Advanced Finance Intervenant/ Lecturer : Michael PAYTE MSc Audit & Management Control Academic Year 2012-2013 Gaelle VANHERPE Maxime ROZIER Yao LIU Marion DOMANSKI TABLE OF CONTENTS GAELLE’S PART PORTER’S 5 + 1 FORCES Competitive Rivalry within an Industry Very high – Kraft Foods has to face a lot of competition International: Nestlé and Danone are the two main competitors. There are present worldwide and exploit the same segments as Kraft Foods. National: Companies which are present in only one country but which propose products such as biscuits, dairy products… Example: Michel & Augustin, St Michel, la Mère Poulard (France) Regional: Smaller companies which are present in only few regions and propose …show more content…
In fact regulations are different in every country in which the company is present. Moreover, the sector of human consumption’s products involves lots of regulations regarding the composition of the food, production, marketing, trade, tax and environmental matters. For example, the use of hydrogenated fats or palm oil is no longer accepted in Switzerland, Canada, Denmark and New York. In France these ingredients are not forbidden but all the products which are made with them have to be clearly indicated. These hydrogenated fats were used by Kraft Foods in some of its biscuits and thus the company had to remove and replace them by other ingredient less risky for customers’ health. All these new regulations could increase company’s costs and affect its profitability. In fact company’s need to comply with new or revised regulations or their interpretation and application, including proposed requirements designed to enhance food safety or to regulate imported ingredients, could materially and adversely affect the company’s product sales, financial condition and results of operations. Threat of New Entrants Low – The threat of new international entrants is very low because the probability that tomorrow a new company arrives and becomes one of the main competitors of Kraft Foods is very low, even non-existent. In fact, barriers at the entrance for a new company are too important because the market is totally saturated. The threat of new entrants, national
Threat from New Entrants There are currently no new threats from new entrants in this market. Company G’s technology, testing and production process that is very efficient for profitability cannot be easily replicated.
Exhibit A shows Porter’s Five forces analysis for Trader Joe’s. Competition within the incumbents is high. Trader Joe’s biggest competitor would be Whole foods, nation’s largest retailer of organic and natural
There are many different scales of business. Local businesses serve just a small community, for example a small independent nail shop. National business is just in one county, for example the NHS. Regional businesses are found in just one county and European/international is found in several countries such as h&m or topshop. Global is when a business is found in usually every country for example ebay or McDonalds.
Threat of new entry is low because the barriers to entry are high. Newcomers to the industry would require an enormous amount of up front capital to set up the distribution networks and infrastructure, such as establishing hubs, and acquiring aircraft and a large amount of ground transportation vehicles (vans, trucks, ect). Economies of scale are significant and would deter new firms from entering because initial sales volumes would be low do to the fact that existing brands already have strong brand identification, and there are no cost advantages to entering, like government
As food moves through several steps from production to consumption, its risk of becoming unsafe is very high. Thus, the creation and implementation of laws are indispensable to minimize the risk of unsafe food. However, food laws are not intended to oversee the quality of the food.
Kraft is clearly a strong competitor, as they remain one of the top contenders in each of their industries. They are able to strongly differentiate their products from those of other companies to capture a large share of the markets they participate in. They have a wide array of products that can serve as subsituties for each other to keep consumers within their brands, but give them options on which products to consume.
The threat of new entrants refers to the threat posed by new competitors within an industry. If it is easy for new firms to enter the industry barriers to entry are low and the threat of new entrants is high. A profitable industry attracts more competitors. Economies of scale, learning curve effects and other macro factors impact the nature of an industry 's
Due to globalization and this fast-growing business environment, firms struggle to earn above-average returns. They strive to establish a competitive advantage in order to earn higher returns. It is not enough for firms to establish a competitive advantage, they should also figure out ways to sustain it. There are several factors that can affect the competitiveness of a firm including customers, suppliers, existing rivals, new entrants, and substitutes. Firms should take into account these factors in order to sustain their competitive advantage. This paper analyzes Yoffie 's (2009) Cola War case, assesses concentrate producers, bottlers, and retailers in terms of Porter’s (2008) five forces of competition and provides recommendations to Coca-Cola.
Price war- Special K competes in price with many competing cereals that have the same price.
Answer: Based on the case study, Kellogg’s main competitors in the ready-to-eat cereals market are General Mills and Kraft Foods and PepsiCo. In the convenience foods market, the main competitors are Frito-Lay unit of PepsiCo which is the largest maker of salty snacks while the Nabisco unit of Kraft Foods which is the largest maker of cookies and crackers. Except from these competitors, Kellogg also has been facing competition with the new entrants or the improved store brand products which intent to get some shares of these two markets. Also, Kellogg’s brand
This changed in 2012 when Kraft teamed up with Mondelez International Inc. “Mondelez International’s strategy was directed at exploiting its powerful brands of snack foods across the 165 country markets where its products were sold.” (Gamble, 2016) The company aimed to fulfill their strategy by expanding the company’s product line to include cookies, chocolates, candy, gum, and
An industry is a characterization that alludes to gatherings of organizations that are connected taking into account their essential business exercises. In cutting edge economies, there are many industry characterizations, which are ordinarily assembled into bigger classifications called segments, with individual organizations being grouped into an industry in light of their biggest wellsprings of income.
With global hunger at the forefront of world issues today, Kraft-Heinz has made a commitment to provide 1 billion meals to people in need by 2021, as a part of their company vision "To be the Best Food Company, Growing a Better World." Their CSR program will make a considerable difference in the fight against hunger and malnutrition while ensuring sustainable food practices are achieved. Kraft-Heinz is committed to nourishing all lives and making the world a better place to live.
The threat of new entrants: According to our text, the threat of new entrants is the possibility that the profits they make in an area may be eroded by new competition. The McDonald’s by me competes with Burger King, Wendy’s, Dairy Queen, and other smaller places like Zel’s. Each time a new place opens the less business they will have. For the other company, there will be a barrier to entry. They will have to use product differentiation to bring in the customers…to make them overcome their loyalty to McDonald’s (Dess, p. 53).
- Intense competition from various companies such as Lindt, Joseph Schmidt, Neuhaus, Godiva and other numerous but smaller European and domestic specialty companies