Background: The Palmetto Brewing Company is a microbrewery located in Charleston‚ SC that produces four year-round beers and a mixture of experimental craft beers with limited availability. Recently‚ the local market has seen a flood of new craft beers requiring the brewery to seek innovative tools to remain competitive and ensure customer demand is met. Due to the unique nature of the craft brewing business‚ the failure in meeting customer demand due to limited production capability will impair
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Mountain Man Light – To be or not to be? The problem: Should MMBC launch Mountain Man Light? Mountain Man brand image: Quality taste‚ competitive pricing‚ higher-than-average alcohol content‚ “working man’s beer”‚ regional loyalty‚ generations in the family business. Customer Base: 81% male‚ 19% female. The large majority of drinkers is between 45 and 54 at 32%. 47% make less than 49.9K/year. The mountain man brand has a loyal following. Why? Grass roots marketing. Off premise consumption. Effective
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Bringing the Brand to Light Competitive Advantage Mountain Man Brewery Company (MMBC) at the time the case was written is an 80-year old‚ regional‚ family-owned brewery that produced one product: Mountain Man Lager. It is distinctive because it has a core target market of males from the middle to lower income range‚ aged 45 or older. It only has one product‚ Mountain Man Lager‚ versus its competitors which have a variety of options. One of the key features of MMBC is its image‚ in which it is
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Robert Baretich August 24‚ 2007 Many of the case analysis in this book contain companies who have been under scrutiny for its ethical behaviors. There are some that provide great examples of how an ethical business should run. Through excellent use of social responsibility‚ employee compensation‚ and a good product‚ the New Belgium Brewing Company stands out as an excellent example. The New Belgium Brewing Company was founded in 1991 by Jeff Lebesch and his wife‚ Kim Jordan. The idea started
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Strategic Analysis of Anheuser-Busch Companies and Coors Brewing Company Tuesday‚ October 18‚ 2011 Contents Introduction 3 Industry Analysis 3 Barriers to Entry: 3 Competitive Rivalry: 4 Power of Suppliers: 5 Power of Buyers: 5 Substitutes: 6 Summary of Five Forces: 6 Strategy Analysis 7 Anheuser-Busch 7 Operational Excellence 7 Customer Intimacy: 9 Evaluation of Anheuser-Busch’s Strategy: 10 Coors Brewing Company: 11 Operational Excellence: Through
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MKTG324 Wenjing Xu Mountain Man Brewing Company Case Analysis Company Overview Mountain Man Brewing Company produces Mountain Man Lager; the most authentic regional beer for working class East Central Americans‚ among all premium domestic beers‚ because of its distinctive quality‚ bitter flavor‚ slightly higher than average alcohol content and competitive price . MMBC targeted its product toward the middle-aged blue collar worker in the East Central region. MMBC’s strategic focus on this
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Case Analysis Mountain Man Brewing Company: Bringing the Brand to Light Mountain Man Brewing Company (MMBC) was founded by Guntar Prangel in 1925. He reformulated an old family brew with quality ingredients‚ resulting in a flavorful bitter tasting beer which was launched as the Mountain Man Lager. The brand grew to claim a respectable market share for an independent-family-owned-brewery‚ in whole of the East Central
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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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Flatiron Marketplace‚ 281 East Flatiron Circle‚ Broomfield‚ CO 80021Joey Muckler Writing in Business and Society Recommendation Memo‚ 2/5/2015 Memo – Groggs Peak Company Case Study Introduction: Tom‚ Although we were a little more focused on shooting par this past weekend rather than the company‚ our recent meeting regarding the issue of maximizing energy efficiency has interested me into researching wind turbines and other sustainable practices. As a manager and colleague‚ I believe it is not in
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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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