Analysis by: Smarties team Marketing Strategies of the Mass-Market Chocolate Industry This report evaluates the marketing strategies that are common in the UK mass market chocolate industry by focusing on four brands: Cadbury‚ Galaxy‚ Kit Kat and Maltesers EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report is an evaluation of the marketing strategies used in the mass-market chocolate confection industry in the United Kingdom (UK). The four brands this report studies in detail are Cadbury‚ Galaxy‚ Kit Kat‚ and
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The Chocolate Industry (GLOBAL OVERVIEW) Who are the main manufacturers of chocolate in the world? Company | Net Sales 2011 (US$ millions) | Kraft Foods Inc (USA) | 19‚965 | Mars Inc (USA) | 16‚200 | Nestlé SA (Switzerland) | 12‚808 | Ferrero Group (Italy) | 9‚612 | Hershey Foods Corp (USA) | 6‚112 | Chocolade fabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG (Switzerland) | 2‚796 | August Storck KG (Germany) | 2‚205 | Yildiz Holding (Turkey) | 2‚095 | Meiji Co (Japan) | 1‚791 | Arcor Group (Argentina)
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Cadbury stakeholders conflicts Businesses can come across many conflicts between stakeholders‚ which are the people that are impacted by the business. Cadbury‚ the chocolate producer‚ has started an organization‚ worth £9 million pounds‚ to put sports equipment in school across the UK. Customers would need to save tokens from chocolate bars and give them to the schools. To get the first equipment‚ 750 tokens are needed. While to allow the school to obtain a variety of different equipment‚ it
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of the Cadbury Dairy Milk has been launched in India by Cadbury India. The new chocolate is priced at Rs 49 for 69 grams and Rs 99 for 160 grams bar. The chocolate will be available in the flavors like milk chocolate‚ roast almond and fruit & nut. According to the reports‚ the company claims that the chocolates new variant has been launched keeping in mind the demand for smoother‚ creamier and finer chocolate available internationally. The company plans to promote the new chocolate through
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confectionery share gain Mid-teens margins by 2011 Strong dividend growth Priorities Growth Efficiency Capabilities Improved Return on Capital Efficient balance sheet Sustainability Over the last five years revenue growth has been strong Cadbury 5-year CAGR 6.3% pa 7.2% 6.4% 7.2% 6.9% 4.0% Market 5-year CAGR 5.3% pa 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Note: Growth rates are rebased to prior period exchange rates‚ and exclude Australia Beverages At the same time our market
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MARK333 Case Study – Cadbury Digestives Amanda Kelln 4969546 1. The ‘Thank You’ campaign worked so well because Cadbury did plenty of research on their target audience and then implemented an advert to deliver a particular message to this specific target audience. To be more specific‚ Cadbury determined from their research that their target audience was primarily women chocoholics who were looking to experience chocolate guilt free. Once the company determined this‚ they then implemented an advert
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instead. Suppositions? NEWS: Cadbury VS Kraft Foods What happened to Cadbury and who was it taken over by??? After months of negotiations‚ Kraft (KFT) announced in 2010 that it would acquire U.K. сonfection giant Cadbury. The takeover bid was $19.5 billion. Background of Cadbury… Now a little bit about the history of Cadbury‚ you’ll know who founded the company and why! Let’s begin. Cadbury was found in 1824 when a young Quaker named John Cadbury opened up a shop in Birmingham. Do you
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INTRODUCTION: Cadbury is a leading global company‚ which was in Birmingham in England when John Cadbury started his family grocery shop with side business of cocoa and chocolate products in around 1824. His two sons‚ Richard and George‚ expanded their family business of cocoa and chocolate. Their headquarters are in the UK. Cadbury enjoys a value market share of over 70%. CADBURY IN INDIA: In India‚ Cadbury began its operations in 1948 by importing chocolates. After 60 years of existence‚ it
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Chocolates may be items of impulse-purchase‚ competing with other categories like soft drinks‚ snacks and beverages for a share of the consumer’s wallet‚ but modern trade and other factors like liberalisation of the economy‚ growing income of middle class and macro-economic conditions have had a positive impact on consumer spending. "The per-capita consumption of chocolates has increased from 40gm in 2005 to 110-120 gm now and there is a lot of scope to grow even further‚" says Rajesh Ramanathan
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References: http://www.cadburyindia.com http://www.indiainfoline.com/Markets/Company/Fundamentals/Directors-Report/Cadbury-India-Ltd/500793 http://www.moneycontrol.com/financials/cadburyindia/balance-sheet/CI#CI
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