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Brand inventory (Pricing & Distribution, POPs & PODs Profiling of number one competitor is rmaining), Competitor analysis and Questionnaire Ownership and Target Customer Profile Maggies ownership is with Nestle. Nestle launched Maggie Noodles in 1982. Maggie Noodles was initially targeted at working women. Then it repositioned itself to target kids. It soon became the market driver in the instant noodles category. Currently enjoys market share of 80%. Working women of all school going children who dont find time to make the breakfast in the morning and the evening on the regular basis prefer Maggie as it is ready to cook and can be served in 2 minutes. Maggies target customers also include young professionals who are staying away from their homes as a paying-guest or on rent or in the government or private hostels. In the broader sense the target customers of Maggie include all those people who dont find time in their regular schedule to cook the quick breakfast.
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Brand Portfolio: For Maggie Noodles: Maggie 2 Minutes Noodles: MAGGI 2-Minute Noodles is one of the largest and most loved food brands that defines Instant Noodles in India. Continuing to spread joy as it has done for the last 25 years MAGGI Noodles is as tasty as ever and even provides essential nutrients. With the goodness of Protein and Calcium, MAGGI Noodles is available in 4 delectable flavors Masala, Chicken, Tomato and Curry.
For Other Maggie Products: Sauces: Maggi Sauces and Maggie Pichloo Soups: Maggie Helathy Soups andSanjeevani mAggie Healthy Cup
Pastas: Maggie Pazzta Cooking Aids: Magic Cubes, Coconut Milk Powder, Masala-ae-Magic, Pizza Mazza, Bhuna masala Maggie Club: Interaction Portal For Maggie Consumers http://www.maggi.in/under_construction.html Maggie Goodies: Wallpapers and Screensavers http://www.maggi.in/maggi_goodies.aspx POPs and PODs. POPs: Instant Noodle Category. Hygienic Tasty when added with vegetables and other add-ins
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Weakness
Problems Faced by Brand in the Initial Few Years when the brand was For Working Women: Indian Psyche Despite of Heavy Media Advertising Sales Did Not Improve Research was conducted to find the roots of the problem. After the results were out the Nestle repositioned the brand Convenience Product for mothers and as a Fun Product for children. Tagline Fast to Cook, Good to Eat was in line with positioning Promoted the product further by distributing free samples and giving gifts on return of empty packets.
Positioning Fast To Cook, good To Eat 2 Minutes Noodles Taste Bhi Health Bhi
Segmentation to Differentiation: Classic Noodles: For Kids between 5-10 Years Veg Atta Noodles For Health Conscious People Rice Mania - For Teenagers Cuppa Mania for Office Goers and Working Women Some Historical Events in the Brand Journey: Sales Declined in 1990 As a remedial effect Maggie changed formulation from Fried Base to Air Dried Base. Competition from Top Raman Increased tremendously as years passed by Some of New Product Launches failed on face Dal Atta Noodles Sambhar Flavor Some of new product launches did not prove as successful as Maggie Noodles Ketchups, Soups, tastemakers
Market Penetration Strategies and Other Promotional Strategies used by Maggie: Promotional Campaign in Schools in the town having population more than 10000 Advertising Focusing On Kids New Product Innovation according to Different Consumer Needs Veg Atta Noodles, Cuppa Noodles Availability in Different Pack Sizes 50 Grams, 100 Grams, 200 Grams and family packsDirect Impact on Affordability Conducting Regular Market Research Focus on creating distinctive image based on twin benefits of instant and healthy noodles with emphasis on health conscious consumers Strengthened the distribution network in rural areas within 100 KM of all metro cities Competitive Pricing Creative Interaction Blog For www. Maggie-club.in Maggi was a sponsor for Hum Log, a popular television show on Doordarshan, Indias sole channel in 1984.
The above advertisement in various magazines in 2003 to celebrate 20 years of its product in india Maggi has recently come out with advertisements in some weekly magazines for its new atta noodles and rice noodles variants. Maggi rice noodles mania had the highest column centimeter in print during jan aug 07 among the instant foods category. Maggis expenditure on print media is much lower compared to other media
Display Large pack sizes at the top with decreasing pack sizes as going downward. Why? This is because that for a retail outlet the more value is generated large pack thus they try to project big size at convenience place.
