Rochester Institute of Technology | Mountain Man Brewing Company: Bringing the Brand to Light | Advanced Corporate Financial Planning | Professor Testa 1/23/2012 | | | Objective Complete a NPV analysis to see if Mountain Man Brewing Company should implement Mountain Man Light to its existing product lines: * SWOT Analysis on Mountain Man Lager * NPV analysis for Mountain Man Lager * NPV analysis for Mountain Man Light * NPV analysis on whole company * Strategic Options
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Case: Mountain Man Brewing Company Questions: 1. What has made the Mountain Man Brewing Company successful? What is distinctive about MMBC’s product‚ customers and brand equity? Product Mountain Man had high quality product. Those attributes included the smoothness‚ percentage of water content‚ and drinkability. The beer it produced was flavorful and bitter-tasting. Mountain Man had a well-known reputation as quality bee throughout the East Central region. Customer Mountain Man targeted
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1a. What is Chris considering doing and what factors will he have to align to be successful? Chris is considering the production of a light beer for Mountain Man Brewing Company as a way to compensate for the recent decline in sales and increase in the market for light beer sales. How can the production of a light beer appeal to a younger demographic. What about their light beer will be different from competitors. How much is this new product going to cost and how will he go about launching the
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Business Model Mountain Man Brewing Company was a family-owned business which owned a quality beer called Mountain Man Lager. As shown in Exhibit 1‚ the Mountain Man Lager was well known as working man’s beer. Its quality taste with bitter flavor and high alcohol content were the value propositions for the products. And the key resources for these features were the special recipe and a meticulous selection of barley. Also the main customer segment for the Lager was blue collar most of whom were
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With recent declining sales for Mountain Man Beer Company (MMBC)‚ Chris Prangel is considering launching Mountain Man Light as a brand extension aligned with changes in beer drinkers’ preferences. He is seeking to maximize market coverage while minimizing brand overlap‚ and at the same time avoiding any brand equity damage‚ as MMBC’s core consumer segment is significantly different from the new targeted segment. Chris expects to negate declining sales of Mountain Man Lager and capture market share
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Mountain Man Brewing Company (MMBC) was found in 1925 as a family run business and “Mountain Man Lager” is its core product. MMBC was rated as “Best Beer in West Virginia” for years and was selected as “America’s Championship Lager” at the American Beer Championship. MMBC relied on his history and status as independent‚ family-owned brewery to create an aura of authenticity and to position the beer with its core drinkers – blue-collar‚ middle-to-lower income men over age 45. Because of the product
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CHAPTER 12 PRICING DECISIONS AND COST MANAGEMENT 12-1 The three major influences on pricing decisions are 1. Customers 2. Competitors 3. Costs 12-2 Not necessarily. For a one-time-only special order‚ the relevant costs are only those costs that will change as a result of accepting the order. In this case‚ full product costs will rarely be relevant. It is more likely that full product costs will be relevant costs for long-run pricing decisions. 12-3 Two examples of pricing decisions with
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1- What is Chris considering doing and what factors will he have to align to be successful? With Mountain Man Beer Company (MMBC) experiencing recent declining sales for the first time in its history representing a 2% loss in revenue the previous year and prospect of continuous decline‚ Chris is considering launching Mountain Man Light Beer as a brand extension aligned with changes in beer drinkers’ preferences‚ seeking to maximize market coverage while minimizing brand overlap and at same time
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your beer extensions. Introductory marketing need not create awareness. Possible packaging and labeling efficiencies. Brand loyalty With a rate of 53% in the East Central region. Mountain Man brand loyalty rate is higher than that of competitors (42% Budweiser and 36% for Bud light) Strong associations to Mountain Man Lager Brand Defined as for working-class‚ tough‚ down-to-earth and not ‘corporate’ but local‚ authentic brand with strong heritage. The young would not like to be associated with
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has decreased. | 5. | Sales are $500‚000 and variable costs are $350‚000. What is the contribution margin ratio? | A) | 43%. | B) | 30%. | C) | 70%. | D) | Cannot be determined because amounts are not expressed per unit. | 6. | Barcelona Bagpipes produces two models: Model 24 has sales of 500 units with a contribution margin of $40 each; Model 26 has sales of 350 units with a contribution margin
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