Matthew Schreck Management 511: Financial Decision Making Boston Beer Company April 18‚ 2013 Amelia Drobile Boston Beer Company History and Financial Position Boston Beer Company (SAM) is a brewery in Massachusetts most commonly known for its Samuel Adams line of “craft” beers. The Samuel Adams line of beer was introduced in 1985. Since then the company has grown to do over 580 million dollars in revenue each year. 580 million is a very small piece of the food
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the course of the case Company Perspectives: The South African Breweries Limited is a holding company invested in and taking management responsibility for a portfolio of businesses‚ principally engaged in meeting mass market consumer needs. Beer is the major profit contributor‚ but an important balance is provided by interests in complementary beverages‚ retailing‚ hotels‚ and the manufacture and supply of selected consumer goods and services‚ together with strategic investments in businesses
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Accounting Analysis of Boston Beer 1990-1995 Making the analysis using the financial statements and assumptions (since the published reports for this period are not available freely since Boston Beer was a partnership for this duration)‚ we can make the following observations: Boston Beer Co. uses ACCRUAL method of accounting as do all its competitors‚ so comparisons will be easy for investors. ASSETS Since Boston Beer is a contract brewery‚ it out sources its production process to established
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1--------------------------------------------------- Boston Beer‚ in response to consumers’ preference changes to more flavorful and bitter tasting brews‚ was founded in 1894. Boston Beer implements a “quality at any cost” strategy with a strong emphasis on product differentiation and implementing quality ingredients into its products. For instance‚ Boston Beer was the first company to employ a stamped freshness date on its bottles and ingredients are imported from around the world. Additionally‚ Boston Beer relies heavily on contract
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Boston Beer Background: Jim Koch was motivated and haunted by the idea of being an entrepreneur in the beer brewing business. Once upon a time his great-great-grandfather created a recipe that was full bodied‚ had a longer brewing time‚ used rare hops‚ and cost a lot more than the imports are costing. Koch saved $100‚000 and was able to acquire $140‚000 from family and friends to start up his brewery. Knowing that it would cost close to $10 million to actually open a brewery‚ Koch contracted out
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Boston Beer—Is Greater Growth Possible? 1. Have you ever tried one of the Boston Beer brews? If so‚ how did you like the taste? Was it worth the higher price? I haven’t tried any one of the Boston Beer brews‚ so I’m not sure whether I will like its taste. I searched the key word “the Boston Beer” on the Internet‚ I found that there are three distinct characteristics of this brand’s beers: strong-flavor‚ unique package and high prices. Although a lot of beer aficionados will pay for the high price
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IV. Market Strategies of Selected Brands Anheuser Busch Companies Demographic: From the market analysis portion of the paper we already established that internationally‚ Anheuser is expanding both into the Asian and Latin American markets. But typically what segment of the market do they target specifically? Well currently‚ the company is making an attempt to target the female population. Michelob Ultra is being marketed in women’s magazines like cosmopolitan and other AB brands are placed
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Boston Beer Company Case Study Analysis 1. Boston Beer’s strategy is primarily focused on growth through differentiation. The sources of its competitive advantage can be classified as a company that provides high quality beer with unique flavors‚ a market driven approach‚ and a very efficient contract brewing strategy. In terms of quality‚ the company created a premium beer by its selective use of ingredients and less water. Boston Beer has won honors such as being the first American beer
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Case Analysis: 961 Beer: Launching A Lebanese Brewing Company Introduction 961 Beer has a fascinating history which illustrates to aspiring entrepreneurs that with hard work and determination‚ even crazy business ideas are able to succeed. At a time when building were being destroyed and the city of Beirut‚ Lebanon was in shambles‚ the founders of 961 Beer decided to move forward with founding Lebanon’s first craft brewing company – a surprising fact because this region of the world begin the tradition
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Strength: The biggest strength of the company is the brand image it has among the consumers . Boston Beer ‚ specifically the Samuel Adams ‚well known from the superior quality and expensive ingredients used along with the traditional brewing techniques which give it an excellent flavor ‚ which cannot be easily copied by the other competitors . In addition the use of less water in its products also has given it a positive advantage in terms of product quality . Weaknesses: Opportunities: The
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