The Top 10 Soft Drinks Companies: Consumer drivers, SWOT analyses and format and flavor trends

This report profiles the leading players in the global soft drinks industry. In this report, the soft drinks industry is categorized as follows: Bottled water: sparkling flavored, sparkling unflavored, still flavored and still unflavored; Carbonates: cola diet, cola standard, fruit flavored carbonates, mixers and other carbonates; Concentrates: liquid concentrates and powder concentrates; Functional drinks: energy drinks, nutraceutical drinks, sports drinks; Juices: 100% fruit juice (from concentrate), 100% fruit juice (not from concentrate), fruit drink (0-29% juice), nectar (30%-99% juice) and vegetable juice; RTD tea and coffee: RTD tea and RTD coffee; Smoothies: dairy and fruit-based. This report analyzes the global soft drinks industry in terms of market size (estimated based on on-trade sales), key drivers and resistors, trends and competitive positioning of top 10 players in the global soft drinks market. It includes profiles of the top 10 companies in the industry and includes a brief summary of other major players. The current ranking evaluates soft drink companies based on their performance using the following intelligence metrics: Each company’s financial performance in the global soft drinks market; Each company’s growth strategies and major acquisitions and divestments in this market; Business-related strengths and weaknesses of the top 10 soft drink companies, and insights into the opportunities and threats facing them.

Table of contents

The Top 10 Soft Drink Companies
Executive summary
Industry overview
The Coca-Cola Company
PepsiCo
Nestlé
Suntory Holdings (Suntory)
Dr Pepper Snapple (DPS)
Red Bull
Groupe Danone (Danone)
Kirin Holdings (Kirin)
Asahi Breweries (Asahi)
Ito En

Chapter 1 Introduction
What is the report about?
Methodology

Chapter 2 Industry overview
Summary
Introduction
Market dynamics
Market size and growth
Key growth drivers and resistors
Competitive landscape
Top 10 companies based on sales
Competitive positioning of the top 10 soft drink companies
Depth of top 10 companies' soft drinks portfolios
Trends
Rise of functional soft drinks
Energy drinks
RTD tea
Flavored water making inroads
NPD in carbonated drinks

Chapter 3 The Coca-Cola Company
Summary
Company overview
Recent financial performance
Performance by business segment
Growth strategies
Product launches to drive business growth
Expanding in the emerging markets
Acquisitions and divestments
SWOT analysis

Chapter 4 PepsiCo
Summary
Company overview
Recent financial performance
Performance by business segment
Growth strategies
Expanding in emerging markets
New product launches to drive growth
Acquisitions and divestments
SWOT analysis

Chapter 5 Nestlé
Summary
Company overview
Recent financial performance
Performance by business segment
Growth strategies
Strengthening presence in the RTD beverages category
Consolidating market share in bottled water category
Acquisitions and divestments
SWOT analysis

Chapter 6 Suntory
Summary
Company overview
Recent financial performance
Performance by business segment
Growth strategies
Investing in development of soft drinks
Expanding in global markets
Acquisitions and divestments
SWOT analysis

Chapter 7 DPS
Summary
Company overview
Recent financial performance
Performance by business segment
Growth strategies
Focusing on its core brands to sustain growth
Strengthening its energy drinks portfolio
Investing in developing company-owned distribution network
Acquisitions and divestments
SWOT analysis

Chapter 8 Red Bull GmbH
Summary
Company overview
Recent financial performance
Performance by business segment
Growth strategies
Strengthening in existing markets and expanding into emerging markets
Launch of new product variants to drive growth
Acquisitions and divestments
SWOT analysis

Chapter 9 Danone
Summary
Company overview
Recent financial performance
Performance by business segment
Growth strategies
New product launches to drive growth
Acquisitions and divestments
SWOT analysis

Chapter 10 Kirin
Summary
Company overview
Recent financial performance
Performance by business segment
Growth strategies
Healthy beverage launches to drive growth
Consolidating share in international soft drinks market
Acquisitions and divestments
SWOT analysis

Chapter 11 Asahi
Summary
Company overview
Recent financial performance
Performance by business segment
Growth strategies
Sustaining growth through the launch of healthy variants of existing brands
Acquisitions and divestments
SWOT analysis

Chapter 12 Ito En
Summary
Company overview
Recent financial performance
Performance by business segment
Growth strategies
Product development to drive growth
Expanding distribution network to drive sales
Acquisition and divestments
SWOT analysis

Chapter 13 Other major players
AB InBev
Company overview
Recent financial performance
Acqua Minerale San Benedetto (San Benedetto)
Company overview
Recent financial performance
Britvic
Company overview
Recent financial performance
Cott
Company overview
Recent financial performance
Eckes-Granini (Eckes)
Company overview
Recent financial performance
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
Company overview
Recent financial performance
Ocean Spray Cranberries (Ocean Spray)
Company overview
Recent financial performance
Otsuka Pharmaceutical (Otsuka)
Company overview
Recent financial performance
Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding (Tingyi)
Company overview
Recent financial performance
Unilever
Company overview
Recent financial performance

