CASE ANALYSIS OF FRITO-LAY Case Analysis of Frito-Lay MKT610: Marketing Strategies Jane Student Davenport University Terry O’Connor‚ Ph.D. June 15‚ 2010 Table of Contents Purpose and Overview 3 Analysis of Our Past and Current Situations 3 External Opportunities We Could Exploit 4 External Threats That May Impeded Success 4 Internal Strengths on Which to Capitalize 4 Internal Weaknesses to Overcome 4 Assumptions on Which the Strategies are Based 5
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for Implementing the Chosen Alternative Porter’s Generic Business Strategy Cost Leadership Strategy It is a low cost strategy focusing on broad mass market. - Requires good scale facilities‚ tight cost and overhead controls and cost minimization in selected functional areas like manufacturing cost‚ marketing‚ r & d and advertising Reasons for cost reduction:- Learning experience Frito Lay’s is a worldwide leading manufacturer of snack chips and
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Summary- Frito-Lay is a division of PepsiCo‚ a New York-based diversified consumer goods and services firm. Frito-Lay is a nationally recognized leader in the manufacture and marketing of snack foods. The company’s leaders in the snack industry include potato chips‚ tortilla chips‚ cheese puffs and pretzels. Frito-Lay not only had net sales in 1985 of three billion but also captured about thirty three percent of the snack foods sold in the United States. When Frito-Lay first got into the dip industry
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Running head: FRITO-LAY‚ INC: SUN CHIPSTM MULTIGRAIN SNACKS Frito-Lay‚ Inc: Sun ChipsTM Multigrain Snacks Grand Canyon University Marketing Management MKT-450 Instructor: Eric Freeman September 25‚ 2010 Frito-Lay‚ Inc: Sun ChipsTM Multigrain Snacks Executive Summary Frito-Lay‚ Inc has been developing multigrain chips since the early 1970s after marketing research found that consumers wanted nutritious snacks‚ consequently in 1974 the company launched to the market Prontos
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FRITO LAY CASE STUDY Factual Summary: Frito-Lay‚ Inc has been developing multigrain chips since the early 1970s. It is a worldwide leader in the manufacturing and marketing of snack chips. It is capturing nearly one-half of the retail sales in the United States snack chips market. Frito-Lay knew that a healthier option was appealing to consumers and that this healthier option had proper time to be introduced‚ but the market was not ready for it yet. Product research and development is carried out
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Sustain Your Chips —Sustainable Strategies Consultation for Frito-Lay Inc. 2011 Gillian Hrycko‚ Goya and Jake Eco-Innovations Consulting Firm 2011/7/18 Executive Summary Frito-Lay is a brand known by almost every consumer in North America. With products being exported to 79 countries around the globe and accounting for almost 62% of the salty snack industry in North America‚ it is certainly a powerful brand. Yet
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History of the Frito-Lay’s Company : In 1932‚ two young entrepreneurs independently began to operate two separate companies that were thousands of miles apart. (Elmer Doolin & Herman W. Lay of Nashville) 1. The Frito Company In 1932‚ Elmer Doolin started doing business in a small San Antonio cafe and purchased a bag of corn chips to eat with his sandwich. Mr. Doolin set his new business venture in his mother’s kitchen. Because there was no money for hiring employees‚ his family helped
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mid-eighties Frito-Lay’s Dips had become a highly profitable product line with sales of $30 million in 1981‚ growing to $87 million in 1985. In late 1986‚ Marketing Director Ben Ball‚ and Product Manager Ann Mirabito had completed the planning review for the Frito-Lay line of dips. A major issue at the planning meeting was where‚ and how‚ to further develop Frito-Lay’s Dips. Two divergent viewpoints developed; that the dip line should be more aggressively promoted in its market segment‚ and that Frito-Lay
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Frito Lay In 1930‚ two men in different parts of the United States began companies that would eventually come to control the international snack food market. One-named Doolin purchases were made from corn dough used for centuries by Mexicans to bake bread. Fascinated with the product‚ Doolin sold his ice cream business and purchased the corn chip producer’s business for one hundred dollars. The brand‚ Frito‚ was created in the kitchen of his mother‚ along with the early production of the corn chips
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Frito Lay Question 1: First of all‚ Frito lay is a product focused facility meaning it invested much on it’s on capital equipment; this reliance on machines mean’s Frito lay must keep a reliable inventory of MRO. Where as a cabinet shop does not need much MRO compared to Frito Lay.In contrast‚ a cabine shop or a machine shop keeps high raw materials‚ wip and final products in inventory since the order basis have variations. The demand for Frito Lay is not by order basis compared to a cabinet
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