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Marketing Strategy Of Maggi

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Maggie was launched in India as a 2 minute noodle brand in 1983 when Indian consumers were quite conservative about their food habits and preferred traditional Indian food over canned or packaged food. Today, India is one of the fastest growing market for snack and Maggie was estimated to have 70% share in the market. It almost doubled its size from 2010(2940 million units) to 2014(5340 million units). It contributed 30% to the Nestlé’s 9000 crore annual turnover. Starting off as a snack for children, Maggie quickly expanded its consumer base to include students and young professionals and was even available in the most inaccessible parts of India. The advertisements of Maggie became so popular that the tagline of “bas 2 minute” instantly reminded people of Maggie.
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It represented the drift of India towards exciting and at the same time accessible taste of modernity. Taste of Maggi was of the form that was both new and familiar and one of the most important factor in its success was it made possible for everyone to cook up something delicious quickly. It was widely accepted as an alternative snack for college students bored from the regular mess food or single working professionals living in the busiest cities of India. It gave mothers a tool to quench hunger of children and also acted as a reward for children after doing something good. Mothers always knew that it wasn’t the healthiest food around but they tend to rationalise the argument by adding their own special ingredients like vegetables which were frowned upon by children but were easily consumed as part of Maggi. There were many recipes apart from the general two minute one to match the snack to diverse tastes of India. The dishes ranged from Maggi sandwiches to Maggi cutlets. The company also launched many variants in its product line like Maggi soup and a healthy substitute, Atta

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