Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc. Bruner Case Study Case Summary This case examines issues of asset control for Ben & Jerry’s Homemade‚ Inc.‚ in light of the outstanding takeover offers by Chartwell Investments‚ Dreyer‘s Grand‚ Unilever‚ and Meadowbrook Lane Capital in January 2000. The case requires a discussion of fundamental firm objectives and the implications of a non-traditional corporate orientation; one needs to review the development of Ben & Jerry’s strong social consciousness
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Strategic Position Ben & Jerry’s strategic position is to offer an all natural approach in the preparation of their super premium ice cream. Through the use of pure‚ natural‚ and socially conscious products‚ Ben & Jerry’s positions its products as high quality with unique flavors which ultimately differentiates it from the competition. They market their products through cause generated marketing ‚ practicing social consciousness to present the values and goals of the company. Ben and Jerry’s maintains
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Ben and Jerry’s Andrew Xiao – 202739920 1. Does the Japanese market differ from European markets that Ben & Jerry attempted to enter in the past? Yes or no and why? What are the implications? Japanese Market: highly complex distribution system driven by manufacturers. strong barriers to foreign products immense distance for shipping a frozen product most affluent country in the world‚ demanding high quality products with great varieties of styles and flavors market seemed to welcome imported
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Ben & Jerry’s – japan [pic] Case Study No. 1 Prepared for MARK 5815 International Marketing in Asia Due Thursday 1st September 2006 Ben & Jerry’s - Japan 1. Situation Audit Company Overview Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc. (hereafter known as Ben & Jerry’s) is a US-based superpremium ice cream producer established in Vermont‚ USA in 1978 by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield. From humble beginnings the company gained popularity through their unique style and innovative
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BEN & JERRY’S HOMEMADE Questions 1. How has Ben & Jerry’s fulfilled its mission statement? What evidence can you provide regarding Ben & Jerry’s performance on each of the three dimensions of the mission statement? Ben & Jerry were able to fulfill their mission statement with the finest quality all-natural ice cream‚ profitable business and by improving the community. Ben & Jerry stated‚ they would make and distribute the finest quality all natural ice cream with a wide
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Executive Summary – Ben & Jerry’s Case Current Situation: Ben & Jerry’s Company is in the business of making different flavors of ice creams in USA with sales of $75 million in 1990. It is ranked # 2 in super-premium ice cream market and is 5th largest ice cream maker of any type nationwide. It has experienced explosive growth in the US market primarily through entry into new geographic markets and flavor differentiation. Ben Cohen‚ one of the founders is the majority shareholder. Chuck
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Ben and Jerry ’s Premium Ice Cream Products Ben and Jerry ’s Ice Cream is a brand name company known worldwide. With superior marketing techniques Ben and Jerry ’s has positioned themselves to be the leader in manufacturing premium ice cream products. They have successfully targeted their market‚ and there by achieved a strong customer base. The mission statement of their product line is "to make‚ distribute‚ and sell the finest quality all natural ice cream while incorporating wholesome
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Ben & Jerry’s analysis. Translating from the ratios‚ Ben & Jerry was struggling to generate enough sales to cover their costs. In other words‚ their profitability had fallen sharply from 1992 to 1993 and in 1994‚ the firm had experience a loss for the first time. Even though the EBITDA was still positive in 1994‚ it fell from $10‚000 level to 2‚000 level‚ an 80% decrease from 1993. This clearly indicated that Ben & Jerry’s performance had deteriorated at a striking rate‚ regardless of
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Finance – Ben and Jerry’s Case Assignment: 1. Do you agree with Ben & Jerry’s current mission statement? Why or why not? The Ben and Jerry’s Mission Statement is a bit contradictory‚ as their economic point stresses raising value for the shareholders‚ meanwhile they are in the business of distributing 7.5% of their pre tax earnings to social foundations and community action groups. The product point can work in conjunction with the social and economic aspects‚ but the points about social
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Ben&Jerry Introduction “Ben & Jerry’s‚ to know it is to love it”. “I scream‚ you scream‚ we all scream‚ for ice cream.” ----------- -By Laura Teacher‚ Sara Matharu‚ Sara Butler and Aman Johal This marketing project investigates the marketing of Ben and Jerry ice cream in the UK. Ben and Jerry have a difficult job to do because they have competitors –Haagen Daaz‚ who have a 44% share of the one and a quarter billion pound UK ice cream market‚ compared to Ben
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