Cutco corporation is the largest manufacturer and marketer of kitchen cutlery and accessories in the United States and Canada (instructors manual, Pg. 22). This company utilizes a direct marketing channel to distribute their high quality goods to customers allowing for most direct route from manufacturer to client. One of the incredible attractions for customers is the “forever guarantee,” that is offered with the purchase of any Cutco Product. The corporate objective is simple, to design and
THE ORGANIZATION Metcash Limited is one of Australia’s leading wholesale distribution and marketing company and is listed among ASX top 100 companies (Metcash 2017). Its customers, suppliers and employees are the important stakeholders of the company. The company generates most of its income from the Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco product wholesaling in Australia industry. At present, it employs approximately 5800 employees. ‘Metcash operates in the industry under its IGA, Supa IGA; IGA X-press and
Cutting, chopping, slicing, dicing and cleaving - a mere glimpse into the everyday responsibilities of the kitchen knife. Around the world, in all continents there is the same universal use for a kitchen knife, and the preparation of food is unlikely to go away any time soon. The kitchen knife market is totally saturated, but that does not mean that this huge array of choice is a good thing. The likes of CostCo and Walmart in the US, and Tesco and ASDA in the UK produce or import kitchen knives