INTRODUCTION:
Friday nights. Birthdays. Graduations. Celebrations. Parties. What is missing? Beer. Beer is the most widely consumed alcoholic beverage and it is the third-most popular drink overall, after water and tea. Beer has four basic ingredients – water, yeast, malt and hops. While there may be only four main ingredients, how they are chosen, treated and brewed has a lot to do with the flavour of the beer. As a result, there are a lot of variations of beer with unique desired flavours.
Beers have a variety of brands to choose from. One of the most famous is Corona Beer. Very few people know who actually brews Corona, most people are under the impression that Corona is the name of the company itself, but Corona is just a brand the company produces. The actual name of the company that produces Corona is the Grupo Modelo.
In 1925, Corona was first produced in Mexico City by Grupo Modelo. Ten years after it was launched it became the best selling beer in Mexico. In 1976, they began to export Corona in the United States and became United States’ best selling beer in 1979. In 1985, they began to export Corona in Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Now it can be found almost anywhere in the world.
Today, while there are wide selection of beers in New Zealand market, Corona still managed to be on top. Its top competitors are Carlsberg, DB, Speight’s, Steinlager and Heineken. The researchers would like to know how Corona can maintain its top position in spite of numerous competitors in the market.
OBJECTIVES:
The overall objective is to research on how Corona can maintain its top position in the market. This has been broken into the following sub-objectives:
1. To know how many people prefer to drink Corona compared to its competitors. 2. To identify factors people consider in choosing Corona. 3. To define reasons of people for not choosing Corona. 4. To determine promotional
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