TruEarth Healthy Foods: Market Research for a New Product Introduction Problem Statement: TruEarth was founded by Gareth DeRosa in 1993 in St. Louis‚ Missouri. During 1980’s there was a increase in demand of healthier food in market as people were becoming more aware of their eating habits. Company launched its own line of healthier gourmet pastas and sauces made from superior ingredients. DeRosa managed to source particularly high quality of durum wheat from North Dakota. He was very choosy
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carbs. The pizza opportunity relates to the pasta opportunity in which TruEarth attempts to provide consumers with a healthier‚ refrigerated meal replacement. They also became successful because of their aggressive competition to Rigazzi when TruEarth was the first mover with healthier and tastier options than competitors. According to the calculations done in the table below‚ TruEarth sales volume would be about 17.0M. The penetration rate for customers is 11%‚ with non-customers at 89%. On the other
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Executive Summary TruEarth is faced with a dilemma on whether or not to launch the new whole grain pizza product. This case has analyzed the marketing survey data and provided full alternative solutions. The calculated projected retail market of $21 to 30 million dollars will meet the business requirements to proceed with this project. The marketing plan is to focus on two key consumer groups: existing TruEarth customers and new health conscious group that may or may not be existing pizza eaters
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TruEarth Foods 1. Cucina Fresca’s refrigerated pasta was successful first because people perceived it to me fresher than the traditional dry pasta. When they launched the product there was no strong player offering a refrigerated whole grain product and with people looking for healthier options this gave them a great advantage. They also did market studies to better ensure their success‚ looking at sales volume and assessing consumer awareness of fresh whole grain pasta. They did their research
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TruEarth Healthy Foods TruEarth‚ a company founded in 1993 in Missouri by Gareth DeRosa‚ wants to launch a Whole Grain Pizza. This paper discusses what the forecast in terms of units and value of the demand for pizza will be. Secondly‚ an explanation is given if we would launch the pizza or not. Thirdly‚ the pizza results will be compared with the findings for pasta. Finally‚ it is justified whether or not there is a first-mover advantage in pizza like there was with fresh pasta. Trial Purchase
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Marketing IBM 2014-‐2015 Harvard Business School : Case study TruEarth Healthy Foods : Market Research for a New Product Introduction There is many aspects that made the Cucina Fresca pasta successful. Here are some of them : TruEarth Healthy Foods was the first company to launch such a product so they had the advantages
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TruEarth Healthy Foods: Fresh Whole Grain Pizza TO LAUNCH or NOT TO LAUNCH? TruEarth‚ maker of gourmet pastas‚ sauces and meal faced the moment of TRUTH. Identifying the market trend‚ customers’ needs and wants via extensive market research and recognizing the plan to launch new product line of fresh whole grain pizza by Rigazzi‚ one of its direct competitors‚ TruEarth is at the point of making a critical business decision. “TO LAUNCH or NOT TO LAUNCH?” That is the question.
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Case study: TruEarth Healthy food 4) Cucina fresca pasta was successful because: First mover in the fresh whole grain pasta High quality ingredients for sauces Short cooking time combined to a consumer perception of better quality Quick and easy: simple instructions‚ exact portions Healthier food than those with “bad” carbohydrates but still tastes great Tapped into an unmet demand with no strong players (later Rigazzi entered the same market but TruEarth responded accordingly) 5) Pizza
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4065 DECEMBER 24‚ 2009 V. KASTURI RANGAN SUNRU YONG TruEarth Healthy Foods: Market Research for a New Product Introduction Isabel Eckstein strode toward her office‚ inhaling the aroma from the test kitchen where the product development team was trying new recipes for TruEarth‚ maker of gourmet pastas‚ sauces‚ and meals. Her team had been working hard for the past year on a fresh whole grain pizza. The final market research results had arrived‚ and it was time to make a decision on launching
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My answers to questions of TruEarth Healthy Foods Case Study TruEarth Case study 4) Why was Cucina Fresca pasta successful? Cucina Fresca pasta was successful for the following reasons: 1. They made significant research that lead them to find that since the 1980’s there is an increase of healthy gourmet food demand. 2. They also find out that since 1990’s consumer purchase groceries follow three trends: 1. Home Meal Replacement and semi-prepared option; dual-income
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