Q1 Pasta Purchased Lambert’s Pasta & Cheese Challenge – Needed to identify a brand name; Found Contadina through focus groups and finalized upon Contadina Fresh Performed BASES I study to assess the current level of awareness and usage of fresh pasta and sauces. NRFC wanted to estimate first year trial volume‚ simulate total year 1 sales volume and understand likely effects of alternate positioning. BASES study forecasted market data such as trial rate‚ repeat purchase‚ transaction size and
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NESTLE REFRIDGERATED FOODS: CONTADINA PASTA & PIZZA (A) GROUP 2 Marketing Program Design Case Analysis GROUP 2 1302-066 Keshika Lakhani 1302-070 Jubin Goel 1302-073 Keval Shah 1302-086 Mrigakshi Punga 1302-087 Nandita Jaswal 1302-093 Nirav Shah 1302-206 Gagandeep Singh NESTLE REFRIDGERATED FOODS: CONTADINA PASTA & PIZZA (A) - GROUP 2 Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................. 2 Q1)
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Previously‚ Nestle entered the refrigerated food market with Contadina Pasta and Sauces‚ which was very successful due to the market research performed. The company invested heavily in distribution to develop products with low spoilage rates. Moreover‚ Nestle maintained a long-term focus and made strategic investments to ensure its position as one of the world’s premier food companies. As a result‚ they became the market leader in refrigerated pasta and sauces but realized they needed other new product
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is more costly and time consuming. Further compounding the problem in the Nestle case‚ is the fact that only past or loyal Contadina customers where surveyed. This segment of people is more likely to be favorably biased toward the product and will skew the results because they already believe in the brand and its products. Conducting the test in this fashion would not necessarily gauge the marketability to non-Contadina customer. Another complication comes from the likelihood that people who are
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Marketing Management | Nestlé refrigerated foods: Contadina pasta & pizza | Case analysis | Ahmed MAJT18/11/2010 | Executive Summary In a growing ethnic food category‚ NRFC is facing the decision of launching or not Contadina fresh pizza. Study has shown that business viability is closely depending on brand penetration rate which is not accurately measured. Moreover‚ NRFC try to get the first mover advantage to face the expected concurrence of Kraft. Product is facing positioning
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Nestle Refrigerated Foods (“Nestle”) must determine whether or not to introduce a refrigerated “Pizza Kit” product. Nestle must address several issues prior to product rollout: • Unproven concept – crust packaged together with separate packets of cheese and sauce ready for home use was a new concept. • Product positioning—the Pizza Kit must be positioned to attract most of its customers from the takeout/delivered (75% of total market) segment. • Brand awareness & extension—the product is in
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Nestle Refrigerated Foods: Contadina Pasta & Pizza Case Brief: After the great success of Nestle Refrigerated Food Company (NRFC) product Contadina pasta and sauces‚ NRFC was thinking to grab the growth opportunity through brand extension of Contadina. As in case Cunliffe stated “Contadina became the market leader in refrigerated pasta and sauces‚ but to continue our rapid growth‚ we need other new product opportunities” NRFC had established certain guideline steps that might help them a
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MKTG 6010 Nestle Refrigerated Foods: Contadina Pasta & Pizza Anthony Garver Issue: In 1990‚ Nestle Refrigerated Food Company (NRFC) considered the release of a refrigerated pizza product into the U.S. market. Stephen Cunliffe‚ President of the NRFC‚ had managed the release of refrigerated pasta and sauce three years earlier‚ but this time faced production challenges‚ distribution challenges‚ and an unknown sales volume for the proposed product. Would there be enough demand for the pizza and would
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Nesle - Strategic Managment Nestle is a Swiss‚ world leading multinational company producing a wide range of tasty beverages and nutritious food at international standards. Nestle holds on to a good brand name‚ innovative products‚ low cost‚ rising share market and a financial position which can be classified as Cash Cow using the Boston Consulting Group Matrix. Nestle has an employee strength of over 328‚000 people around the world. Nestle produces a wide range of baby food‚ dairy products‚ beverages
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Individual Assignment Nestle SID 20147271 Name Wu Ye Question 1 Nestlé’s Business Operations Nestlé‚ as the most famous food and beverage company‚ is established in Vevey‚ Switzerland. With the global development‚ Nestlé employs over 330‚000 employees‚ creates more than 2000 brands worldwide and operates business in approximately 86 countries. Thus‚ there are many contracts between Nestlé and manufacturers‚ some of whom provides exclusive
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