THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE Winter Quarter 2015 Business Innovation and Stewardship (BIS) Case study: Saxonville Sausage Company TRUNG NGUYEN Questions: 1. What is the current situation? 2. How was the research methodology determined? Develop a research design and explain what behaviors‚ demographics and lifestyle components you deem important and why. 3. What were the research results? Select two different positioning territories in case Exhibit 6. Trace back through the case‚ using Exhibit
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2085 JUNE 15‚ 2007 KATE MOORE Saxonville Sausage Company On a sunny March day in 2006‚ Ann Banks‚ new product marketing director at Saxonville Sausage Company‚ stood waiting outside the executive conference room. The owner‚ president‚ chief financial officer‚ and three functional vice presidents—including her manager‚ Vice President of Marketing Steve Sears—would soon hear her plan for launching a national Italian sausage brand that Saxonville needed to bring to market in order to achieve
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based on observable characteristics of customers. The “Target Markets” for the “Italian Sausage” Business: Based on the research conducted by Saxonville‚ the target group should be the “female head of household”. This is because‚ Italian sausages are generally eaten during dinner time and female head of household has to be able to make a dinner which pleases everyone in the house‚ makes sure everyone
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preferences are covered in details. As the case states‚ after the thorough analysis both “Family Connection” and “Clever Cooking” are viable positioning options. By the end of the case it becomes obvious that Banks should recommend Saxonville Sausage Company to adopt “Family Connection” concept. Since target consumers are mostly women who are heads of their households‚ the most convincing argument could be that this concept takes into account core consumers’ values and desires‚ such as “feeding her family
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order to find out the current situation of Saxonville‚ I conducted a SWOT analysis: Strengths Has a national distribution network. Is already recognized as a national brand. They offer a variety of quality products. Weaknesses Selling Italian sausage from a German company. There is no product differentiation. No positioning in the market. Vivio is not a popular Italian name. Opportunities No national Italian sausage brand. Can sell easier because Saxonville is recognized nationally. The Italian sausage
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Saxonville Sausage Case Problem/ Opportunity Statement Ann Banks‚ the product marketing director at Saxonville Sausage Company‚ is faced with the challenge of figuring out how to position their Italian sausage product in order to capture a larger market share of the growing sausage industry. Saxonville’s Italian sausage has sold successfully‚ but is only available in 16% of the nation’s large supermarket chains. In order to capitalize on the opportunity presented by the growing market‚ Ann must
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1a. Montreaux Chocolate USA vs Saxonville Sausage: Apollo Foods Saxonville Sausage Research Objectives Explore dark chocolate market in the U.S.; Generate Ideas for a new dark chocolate product; New product name‚ packaging‚ positioning & distribution. Answer the following questions: Go national with the Saxonville Italian sausage brand?; Determine the ideal name for the product; Determine the best positioning. Research Techniques Employed Nielson BASES Idea Screening Tests‚ BASES Snapshot Concept
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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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Saxonville Sausage Company Case study analysis 1. What is the current situation? The current date is March 2006 and Ann Banks‚ the new product marketing director of the Saxonville Sausage company has to present her plan‚ developed after a serious research process‚ for launching a national Italian sausage brand‚ in order for the company to achieve its profit objectives for the next fiscal year. Saxonville was a 70-year-old‚ family business‚ which produced a variety of pork sausage products
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Strategies Saxonville Sausage Case Study What is the current situation? Saxonville is a family company from Ohio has existed for seventy years‚ it produces a range of pork sausage‚ and they have three types of products: breakfast sausage‚ bratwurst and Vivio sausage. Products are sold in all the United States‚ through national and regional distributors. The firm’s revenue is estimated at 1.5 billion dollars in 2005. Since 2004‚ the company is experiencing difficulties: Saxonville has seen two
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