UNITED CEREAL: LORA BRILL’S EUROBRAND CHALLENGE Introduction. The “United Cereal” case is focusing on European division of a giant multinational breakfast food company‚ which describes a launch decision for a new cereal product. As the case evolves‚ the decision has major strategic and organizational implications for Lora Brill‚ European VP. Lora Brill has been concerned with the decision of whether to make some major changes to a company with 100-year success history in order to push growth
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United Cereal Memorandum Date: May 21‚ 2015 To: Lora Brill From: Subject: Healthy Berry Crunch Launch Decision Recommendation: 1. United Cereal (UC) should launch Healthy Berry Crunch in France 2. Healthy Berry Crunch should become UC’s first Eurobrand Rationale for Recommendation 1: 1. Consumers have an increased interest in healthy foods 2. Special K is currently the only competitive product in the market for healthy cereals and UC will have the advantage if they launch now before
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Executive Summary: 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. There are also a few small firms who are involved in the cereal industry as well. The cereal industry targets all different age groups from young kids to
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“United Cereal: Lora Brill’s Eurobrand Challenge” case analysis Question 1. As Lora Brill‚ United Cereal European VP‚ would you authorize Jean-Luc Michel’s request to launch of Healthy Berry Crunch in France? Be sure to analyze both sides: Launch and Delay Launch (summarize in a table format and then discuss). Question 2. Does United Cereal represent an example of centralized or decentralized international management? Question 3. What do you think of Brill’s Eurobrand proposals? Should
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OMG ACTIVE CEREAL TWO-YEAR MARKETING PLAN By Christine Shao Name and appropriateness of choice OMG is a pet phrase among teenagers and also I want to deliver a message to costumers that the cereal has amazing taste. Our target customers are teenagers‚ so the word ‘ACTIVE’ is used to describe how the teenagers should be. Summary of market position OMG Active Cereal is a new breakfast cereal which is based on rice bran. Rice bran has a high nutrition value and is rich in anti- oxidants and beta-glucan
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Cereal Questionnaire Your gender? A .Male B. Female Your age? Under 20 B.21-30 C.31-40 D.41-50 E.51-60 F.61-70 G.Over 70 3.Do you regular eat breakfast? Yes B.No 4.How often do you eat cereal as breakfast? Every day B.Three times per week C.Five times per week D Never 5.Why do you choose cereal as breakfast? Healthy B.Convenient C.Cheap D.Other 6.What do you usually take into consider when you purchasing a cereal? Weight loss
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The case United Cereal‚ one of the leaders in breakfast cereals‚ is trying to increase its share in the worldwide 21 billion Dollar market. Because it’s time to change something‚ to keep up with the market rivals and due to other different issues Ms. Laura Brill now challenges whether she should proceed with a “Eurobrand” strategy‚ which is an single model for whole Europe‚ or remain with the subsidiary-led country-by-country model. The two opportunities If Ms. Laura Bill could develop and apply
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Arthur Reed Case Study In this essay‚ I am going to discuss the staff management problem Arthur Reed faces every summer. Arthur Reed‚ a supervisor at the Blue Grocery Stores‚ has an issue with hiring temporary workers in sufficient numbers to cover the sick and vacationing workers for the summer months. As warehouse supervisor in charge of two shifts on the shipping dock‚ Arthur usually manages to run the shifts smoothly every year except in the summer months. During the summer months‚ Arthur
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United Cereal: Lora Brill’s Eurobrand Challenge Decision: Healthy Berry Crunch – new breakfast cereal French Subsidiary-> Launch United Cereal: Breakfast Cereal Pioneer: 2010: 100 BDay Originially: packaged cracked wheat‚ rolled wheats‚ malt flakes Diversified: snack foods‚ diary products‚ drinks‚ beverages‚ frozen foods‚ and baked goods. Business= 9 Billion (cereal =1/3 x 9 = 3 billion. UC’s Corporate Values‚ Policies‚ Practices.: Commitment‚ Diligence‚ Loyalty The UC Way – processes & Practices
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* United Cereal can implement my recommendations by doing following steps: - Conducting a market research in details with larger target market in Europe to understand better consumer’s preferences. After receiving the result from the research‚ the company should gather the information to make appropriate products. - Then‚ they should prepare all resources that are necessary to launch the new products‚ for example: finances‚ marketing strategy for the launch‚ distribution & success of this product
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