The Looming Future of Boston Beer Craft Beer vs. Domestic Producers The major domestic producer segment only contained three major companies also known as “The Big Three”: Anheuser-Busch‚ Miller Brewing Company‚ and Adolf Coors Company. They commonly competed on the foundation of economies of scale which wound up being the main driver of revenue. By selling significant quantities of product at a cheap price‚ “The Big Three” was able to obtain 77% of the market share in 1994. By holding such a
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History of the BBC Founders: Jim Koch‚ Rhonda Kallman‚ founded in 1984 Koch: successful management consultant with the BCG(Boston Consulting Group);but wanted to do his family recipe. He believes : Domestic Microbrewery 可以打败 imported beers的弱点‚ by making consistently high quality---emphasized local character Background : Few craft brewers when BBC began. Critical element of Koch’s plan: use of established brewers’ production facilities: Pittsburgh Brewing Company
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Boston Beer Company Boston Beer Company is the maker of Samuel Adams brand beer and the beer industry’s leading craft brewer. On the year of 1995‚ the Boston Beer filed a registration statement with the U.S. SEC for an initial public stock. Now let’s start from the strategy direction of Boston Beer for analyzing the company. Strategies of Boston Beer Company in its beginning stage of the business were 1) outsourcing beer production facilities instead of building new facilities which requires
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2. Boston Beer showed a promising growth as a company with a dozen reps in 1989 to a company going public in 1995‚ which was considered to have made a mark in the specialty brewing business. It successfully changed the consumer preferences from cheaper beers made by large breweries to expensive specialty brewers within its niche. With their variety of crafted beer‚ Boston Beer captured a niche market and proved itself a number of times by winning numerous competitions for its best taste. It placed
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The main decision problem for Boston Beer Company is whether or not it should remain in the light beer market. This is followed by four subsidiary decision problems if the answer to main problem is yes: should BBC create a new light beer brand‚ and if so what positioning should it take‚ should they keep Lightship‚ and if yes‚ should BBC maintain or change Lightship’s positioning. The research problems are as follows: it is profitable for BBC to remain in the light beer market‚ what are the growth
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1--------------------------------------------------- Boston Beer‚ in response to consumers’ preference changes to more flavorful and bitter tasting brews‚ was founded in 1894. Boston Beer implements a “quality at any cost” strategy with a strong emphasis on product differentiation and implementing quality ingredients into its products. For instance‚ Boston Beer was the first company to employ a stamped freshness date on its bottles and ingredients are imported from around the world. Additionally‚ Boston Beer relies heavily on contract
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Financial Statement Analysis- Boston Beer Company FIN 506 FALL 2010 Dan Chenoweth Tatiana Cozma Tawana Johnson Kyle Krukowski 1- INTRODUCTION TO BOSTON BEER COMPANY‚ INC. Ranked #4 during the 2010 US Open Beer Championship and consistently ranked in the top 10 of brewing competitions‚ Samuel Adams Boston Lager is the flagship beer of The Boston Beer Company. Although the Boston Beer Company was founded in 1984‚ the roots of the Samuel Adams Boston Lager are over 100 years old beginning
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reasons BBC should focus on the light beer market. It is true that their sales were decreasing from year to year but I think there is nothing wrong with the product itself. The problem is on the marketing and management system. It was proved from the result of the consumer taste survey. Most of people said that lightship beer had better taste‚ better color and smell compare to Bud light‚ Coors Light‚ and Amstel Light and the result stated that lightship beer was in the first place. We got almost
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BOSTON BEER COMPANY: LIGHT BEER DECISION _Background Information_: The Boston Beer Company‚ which was founded in 1984‚ had a very diversified thriving product line which entailed about twenty different kinds of beers. Their product was available in over nineteen various countries and used a network of around four hundred distributors. Revenues grew from 21 million dollars to 210 million dollars from inception to 1997. _Problem and Opportunity Identification_: As a result of the company’s product
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Boston Beer Company Case Study Analysis 1. Boston Beer’s strategy is primarily focused on growth through differentiation. The sources of its competitive advantage can be classified as a company that provides high quality beer with unique flavors‚ a market driven approach‚ and a very efficient contract brewing strategy. In terms of quality‚ the company created a premium beer by its selective use of ingredients and less water. Boston Beer has won honors such as being the first American beer
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