Mountain Man Brewing Company SITUATION: Mountain Man lager has been a long standing premium beer distributed in the central east since 1925. The company has built a brand image around its blue-collared‚ middle-aged workers by relying on the authenticity of their family owned business to position themselves with their core customers. Recent changes in beer drinker preferences have resulted in a decrease in sales for the first time in the company’s long history. Chris Prangel has returned from
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Mountain Man Brewing Company is one of many local companies that has been threatened by large corporations. This case focuses on a family-owned‚ local company threatened by decline in sales. The new marketing operations manager‚ Chris Prangel‚ has been faced with the challenge of product innovation to help the company improve sales. The introduction of a lighter beer is the solution Prangel landed on while deciding the company’s future. With many doubts from many company employees including the company
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substitutes. | LOW | COMPETITIVE RIVALRY | -There are many players in the industry;-There is not much differentiation between player’s products; -The companies compete a lot in prices. | HIGH | ATTRACTIVENESS | | LOW | In order to analyze the brewing industry attractiveness‚ we performed a Porter Five Forces Model analysis and a PEST analysis. CONTEXT | TREND | IMPACT | | | POSITIVE | NEGATIVE | Political-Legal | -Governmental campaigns
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Mountain Man Brewing Company Case Analysis Mountain Man Brewing Company does not want to go another year with revenue lost from Mountain Man Lager. By adding a light beer to the product line it could gain loyalty from a younger crowd and attract more then just the workingman. At the same time he does not want to lose the brand equality that has taken years to create. He is also faced with solid monopolies in the beer world that make it hard to keep up. Chris is faced with a hard decision
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the negative effects of beer has grown substantially. On the other hand‚ the relatively more healthy and high-end image of wine drinking has become increasingly popular especially in Northern European countries. Technological Factors- High-tech brewing facilities has enhanced the efficiency of the entire beer manufacturing cycle‚ resulting in better energy saving‚ shorter maturation and packaging lead time and less wastage. Such technologies have also allowed brewers to come up with innovative
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Brewing Even Better Beer Article Analysis of: Hoppiness is brewing better beer by Julie Corliss 1991. Julie Corliss has worked as a senior medical editor for Harvard Health Publications for the last eight years‚ and she was a staff medical writer for HealthNews‚ and she is a scholar in this field. Julie’s article is about how hops (Humulus Lupulus) and barley (Hordeum vulgare) have dramatically changed the way beer is brewed‚ and how these bittersweet flavors that come from beer change depending
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CASE EXAMPLE Global forces and the European brewing industry This case is centred on the European brewing industry and examines how the increasingly competitive pressure of operating within global markets is causing consolidation through acquisitions‚ alliances and closures within the industry. This has resulted in the growth of the brewers’ reliance upon super brands. In the first decade of the twenty-first century‚ European brewers faced a surprising paradox. The traditional centre of the beer
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environmental influences into six groups: political‚ economical‚ socio-cultural‚ technological‚ environmental and legal; making up the acronym PESTEL. Analysis Political factors Europe has traditionally been seen as the centre of the beer brewing industry. However‚ the level of alcohol consumption is gradually declining. This is because many of the key markets within Europe are increasingly more aware of the social and health issues caused by excessive alcohol consumption. Governments are
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Dear Chris Prangel‚ Regarding whether Mountain Man Brewing Company should introduce Mountain Man Light beer to their product line I think it should. Mountain Man has customers who are loyal to it their original product‚ and I don’t think the addition of a new product would affect this loyalty if introduced in the right way. Marketing Mountain Man Light will be where MMBC could preserve the brand name of Mountain Man Lager. Separating the two beverages consistently in the ad campaign in ways
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Case 9: New Belgium Brewing (A): Social Responsibility as a Competitive Advantage 1. What environmental issues does the New Belgium Brewing Company work to address? How has NBB taken a strategic approach to addressing these issues? Why do you think the company has taken such a strong stance toward sustainability? New Belgium Brewing Co. (NBB) is a craft beer leader that embraces sustainability and corporate responsibility. For New Belgium‚ social‚ ethical‚ and environmental responsibilities
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