Running head: CASE ANALYSIS OF FRITO-LAY Case Analysis of Frito-Lay MKT610: Marketing Strategies Jane Student Davenport University Terry O’Connor‚ Ph.D. June 15‚ 2010 Table of Contents Purpose and Overview 3 Analysis of Our Past and Current Situations 3 External Opportunities We Could Exploit 4 External Threats That May Impeded Success 4 Internal Strengths on Which to Capitalize 4 Internal Weaknesses to Overcome 4 Assumptions on Which the Strategies
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1.) How does the mix of Frito-Lay inventory differ from those of a machine or cabinet shop‚ (a process-focused facility)? (Heizer‚ 513). It’s different than that of a machine or cabinet shop due to it being a product focused facility with high investment on capital equipment. A.) Differences: • The perishability of inventory in the “prepared” food industry calls for inventory management to be far more critical because it can significantly affects product satisfaction as well as market
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QUICK FACTS Key Facts – Frito‐Lay North America Headquarters: Plano‚ Texas – Frito‐Lay employs over 48‚000 people and brings in over $13 billion in annual sales. – Frito‐Lay brands account for nearly 62% of the U.S. salty snack category. – Frito‐Lay products are exported to 79 countries around the globe‚ including military destinations. – Products sold under the Frito‐Lay name are now recorded by two PepsiCo divisions: Frito‐Lay North America (North American sales) and PepsiCo International
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applauds Frito-Lay for its green efforts. Because of this‚ Frito-Lays sales have dipped as they introduced the eco-friendly Frito-Lay was threatened to be sued by a news service company and The Centre for Science in the public interest (CSPI) after Frito-Lay switched the name on its olestra-laden snack line. This came into picture when FDA withdrew a requirement that companies warn customers of Olestra possible side effects. Centre for Science in the Public interest speculated that Frito Lay was
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Summary- Frito-Lay is a division of PepsiCo‚ a New York-based diversified consumer goods and services firm. Frito-Lay is a nationally recognized leader in the manufacture and marketing of snack foods. The company’s leaders in the snack industry include potato chips‚ tortilla chips‚ cheese puffs and pretzels. Frito-Lay not only had net sales in 1985 of three billion but also captured about thirty three percent of the snack foods sold in the United States. When Frito-Lay first got into the dip industry
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mid-eighties Frito-Lay’s Dips had become a highly profitable product line with sales of $30 million in 1981‚ growing to $87 million in 1985. In late 1986‚ Marketing Director Ben Ball‚ and Product Manager Ann Mirabito had completed the planning review for the Frito-Lay line of dips. A major issue at the planning meeting was where‚ and how‚ to further develop Frito-Lay’s Dips. Two divergent viewpoints developed; that the dip line should be more aggressively promoted in its market segment‚ and that Frito-Lay
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History of the Frito-Lay’s Company : In 1932‚ two young entrepreneurs independently began to operate two separate companies that were thousands of miles apart. (Elmer Doolin & Herman W. Lay of Nashville) 1. The Frito Company In 1932‚ Elmer Doolin started doing business in a small San Antonio cafe and purchased a bag of corn chips to eat with his sandwich. Mr. Doolin set his new business venture in his mother’s kitchen. Because there was no money for hiring employees‚ his family helped
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Sustain Your Chips —Sustainable Strategies Consultation for Frito-Lay Inc. 2011 Gillian Hrycko‚ Goya and Jake Eco-Innovations Consulting Firm 2011/7/18 Executive Summary Frito-Lay is a brand known by almost every consumer in North America. With products being exported to 79 countries around the globe and accounting for almost 62% of the salty snack industry in North America‚ it is certainly a powerful brand. Yet
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and South America combined contributed 48 percent of PepsiCo’s net revenue in 2009. And Fristo-Lays North America‚ which is combined with the Frito Company and the H.W. Lay Company‚ creates the top selling line of snack foods in the U.S‚ Canada and Mexico. These brands include Lay’s and Ruffles potato chips‚ Doritos tortilla chips‚ Tostitos tortilla chips and dips‚ Cheetos cheese flavored snacks‚ Fritos corn chips‚ Rold Gold pretzels‚ Sun Chips and Cracker Jack popcorn. In which‚ PepsiCo holds six
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strategy focusing on broad mass market. - Requires good scale facilities‚ tight cost and overhead controls and cost minimization in selected functional areas like manufacturing cost‚ marketing‚ r & d and advertising Reasons for cost reduction:- Learning experience Frito Lay’s is a worldwide leading manufacturer of snack chips and has 8 to 10 top ten famous brand with brand loyalty customers. They have skills and thereby increase the productivity of
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