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Table of Contents
Executive summary 1

Company objective 2

Market Overview 2

Market category 2

Market size 3

Market Potential 3

Market Structure 4

Trends 4

Demographic 4

Culture 4

Economic 4

Natural 5

Technological 5

Social 5

Political 6

Competitor 6

Factors influence on consumer behaviour 6

Segmentation 7

Internal analysis 8

Product 8

Price 9

Promotion 9

Place 10

SWOT Analysis 10

Strength 10

Weakness 11

Opportunities 11

Threat 11

Conclusion 12

List of reference 12

Appendix A 13

Appendix B 14

Appendix C 14

Executive summary

Kraft Foods is the second largest food company in the world which generates revenues of $40.4 billion in 2009. They sell various packaged grocery products in more than 70 countries. In other words, Vegemite is one of their products.

In Australia, Vegemite is priced at a reasonable and comparable price to its competitors as it operates in a competitive market, in which many competitors exist in the market. Thus, there is no advantage to Vegemite and its competitor in terms of price. However, Vegemite continues to outsell its competitors as a healthy spread as it is presumed to be an Australian symbol.

Company objective

We pursue four objectives in research and development:

• Product safety and quality

• Growth through new products

• Superior consumer satisfaction

• Reduced costs

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Market Overview

Market category

The market in which Vegemite Australia operates in is the spread food as a whole and yeast spread in particularly. Spreads are added to bread, sandwiches, toast, crumpets and cracker biscuits to improve flavor for our breakfast meal. Vegemite can be classified as a consumer product, which is categorized as a convenience product, which

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