Coke and Coffee Maker's Collaboration Causes Social Media Stir
Social media was abuzz last week on news that Coca-Cola has agreed to both invest in and partner with Green Mountain Coffee Roasters .
Is Coca-Cola suddenly interested in entering the coffee-business fray? No, not exactly. It's more that Green Mountain is leaving the friendly smells of the coffee shop for the big time that is the cold beverage sector.
Green Mountain is betting its future that it can replicate and exceed its success putting individual-cup coffeemakers in 15 million U.S. households, with a machine dubbed the Keurig Cold. And with a megabrand like Coca-Cola behind it, success suddenly seems much more likely than failure.
The value of the partnership is clear for Green Mountain -- powerful brands on the platform, access to world-class expertise, distribution, and resources in the U.S. and abroad -- but the positives for Coca-Cola are more subtle.
Coke is certainly looking for first-mover advantage on the assumption that Keurig Cold will eventually become a significant delivery channel for cold beverages. And with $11 billion in cash on the balance sheet as of the most recently available pubic filing, Coca-Cola certainly has the money to write big checks to gain an edge in emerging beverage innovations.
In the video below, Motley Fool contributor Jay Jenkins gives the rundown on Green Mountain, Coca Cola, and PepsiCo and explains why this is a very big deal for investors.
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