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Afia Juices vs Coca Cola
mukiha
#1 Posted : Tuesday, June 11, 2013 3:13:58 PM
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From my observation, Afia is giving Coca-Cola products a run for their money. I realised that Fia is a force to recon with while waiting for a matatu in Thika. A man called out to a hawker and asked: "Uko na Afia Mango?"

Yaani; he asked for a specific flavour by name. I looked around and noticed that nearly all the traders at the stage had stocked Afia.

Amazing! With virtually not mass media advertising, and no promotional offers or competiontions, this soft drink has entrenched itself deeply in the market.

It looks like another "Equity Bank" type of market take-over. Coca-Cola of course has "Minute Maid" [which is not-only harsh on the tongue - both in taste and in pronunciation - but also not clear it is "minute=60 seconds" or "minute=tiny"!!!]

Whatever it is, Minute Maid is no where near Afia in market penetration. Unfortunately for Coca-Cola, their Kenya operations are spearheaded by SABCO; a South African entity. And we know how South Africans have fared in the Kenya market...
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Chaka
#2 Posted : Tuesday, June 11, 2013 3:26:31 PM
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@mukiha,
I haven't tried this stuff..is the mango real mango juice or mango flavor?It is probably much cheaper than minute maid..
Prime
#3 Posted : Tuesday, June 11, 2013 3:41:11 PM
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prices are almost at par. In supermarkets minute maid is 60 and afia is 58. Mukiha why not try the minute maid apple-mango flavor. i find it quite good. I believe it should be pronounced as minute (Sixty seconds).
mukiha
#4 Posted : Tuesday, June 11, 2013 3:48:24 PM
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@Chaka; the juices are made from real fruit concentrate. They are not artificial flavours. There is a law in Kenya which prohibits manufacturers from using pictures of fruits on the labels if the drink doesn't have real fruits. And to my knowledge, the rule is enforced very seriously by KEBS.....though skeptics will disagree!

@Prime my favorite juice is orange... doesn't matter the manufacturer. Even when I eat out at a restaurant, I will pick fresh orange juice. I find Minute Maid orange leaving an after taste in the mouth. Afia doesn't.

BTW, there are many other similar reconstituted juices in the market--- Tamu, Zuri etc--- but none comes close to Afia in terms of market penetration.
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McReggae
#5 Posted : Tuesday, June 11, 2013 4:42:01 PM
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There is even a time Coca Cola wanted to buy out Afia mzee akakataa!!!

Zuri is barely 4 months old in the market, also quite good!!!

......in penetration, Afia is king!!!!
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mawinder
#6 Posted : Tuesday, June 11, 2013 4:45:30 PM
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McReggae wrote:
There is even a time Coca Cola wanted to buy out Afia mzee akakataa!!!

Zuri is barely 4 months old in the market, also quite good!!!

......in penetration, Afia is king!!!!

Ditto!!!!!!
kollabo
#7 Posted : Tuesday, June 11, 2013 4:56:54 PM
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Afia is really good. BTW you can now drink Afia in DRC and Gabon courtesy of a certain Somali trader who has a distributorship in Eastleigh and is now a millionaire.
simonkabz
#8 Posted : Tuesday, June 11, 2013 7:37:16 PM
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Afia took the market long ago. Immensely popular. Minute maid tastes like crap, more like the diluted quenchers of yesterday.
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Chaka
#9 Posted : Tuesday, June 11, 2013 9:03:42 PM
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McReggae wrote:
There is even a time Coca Cola wanted to buy out Afia mzee akakataa!!!

Zuri is barely 4 months old in the market, also quite good!!!

......in penetration, Afia is king!!!!

@McR,
Mzee ni nani?Do these guys make their own fruit juice concentrate ama they buy it?
obiero
#10 Posted : Tuesday, June 11, 2013 9:23:36 PM
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Chaka wrote:
McReggae wrote:
There is even a time Coca Cola wanted to buy out Afia mzee akakataa!!!

Zuri is barely 4 months old in the market, also quite good!!!

......in penetration, Afia is king!!!!

@McR,
Mzee ni nani?Do these guys make their own fruit juice concentrate ama they buy it?

love Afia too. btw Kevian the owner of Afia also owns Pick and Peel as its high end brand. Afia ni ya masufferor
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