Introduction Rogers’ Chocolates is Canada’s oldest chocolate company and British Columbia’s second oldest company. Steve Parkhill‚ the new president of company is expected to double or possibly triple the size of company within the next 10 years. In the chocolate candy industry‚ Canada’s market size was $167 million and growing 2% annually. Although the growth rate in the chocolate industry is falling as a whole‚ large companies such as Hershey & Cadburys are moving into the premium chocolate market and growing
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6300 Case 6-16 Cowgirl Chocolates 10/6/2010 Before spending an additional $3‚000 on an advertising campaign in the March/April edition of Chile Pepper Magazine‚ Marilyn Lysohir needs to consider how to reach her goal of becoming a profitable company. She needs to analyze consumer perceptions‚ pricing strategies‚ identify and gain access to effective distribution channels and the effective use of the company web site. Since the inception of a revolutionary spicy chocolate recipe‚ Marilyn Lysohir
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THE HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE Many people believe that chocolate originally came from Europe. However‚ chocolate‚ called the “food of the gods‚” was first made in the Americas. The first chocolate was very different from contemporary chocolate. Wild chocolate trees can grow easily in the humid Amazon rainforest. Clusters of flowers growing on these trees turn to seeds. About 20 to 60 cacao beans can be found in the seeds. Cacao beans are the ingredient needed to create sweet‚ soothing
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CHOCOLATE The chocolate is one of the favorite flavors that people like the most. According to a survey that I administrated which I made in order to see what it’s the flavor that everybody likes the most‚ the 59.4% of the people who responded preferred chocolate‚ while the vanilla was only preferred by the 37.5%‚ 3.1% didn’t choose any of them. Chocolate can be a healthy food. In fact‚ The University of Michigan even lists dark chocolate as one of the essential foods as a part of their “Healing
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to produce sweet chocolate as a coating for his caramels. Located in Lancaster‚ Pennsylvania‚ the new enterprise was named the Hershey Chocolate Company. In 1900‚ the company began producing milk chocolate in bars‚ wafers and other shapes. With mass production‚ Hershey was able to lower the per-unit cost and make milk chocolate‚ once a luxury item for the wealthy‚ affordable to all. A company on the move. The immediate success of Hershey’s low-cost‚ high-quality milk chocolate soon caused the company’s
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making and distributing chocolates and other treats in addition to working as an artist in Moscow. Cowgirl Chocolates are all-natural‚ kosher chocolates that are unique in that they contain hot pepper as an ingredient. When you first put one in your mouth‚ it will taste smooth like other high quality chocolates. After a second or two‚ you’ll taste the fiery pepper. Marilyn admits that not everyone can take the heat of her chocolates. However‚ enough people enjoy both chocolate and spice to keep Marilyn
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Theo Chocolate‚ located in Seattle‚ Washington‚ produces premium organic and Fair Trade specialty chocolate. Their founder‚ Joseph Whinney‚ pioneered the import of organic cacao beans into the United States in 1994. Whinney envisioned building the first organic chocolate factory in the U.S.‚ as prior to Theo’s inaugural chocolate run in March of 2006‚ all organic chocolate was manufactured in Europe and imported to the U.S. market. As the first organic and Fair Trade chocolate factory in the country
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Cowgirl Chocolates Final Case Analysis By: Kyle Couchois‚ Gregory Howard‚ Marc Schiller‚ John Sprenger 12/8/2010 Primary Problem The primary problem of Cowgirl Chocolates is that the company has not established a target market for its product and identified its customers. The company specializes in the niche product of hot and spicy gourmet chocolate. According to the company owner‚ only about 15% of Americans are consuming hot and spicy foods and men are usually more receptive
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Attention Getter: Credibility: Eating chocolate is one of my favorite past times. Just sitting anywhere and eating M&M’s makes my life more enjoyable and I believe that it can have the same effect for everyone else. Thesis: Chocolate offers to the world physical and emotional benefits‚ as long as moderation is observed. Transition: Eating chocolate benefits your health‚ it has flavones‚ and it helps people emotionally 1. Chocolate has health benefits. A. Antioxidant 1. Cleveland
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#1 (Roger’s Chocolates) 1. The premium chocolate industry is changing dramatically with the growth rate in the chocolate industry falling as a whole‚ other traditional big name chocolate companies like Hershey’s and Cadburys are moving more towards the premium chocolate industry. The premium chocolate industry growing 20 percent annually and with the baby boomers purchasing more chocolate‚ they put are putting great emphasize on quality and brand when they purchase their chocolates. The underlying
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