Thums up, Maaza, are the brands which are most aware by the
consumer in the age group 18-30 in Gandhinager City.
Punch line or Brand Ambassadors of the brand and Boards-Banner or
Cold drinks Bottle at the shop or mall are attracting the consumer
toward the buying of that product of particular cold drink.
Price & taste of the cold drink are equally important for the beverages
company by Consumer point of view.
Juice segment product is most preferable or favourite by the consumer
in the age group 18-30 in Gandhinagar City.
33. Conclusion
Observation & Personal Interview point of view
Prashant Patel- Mehsana District
Mostly I was visit the rural area around the mehsana & visnager & I
was observed that the distributors of the company is do the regular
delivery of the beverages at their outlet & also at those outlet which is
under the monopoly of competitors, STL of the company solve the
issue of the outlet owner very shortly & effectively which generate the
strong bonding of the outlet owner with the company.
Cooler related issue of the outlet is solved by the company in very
short time.
Mehsana-Ahmedabad highway’s most of the E&D outlet is capture by
the company & there is monopoly of the company at that outlets &
every outlet owner is very satisfied with the company excellent
service & delivery at right time.
34. Conclusion
Advertising at the coca-cola most effective outlet Shanku Water Park
& Resort is attract the consumer of that visitor of Water Park &
Resort.
500ml pack of kinley water is not except by the most of the outlet
because of the local brands give strong margin given to the outlet
owner but by the distributor & company’s employees convince most
of outlet owner ready to sale company new pack in kindly water.
Campaign by company in rural area should increase the awareness of
the consumer toward the company.
Harsh Shah - West and Central Ahmedabad
Order generating system
Supply chain management
Tel-sale
Process of Launching new product
35. Recommendations
Research Point of view
Leading brands are most aware by the consumer as compare with the
juice segment like minute made pulpy & minute made nimbu in Coca-
Cola Company so that company will have to focus on that segment
product advertisement for make their consumer more aware about
that.
Advertisement of brand in television as well as at outlet side & design
of bottle is attract the consumer toward the purchasing that product, so
company in the beverages industry will have consider this thing as
important.
Price & taste of cold drink is equally important for the consumer so
the company has to control to price of less than the current price with
maintain the taste of the each product.
Distribution segment of company is important as most of the
consumer are loyal toward their favourite drink & if they don’t get it
go to the other shop.
36. Recommendations
Observation & Personal Interview point of view
Prashant Patel- Mehsana District
One common thing that I observe at most of the villages & in rural area is
that most of the consumer & seller of coca-cola product are not aware with
that Thums up, Limca and all other brand is come under the umbrella of the
coca-cola, person of the distributor go to the outlet and says “bolo Thums
up ma kae leva nu” so they thing coca-cola & Thums up are both different
product so I suggest that company should give to the T-shirt with the logo
of coca-cola & it should be compulsory wear by the persons who delivery
the beverages at outlet.
Banners at the outlet specifically mehsana to Mothera road should be
increase so consumer can easily identify that coca-cola products is available
here & sales should be increase.
Normally at most of the outlet there is skim of the company to the outlet
owner is 30 to 50 Rs off or 3-4 kinley soda bottle on purchase of 1 case of
other beverages, I should think that kinley 500ml water pack instead of this
skim should increase the awareness of new pack of water by company in
37. Recommendations
Harsh Shah - West and Central Ahmedabad
Discount coupons given to retailers were not reached at proper time
also found some coupons having wrong entries (like wrong
discounts), it disappointed some retailers, recommending to provide
correct coupons on fast delivery basis
Grocery store keepers get more discount from malls so they avoid
give order to MDs (e.g. (1) Dhwarkesh grocery store , jodhpur char
Rasta – majorly buy from Reliance Market. (2) Shivshakti Store
,Shubhas chowke – buys from some mall (details not provided)). We
should allow more discounts or offers to grocery stores.
Found delays in resolving complaints regarding unavailability and non
working of coolers at areas under observation, recommending
improving TAT of resolving the said issue. Coolers of closed shops
can be transferred to working shops.