Frito Lay
Abstract
In this report the objective is to evaluate the feasibility of Frito-Lay, Inc. launching a new product, Sun Chips™ Multigrain Snacks.
Dr. Dwight R. Riskey, Vice President of Marketing Research and New Business at Frito-Lay, Inc. had to decide and present, together with the product management, the future for Sun Chips™ Multigrain Snacks. The chip had been in test-market for 10 months in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, metropolitan area and appeared to be extremely favorable according to consumer response.
The presentation to the Frito Lay, Inc. seniors had to be persuasive, and besides the thorough assessment of the test-market data, Riskey added:
“Sun Chips™ Multigrain Snacks required a new manufacturing process, carried a new brand name, and pioneered a new snack category. There would be a huge capital investment and a huge marketing investment that could be financially justified only if it could be sustained for an extended time period”.
Should the Sun Chip Multigrain Snack be put on the national market or should it be tested further?
What kind of product and promotion strategy should be suggested in order to reach the goal of an estimated first year sales volume of USD 100 Million and is at all profitable?
Introduction Frito Lay, Inc.
Frito-Lay, Inc. is a division of the world famous PepsiCo, Inc. PepsiCo, Inc. recorded a net income of $1.077 billion on net sales of $17.8 billion in 1990.
Frito-Lay, Inc. is known as a worldwide leader in the manufacturing and marketing of snack chips, with well-known brands such as Lay’s brand and Ruffles brand potato chips, Fritos brand corn chips, Doritos brand, Tostitos brand and Cheetos brand cheese-flavored snacks etc. Doritos brand tortilla chips and Ruffles brand potato chips have the distinction of being the only snack chips worth $1 billion in retail sales in the world.
Frito-Lay, Inc. accounts for 13 per cent of sales in the United States (U.S.) snack-food industry including
In this report the objective is to evaluate the feasibility of Frito-Lay, Inc. launching a new product, Sun Chips™ Multigrain Snacks.
Dr. Dwight R. Riskey, Vice President of Marketing Research and New Business at Frito-Lay, Inc. had to decide and present, together with the product management, the future for Sun Chips™ Multigrain Snacks. The chip had been in test-market for 10 months in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, metropolitan area and appeared to be extremely favorable according to consumer response.
The presentation to the Frito Lay, Inc. seniors had to be persuasive, and besides the thorough assessment of the test-market data, Riskey added:
“Sun Chips™ Multigrain Snacks required a new manufacturing process, carried a new brand name, and pioneered a new snack category. There would be a huge capital investment and a huge marketing investment that could be financially justified only if it could be sustained for an extended time period”.
Should the Sun Chip Multigrain Snack be put on the national market or should it be tested further?
What kind of product and promotion strategy should be suggested in order to reach the goal of an estimated first year sales volume of USD 100 Million and is at all profitable?
Introduction Frito Lay, Inc.
Frito-Lay, Inc. is a division of the world famous PepsiCo, Inc. PepsiCo, Inc. recorded a net income of $1.077 billion on net sales of $17.8 billion in 1990.
Frito-Lay, Inc. is known as a worldwide leader in the manufacturing and marketing of snack chips, with well-known brands such as Lay’s brand and Ruffles brand potato chips, Fritos brand corn chips, Doritos brand, Tostitos brand and Cheetos brand cheese-flavored snacks etc. Doritos brand tortilla chips and Ruffles brand potato chips have the distinction of being the only snack chips worth $1 billion in retail sales in the world.
Frito-Lay, Inc. accounts for 13 per cent of sales in the United States (U.S.) snack-food industry including