marketing director at Saxonville Sausage Company‚ needs to launch a national Italian sausage brand. Saxonville needs to bring this to market in order to achieve its profit objectives for the next fiscal year. Ms. Banks’ main problem lies in the positioning of Saxonville’s current sausage product‚ Vivio. Should Ms. Banks try it with authenticity‚ or fresh and locally made? A distinctive identity needs to be created in order for this to be a successful line‚ and may put Saxonville in a good position
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MKTG 4100 Saxonville Sausage Company Case Analysis Problem Definition Saxonville Sausage Company‚ a 70-year-old privately held family business‚ produces a variety of pork sausage products‚ thus already having a loyal customer base. Their Italian sausage‚ presently branded as Vivio‚ became part of the Italian sausage market in 2002‚ yet has experienced flat sales. Therefore‚ the company needs to increase their awareness‚ customer base‚ and sales with their Italian Sausage products. They
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MKT 520: Fall 2010 October 4‚ 2010 Case 1: Saxonville Sausage Company The Problem Saxonville Sausage Company has hired a new Ann Banks as product brand manager. Steven Sears‚ VP of Marketing‚ has given Ms. Banks the Vivio Italian sausage. This product is on a slow gain and awareness among consumers. The company has recently released their branding company and needs Banks to increase awareness in the new product. Yet‚ Banks needs to do some heavy research before she can make a decision
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Saxonville Sausage Case Saxonville Sausage Company is a 70-year-old privately held family business headquartered in Saxonville‚ Ohio. Saxonville produces a variety of fresh pork sausages including bratwurst‚ breakfast sausage‚ and an Italian Sausage named “Vivio”. Since 2004 bratwurst and breakfast sausages have been flat seeing a 0% volume increase nationwide‚ with little or no growth expected in the short-term. However‚ Italian sausage was the one category showing growth with a 9% increase in
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Case 3 : Saxonville Sausage Company I. Background Saxonville was a 70-year-old‚ privately held family business headquartered in Saxonville‚ Ohio‚ with 2005 revenues of approximately $1.5 billion. The company produced a variety of pork sausage products‚ predominantly fresh sausage as opposed to smoked or semi-dried. The heart of the business consisted of branded products: bratwurst (70% of Saxonville’s revenues); breakfast sausage‚ both links and patties (20% of revenues); and an Italian
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Saxonville Sausage Company Background • Saxonville Sausage is a $1.5 billion manufacturer of pork sausage products • Its experiencing financial stress because its leading product lines have lately produced declining revenues in product categories that are realizing no growth. 2 Market position & condition • One product line‚ the Italian sausage brand “Vivio”‚ has recently experienced a significant increase in revenues • This has been the case with the entire Italian sausage category
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I would recommend that Saxonville pursue the “Family Connection” positioning territory as it is more closely aligned with consumer’s core values. As we have found through our research‚ female heads-of-household are the primary purchasers and preparers of Italian sausage products and what these women value above all else is the ability to create happy memories with their families around the dinner table. By positioning Saxonville’s Italian sausage product line with this core value in mind‚ we are
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Saxonville Sausage Case Study Saxonville Sausage has been faced with the task of attempting to counteract their financial woes in the sausage market. While they have a star product‚ Vivio‚ it only represents % of their income and is only available in select cities in the northeastern portion of the United States. Saxonville and now trying to figure out how to expand their product throughout the rest of the country and make sure that it is differentiated from other sausage brands out there and
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Problem: How can I‚ Ann Banks‚ product marketing director at Saxonville Sausage Company‚ suggest a suitable position for the Italian brand sausage Vivio? Options: I can choose from one these four concepts developed: a) “Family Connection” concept b) “Love” concept c) “Balance” concept d) “Creative/Clever cooking” concept Decision: Saxonville Sausage Company should use the “Creative Cooking” concept Reason: From the data on Italian Sausage Concept Assesment‚ it can be seen that both “Family Connection”
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customer behavior toward our Italian sausage brand ‘Vivio’. Based on qualitative and quantitative research we are able to understand target consumers needs and behaviors‚ positioning ideas‚ refine the learning to concepts and scores of these concepts. Qualitative steps gave us depth and help to surface ideas while the quantitative piece will validate those ideas across a broader population. My recommendation is to continue with Vivio - Saxonville’s Italian sausage as brand name and position as ‘Family
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