Barriers-to-entry Examples Investment To achieve minimum efficient scale‚ it is estimated that a RTE cereal plant needed to produce 75 million pounds per year‚ which requires a capital investment in excess of $100 million and about 125 employees. High Research and Development Cost The RTE cereal industry spent about 1% of gross sales on R&D in 1993‚ whereas the food industry spent only 0.7% of gross sales. It requires 2-4 years and $5-10 million to develop a new brand Distribution barrier
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Ready To Eat Breakfast Cereal Industry Monday‚ September 09‚ 2013 3:09 PM The Big 3 and the industry before the 1990’s 1972 Federal trade Commission file a major antitrust suit against the big 3 (Kellogg‚ General Mills‚ and General Foods) Argued: Monopolized cereal market and had taken specific steps to deter entry by new firms How? Restrained competition amongst themselves through "unwritten agreements" to limit the in-pack premiums (free toys‚ gifts‚ e tc) -Refrain from trade
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Reason for the high-profitability of the RTE cereal business: The "Big Three" cereal manufacturers have jointly monopolized the market and have reaped high profits from their monopoly pricing combined with the tacit co-ordination they share regarding price hikes. The "Big Three" have backed up their monopoly strategy with their strong relationships with each other and with regional and national grocers. This relationship allowed them to control or buy shelf space and ideal positioning of their product
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boundaries of RTE cereal industry from a demand-side perspective and a supply-side perspective respectively. The boundaries from a demand-side perspective in this case are the fact that buyers have low switching costs. The cereal industry has a diversified range of products so consumers can easily substitute one type of cereal for another or one brand for another. From the supply-side perspective‚ boundaries are technological in nature such that larger firms can produce many different types of cereals in large
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Consume Breakfast and Ready-to-Eat Cereals 研究生：徐慧中撰 指導教授：周泰華 中華民國 九十六年 六月 Acknowledgements I wish to thank the many people who have made significant contributions to this research. I wish to acknowledge the excellence help and advice provided by Lin Lin Ku‚ the Senior Product Manager of Kellogg Asia Marketing Incorporation‚ Taiwan Branch. It was my honor to be able to interview Lin Lin Ku‚ and to obtain a clear picture of Taiwanese breakfast cereal industry. Besides‚ she also arranged
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The case United Cereal‚ one of the leaders in breakfast cereals‚ is trying to increase its share in the worldwide 21 billion Dollar market. Because it’s time to change something‚ to keep up with the market rivals and due to other different issues Ms. Laura Brill now challenges whether she should proceed with a “Eurobrand” strategy‚ which is an single model for whole Europe‚ or remain with the subsidiary-led country-by-country model. The two opportunities If Ms. Laura Bill could develop and apply
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The RTE Cereal Industry in 1994 Case Analysis Competitive Strategy Presented by: Raghav Keshav Why has RTE cereal been such a profitable business? The RTE cereal market is a classic oligopoly with the four dominant players controlling 85% of the market. The return on sales earned by the incumbents in this market (18%) is significantly higher compared to rest of the food industry (5%). Efficient markets typically entice new entrants when the returns are attractive. These returns are gradually
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United Cereal: Lora Brill’s Eurobrand Challenge Introduction: The case is focusing on European division of a giant multinational breakfast food company‚ which describes a launch decision for a new cereal product. United Cereal (UC) was established in 1910 by Jed Thomas. It was known in the industry‚ eventually diversified into snack foods‚ dairy products. By 2010 UC was a $9 billion business‚ but the breakfast cereals still accounted for one-third of its revenues. As the breakfast cereal trend
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Executive Summary: The cereal market is a booming industry. It has been around for over one hundred years and continues to attract millions of customers’ everyday. The market structure of the cereal industry is an Oligopoly. This is because there are four large firms‚ Kellogg‚ General Mills‚ Post‚ and Quaker Oats‚ which dominate the industry. There are also a few small firms who are involved in the cereal industry as well. The cereal industry targets all different age groups from young kids to
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UNITED CEREAL: LORA BRILL’S EUROBRAND CHALLENGE Introduction. The “United Cereal” case is focusing on European division of a giant multinational breakfast food company‚ which describes a launch decision for a new cereal product. As the case evolves‚ the decision has major strategic and organizational implications for Lora Brill‚ European VP. Lora Brill has been concerned with the decision of whether to make some major changes to a company with 100-year success history in order to push growth
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