Pricing is the value for which a consumer pays in order to acquire goods and services. Pricing is one of the main elements in the marketing mix, also the only element which generates revenue while all other elements represent expenses. Pricing is the main thing a company should take into consideration. Because of pricing, a company can develop, earn good profit & expand business. A company should consider certain sets of values before setting a price in order to make customers perceive the value of the product or service they are purchasing positively.
• Value-based pricing
• Good-value pricing
• Value-added pricing
In Value-based pricing, company takes buyers consideration more important than sellers.
In Good-value pricing, the company emphasizes
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He also added that existing meals are re-designed and flavored to a different taste to serve a wide variety of customers with keeping the price constant or even sometimes at a lower price. But he had a negative comment on this strategy as he said charging very low price may induce the customers to perceive that we are offering the product at a low price maybe due to its deteriorated quality. On the other hand, if we charge a higher price the customers may shift or switch to competitors Fast Food Company like McDonalds or Shake …show more content…
KFC mainly uses their new meals during the commercial break. KFC sometime uses voucher attached with newspaper or they sometime use coupon in money exchange to get discounted meals. In Radio, KFC normally advertise by reminding their customer about their products or meals.
Sales Promotion
KFC provides free meal to gain customers by cutting voucher and presenting in any KFC outlet. By sales promotion, KFC promotes its meals & offers. Also sometime KFC gives free meals after customers fill survey online or hardcopy for social awareness. KFC provides special offers in Ramadan by offering iftar meal to its muslim customer by charging only 15dhs.
Public Relation
For more than 5 years, KFC has continuously on-going program specially for kids which is Chicky Hour on every Saturday morning on one of TV channel. This program sponsor some cartoon to entertain kids. By this, KFC targets large group of children’s market and gain more customers as in the form of children. In addition, KFC has sets a box of charity in the entry of each outlet for helping orphan people. This means KFC can gain more public attention because at the time they target profit, they also take social responsibilities into consideration. Moreover, KFC also appoints staffs who are physically challenged to help them to get confidence and develop in their
In the podcast “Chuck E. Cheese’s: Where a Kid Can Learn Price Theory”, Stephen J. Dubner discusses the current violent outbreaks, along with some possible theories. One of his listeners, Nathan Corroy, a financial adviser in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, mentions that a contributing factor may be the pricing strategy. Right now, all the arcade games at Chuck E. Cheese’s cost one token to play, even though some games last longer than others. Thus, Dubner asks an important question “How does the price of a good or a service effect consumer behavior?” (Dubner).
This charity was founded to benefit people with critical needs. The Charity has three different ways to help families. They are the Ronald McDonald
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.
The reason for choosing this outlet is they are committed to customer satisfaction through offering high quality food with exceptional service and good value. They take great pride in serving each other, their customers and their communities. They seek continuous improvement in all that they do. They value a sense of urgency and emphasize an innovative, entrepreneurial approach to business. They expect fairness and mutual respect in all our activities.
In "Hype", written by Kalle Lasn argues about advertisements nowadays are unconsciously part of our daily life. Everyday we see different types of ad such as display ads, radio commercials, and TV commercials. According to the author 's, so many commercials are mental polluting. There is no place to hide from advertisements are found everywhere such as buses, billboards, stadium, gas station, countryside, etc. I agree with the author point of view.
As they collect huge amounts of profits through the food they make for their customers, their popularity increases. In terms of money, they tend to get competitive with each other; thus, they try to upgrade their food to a more healthy direction to attract more customers,
In the review of the corporate level strategy, we can see many different competitive advantages branching from their use of corporate diversification and vertical integration. Going deeper into those strategies the three elements that allow for a competitive advantage for The Kroger Co. include operating into different markets, having a successful customer reward program, and by having many different locations nationwide under many different brand names. The VRIO analysis found that all three of these give Kroger’s a sustainable competitive advantage by being valuable, rare, costly to imitate and having the right organization structure business wide. In the review of the business level strategy, there were just as many different competitive
The Similarities and Differences of McDonald’s and Wendy’s Corporate America has taken a stranglehold on American nutrition and eating habits. McDonald’s food has dominance over the market with its cost effectiveness and availability. In contrast, Wendy’s has superior products with higher prices. While these fast-food giants have a massive place in America, they have their similarities and differences. Wendy’s and McDonald’s demonstrate these traits in cost, diversity, and quality.
Introduction The restaurant industry in the United States had annual sales of $ 631.8 billion and employs 12.9 million people in 2012. Even in times of recession there is little evidence that this industry has seen a decline especially in its fast food and quick service segment. But with a depressed economy with no immediate upward trend in the near future, majority of the customers indicated that they would either curtail their spending on eating or best maintain its current level which is certainly going to affect the future of many restaurants in the industry. Chipotle is part of the fast casual segment of the U.S industry with over 1,600 restaurants.
A combination of local media and local store marketing programs will be utilized at each location. Local store marketing is most effective, followed by printed ads. As soon as the physical existence of our franchise is recognized in the market, then broader media will follow. However, we believe that the best form of advertising is still “our service delivery and our unique products. "
Hollister offers wide range of consumer shopping goods related to the Clothing line. They offer different product with different versions to Dudes and bettys include graphic and “crew and tee shirts”, polo’s, Henley’s, cardigans, shirts, pullovers, outerwear, rinse or wash slim jeans, flip-flops, shoes, perfume and boxers. Product Attributes: High Quality, Unique comfortable designs inspired by the SoCal Theme and different styles and Colorful patterns. Product Packaging Hollister is well-known for its stylish shopping bags that use young attractive models on them.
4.4 Pricing Strategy For a number of reasons, price is one of the most important aspects of an effective marketing strategy (Gerstein & Friedman, 2015). First, price is the only marketing variable that generates revenue. Second, buyers see price as an attribute of value (Tanner & Raymond, n.d.). Consequently, an organization must carefully assess its internal and external environment to choose the most effective pricing objective, which—in turn—will drive a product’s initial pricing strategy.
This creates the perception by the consumer to be a value-added pricing of the products. The two price adjustment tactics of UNIQLO are detailed as follows: Psychological
This is the comparison of the benefits offered by a company's product to its customers relative to the price it asks customers to pay. To do this, companies can influence the value proposition in one of two ways mainly. This can be done through long term brand building. They can also offer a relatively low cost to enhance value. Ultimately, the key is that customers perceive that the product's merits exceedingly justify its price.
A consumer can buy dishes from the basic menu and go for add-ons which is optional pricing and there are combo offers which comprise a mix of items. KFC has variety of options in each category. For example, in Bucket, there are menus with 8pcs, 12pcs and also 12pcs variety bucket (Hot & Crispy Original Recipe and Chicken Strips). KFC come up with different pricing and bundling strategies for the new launch product which are Vege burger and Vege Wrap such as lunch treat, combo meal and family meal. The superworthy meal enable to attract middle and lower class people to increase overall sales