SWOT ANALYSIS STRENGTHS 1. Popularity – Burger King has a popular brand identity, which has been enhanced by the placement of the company and its products through varied advertising programs. Its jingles, slogans, tie-ups with popular brands, and innovative advertising campaigns helped in maintaining a positive perception among customers. An example of successful advertising is a 10-movie promotional tie-up with Disney in 1990s, including films such as Aladdin (1992), Beauty and the Beast (1991), The Lion King (1994), and Toy Story (1995). [1] 2. Brand loyalty – Burger King enjoys a very good brand loyalty among its consumers due to which it is able to retain customers even during adverse circumstances. To test its brand loyalty, burger …show more content…
Food Inflation - Food costs are increasing at a higher rate than standard inflation, which has resulted in more and more people cutting down on fast foods. PORTER’S FIVE FORCES I. BARGAINING POWER OF SUPPLIERS 1. Cost - Supplier switching costs are low since raw materials for burgers are cheap. This means Burger King can easily switch suppliers, giving any one supplier less bargaining power. 2. Substitute inputs – The critical production inputs used by Burger King to make its products have many substitutes. So, it can buy the ingredients from multiple sources. 3. Supplier concentration - Production inputs are very common, and there are many suppliers who supply similar raw materials. So, there are a large number of suppliers from whom BK can buy raw materials. All of the above factors imply that the suppliers to Burger King have very LOW bargaining power. II. BARGAINING POWER OF CUSTOMERS 1. Product differentiation - When customers cherish a particular product, they do not mind paying more for it. They also do not easily change their preferences. So, high customer loyalty results in low bargaining power of customers. 2. Numbers of buyers - A large number of customers have food from Burger King. This limits the bargaining power of a single customer by a great
SWOT analysis is a process used to identify a company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats and was applied to evaluate Graeter’s (Pride, Hughes and Kapoor 2015 p. 163). Firstly, the business uses a unique technique to manufacture its product known as the French Pot method that results in a distinctly richer and creamier textured ice cream. Secondly, Graeter’s pride themselves on product quality and maintain very high standards throughout the business. Thirdly, while maintaining the business’s core principles, the owners explore new and innovative ideas to stimulate growth and production. Further, to support the business’s growth, the owners have sourced the assistance of consultants to develop and improve strategies, goals and
Costco SWOT analysis Strength • Diverse inventory: Costco provides vast variety of products under one roof which includes groceries, appliances, health, housewares, furniture, office supplies and even jewelry. All at low price as compared to other wholesale companies (Costco Wholesale Corporation. 1998). There accomplishment can be seen by their financial analysis from 2013 to 2015, which increased year by year. One factor may be that Costco have all different types of merchandise at one place and people don’t have to go to other shops looking up for desired items hence, have higher revenue (Costco Wholesale Corp. 2015). Work cited: 1.
SWOT Analysis Strengths: •Many different departments in store, such as, deli, hot foods, produce, meat, dairy and natural
Coles Bunnings Coles Supermarket 741 Warehouses 194 Liquor Store 785 Small stores 59 Hotels 93 Trading Centers 36 Convenience stores 620 Team members 31, 370 Employees 102,520 Industrial and Safety Office Supplies Blackwoods 71 Officeworks 135 Protector Alsafe 44 Harris Technology Business 4 Bullivants 24 Fulfillment Centers 4 Total Fasteners 17 Service Centers 3 Coregas 121 Print Hub 1 Blackwoods Paykels (NZ) 27 Employees 5737 Packaging House (NZ) 11 Safety Source 1 Target Stores Team Members 3455 Target stores (In 119 countries) 291 Employees 24,093 Insurance Lumley Australia 14 Chemicals, Energy and Fertilzers Lumley New Zealand 11 CSBP 16 WFI 85 CSBP Chemicals 6 OAMPS 31 AGR (75%) 3 Crombie Lockwood 27
In today’s market, Walmart and Target are two of the top competing companies within the market system. According to Loudenback and Lee (2015) research on Walmart and Target stated, “We just released a list of the 50 most powerful companies in America, and Walmart came out on top as the most powerful company in the nation with Target a close second”. Walmart was founded 60 years after Target was founded. The two companies have found different ways and techniques to stay a top of their competitors. Within my SWOT analysis, I plan on pointing out each company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
Company Analysis: Hooters The company name Hooters is a name that has a double meaning referring to both the logo of the company which is a bird-owl known for its hooting habits and a phrase used to refer to the human breasts. The restaurant bears the name Hooters since majority of its staff members are waitresses. The waitresses comprises of young women commonly referred as the ‘Hooter girls’ for their attractiveness and outfits. The girls’ outfits and attractiveness form a key component of the company’s image since the founders of the Hooters restaurant came up with the business idea from what they observed as greatly wanted and required by most gentlemen; beer, great food and attractive women (Brizek 2-3).
