Montreaux Chocolate USA: Are Americans Ready for Healthy Dark Chocolate? _Case Analysis 1. Discuss the key challenges and marketing issues Andrea Torres must address at this time. Why do you feel these issues and challenges are key to the success of the new product line? (1) Although the research tell us the 70% cocoa dark chocolate with fruit with healthy messaging and new stand-up pouch concept would be most attractive to the customers‚ and also built a sales forecast with it. But the company still
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Case: Montreaux Chocolate USA 1. Discuss the key challenges and marketing issues Andrea Torres must address at this time. There are many challenges and marketing issues that are standing ahead of Torres that she must address. Andrea Torres has four options to choose from: 1) perform further product testing‚ 2) launch in selected test market‚ 3) stage a regional rollout‚ or 4) launch nationally. Along with that‚ she also needs to decide how to market the product‚ weather if they should use
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Andrea Torres is the director of new product development at Montreaux Chocolate USA. She is in charge of delivering a comprehensive presentation to the Board of the company regarding her and her team’s research and findings about the purchase of the rights to distribute Monteaux’s European chocolate in the US‚ as a way to increase the company’s market share in pursuit of the upscale market segments. There are three main options she is considering and needs to be able to make recommendation as to
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Priti Chaudhari MKT 5360 MBA: Block 13B Case: Montreaux Chocolate USA 1. Discuss the key challenges and marketing issues Andrea Torres must address at this time. There are many challenges and Priti Chaudhari MKT 5360 MBA: Block 13B Case: Cole and Parker: Socks that Start Businesses Priti Chaudhari MKT 5360 MBA: Block 13B Case: Cole and Parker: Socks that Start Businesses Priti Chaudhari MKT 5360 MBA: Block 13B Case: Cole and Parker: Socks that Start Businesses marketing issues that are standing
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MONTREAUX CHOCOLATES USA MEMORANDUM TO: DAVID RAYMOND‚ MONTREAUX USA DIVISION MANAGER ANDREA TORRES‚ DIRECTOR OF NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CC: JENNIFER FITZGERALD FROM: MARIA TROPIANO SUBJECT: MONTREAUX USA PRODUCT LAUNCH DATE: APRIL 10‚ 2015 Executive Summary: As of October 2012‚ Andrea Torres‚ director of new product development at Montreaux Chocolate USA‚ needs to recommend whether or not the company should pursue a new product launch in the United States. The new product‚ a 70% cocoa dark
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2. Evaluate the achievability of the company objectives for Montreaux USA. Identify the most salient (or important) aspects of the chocolate confectionary industry‚ globally and domestically‚ that are critical for understanding a new product introduction of this type. Provide support for your conclusions. The objectives that Montreaux USA wants to achieve in the coming 3 years are national distribution of the new Montreaux product line‚ $15 million in annual sales‚ and to be within the top 25 in
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Montreaux Chocolate USA: Are Americans Ready for Healthy Dark Chocolate? In pursuit of upscale segments of the market and an increased market share‚ Consumer Food Groups (CFG) purchased the rights to become a distributor of Montreaux’s European chocolate products in the United States in June 2011. As CFG is the division which produces confectionery products for Apollo foods‚ they contribute not only to one-third of the company’s total revenues and net income‚ but are a vital part of Apollo’s
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Case StudyMontreaux Chocolate USA: Are Americas Ready for a Healthy Dark Chocolate COMPANY BACKGROUND company Apollo Foods Location Los Angeles‚ California‚ USA Industry Food Products Confectionary‚ Biscuits‚ Snacks‚ Cheese‚ Beverages‚ Convenient meats Division 4 divisions‚ 1 of it is Consumer Foods Group (CFG) Distributor 170 countries world wide Market share Second place in US chocolate market Year 2011 Revenue- $54.4 Billion Net Income- $3.5 Billion CHALLENGES • To Introduce
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• Montreaux Chocolate USA “loyalists” are between 45 and 64 years old‚ so the online survey may not be the best representative sample as many senior citizens may not take an online survey or not have internet access. • They has only considered selling its product in supermarkets‚ drug stores‚ and convenience stores but could be a great idea to try selling the product in stores attracting health-conscious customers‚ such as natural and organic stores that would increase the value of the product
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Healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies This is one amongst all those healthy oatmeal cookie recipes which makes use of whole wheat flour instead of white flour. Which means‚ the cookies tend to be more filling in terms of calorie consumption? Moreover‚ this healthy oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipe also uses applesauce‚ cutting down on around 190 calories at least. Ingredients • ½ cup white sugar • 1¼ cup applesauce • ¾ cup brown sugar
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