Case #33 California Pizza Kitchen Synopsis and Objectives This case examines the question of financial leverage at California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) in July 2007. With a highly profitable business and an aversion to debt‚ CPK management is considering a debt-financed stock buyback program. The case is intended to provide an introduction to the Modigliani-Miller capital structure irrelevance propositions and the concept of debt tax shields. With the background of a pizza company‚ the case provides
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My Marketing Mix I am now going to create a marketing mix for my chosen product using the 4 P’s‚ Product‚ Place‚ Price and Promotion. Product The product I will be re-launching is the Cadburys Double Decker bar with less calories than a traditional bar. This new re-launch of a chocolate bar will be a limited edition chocolate bar. The idea being limited edition is to make a substantial profit in a short period of time. Although the product will say limited edition I aim to keep these
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MARKETING MIX: Cuddles are Us strives to produce mutually beneficial and satisfying exchanges with our target market. We are committed to the strategic use of the eight P’s of marketing a service; Product‚ Place‚ Price‚ Promotion‚ People‚ Process‚ Productivity and Physical environment to achieve this goal. Our product is a unique possession processing service designed to benefit pet owners in our target market. We have defined our core service as 24/7 pet sitting for a specific‚ identifiable
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BRE Concrete mix design method A popular simplified mix design method is that from BRE. Compressive strength is‚ in general‚ related to durability. The greater the strength the more durable the concrete. To satisfy the required compressive strength‚ a value for water/cement (w/c) ratio is estimated for an appropriate test age (generally 28 days) and cement type. Tables in the BRE mix design handbook are consulted relating aggregate:cement (a/c) ratio‚ workability and water:cement (w/c) ratio for
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Consumption in the Pizza Fast Food Industry Today‚ the average American eats 46 slices of pizza per year (about 23 pounds). Buck Jones reports "The business is only expected to grow as the industry continues to expand its product base and revenue earnings through imaginative recipes and creative marketing concepts" (Jones‚ 177). Pizza producers are searching for additional pizza products that will appeal to new markets such as the croissant‚ French bread‚ and other specialty products showing up
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IV. Marketing Mix 1. PRODUCT Carmen’s Best is one of the creamiest artisanal ice cream in the market. It is also rich‚ smooth and dense that almost a pint of it weighs as heavy as a half gallon-sized ice cream. It means that its ice cream is not pumped with air‚ a practice among most commercial ice cream makers. The only difference is that Carmen’s Best ice cream is homemade‚ the old-fashioned way. Carmen’s Best uses 100% all-natural fresh cow’s milk and cream‚ delivered straight from their family’s
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RETAIL PROJECT ON PIZZA HUT GROUP MEMBERS:- 1) JASMEET DUA 2) HITIKANT SAHOO 3) RAHUL GYANESWAR 4) RUDRA PRATAP HOTA 5) ASHUTOSH PRATAP SINGH CONTENTS 1) INTRODUCTION………………………………………..1 2) RETAIL ENVIRONMENT…………………………….2 3) POSITIONING…………………………………………...3 4) MARKETING STRATEGY…………………………….4 5) PRODUCT ASSORTMENT…………………………….5 6) PRICE POSITIONING………………………………….6 7) CUSTOMER PROFILE…………………………………7 8) CONSUMER PULL FACTORS………………………...8 9)
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Demand Estimation After studying this chapter‚ you should be able to: 1. Discuss how the firm’s managers use the information about demand for its product to determine correctly its profit-maximizing rate of output and price‚ or whether to produce a particular product at all. 2. Discuss demand respond to consumer income increase or decrease as a result of an economic expansion or contraction. 3. Specify the components of a regression model that can be used to estimate a demand equation. 4. Interpret
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Analyzing Consumer Behaviour To study and analyze the consumer behaviour we conducted an online survey. [URL: http://www.esurveyspro.com/Survey.aspx?id=a9b6dcf2-a700-4357-aae7-02942c717568]. The survey asked a total of 10 questions including one question asking them to rate McDonald’s on various parameters like taste‚ variety‚ speed of service‚ etc. Response was received from 132 customers of McDonald’s. Profile of respondents To know the age group of respondents we asked them
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Target Marketing It is not possible for a marketer to have similar strategies(استراتژی) for product promotion(ترقی) amongst all individuals. Kids do not get attracted towards products meant for adults and vice a versa(معاون بالعکس). Every segment has a different need‚ interest and perception(احساس). No two segments can have the same ideologies(ايدئولوژي) or require a similar product. Target Marketing refers to a concept in marketing which helps the marketers to divide the market into small units
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