SAXONVILLE SAUSAGE COMPANY CASE SUMMARY Saxonville sausage‚ a privately held company has been doing business for 70 years. In 2005‚ the company had revenues of approximately $1.5 billion from a variety of its fresh pork sausages. The company is producing three main types of products namely: bratwurst‚ breakfast sausage and an Italian sausage Vivio. The main source of revenue for the company is bratwurst (70%) followed by breakfast sausage (20%). But since 2004‚ the company is experiencing problems:
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The case study gives a good overview of the task that was set to new product marketing director Ann Banks. Also all steps that were taken to study 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
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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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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
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Case 3 : 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
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Problem: How can I‚ Ann Banks‚ product marketing director at Saxonville Sausage Company‚ suggest a suitable position for the Italian brand sausage Vivio? Options: I can choose from one these four concepts developed: a) “Family Connection” concept b) “Love” concept c) “Balance” concept d) “Creative/Clever cooking” concept Decision: Saxonville Sausage Company should use the “Creative Cooking” concept Reason: From the data on Italian Sausage Concept Assesment‚ it can be seen that both “Family Connection”
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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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Current situation: Saxonville Sausage Company’s business basically consists of bratwurst‚ breakfast sausage and an Italian sausage‚ Vivioaccounting for 70%‚ 20% and 5% of revenues respectively. While sale of bratwurst and breakfast sausage for over 5 years have been flat with little or no growth expected in short term‚ Italian sausage has been showing growth across producers in the retail sausage market and Vivio has managed to match that level of category growth as well. However‚ Vivio is available
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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: Saxonville has seen two
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1a. Montreaux Chocolate USA vs Saxonville Sausage: Apollo Foods Saxonville Sausage Research Objectives Explore dark chocolate market in the U.S.; Generate Ideas for a new dark chocolate product; New product name‚ packaging‚ positioning & distribution. Answer the following questions: Go national with the Saxonville Italian sausage brand?; Determine the ideal name for the product; Determine the best positioning. Research Techniques Employed Nielson BASES Idea Screening Tests‚ BASES Snapshot Concept
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