There were three dips
There were three dips
In order to succeed, it is fundamental that businesses satisfy consumers’ needs (and desires) for goods and services. Appropriate market research provides the data necessary to understand those needs and respond to them effectively and profitably. Kudler Fine Foods (KFF) has performed market research in the past. Some of that research has been helpful; some has not. Additional market research is needed for KFF to reach a larger share of the market and increase profitability.…
This test market was held at Minneapolis – St. Paul, Minnesota metropolitan, which was chosen as a representation to the 90 million snack chip households in the United States. The analysis of the Sun ChipTM‘s test market results is organized chronologically according to the order of findings as stated in the case.…
This shows that the company’s snack food business is more profitable than the company's beverages business. The Frito-Lay North America segment comprises of snacks like Lay’s chips and Doritos tortilla chips. Growth in this sector was largely due to volume growth, wide distribution network, huge economies of scale and favourable pricing. The PepsiCo Americas Beverages segment still continues to account for the largest proportion…
To maintain the position of the company in the market and to accomplish the mission, the company decided to launch new product in the next few months. As the results of the market research study that company has conducted, the new product will be a kind of potato chips with natural fruit salad flavor and aim to Baby Boomers.…
Cracker Jack?Borden Foods is in the process of divesting of snack and non-food products in order to focus efforts and resources in growing their pasta and grain based meal segments. Borden management has also recognized the value and equity in the heritage Cracker Jack brand. The Cracker Jack brand currently (1996) sits in the number two position in terms of Ready-To-Eat (RTE) caramel popcorn product category market share with approximately $192 million in retail sales. With increased competition, Borden has unsuccessfully attempted to grow sales in the past five years, with the introduction of new flavor offerings. The Cracker Jack brand offerings is comprised of various packaging options, and maintains a hefty product line with 32 stock-keeping units (SKUs).Current Borden production facilities have only 32% of space allocated to Cracker Jack products, and operate at 33% of capacity. The sales and distribution methods have come under scrutiny by management as they involve large trade expenses and products are seemingly not readily available in desired locations including warehouse and grocery stores. Management also significantly reduced investment in advertising and promotion efforts since 1993, instead attempting to rely on the brand equity of the Cracker Jack name to bring in sales and maintain a premier pricing position.2. Why is Frito-Lay considering the purchase of Cracker Jack?Frito-Lay Company is considering the purchase of the Cracker Jack brand as a direct result of a new division in the company, New Ventures. This division has been directed to seek or create opportunities and products where the Frito-Lay Co. strengths can be capitalized and deliver consumer food solutions with a high impact.Frito-Lay currently is the market leader in salty snack food products and of the brands represented nine hold positions in the top ten…
In the article "Why the Fries Tastes Good", Eric Schlosser introduces the readers to the flavor industry. Staying behind the curtains, the industry is the backbone to most of the delicious taste in processed foods in America nowadays. With a history dating back to when humans first realized the importance of spice trading, the artificial flavor industry has gradually become a growing industry whose members consider their trade an art form.…
The primary reason for the Borden Foods to divert itself from snacks is to emphasis its efforts and resources in the growth of their whole-wheat meal segments. Because of this valuation they had and a growth plan they had they decided to announce sale of Cracker Jack in 1997. The management team of Broaden also recognized that with the increase in competition they have not been able to successfully grow the sales figure in past five years. Also because the Cracker Jack brand has various packaging options and has been maintaining a huge product line of 32 Stock-Keeping Units (SKUs). However, currently Broaden production facility had only 32 percent of space allocated to Cracker Jack Products and has been operating at 32% of its full capacity. Cracker Jack Management believed that the broadened distribution was the most important element of their new strategy. They believed that Broaden sales force and broker/distributor network currently in use should be replaced by a direct-store-delivery sales force. It was believed that a DSD sales force would provide product placement in the grocery DSD snack aisles, which is the highest velocity snack aisles in supermarkets. However, a DSD sales force is more resource intensive than Borden’s present sales and distribution network. Borden Foods management was neither prepared to make the investment required nor equipped to handle a DSD sales force for Cracker Jack given the resource demands of other business opportunities.…
