ABSTRACT
Fast food industry has becomes more innovative which encourages them to create new ideas to introduce new products to achieve a long-term success. To do this, fast food restaurants must come up with an effective promotional strategy that could help them to convince consumers to purchase the new products they launch which will help to maintain their successful business performance and better level of profitability.
This research study aims to find out which promotional strategy convinced Cavite City residents to purchase new product offered by the fast food restaurant. A questionnaire was used and 276 residents of Cavite City participated in the study. Demographic profile and consumer behavior of the respondents were identified and
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There are 5 types of adopter for products: innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority and laggards. Innovators are the first customers to try a new product; they are, by nature, risk takers. Early adopters tend to be the most influential; early majority is a class of adopter that are reasonably risk averse and wants to be sure that their resources are spent wisely on products while the late majority tend to put their resources towards tried and tested solution. And lastly, the laggards who value traditional methods of doing things and highly averse to change and risk. Typically, they have low-socio-economic status and rarely seek opinions outside of their own limited social set. Despite an ever-growing number of products on the market, 66% of new products fail within two years, and a startling 96% of all innovations fail to return their cost of capital (Lindsay, 2017).
This study entitled “Promotional Strategies of Fast Food Restaurants for New Product Launch” aims to find out the most convincing promotional strategy to attract customers in purchasing new products launched by fast food restaurants in Cavite City. The result of the study will benefit the owners of the fast food restaurants for they will be able to identify which promotional strategy really convinces customers to purchase their product to avoid new product failures ad to maximize their
For example as mentioned in the previous assignment Rose Gold became a popular colour among young people and so Apple decided to add a Rose Gold colour to their iPhone 6 collection. This affects Carphone Warehouse because on the release of the iPhone 6 with their new colour people, especially young people, would want to be the first to have the new trend before it gets sold out. Carphone Warehouse would have an increase in sales on the day of Apple releasing their product which would give them an increase in profit and enables them to buy more stock from their suppliers due to the popular demand of their product. Another thing that affects the business which is to do with the ageing population is older people also having phones however these phones need to be adjusted in order to suit the needs of older users. Carphone Warehouse need to make sure that they stock a range of products which includes phones suitable for older users.
Different Marketing Strategies at Geico “15 minutes could save you 15% or more on your car insurance.” Is this familiar to you? This classic slogan appears again and again in Geico advertisements. When you are in the cinema, you are exposed to Geico ads before the film starts; when you are watching television, you are exposed to Geico ads between shows; when you are driving a car, you are exposed to Geico ads on the radio. Geico of being everywhere is benefit from the company’s effective advertising strategies.
Core Competency(ies) of the Company The core competencies of Yum! is its ability to build up its supply chain quickly in new locations leading to above average procurement of packaging, key in the fast food industry. These factors combine to allow locations to hit the ground running and do what Yum! Brands locations do best; providing low cost items to their customer in a quick and timely fashion both domestically and internationally.
An example of a product that customers being less responsive to would be buying mouthwash because if there was a major price change it would only cause a small change in the amount
In Margaret Visser’s essay, “The Rituals of Fast Food”, she explains the reason why customers enjoy going to fast food restaurants and how it adapt to customer’s needs. Some examples of the most loyal fast-food customers are people seeking convenience, travelers, and people who are drug addicts. First, most loyal customers are people seeking convenience. The reason why fast food restaurants are convenient because longer hours of being open, the prices are good , etc. As Visser said in her essay, “Convenient, innocent simplicity is what the technology, the ruthless politics, and the elaborate organization serve to the customer” (131).
For the business-level, Trader Joe’s adopted a differentiation focus strategy. According to our textbook with this strategy, Trader Joe’s seeks to differentiate in its target market. They rely on providing better service than broad-based competitors. Specifically, they focus on the special needs of the buyer in other segments (Dess, Page 159). Joe’s differentiates its self from other grocers by providing a unique shopping experience fortified with their private label goods and great service from their crew members.
What types of marketing strategies is chick-fil-A following? The type of strategy that the founder and CEO S. Truett Cathy developed for Chick-Fil-A was a target marketing strategy. The reason is because S. Truett Cathy focused on building the companies and other strategies that he used around his Christianity beliefs. Chick-Fil-A also made sure that every employ focused on delivering the best service they could to every customer that they served.
• Rivals face high exit barriers Very High Potential Entrant Pressure • High entry barriers • Strong product differentiation • Menus change constantly with
Marketing strategy Customers Youth, families, tourists, older customers and the middle working class Product life cycle. According to Kotler, P. & Gary, A. (2011), the product life cycle has five stages namely product development, introduction, growth, maturity and decline stage. The stages are determined by the market share of the product.
APPENDIX: Political: There are some political factors that are important to know while considering the performance of food chains like Arby’s. These factors can have an impact on Arby’s such as the health and safety rules provided by the government of the state/country in which the Arby’s division works. These rules can have a direct role in creating the strategies and approaches. Moreover, health-associated campaigns by the government have an impact on the food chains like Arby’s. Political factors also comprise of laws, activities and groups that impact and limit companies and individuals in a certain culture and society.
Targeted Advertising: Helpful or Hurtful? Technology has challenged the rules of privacy, and people are questioning if privacy is a necessity anymore. Technology, specifically apple products such as iPhones, is a need in many people’s lives, and they cannot imagine not being able to check their phones for the weather or to ask Siri to find the closest restaurant. Unfortunately, people do not realize companies use technology for targeted advertising, which is an invasion of privacy. An invasion of privacy is when people’s private information is used to influence them and is given to other people or companies unknowingly.
Introduction Every business organization is using a marketing concept which is used as a tool to identify customer’s needs. And further try to meet them by making right decisions in line with customer’s needs. In line with meeting customer’s needs the ultimate goal of every business is to gain profit. That’s why they make use of different marketing strategies to meet not only the need of the customer but as well as the goal of the company. We know for a fact that marketing strategies comprises everything from developing a product, to introducing it to the market, to selling and improving it as the need of the target market changes.
Fast food companies have demolished competition throughout the last 30 years in the restaurant industry. The practices used to eliminate competition such as using unhealthy food to make a profit have been reported unethical by Americans, but it tends to be desired by the American society. According to the American Franchise Corporation, certified by TrustArc, fast food companies generate $570 billion annually in the United States ("Fast Food Industry Analysis"). These statistics continue to rise as more and more fast food companies become ubiquitous. As a result, fast food companies get richer, while people contract life-altering health effects.
The demographic, physiographic and geographic characteristics help the company identify and target the potential markets and identify the desires of every category of a product to meet the customer’s wants. The company’s principal strategy is based on brand positioning and differentiation which helps it to understand each market’s value proposition. This helps in product differentiation in the competitive market to attract many new customers and keep
Checkers – Redesigned fast food flavours Fast food or food on the go is one of the fastest growing industries. A conventional fast food restaurant will have a walk up counter and/or drive-thru window to place order and pick up food without long wait. They are popular because they serve filling foods that taste good and cost less. For years such diners dominated the casual restaurants or eat ins. The launch of Checkers was a step above these restaurants.