Outer display shelves are purchased by company (Reliance mart). Public relations: The Maggi Club - the children under 14 were invited by press advertisements and distribution of leaflets to become a member of maggi club by sending logos cut from 5 empty maggi wrappers. Maggi projected it as maggi clubbers are fun lovers and intended to use it as reference group. Benefits offered to maggi-clubbers are various games like Snap safari game, Cap and mask sets, travel India game, Disney today comic. To obtain each gift the member has to send 5 wrappers as purchase proof. Some special privileges were given to regular members time to time like, discounted tickets of Appu Ghar. Organized Maggi school quizzes and sketching The Economic Times, a prominent newspaper in India, in 2003. "Maggi is the leader in the Instant Noodles category because it is constantly improving its understanding of the consumer to give them excellent and tasty products that provide nutrition, health, and wellness. Martial Rolland, chairman and managing director, Nestl India Ltd., in 2006. "Maggi has managed to enter Indian homes to change the traditional food habits of Indian children on their promise of convenience. This brand has understood the psychology of Indian mothers and positioned itself for mother-child indulgence. KNORR SOUPY NOODLES Knorr recently launched another product line extension - Soupy Noodles. The brand is currently running the campaign featuring its brand ambassador Kajol. Soupy Noodles combines both the properties of soup and noodles. The brand is promoting this variant as a new category to be carved out of Noodles. To penetrate in the noodle market dominated by
FOODLES What makes Foodles unusual is that it is being offered under the Horlicks brand. Horlicks was always sweet, even the biscuits and cereal bar. They wanted to extend the brand into a savory or salty kind of product and Foodles was an opportunity to do that. Horlicks is already a market leader in stimulants in the form of malted drinks. By branding Foodles under Horlicks, GSK associated its new product in the Health food category without investing much on creating awareness of its functional benefits. Its penetration will be easier since Horlicks is a trusted brand and already finds its place in the households with children aged 6 12 years. In the case of Foodles, nutrition is going to be the differentiator, remaining consistent with the plank already occupied by Horlicks. So besides the regular flavour, Foodles will also be available in a multi-grain option viz. Vitamin-fortified and the four-grain version. The market growth of Foodles is 3% p.a. and aims the target of 6% market share in a year or so. Foodles has been able to garner 5 per cent of sales in the South and East where it was soft-launched before going national. Its multigrain variant costs Rs 15 for 80 gm compared to Maggi's Rs 10 for 80 gm. TOP RAMEN Its not Noodles, Its Smoodles. Smoodles means Smooth Noodles. Top Ramen is the second largest Noodles brand in India trying hard for the past 18 years to beat Maggi Noodles. Top Ramen is a global brand from Nissin. Launched in 1991, Top Ramen has been trying all possible marketing tool to dethrone Maggi. In 2001, when Maggi changed its taste, Top Ramen gained popularity and acceptance. Top Ramen always perceived as a premium brand compared to the affordable Maggi. For the past 10 years, the brand has been distributed by Marico. In 2008, the alliance was mutually called-off . Now Nissin is building its own distribution network. Top Ramen could not offer any serious differentiation to Maggi either in terms of the product or brand because of which it lost its ground to Maggi. Top Ramen also lost out when Maggi repositioned itself in the health platform.
SMALL PLAYERS Other brands that may not have the huge money power of the multinational giants but which are piggybacking on the opportunity afforded by modern trade are Chings Secret and Smith & Jones from Capital Foods, the Future Groups private label brand Tasty Treat and Wai Wai from Chaudhary Group. Chings Secret is aimed at youth between ages 16-25, where there is a demand for something spicier. Chings Instant Noodles are available in three delicious Chinese flavors, Schezwan, Manchurian and Hot Garlic. Chings Secret has gone the college route to get closer to its youth demographic. They have sponsored a large number of college shows in the country last year and are also targeting the youth aggressively through Facebook. The Chings Secret community on Facebook has over 118,000 fans following the brand. Chings Instant Noodles launches with a multimedia campaign across TV, Cinema, Hoardings, Internet and Mobile. Chings Khao Baki Bhol Jao is the advertising tagline. Tasty Treat offers spicy masala and has flavours like Punjabi masala and Mumbai masala waiting in the wings to cater to local tastes. Future Group plays the game of low cost to get an entry in noodle market. Wai Wai is built around the USP of being a genuinely instant noodle that can be eaten directly from the pack unlike Maggi which requires at least two minutes worth of cooking. No other brand has such option. Wai Wais variant Mi Mi is in the Rs 5 space. While the product was largely targeted towards kids, it helped get more people to sample the product. To help the brand be recognised across kiranas and convenience stores TV is given much importance. Just being present in modern trade will not give sustainable value
PARAMETERS
Maggi
Foodles
Soupy Noodles
Positioning
Nourishment Noodles
Variants
25 flavours worldwide
Chota pack (40 gms) Packaging Single Pack (80 gms) Double Pack Pack of four Rs. 10 & Rs. 15 Regular Pack (80 gms) Regular Pack (80 gms)
Prize
Rs. 10
Rs. 15
Market Share
90%
3.5%
NA
Questionnaire: 1) What product would you associate with the tag lines mentioned below?
Maggi masala Maggi vegetable atta noodles Maggi dal atta noodles Maggi rice noodles mania Maggi soupy noodles Others .
5) How would you rate Maggi noodles in terms of following parameters? Expertise (Competent, Innovative & market Leader) Trustworthiness (Dependable & keeps customers in mind) Liability(Fun & Interesting) None of these 6) According to you, which age group prefers Maggi noodles the most? 4-12 13-26 27-40 41 & above All
9) Which advertisements of Maggi products do you like the most? Noodles: mein aur meri maggi Sauces: Its different Soups: taste bhi, health bhi Pasta: nutra-licious pasta Others: 10) According to you who are the biggest competitors for Maggi? Noodles: ............ Sauces: . Soups: .. Pasta:
11)Rank the categories which maggi should look in future in order of your importance:
Chocolates Salted potato chips Fruit juices Processed foods (ready to use pastes, masalas) Others ........
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