This report provides an analysis of Hardbite Chips and the Snack Food Industry and offers recommendations for Hardbite Chips to develop an effective marketing plan.…
The competition that challenged Frito – Lay was none other than Wise, Pringles, and Chipos. Wise because they had been around since the 1920’s, and Pringles and Chips because these chips were made from mashed or dehydrated potatoes and shaped into a uniformed shape that could be stacked inside of a can or packaged in a box. They had several advantages over the regular potato chips: one advantage was that their packaging made them less fragile, the second advantage was that their packaging was less bulky and easier to ship, and the third advantage was that they could be made and shipped in on location. The main advantage of these two competitors were that they were backed by two product giants, Pringles by Proctor & Gamble Company and Chipos by General Mills, Inc. Frito – Lay also had other competitors in other snack categories, such as Nabisco, Inc. with Mister Salty pretzels and Standard Brands, Inc. with Planters…
Hossein, Nezaki; Noor, Ali; Shaheen, Mansori; & Amirhossein, Noghondari. (2011). Market Value; Convenience Foods;Food Industry; Australian Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences. P 1271-1276. INSInet Publications.…
The following marketing plan forms the basis for the introduction of an innovative new product by Snyder’s-Lance Inc. This analysis allows me to outline the best strategies to follow for the achievement of the company’s strategic goals. “Pretzel Abobodas” will be marketed as a unique flavored pretzel that targets the Hispanic consumer, while striving to reinforce the company’s focus on wanting to penetrate the Hispanic market. The marketing strategies will hopefully enable our company to reach a market size of an estimated 2,000,000 Hispanic Consumers (targeted) with forecasted sales growth prospects of 5% over the next 3 years ($450,000 profits), while satisfying the needs if the unserved market of consumers. Success will be reflected by a sizeable capture of market shares within this market, while strategically positioning the company as a market leader in the salty snacks segments of the industry.…
In the 1980s Frito Lay had difficulty perfecting the healthier alternative to a snack chip. After releasing their product Prontos in 1947, which was a multigrain product, which did not last on the market for long, Frito Lay was on a hunt to create the perfect multigrain chip that consumers considered an everyday chip. There were many reasons why Prontos failed and those were factors that Frito Lay made sure to steer away from the second time around. The biggest problem facing Frito Lay in the late 1980s was how they can perfect the multigrain chip in every aspect, along with testing the market properly, along with nailing every aspect of the marketing plan. This included product strategy, pricing strategy, advertising and merchandising strategy, distribution and sales strategy, along with other considerations to be taken into account. Following off of this, deciding whether to launch the Sun Chips product line, or let the line continue to say in the test-market stage to gain more insight on the product and the market is another factor the company is faced with.…
Frito-Lay currently is the market leader in salty snack food products and of the brands represented nine hold positions in the top ten performers. The existing product mix is…
As a company changes its market structure it can mean major changes. Major changes that can be made can not only affect the company its self but businesses that work with the company as well as consumers. Throughout this paper I will be discussing a potato chip company that has changed its market structure and what affects this change has made on the company, businesses that work with the company, and consumers.…
In this case, our primary benefit is the fact that Special K is low fat cereals. Our fifth level of competition is the budget competition. As we are from a customer perspective, and as our product is cereals, we figured that the customer’s money depend on the Food and Entertainment. As we see, “Food and Entertainment” is very wide, and can be developed in several domains such as breakfast food, hot beverage and even cinema. We are now going to establish the main type of food for breakfast: we have bread, cereals and oat flakes, furthermore as a consequence, those brand product figure to be competing against Special K. We notice then, different types of cereals, such as kids’ cereals, low fat cereals and very nutritive cereals, as Special K is known to be low fat cereals, we know that there are different brands for low fat cereals, such as Kellogg’s, Nestle or Jordan’s. To finish, our first level is product variant, here for our product the variant is to be low fat and nutritional.…