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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Mountain Man Brewing Company | To: | Chris Prangel | From: | 001706975 | CC: | David Nasser | Date: | 3/4/2013 | Re: | Bringing the Brand to Light | Comments: | For the first time in the company’s history‚ Mountain Man Brewing Company is experiencing declining sales in response to changes in beer drinkers’ preferences. Mr. Prangel’s response to this problem is introducing a “light beer” form of the popular Lager. In the past six years‚ the “light beer” industry as increased at an annual
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1. What is Mountain Man Brewing Company’s positioning relative to its competitors? Mountain Man Brewing Company (MMBC) is a 2nd tier domestic beer manufacturer based out of West Virginia. MMBC is positioned as a leader among local brewers in the East Central region‚ being one of the four regional breweries still operational in West Virginia. MMBC brews only one type of beer – the Mountain Man Lager‚ a dark bitter tasting beer. Target market for the product is middle aged men from the blue collared
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Case Summary: Mountain Man Brewing Company. Bringing the Brand to Light: Brand extension. The Mountain Man Beer Company (MMBC) was founded in 1925 and the family launched as Mountain Man Lager. By the 1960s‚ Mountain Man Lager’s reputation as a quality beer was well entrenched throughout the East Central region of the United States. MMLC’s single brand product strategy and brand extension market research evaluation: 1. The Mountain Man Lager brand rated as the best known regional
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brand equity of MMBC. A: Firmly established brand for 8 decades which commands a large loyal customer base with a legacy factor Attributes like distinctively bitter taste‚ slightly higher than average content of alcohol 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
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Problem Statement: Should Chris Prangel launch Mountain Man Light in order to recoup the declining sales MMBC has been experiencing due to changes in beer drinkers’ preferences and how will he adapt their marketing mix in order to achieve these goals? Key Points: Chris Prangel - an MBA graduate - was set to inherit his father’s business‚ Mountain Man Beer Company. MMBC brewed one beer called “Mountain Man Lager”‚ which was also known as “West Virginia’s beer”. In order to recoup
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Dear Chris Prangel‚ Regarding whether Mountain Man Brewing Company should introduce Mountain Man Light beer to their product line I think it should. Mountain Man has customers who are loyal to it their original product‚ and I don’t think the addition of a new product would affect this loyalty if introduced in the right way. Marketing Mountain Man Light will be where MMBC could preserve the brand name of Mountain Man Lager. Separating the two beverages consistently in the ad campaign in ways
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mountain Man Brewing Company | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Financial Projections | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | Assumptions | | | | | | | | | | | Revenues from MM beer | $50‚440‚000.00
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Mountain Man Brewing Company SITUATION: Mountain Man lager has been a long standing premium beer distributed in the central east since 1925. The company has built a brand image around its blue-collared‚ middle-aged workers by relying on the authenticity of their family owned business to position themselves with their core customers. Recent changes in beer drinker preferences have resulted in a decrease in sales for the first time in the company’s long history. Chris Prangel has returned from
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