Situation Analysis A) Internal environment General characteristics: Mountain Man Lager is a family owned brewing company‚ and is known as West Virginia’s beer. Change of CEO‚ as the founder and president Oscar Prangel retires‚ leaving the company to his son Chris Prangel. Due to changes in beer drinker’s preferences‚ the company is experiencing a decline in sales for the first time in the company’s history. Mountain Man’s 2005 revenues are down by 2% relative to the prior year
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Jeff Dickinson BUS 656 Case Write up #2 Mountain Man Brewing Company Problem Statement Mountain Man Lagers main customer is an older generation‚ blue-collar worker‚ which make up a larger percentage of the sales. In 2005 sales have dropped 2% relative to the prior fiscal year. The cause is from a stiffening competition‚ a market that is maturing and new products. All of these factors are stealing the customers from the Mountain Man Brewing Company (MMBC). The light beer market is starting
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MKTG324 Wenjing Xu Mountain Man Brewing Company Case Analysis Company Overview Mountain Man Brewing Company produces Mountain Man Lager; the most authentic regional beer for working class East Central Americans‚ among all premium domestic beers‚ because of its distinctive quality‚ bitter flavor‚ slightly higher than average alcohol content and competitive price . MMBC targeted its product toward the middle-aged blue collar worker in the East Central region. MMBC’s strategic focus on this
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With recent declining sales for Mountain Man Beer Company (MMBC)‚ Chris Prangel is considering launching Mountain Man Light as a brand extension aligned with changes in beer drinkers’ preferences. He is seeking to maximize market coverage while minimizing brand overlap‚ and at the same time avoiding any brand equity damage‚ as MMBC’s core consumer segment is significantly different from the new targeted segment. Chris expects to negate declining sales of Mountain Man Lager and capture market share
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Rochester Institute of Technology | Mountain Man Brewing Company: Bringing the Brand to Light | Advanced Corporate Financial Planning | Professor Testa 1/23/2012 | | | Objective Complete a NPV analysis to see if Mountain Man Brewing Company should implement Mountain Man Light to its existing product lines: * SWOT Analysis on Mountain Man Lager * NPV analysis for Mountain Man Lager * NPV analysis for Mountain Man Light * NPV analysis on whole company * Strategic Options
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Katia Herrera Dr. Barksdale MK4900 June 23‚ 2014 Mountain Man Brewing Company Case Analysis Situation Analysis 1. Industry “The beer industry in the United States generates $75 Billion in annual sales.” (Abelli‚ 4) Light beer sales have increased at a compound annual rate of 4% over the previous six years. Traditional premium beer sales have also declined annually by the same percentage. The beer industry can be considered a monopoly since large national brewers maintain economies
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1a. What is Chris considering doing and what factors will he have to align to be successful? Chris is considering the production of a light beer for Mountain Man Brewing Company as a way to compensate for the recent decline in sales and increase in the market for light beer sales. How can the production of a light beer appeal to a younger demographic. What about their light beer will be different from competitors. How much is this new product going to cost and how will he go about launching the
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Mountain Man Brewing Company (MMBC) was found in 1925 as a family run business and “Mountain Man Lager” is its core product. MMBC was rated as “Best Beer in West Virginia” for years and was selected as “America’s Championship Lager” at the American Beer Championship. MMBC relied on his history and status as independent‚ family-owned brewery to create an aura of authenticity and to position the beer with its core drinkers – blue-collar‚ middle-to-lower income men over age 45. Because of the product
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Mountain Man Brewing Company was established as a family concern in 1925 in West Virginia by Guntar Prangle. The company brewed single-product beer‚ Mountain Man Lager‚ which won “best beer in West Virginia” and was elected as “America’s Championship Lager”. Mountain Man Lager featured quality‚ bitter favor and slightly higher-than-average alcohol content that uniquely contributed to the company’s brand equity. Mountain Man was a local market leader and distributed its lager in several states outside
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Business Model Mountain Man Brewing Company was a family-owned business which owned a quality beer called Mountain Man Lager. As shown in Exhibit 1‚ the Mountain Man Lager was well known as working man’s beer. Its quality taste with bitter flavor and high alcohol content were the value propositions for the products. And the key resources for these features were the special recipe and a meticulous selection of barley. Also the main customer segment for the Lager was blue collar most of whom were
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