International Competitiveness Of General Mills And Nestle

5) Capital Requirements: in order to enter the industry, there were huge capital expenses to be sustained by firms, such as a minimum of $ 100 million for capital investments, and at least 125 employees to run a plant that could produce both packaging and cereals themselves. In this framework, advertising expenses may be added too, since they’re a great part of the expenditures a RTE Cereal firm has to face, and they also represent a great Barrier To Entry, being an amount close to 1/5 of the sales generated by the company.

The ready-to-eat (RTE) sector has increased sales and therefore have given the Breakfast cereals market an advantage to have a higher market share of 4.2% in 2013. The emphasis is more to the value and the convenience of cereals rather than the quality. However people are starting to be more heath conscious and are going to the higher nutritional brands which tend to be the well-known ones such as Kellogg 's, Weetabix and Nestle.

External Environmental Analysis We chose Kellogg’s cereal category because Kellogg’s has over 100 years history and we have14 kinds of breakfast cereal products. Our products sell to 180 countries across the world. Our mission is still to provide you and your family with better breakfasts that lead to better days, and now you eat flake corn is the same way W.K. did back in 1898. It just tastes better that way. Kellogg’s cereal provides a variety of nutrition’s cereals that deliver the benefits of grains, and provide important nutrients like iron, B vitamins, zinc and fibre.

The cereal market is a booming industry. It has been around for over one hundred years and continues to attract millions of customers’ everyday. The market structure of the cereal industry is an Oligopoly. This is because there are four large firms, Kellogg, General Mills, Post, and Quaker Oats, which dominate the industry.

The threat of customers finding substitute products from other manufacturers in the food industry is high. In the ready-to-eat breakfast cereals segment, General Mills’ primary business focus, there are a variety of similar products being

As the world’s leader in nutrition, health and wellness, Nestlé collaborates with countless companies across different industries (Goldberg, 2012, para. 86). This enables the company to build a global supply chain, allowing Nestle to generate, buy, and sell agreements through collaborations within the local communities in the countries where the company operates.

Kellogg’s is highly a profile company which is hugely known not only in the UK but in the world at large. It is one of the largest breakfast companies in the word, not only that but it is also financially it is a stably and well organised company. Kellogg’s profits have been stable if not increasing for the better from what it was 5 years ago.

| Social: * Because of women are busy with their career now, we need to produce new type of cereal for those have no time to eat breakfast at table but they can eat in the car. The new product will have milk package on the top and cereal on the bottom cup, they need to use straw to push down so the milk will fill in the bottom cereal, then people can enjoy their breakfast in the car. * Meanwhile, we will put promotion in the cereal package for teenage to purchase. For instant, if you buy a box cereal, you will find one pin, this pin allow you download songs, and Hockey ticket coupon for the upcoming events, also scratch to win an Ipad or IPhone when you buy any Kellogg’s cereal.

General Mills competes in a dynamic environment. Some of their competitors are Kellogg’s in the cereal segment. Cereal was a product that used to be the number one election for breakfast in American. As time and new knowledge evolved, consciousness about products with less sugar or gluten free arose making the cereal industry tumble. Products like protein bars, Greek yogurts, and even fast food are the new options to start the date, gaining market share over the cereal industry.

* Foreign companies, such as Nestle, have a strong competitive advantage. Nestle has a long-term investment strategy, use local production and supplier to reduce cost, train and develop local staff who has a better understanding of the local market , and develop its own storage facilities, distribution and marketing network.. In addition, Nestle develop product that fit Russian taste and traditions.

Sales of private label cereal grew 50% from 1991-1994 in the Ready-to-Eat breakfast cereal industry. Some of the factors that contributed to the entry of private label cereal manufacturers and their subsequent growth include - lower costs related to manufacturing, packaging, marketing, R&D compared to the Big 3 cereal companies, product quality approaching that of branded products, higher margins for grocers, lower priced products. Some observers blamed higher prices and elaborate expenditure on coupon printing, distribution, redemption and reimbursement of grocer's handling fee for market share gains made by private label cereal products. The policy of "price up and spend back" seemed to hurt the Big 3 firms.

giant multinational breakfast foods company United Cereal, portrays the background of a launch decision for a new cereal product, the ‘Healthy Berry Crunch’.

Since then the company has continued to flourish; mergers and acquisitions, global investment and product innovation have seen Nestlé position itself as a “global leader in Nutrition, Health and Wellness” (Nestlé, 2015) and, according to Forbes (2016), it is the largest company within the food industry and the 33rd ranked company on the Global 2000 (Forbes, 2016). Whilst renowned for chocolate, it did not become a global leader on the strength of one product. Its portfolio includes, baby food, beverages, frozen food, prepared dishes and healthcare nutrition. Food and beverages in particular have been prevalent in the aggrandizement of the corporation.

General Mills, as one of the Big Three companies that focused on diversification of consumer goods on cereal division, restaurant chains and packaged consumer foods. In 1994, the cereal industry was profitable and had been one of the most concentrated industries overall historically, and the big Three company had a dominant position in this industry. However, the problem was although the high profitability attracted fewer entry company due to the high entry barrier restrained by joint monopoly of the Big Three, they were facing the threat of private label companies which grew fast in market share by sales and volume. Therefore, what is General Mills strategy to increase revenue while dealing with the threat of private labels. This is a critical issue because General Mills need measure the trade-offs among strategies, and this determines whether General Mills would still be one of the top players in terms of market shares in the industry.

The purpose of this report is to evaluate Nestle Company industry based on the case study and comprehend how the company develop strategic intent for their business organisations following the analysis of external and internal business environments. I will analyse the strategic management process as firm used to achieve strategic competitiveness and earn above-average returns. I will discuss the strategy formulation that includes business-level strategy and corporate-level strategy.