Born of the idea to preserve authentic Italian cuisine, Academia Barilla has faced strategic issues to increase profitability and growth. Offering not only high quality food products, but an education on Italian gastronomy, Academia relies on a differentiated marketing message of authenticity, with the quality to prove it. While striving to teach buyers of the difference between imitation and true Italian cuisine, Academia must continue to seek new strategies to reach a broader customer base. By studying the firm’s core competencies, and performing analysis on the industry, Academia has the tools necessary to meet their objectives.
Academia Barilla’s consumers are still a specialized target, despite recent efforts for expansion and
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For culinary institutes, high initial capital investments are a detriment. The bargaining power of suppliers is high, due to product quality. Academia Barilla, for example, has only select suppliers that meet the requirements for quality in its food products. The buyers are also powerful, as gourmet restaurants and food stores are relatively small and few in number. Suppliers must compete with rivals for the select buyers in major markets. High storage costs, lack of differentiated products, and balanced competitors further intensify this rivalry.
Academia Barilla’s competitors include fine Italian food providers Cirio, Colavita, and Vantia. International gastronomy institutes, such as the Culinary Institute of America and the French Culinary Institute, compete with Barilla’s gastronomy center. For both industries, the focus to improve profitability is to lower costs and increase revenues through gaining market share. Tangible resources include production equipment and access to food suppliers. Intangible resources include knowledge of Italian cuisine, brand reputation, and perceptions of product quality. These resources, especially the intangibles, demonstrate Academia’s core competencies, which can be seen in Table 1. A SWOT analysis is displayed in Table 3 on the last page.
Academia Barilla’s main strategy involves marketing
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