Chapter 14 Appendix
Glossary
Index

List of Figures
Figure 2.1: Global soft drinks market size ($bn), 2009–13
Figure 2.2: Soft drinks industry drivers and resistors
Figure 2.3: Global soft drinks market size ($bn), 2009–2013
Figure 2.4: Depth of top 10 companies' soft drinks portfolios
Figure 3.5: The Coca-Cola Company financial performance ($m), 2004–08
Figure 3.6: The Coca-Cola Company SWOT analysis
Figure 4.7: PepsiCo financial performance ($m), 2006–08
Figure 4.8: PepsiCo SWOT analysis
Figure 5.9: Nestlé financial performance ($m), 2006–08
Figure 5.10: Nestlé SWOT analysis
Figure 6.11: Suntory SWOT analysis
Figure 7.12: DPS financial performance ($m), 2006–08
Figure 7.13: DPS SWOT analysis
Figure 8.14: Red Bull financial performance ($m), 2004–08
Figure 8.15: Red Bull SWOT analysis
Figure 9.16: Danone financial performance ($m), 2004–08
Figure 9.17: Danone SWOT analysis
Figure 10.18: Kirin financial performance ($m), 2004–08
Figure 10.19: Kirin SWOT analysis
Figure 11.20: Asahi financial performance ($m), 2004–08
Figure 11.21: Asahi SWOT analysis
Figure 12.22: Ito En financial performance ($m), 2004–08
Figure 12.23: Ito En SWOT analysis
Figure 13.24: AB InBev financial performance ($m), 2004–08
Figure 13.25: Britvic financial performance ($m), 2005–09
Figure 13.26: Cott financial performance ($m), 2004–08
Figure 13.27: Eckes financial performance ($m), 2006–08
Figure 13.28: Ocean Spray financial performance ($m), 2005–08
Figure 13.29: Tingyi financial performance ($m), 2004–08

List of Tables
Table 2.1: Global soft drinks market size ($bn), 2009–13
Table 2.2: Top 10 soft drinks companies based on sales ($m), 2008
Table 3.3: The Coca-Cola Company snapshot
Table 3.4: The Coca-Cola Company financial performance ($m), 2004–08
Table 3.5: The Coca-Cola Company still beverage product launches, 2007–09
Table 3.6: The Coca-Cola Company's acquisitions, 2007–09
Table 4.7: PepsiCo snapshot
Table 4.8: PepsiCo financial performance ($m), 2006–08
Table 4.9: PepsiCo business segment performance, 2008
Table 4.10: PepsiCo investments
Table 4.11: PepsiCo acquisitions, 2007–08
Table 5.12: Nestlé snapshot
Table 5.13: Nestlé financial performance, 2006–08
Table 5.14: Nestlé business segment performance, 2008
Table 6.15: Suntory snapshot
Table 6.16: Suntory business segment performance, 2008
Table 6.17: Suntory's acquisitions, 2007–09
Table 7.18: DPS snapshot
Table 7.19: DPS financial performance ($m), 2006–08
Table 7.20: DPS business segment performance ($m), 2008
Table 8.21: Red Bull snapshot
Table 8.22: Red Bull financial performance, 2004–08
Table 9.23: Danone snapshot
Table 9.24: Danone financial performance, 2004–08
Table 9.25: Danone business segment performance, 2008
Table 10.26: Kirin snapshot
Table 10.27: Kirin financial performance, 2004–08
Table 10.28: Kirin business segment performance, 2008
Table 11.29: Asahi snapshot
Table 11.30: Asahi financial performance, 2004–08
Table 11.31: Asahi business segment performance, 2008
Table 12.32: Ito En snapshot
Table 12.33: Ito En financial performance, 2004–08
Table 12.34: Ito En business segment performance, 2008
Table 13.35: AB InBev snapshot
Table 13.36: AB InBev financial performance, 2004–08
Table 13.37: San Benedetto snapshot
Table 13.38: Britvic snapshot
Table 13.39: Britvic financial performance, 2005–09
Table 13.40: Cott snapshot
Table 13.41: Cott financial performance, 2004–08
Table 13.42: Eckes snapshot
Table 13.43: Eckes financial performance, 2006–08
Table 13.44: GSK snapshot
Table 13.45: Ocean Spray snapshot
Table 13.46: Ocean Spray financial performance, 2005–08
Table 13.47: Otsuka snapshot
Table 13.48: Tingyi snapshot
Table 13.49: Tingyi financial performance, 2004–08
Table 13.50: Unilever snapshot

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