1. Based on your assessment of the soft drink industry, the orange-flavored category, and the competitive situation of Cadbury Beverages and orange Crush, what is your recommendation for positioning orange Crush? In 1989 Cadbury Schwepps, PLC was one of the world’s largest multinational firms. Worldwide beverage sales were at 60%, with Cadbury Schwepps, the maker of Crush Orange, being 3rd largest behind Coke and Pepsi. This status occurred through strategic focus on the brand and a broad expansion of products including club sodas, seltzer and ginger ale. The positioning of crush in from 1987-1989 was geared toward a market of teens, age 13-29. This comes from the results listed in Exhibit 13. The market share for this time period was 14% in 1987 and saw a decline in 1989 to 8%. The entrance of competitor’s products, Mandarin Orange Slice and Minute Maid Orange would be the cause of this decline, with Coke and Pepsi Co entering the market. According to Exhibit 6, in 1989 Crush would lead the case volume sales for regular soft drinks at 71.3%, however they were behind Mandarin Orange Slice and Minute Maid Orange in the diet category. To boost positioning my recommendation would be to focus on the three major industry structures, concentrate producers, bottlers and retail outlets. The Orange Crush product should be geared to families. According to the case study, the majority of supermarket sales were married women with teen age children. That being established, producing an
The learning team has decided to develop a product launch plan for the Apocalypse Now bar and Agent Orange mixed drink, with accompanying apparel, in both the Korean and Philippines markets. This product launch plan will address the product description, product positioning, targeting, market needs, market growth potential, a complete SWOT analysis, coverage of the competition, marketing strategy, pricing plan, marketing communications plan, distribution strategy, and a review of all the marketing research conducted. The product launch plan starts with a product description.
Consequently, this company can expand the fruit nectar production line to attract new consumers. The down-side to utilizing this structure is that the price at retail will be significantly higher than the other modes of distribution. However, since the target consumer is not sensitive to price and have high disposable incomes, this should not pose a systemic problem for this firm.
Hawaiian Punch is the top-selling fruit punch drink in the United States, contributing to the ninety-nine percent brand awareness among U.S. consumers. The product line in 2004 consisted of eleven flavors, with the original Fruit Juicy Red flavor being the most popular brand with a wide margin. A Hawaiian Punch light version of Fruit Juicy Red was recently introduced with sixty percent less sugar. At first, the traditional focus of Hawaiian Punch was centered towards children; however, the company now wants to refocus its positioning statement. Another brand consideration is the innovation of a new flavor into both finished goods and direct store delivery networks. The third concern is to address allowances relative to innovation in Hawaiian Punch finished goods and Direct Store Delivery (DSD) networks and to media advertising. Give the previous considerations; we have developed new marketing proposals for future marketing decisions.
This case describes the various aspects of carbonated soft drink industry and the focuses on Squirt’s annual advertising and promotion plan in 2001. Squirt is a brand under the Dr Pepper/Seven Up, inc. The brand manager was concerned about the market targeting and product positioning and consulted advertising agency, Foote, Cone & Belding. The case also focuses on the entire industry structure and the marketing techniques used by the various leading companies so the Squirt’s annual advertising and promotion plan can be successful, and proper techniques to be used to target the growing Hispanic community in the markets where Squirt was popular. . The main aspect for the marketing planning for the brand, Squirt, is to focus on
In the following analysis, we will first identify the key issues that Sunshine needs to tackle. We will then evaluate the current market conditions of the manufactured juice industry, Sunshine, and its competitors. To find a suitable market match for Sunshine, we will look into the behavior and characteristics of orange juice consumers. Afterwards, we
1. How would you characterize the energy beverage category, competitors, consumers, channels, and DPSG’s category participation in late 2007?
According to Exhibit 5, from 1985-1989, Orange crushes’ market share decreased from 22% (1985) to 8% (1989), this data shows that prior to the entrance of Coca Cola’s Slice and Pepsi’s Minute Maid, Orange Crush had more of the market share which at the time, they were positioned toward groups between the ages of 13-40. Since 1985, Crush repositioned itself to target individuals between the ages of 12-17.
1. How would you characterize the snack chip category and Frito-Lay’s competitive position in this category?
End users are those individuals walking in the company stores, ordering a smoothie and a cookie, paying the cashier and then telling her friend how wonderful the ambiance is. This buyer segment does not purchase large amounts of product at one time and likely chooses Jamba because of the quality of the ingredients. With no switching costs and a growing industry offering many options, patrons of smoothie cafés can freely purchase their delightful cool beverage anywhere. According to the U.S. Census Bureau the number of stores within the “snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars” industry grew from 36,036 in 2002 to 49,463 in 2007 [ (U.S. Census Bureau) ]. This trend means that Jamba Juice will have to increase customer loyalty to battle the increased competition.
As marketing manager of the RBG business, Ivan Guillen must propose a solution to repair Pillsbury refrigerated baked goods (RGB)’s business performance. Since the refrigerated-cookie product line consisted of 62% of RBG’s unit sales and over 75% of the company’s profits, Guillen found it appropriate to alter this segment in the market. Proposing this idea to GMCC would require Guillen to consider all the challenges he faces. Guillen will have to discover a strategy to increase household penetration since it has fallen to 24% in the past few years. The lack in market penetration has
Innovation is important to both distribution channels, but more important to the finished goods model since the juice category has seen a decrease on both volume and market share. At the same time the carbonated soft drinks market has grown in both volume and market share. In order to increase the volume sold in the juice aisle a brand extension should be developed. By adding more SKU’s and promoting to the eight to twelve year old group, sales
Jamba Juice is a smoothie retailer in the United States in the restaurant industry. Jamba Juice offers 100% fruit smoothie and juice with healthy snacks. This paper will explain the strategic issues faced by Jamba Juice, and the strategy used to be successful. Jamba Juice has maintained financial discipline, cost management, and improvements that are the reason sales are increasing. Jamba Juice strives to follow their mission and vision statement, and markets aggressively. Over the next five years, the market for smoothies is expected to increase by 10-15%. (Brixler, Brian) Consumers are seeking healthier food and beverage options for a meal. Smoothies offer a healthy option instead of drinking soda.
In an industry dominated by two heavyweight contenders, Coke and Pepsi, in fact, between 1996 and 2004 per capita consumption of carbonated soft drinks (CSD) remained between 52 to 54 gallons per year. Consumption grew by an average of 3% per year over the next three decades. Fueling this growth were the increasing availability of CSD, the introduction of diet and flavored varieties, and brand extensions. There is couple of reasons why the industry is so profitable such as market share, availability and diversity and brand name and world class marketing.
stores counted on soft drinks to generate consumer traffic, so they needed Coke and Pepsi products. But due
The case focuses on Kellogg’s Special K brand and considers how the marketing of this has changed over time. Marketing is not static – it must be developed as market conditions and customer expectations change.