15/03/13 House-made Chorizo Sausages and Pork & Apple Sausages (Apologies that I don’t have any pictures of the cooked sausage) In Workshop Session Four of the Bachelor of Culinary Arts Year 1 we butchered a 60kg pig‚ resulting in several kilograms of pork sausage being made. Each group followed one sausage recipe from their workbooks and created one recipe of their own. My group of Jason‚ Shane and Cameron chose to do the Chorizo Sausage from our workbook and a Pork
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consumers’ preferences are covered in details. As the case states‚ after the thorough analysis both “Family Connection” and “Clever Cooking” are viable positioning options. By the end of the case it becomes obvious that Banks should recommend Saxonville Sausage Company to adopt “Family Connection” concept. Since target consumers are mostly women who are heads of their households‚ the most convincing argument could be that this concept takes into account core consumers’ values and desires‚ such as “feeding
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network. Is already recognized as a national brand. They offer a variety of quality products. Weaknesses Selling Italian sausage from a German company. There is no product differentiation. No positioning in the market. Vivio is not a popular Italian name. Opportunities No national Italian sausage brand. Can sell easier because Saxonville is recognized nationally. The Italian sausage market is growing. Threats Can cannibalize sales of their brats. Face the competition of 29 locally established brands
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“Italian Sausage” Business: The market segmentation for the Italian Sausage Business is primarily a demographic segmentation based on the gender (women)‚ work status(working and less time to cook pleasing meals) and number of kids (kids love Italian sausages) in the household. This can be thought as segmentation based on observable characteristics of customers. The “Target Markets” for the “Italian Sausage” Business:
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Saxonville Sausage Company Case study analysis 1. What is the current situation? The current date is March 2006 and Ann Banks‚ the new product marketing director of the Saxonville Sausage company has to present her plan‚ developed after a serious research process‚ for launching a national Italian sausage brand‚ in order for the company to achieve its profit objectives for the next fiscal year. Saxonville was a 70-year-old‚ family business‚ which produced a variety of pork sausage products
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Problem Ann Banks‚ new product marketing director at Saxonville Sausage Company‚ needs to launch a national Italian sausage brand. Saxonville needs to bring this to market in order to achieve its profit objectives for the next fiscal year. Ms. Banks’ main problem lies in the positioning of Saxonville’s current sausage product‚ Vivio. Should Ms. Banks try it with authenticity‚ or fresh and locally made? A distinctive identity needs to be created in order for this to be a successful line‚ and may
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Saxonville Sausage Company Background • Saxonville Sausage is a $1.5 billion manufacturer of pork sausage products • Its experiencing financial stress because its leading product lines have lately produced declining revenues in product categories that are realizing no growth. 2 Market position & condition • One product line‚ the Italian sausage brand “Vivio”‚ has recently experienced a significant increase in revenues • This has been the case with the entire Italian sausage category nationwide
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Ouari SEKKOUM Product and Brand Strategies Saxonville Sausage Case Study What is the current situation? Saxonville is a family company from Ohio has existed for seventy years‚ it produces a range of pork sausage‚ and they have three types of products: breakfast sausage‚ bratwurst and Vivio sausage. Products are sold in all the United States‚ through national and regional distributors. The firm’s revenue is estimated at 1.5 billion dollars in 2005. Since 2004‚ the company is experiencing difficulties:
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customer behavior toward our Italian sausage brand ‘Vivio’. Based on qualitative and quantitative research we are able to understand target consumers needs and behaviors‚ positioning ideas‚ refine the learning to concepts and scores of these concepts. Qualitative steps gave us depth and help to surface ideas while the quantitative piece will validate those ideas across a broader population. My recommendation is to continue with Vivio - Saxonville’s Italian sausage as brand name and position as ‘Family
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Saxonville Sausage Company I. Background Saxonville was a 70-year-old‚ privately held family business headquartered in Saxonville‚ Ohio‚ with 2005 revenues of approximately $1.5 billion. The company produced a variety of pork sausage products‚ predominantly fresh sausage as opposed to smoked or semi-dried. The heart of the business consisted of branded products: bratwurst (70% of Saxonville’s revenues); breakfast sausage‚ both links and patties (20% of revenues); and an Italian sausage named
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