NATUREVIEW FARMS Introduction Go big‚ or go home! This is a saying that is heard in all different fields. Its meaning is far more than the five words it contains. Go big‚ as in everything you do‚ do it to the best of your ability. Go home‚ means that you are throwing in the towel when things get tough‚ more or less‚ just giving up. My dad said those words to me when I was too afraid to get on stage at my first ballet recital‚ and he would say those same words to the management team at
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Tam Minh Nguyen MKTG 6200 Summer 1 2015 Natureview Farm Summerise Issue Identification: Natureview Farm was founded in 1989 as a small yogurt manufacturer‚ after 10 years‚ their revenues had grown from less than $100.000 to $13 million. The issue was that Christine Walker‚ vice president of marketing and his team needs to find a path to grow the revenues to $20 million in the end of 2001 from Feb 2000. Factors to Be Considered: Yogurt used natural ingredients and a special process that made the
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Background Natureview Farm manufactures organic yogurt which it sells through natural food stores. Able to achieve steady profitability with the aid of strict financial controls and a VC capital infusion in the late nineties‚ the company now needs to grow revenues from $13M to $20M (54%) in less than two years to better position itself for alternative funding or possible acquisition. To solve this dilemma‚ senior management has narrowed their possible actions to three distinct options. Problem
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Natureview Farm Natureview Farm has a few basic goals in this case. Goal 1: Natureview needs to increase its revenues to $20 million before the end of 2001. Goal 2: Natureview must maintain its strong brand image. Goal 3: Natureview must not turn its back on its loyal customers‚ suppliers‚ and distributors. Strengths * Natureview produces yogurt with a family recipe that uses completely natural ingredients and is also organic. Natureview does not use milk from cows that are artificially
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Natureview Farm Case Team 9 (Raf‚ Sarah‚ Lynn‚ Jake‚ Emily) Objective • Natureview Farm wants to increase their revenue by to $20 million by end of 2001‚ but they are not wanting do not want to drastically change the company’s vision with this the new sale’s strategy. Recommendation • Our team is choosing recommends option one #1 for Natureview Farm to proceed with. This option will expand distribution into supermarkets with the 6 SKUs of the 8-oz. product line. Strengths • By choosing this option
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DATE: February 21‚ 2000 SUBJECT: Natureview Farm Key Issues or Problems Natureview is a natural organic Brand Name for yogurt. Since its inception it has relied on its uniqueness of taste‚ texture‚ long shelf life‚ and low cost marketing to grow to a 13 million dollar company. Currently it sells yogurt products only in the natural/organic food channels like Whole foods and Wild Oats‚ which in 1999 controlled only 3% of the yogurt sales in the US‚ but has a rapid growth rate of 20% per year
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Natureview Farm Case Study Report Background Natureview Farm‚ a Vermont-based organic yogurt manufacturer with annual revenues of 13 mln. USD and 24% of market share‚ is a major brand in the natural foods channel. Company’s leadership in this channel was achieved through its emphasis on natural ingredients‚ strong reputation for quality and great taste‚ creative marketing techniques and established relationships with leading natural foods retailers. Company now faces financial pressure to grow
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Natureview Farm Case – Executive Summary Objectives 1. Grow Natureview’s revenue to $20M by calendar year end 2001. 2. Position Natureview for acquisition and / or find a new investor. Our Solution With opportunities such as the one presented in the Natureview Farm case‚ executives and corporate leaders have a tendency to focus exclusively on the stated revenue objective. We believe that doing so is short sighted and will not best position Natureview for acquisition or additional
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Natureview Farm Case Analysis – 5 November 2013 Natureview Farm is the leading manufacturer of refrigerated cup yogurt in the natural foods channel. From its founding in 1989 through 1999‚ Natureview grew its revenues from less than $100‚000 to over $13M by selling only 8oz and 32oz yogurt cups. However‚ in 1997‚ in order to fund strategic investments‚ Natureview received an equity infusion from a venture capital firm‚ which needs to cash out of its investment‚ forcing Natureview to either
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Current Situation Natureview Farms needs to grow revenue from $13 million to $20 million before the end of 2001‚ which is 22 months away. The company must reach this goal to attract new capital investments after the venture capital firm cashes out its investment. While revenue growth is the
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