marketing operations of the Mountain Man Beer Company‚ a family-owned business he stands to inherit in five years. Mountain Man brews just one beer‚ Mountain Man Lager‚ also known as "West Virginia ’s beer" and popular among blue-collar workers. Due to changes in beer drinkers ’ taste preferences‚ the company is now experiencing declining sales for the first time in its history. In response‚ Chris wants to launch Mountain Man Light‚ a "light beer" formulation of Mountain Man Lager‚ in the hope of attracting
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Elodie Campillo Stéphane Dumiot Brunswick Adrien Julien Gravaud Mountain Man Brewing Company: Bringing the brand to light Introduction: Mountain Man Beer’s Success: The United States is the largest beer consumer in the world with the East Central region having sales of 18.3%. Mountain Man Brewing Company is a family owned brewery located in West Virginia that has been strong presence as lager brand in this region since its establishment in 1925. Ever since‚ it has marketed towards
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Mountain Man Brewing BADM 5400 10/16/2013 1. What is Chris considering doing and what factors will he have to align to be successful? What goal should MMBC (Chris) have? Chris is not happy about the declining sales that Mountain Man Beer Company (MMBC) is beginning to witness for the first time in their history. He wants to reverse the situation and keep the brand a regional leader in the U.S. East Central Region. He would like to launch Mountain Light beer with the hopes
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Mountain Man Brewing Company was an independent‚ family owned brewery which produced the Mountain Man Lager‚ a beer known for its authenticity‚ quality and toughness. It had a distinctive bitter flavor‚ slightly higher than average alcohol content and was considered a strong working man’s beer. It was rated the “Best beer in West Virginia” for 8 straight years. It was also rated as the “Best beer in Indiana”‚ “America’s championship lager”‚ “Best known regional beer” and the “West Virginia beer”
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the Mountain Man Beer Company. This is a family-owned business that he’s going to take a hand on in 5 years. Mountain Man brews just one beer which is Mountain Man Lager‚ also known as "West Virginia ’s beer" and popular among blue-collar workers. Mountain Man Lager is a beer known for its authenticity‚ quality and toughness. It had a distinctive bitter flavor‚ slightly higher than average alcohol content and was considered a strong working man’s beer. Beer had certain awards as the “Best beer
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Running Head: MOUNTAIN MAN Mountain Man Brewing Company Case The purpose of this case study is to explore the implications for expanding the products offered by Mountain Man Brewing Company (MMBC) from one product‚ Mountain Man Lager‚ to adding a Light version of the beer. This paper will evaluate the following: 1. The positioning statement of MMBC; including what has made MMBC successful and how MMBC distinguishes itself from competitors. I will argue that quality and authentic
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Core Marketing Mountain Man Brewing Company Bringing the Brand to Light 1. Overview Mountain Man Brewing Company (MMBC‚ or the Client) is a family-run business in West Virginia that has experienced much growth since launching its flagship premium beer Mountain Man Lager (MMB) in 1925. Over the decades‚ brand loyalty‚ quality and brand awareness have been the cornerstones of the Client’s success – the importance of the MMBC brand among consumers has allowed the company to build its
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1. What are the critical success factors for MMBC? What are its competitive advantages? Ans. The critical factors for the success of Mountain Man Brewing Company (MMBC) are: * Brand awareness among blue collar customers * The quality in terms of smoothness‚ percentage of water content‚ drinkability (distinctly bitter flavour‚ higher than average alcohol content) which created a unique brand equity * Branding activities done by MMBC such as establishing an independent sales force to
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that were unique to the Mountain Man Lager brand. Packaging of beer that was in line with the product positioning for the blue-collared working class (logo with the design of coal miners) Sticking to the core product of Lager rather than swaying to new emerging markets‚ i.e. maintaining core product competency Known as the “West Virginia’s Beer”‚ with authenticity‚ quality and “toughness” as the core attributes which the target customer base could relate with Judged “Best Beer in West Virginia”
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