WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO CONSUMERS IN ASEAN PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS?
As consumers become more involved in both their personal well-being and broader public health challenges such as obesity, we are working to ensure we do our part.
With our global well-being commitments and the work of our foundation, we have focused our efforts on providing consumers with expanded beverage choices, which include zero calorie beverages and transparent nutrition information on pack. We also support active, healthy living programmes in every country we serve.
Locally, there is a number of initiatives that demonstrate our commitment: our support of global platforms like the Olympic Games; local sport activation with football clubs, and bike club programmes with some educational institutions.
GIVEN THE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE THAI MARKET, WHAT ACTIONS AND GOALS DO YOU HAVE TO STAY AT NO 1 SINCE PEPSI AND EST ARE ALSO AIMING FOR THE TOP SPOT?
The reality is our competition is a key driver for our continuous effort to become better and stronger. Strong competition keeps you on your toes. Our priorities in terms of maintaining our leadership include support behind some of Thailand's favourite brands: Coca-Cola and Fanta, but also the introduction of new products to satisfy new hydration needs, such as Aquarius.
For Coca-Cola, you may have seen that we have just introduced our new packaging with emoticons to encourage Thai people to share an emotion with each other in a fun way. This is very much in line with our ambition to create little moments of togetherness around the great experience of drinking a Coke. Finally, with the strength of our two bottling partners: Thai Namthip and Haad Thip, we are positioned to ensure availability of our products and quality service to our customer partners.