Frito-Lay Company - Cracker Jack 1. Why has Borden Foods decided to sell Cracker Jack? Borden Foods is in the process of divesting of snack and non-food products in order to focus efforts and resources in growing their pasta and grain based meal segments. Borden management has also recognized the value and equity in the heritage Cracker Jack brand. The Cracker Jack brand currently (1996) sits in the number two position in terms of Ready-To-Eat (RTE) caramel popcorn product category market share
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new pricing program‚ a number of factors need to be considered. In particular‚ customer value perception‚ buyer price sensitivity‚ product demand‚ product differentiation (among competitive offerings)‚ life-cycle stage of products‚ and break-even analysis. Customers will be more willing to respond to price reductions on items they perceive as having a higher value (value increases with decreased price or increased perceived benefit). Also‚ not all supermarket
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Case Recap Frito-Lay Inc. leads the world in manufacturing and marketing of snacks. More than eight different kinds of Frito-lay snacks chips brands are found among the top 10 best-selling snacks in the U.S Supermarkets. Frito-lay’s well-known brands are: lay’s Doritos‚ Tostitos‚ Ruffles potato chips‚ Fritos corn chips‚ Santitas tortilla chips‚ Sun chips Multigrain snacks and Cheetos cheese-flavored snacks among others. Frito-Lay operates as an independent division of the PepsiCo Inc. Its operations
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Strategic Analysis Bobby Leach‚ Trish McManus‚ & Anita Williams November 2012 Dallas Baptist University Table of Contents Executive summary 4 Future Environmental Turbulence 5 Marketing Turbulence 6 Future Innovation Turbulence 11 Organizational Assessment 15 Marketing Aggressiveness 15 Innovation Aggressiveness 18 Technology Applications 21 Product Life Cycle 22 CEO Attributes 23 Management 25 Culture 28 Organizational Structure 30 Decision Systems 32 Strategic Capacity
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Discussion Questions for Cracker Jack 1. Why has Borden Foods decided to sell Cracker Jack? Borden Foods is attempting to unload of snack foods‚ most notably ready to eat food products; in order to focus efforts and resources in growing their pasta and grain based meal segments. Borden has recognized that the market for ready to eat caramel popcorn is growing in size‚ and while they are number two in market share with $192 million in retail sales‚ they do not feel they have the resources or
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SWOT Analysis Strengths * Frito-Lay Company is well-known for all people around the world * There are high technology and continuous improvement in the process of production * The company has good brand image and its reputation. * Our products can respond to all ages of customers. Children and adults can eat it * There is a good management of system within the company and its subsidiaries * The project of green packaging‚ it is made a better image in eyes of customers.
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feasibility of Frito-Lay‚ Inc. launching a new product‚ Sun Chips™ Multigrain Snacks. Dr. Dwight R. Riskey‚ Vice President of Marketing Research and New Business at Frito-Lay‚ Inc. had to decide and present‚ together with the product management‚ the future for Sun Chips™ Multigrain Snacks. The chip had been in test-market for 10 months in the Minneapolis-St. Paul‚ Minnesota‚ metropolitan area and appeared to be extremely favorable according to consumer response. The presentation to the Frito Lay‚ Inc
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Frito-Lay North America is the division of PepsiCo that manufactures‚ markets and sells corn chips‚ potato chips and other snack foods. The primary snack food brands produced under the Frito-Lay name include Fritos corn chips‚ Cheetos cheese-flavored snacks‚ Doritos and Tostitos tortilla chips‚ Lay’s potato chips‚ Rold Gold pretzels‚ Ruffles potato chips and Walkers potato crisps (Europe)—each of which generated annual worldwide sales over $1 billion in 2009.[citation needed] Frito-Lay began in
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many ways. Both Frito-Lay and Step Two approached the task at hand the same way. They identified the problem and then found a suitable solution. The problem was the same‚ both needed to organize their information and data in a common point so that everyone had access to it. Both had a need for information sharing. So their concept of knowledge management was the same‚ create a central point for the information to be shared. When looking at the problems that both companies faced we see some
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Summary： Frito-Lay‚ Inc. is a division of PepsiCo‚ Inc.‚ a New York-based diversified consumer goods and services firm. PepsiCo‚ Inc. includes Pizza Hut‚ Inc.‚ Taco Bell Corporation‚ Pepsi-Cola Company‚ Kentucky Fried Chicken‚ and PepsiCo foods international. PepsiCo‚ Inc. recorded net income of $ 1.077 billion on net sales of $ 17.8 billion in 1990. Frito-Lay‚ Inc is a worldwide leader in the manufacturing and marketing of snack chips. In 1960‚ the Frito Company and the H.W. Lay Company merged
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