Whole Foods Market uses a broad differentiation generic strategy (based on Porter’s model). It was demonstrated more clearly by production line strategy, growth strategy, merchandising strategy and store location strategy 1) [GROWTH STRATEGY]The Whole Foods Market’s growth strategy was to expand via a combination of opening new stores and acquiring small owner-managed chains located in desirable markets. It led to an easier way to access wider market segments which is the objective of company’s broad differentiation strategy. a) Entered Atlanta Market and Great Britain by acquiring Harry’s Market and purchasing Fresh and Wild b) 2007: Whole Foods was proved to be largely successful after purchasing struggling Wild Oats Markets – its biggest competitor in natural and organic food .This acquisition gave Whole Foods entry to 5 new states and 14 new metropolitan markets c) Renovated and rebranded Wild Oats’ stores as WF stores i) Sold 35 Henry’s and Sun Harvest stores which had been previously acquired by Wild Oats gain from sales and reduced net purchase price for Wild Oats market.
Besides, bargaining power of consumers are high as there are availability of substitutes. If consumers are unsatisfied, they tend to switch to other brands as switching costs are
Their prices on petroleum allow them to be a substantial substitute in the industry because of the low switching costs. Consumers are also able to go to other quick service restaurants that either stand alone or operate in another convenient store. Bargaining Power of Suppliers The bargaining power of suppliers is high because the industry is heavily controlled and the products that are needed are imperative to the company’s operations.
TRADER JOE’S – INDUVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT 1 Part 1 – Introduction What Joe Coulombe did was opening an ordinary supermarket into the industry but the strategies he took were separating the Trader Joe’s from its rivals. What he did was to offer products targeting sophisticated costumers who were searching for good bargains. The offerings of Trader Joe’s were so unique which are not found at rival shelfs. Another crucial decision he made was to take advantage of recent environmental movements such as the rising trend of costumers searching organic foods. The company also decided on selling private labelled products with lower prices than other brands of the same product.
Communities Wal-Mart is popular among most individuals for working hand in hand with the community in the attempt of providing them with quality goods and services as well as improving their living standards. Statistics shows that the enterprise works with more than 10000 neighborhoods around the world to improve the quality of life of these community members through building local strengths and addressing local issues. Some of the programs that the company undertakes at the community level include: a) Empowering facility managers and Wal-Mart associates to directly sponsor local nonprofit and institutions in need b) Encourage investment in local causes c) Create, develop and engaging Wal-Mart customers in local charitable activities
A SWOT analysis is a tool used by organisations to identify its internal strengths and weaknesses, but also the external opportunities and threats. Therefore, this allows the organisation to assess what can be used to aid in achieving their objectives, i.e., strengths and opportunities, as well as aspects that can be improved on or potential problems that can be faced, i.e., weaknesses and threats, as they pursue on achieving business objectives and/or decision making. Explained S.W.O.T. Analysis: a) Strengths Caterpillar Inc. holds a very strong brand image worldwide that directly associates it with high quality products that they provide. In 2014, Caterpillar ranked as the number one brand in heavy equipment followed by a strong competitor,
The Casa Cafe, a restaurant inside the Casablanca Casino share some key similarities with the River Cafe, a restaurant inside the Virgin River Casino. First, they share an equivalent atmosphere and the level of cleanliness between the two are the same. For example, both restaurants do a good job at keeping the tables clean and presentable. Also the Casa Cafe and the River Cafe have a fresh scent; evidently, that helps them present a cleanliness to their customers.
In any business, it is imperative that the business be its own worst critic. A SWOT analysis forces an objective analysis of a Companies position via its competitors and the marketplace. Simultaneously, an effective SWOT analysis will help determine in which areas a company is succeeding, allowing it to allocate resources in such a way as to maintain any dominant positions it may have. SWOT Analysis is a very effective way of identifying your Strengths and Weaknesses, and of examining the Opportunities and Threats you face. Carrying out an analysis using the SWOT framework will help you to focus your activities into areas where you are strong, and where the greatest opportunities lie.
Unilever have large suppliers which provide them with the basics of their products. Population of the suppliers have a normal effect on Unilever, they have large number of suppliers they can switch to any other they want depending upon their terms and conditions of desired products. Same as with the overall supply, suppliers for the raw materials of the same product are same for all other companies, if the supplier made some changes it will have a little effect on the Unilever. Thus, from the analysis we can say that bargaining power of suppliers in the Unilever firm is