Reinventing the San Miguel Corporation

Michael Porter wrote about five forces affecting the profitability and viability of companies. The five forces are existing competitors, new entries into the market, substitute products, bargaining power of customers, and the bargaining power of suppliers. (quickmba)

Brand plays a key role in the beer-purchasing process, along with taste, price, special occasion,

The company’s products are not selling in the market even after making several changes and reforms in the operation process i.e. experiencing difficulty in gaining traction in the market.

In this case study, we will be analyzing the current position of how well Kingsford is within the marketplace and determine which of the issues are plausible causes in its drop in revenue. We will be creating a comprehensive strategy as well as a marketing plan to evaluate and adjust the matter at hand. First we will begin with identifying the issues and implementing a method to reemphasize the importance of marketing in the business. The goal is to create a marketing plan that will add value to Kingsford’s market share, sales, and profitability.

Industries will look different with all of these forces. The strategy will change based on how these forces look for the organization and industry. These concepts can be applied across the board, and they help organizations from getting trapped into the latest trends and technology out there selling solutions. This matrix really helps to

The five forces examines the dynamics within an industry. Understanding the competitive forces, and their underlying causes, reveals the roots of an industry’s current profitability while providing a framework for anticipating and influencing competition and profitability over time. Understanding the structure of its industry is also essential to effective strategic positioning.

GBBC’s competitive advantage was product differentiation of both its restaurant and beer. The beer had a good brand image because it was fresh and high quality compared to the alternatives available in the market. The restaurant served only home brewed beer that gave it a premium perception. The restaurant was German style, moderately priced dinning and high quality and served trendy cuisines. GBBC chose the restaurant location strategically and modified the restaurant, while keeping the basic idea intact, to meet the preferences of local customers.

Success of any businesses organization is determined by factors such as financial, management & operational. Financial factors address use of capital in business and flow of cash through various processes within the organization. Management factors are linked to organizational structure of the enterprise. Whereas operational factors address how available resources are used to achieve objective of the organization. Apart from these three factors, environmental factors like competition also determine success of any business organization. This paper explores transformation that Rogers’ Chocolate Company has undergone since its establishment. The paper also investigates competitive strategy of the company against its close

Rogers’ Chocolates will need to gain new customers if they want to grow the company. To gain new customers, Rogers’ must take a risk a re-brand themselves with a new packaging design to create a new image. Implementing a new brand image will gather a new crowd of consumers that Rogers’ did not reach with its current image. To be able to do so, Rogers’ will need some financial help in order to invest money into the new packaging design and image that they want to create. They will also need new store displays and marketing tools to be able to push the image to customers. By creating this new image, they run the risk of losing their current customers. The new image that Rogers’ creates will grab the attention of a new market that will help gain market share that they currently do not have to aid in the growth of the company.

An important factor in any business is the branding of that business. A company such as New Belgium Brewery, which obtains a strong slogan, uses their brand to gain new customers. In any grocery store, there is more than likely a New Belgium Brewery product on their shelves. New Belgium is an employee based company that allows their employees to be themselves. Also, the founders of New Belgium teaches their employees to work for them with passion and not just for a paycheck (Goodman, 2015). New Belgium Brewery has to create a strategy to keep the same branding when it decides to take its business globally. However, for them to accomplish this, New Belgium Brewery will have to keep its employees passionate about working for them. Also, New Belgium will have to advertise their brands of beers to their targeted buyers. To reach more people all over the world, New Belgium Brewery has created websites to allow its customers to interact with their brands (Ferrell & Hartline, 2014). Also, New Belgium can think about building a brewery overseas to gain more customers in different countries.

There are many companies that already have successful business models in place, making it imperative that as KRB start a new brewery we don’t try to merely imitate their breweries, but instead find a balance that allows us to differentiate ourselves. KBR ability to provide the consumers with the unique opportunity to come support their entire local community by enjoying our product. There will always be an increasing number of other breweries in the area on top of the high number already existing, but none of them are taking advantage of the opportunity to embrace the area and immerse their business into the local economy like KRB will.

New Belgium brewery has increasingly grew throughout the years since their development in 1991. Despite the dominance of the “Big Three” (Budweiser, Miller, and Coors), NBB needs to be aggressive and strive to invest in the attractive beer industry in able to grow more. If positioned correctly, NBB and its main brand, Fat Tire, can continually grow. An evaluation of the industry, the business itself, its brands, and the customers and competitors is needed in order to be continuously successful.

As a company[s main mission to be the greatest beer in the world, they have achieved competitive strategies to be able to protect their business-level strategies; Sprinkler Expansion strategy, Aggressive Marketing Strategy and Consumer Responsiveness Approach.

GM needed to find a way to protect its long sustained success in the domestic market, and build as a global player, which had everything to do with its strategy in developing foreign markets. Given the volatility of the Mexican economy, GM needed to seek international markets

Beer Company 1 is a “national brewer of mass-market consumer beers sold under a variety of brand names” (pg. 120). As one might expect, this national company has “an extensive network of breweries and distribution systems and owns some beer-related businesses” (pg. 120). It also owns several major theme parks.