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Competitive Value Of Nestle

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The nestle moto is “Good food, Good Life”. Nestle has globalized this idea and made it known to anyone who buys its product that when they purchase a Nestle item it’s the healthier choice. The mentality of healthy products comes all the way from Nestle humble beginnings in Switzerland, were the founder made some of the first baby formula on the market. That formula ultimately saved the life of Henri Nestlé neighbor’s new born baby. Today the world’s largest food and beverage company shows the same determination for a heathier life style, they show it by how they prepare their product. According to the Nestle 2015 annual review they state “We are renovating our portfolio to reduce the amount of sugar, salt and saturated fats, and remove trans …show more content…

It shows this power by competitive pricing in tough markets. For example, in Europe 2013 there were tough times for major companies like Danone to meet shareholder standards. But Nestle stated in an article featured by Reuter “competitive pricing helped to lift sales growth in spite of tough conditions in emerging markets and Europe” (Reuter). The ability to play with their price gave them the upper hand as well as reevaluating investments within the company. The Chef Executive Paul Bulcke said “Investing in its strongest brands while divesting underperforming businesses, improving capital allocation and structural efficiency should help to drive growth and preserve margins” (Reuter). It ultimately helped because they ended the quarter with a slight increase in sales across the board while competitors were not so lucky. Ultimately when a product is profitable the price rises and when a product is no doing as well the price will drop. Nestle seems to always sell at an average price, never too high or too low from its nearest competitor in its prospective market. For lower income families in emerging markets Nestle also has a strategy called PPP or also known as Poplar position products. Nestle described it as “PPPs offer these consumers the opportunity to consume high-quality food products that provide nutritional value at an affordable cost and

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