considering the production of a light beer for Mountain Man Brewing Company as a way to compensate for the recent decline in sales and increase in the market for light beer sales. How can the production of a light beer appeal to a younger demographic. What about their light beer will be different from competitors. How much is this new product going to cost and how will he go about launching the new product. How long is it going to take before the company begins to break even and then make a profit?
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With recent declining sales for Mountain Man Beer Company (MMBC)‚ Chris Prangel is considering launching Mountain Man Light as a brand extension aligned with changes in beer drinkers’ preferences. He is seeking to maximize market coverage while minimizing brand overlap‚ and at the same time avoiding any brand equity damage‚ as MMBC’s core consumer segment is significantly different from the new targeted segment. Chris expects to negate declining sales of Mountain Man Lager and capture market share
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Mountain Man Brewing Company was established as a family concern in 1925 in West Virginia by Guntar Prangle. The company brewed single-product beer‚ Mountain Man Lager‚ which won “best beer in West Virginia” and was elected as “America’s Championship Lager”. Mountain Man Lager featured quality‚ bitter favor and slightly higher-than-average alcohol content that uniquely contributed to the company’s brand equity. Mountain Man was a local market leader and distributed its lager in several states outside
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Mountain Man Brewing Company (MMBC) was found in 1925 as a family run business and “Mountain Man Lager” is its core product. MMBC was rated as “Best Beer in West Virginia” for years and was selected as “America’s Championship Lager” at the American Beer Championship. MMBC relied on his history and status as independent‚ family-owned brewery to create an aura of authenticity and to position the beer with its core drinkers – blue-collar‚ middle-to-lower income men over age 45. Because of the product
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Bluegrass Brewing Company MBA 601 Fall 2012 Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………..…………1 External Analysis…………………………………………………………………..………..1-5 General Environment……………………………………………………………………….1-3 Industry Environment……….…………………………………………………………..….3-5 Threat of New Entrants……………………………………………………….3-4 Bargaining Power of Buyers………………………………………………….4 Bargaining Power Suppliers………………………………………………….4 Threat of Substitutes…………………………………………………………..5 Intensity of Rivalry
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Miranda Dykes MGMT 4513 Case Study Coors Brewing Company Overall performance is closely linked to a company’s operations and how they meet objectives to obtain certain outcomes. The story of Coors’ performance is told in Exhibits 9-10 in the Strategic Management textbook ; despite increased capacity‚ operating income as a percent of sales declined by 11% in 1985. Even more telling are the changes in pure operating income across the industry. From 1977 to 1985 Coors declined by 14.7%‚ while others
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The Coors Case Balanced Scorecard Hugh Grove‚ School of Accountancy Daniels College of Business‚ University of Denver Tom Cook‚ Department of Finance Daniels College of Business‚ University of Denver Ken Richter‚ Product Quality Control Manager Coors Brewing Company By the end of 1997‚ Coors had finished the implementation of a three-year computer-integrated logistics (CIL) project to improve its supply chain management. Coors defined its supply chain as every activity involved in moving
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Case Analysis On the basis of Exhibit 1‚we find that Mountain Man is having over 50 Million sales which is supposed to be good revenue having a mature business in brew market.It is also having Goss Margin having 30 % ‚which is good by Gross Profit Ratio standard.But as far as net Income after taxes is concerned it is still very good because as per NOPAT standard‚anything above 6% in normal businessis supposed to be good other things remaining same and depending in the line of business and the industry
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Case: Mountain Man Brewing Company 1. What has made the Mountain Man Brewing Company successful? What is distinctive about MMBC’s product‚ customers and brand equity? Reasons why MMBC has been successful: * MMBC used their history and status as an independent family owned brewery to enhance the feeling of authenticity of their brand‚ which resonates with its core drinkers – blue collar‚ middle to low income men over the age of 45. * MMBC has very high brand awareness – in a recent
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Situation Analysis A) Internal environment General characteristics: Mountain Man Lager is a family owned brewing company‚ and is known as West Virginia’s beer. Change of CEO‚ as the founder and president Oscar Prangel retires‚ leaving the company to his son Chris Prangel. Due to changes in beer drinker’s preferences‚ the company is experiencing a decline in sales for the first time in the company’s history. Mountain Man’s 2005 revenues are down by 2% relative to the prior year
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