...A brief story about Refrigerators One night you opened the door to the refrigerator extremely carefully, making sure it didn't squeak. You thought it probably wouldn't squeak, so you swung it open, making a loud high pitched noise escape from the hinges. You tensed up a bit, waiting for someone to kick in the doors and scold you. When nothing happened, you quickly started grabbing food. When your arms ran out of space, you start shoving some into your mouth. Then you wonder how easy it is to have all your favorite food in front you. The concept of refrigeration is not a new one. Refrigeration by means of natural ice has been employed for thousands of years. Ice cellars were used in China as early as 1000 b. c. (Grolier 331-334). In warm seasons the ice was shipped to markets in the south. Not only did people quarry the ice, but they also had to deliver it homes to put inside an ice box, thus resulting in the neighborhood iceman who brought the ice. A refrigerator is an essential item in almost every household today. As more are marketed, there is a demand for better quality, better efficiency, and more modern refrigeration. They are used not only to store leftovers, but also pre-cooked meals as well. Human culture has evolved greatly around refrigerators. Stress can develop in a house hold when there is a family to feed, however with refrigeration only a simple planning is needed. By purchasing ready to eat food a parent can simply heat or serve ready to eat meals. This...
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...The Taiwanese Market for Organic Food & Drink © Organic Trade Association 2006 This report is the intellectual property of OTA and for the use of US companies only. No part of this report may be reproduced or used in other commercial publications without written consent from the OTA. For information regarding permission, write to: Organic Trade Association PO Box 547, Greenfield MA 01302 www.ota.com Table of Contents I. Introduction 3 II. Market Overview & Summary 5 III. Industry Analysis 6 Industry Development Organic Farmland 6 7 IV. Market Analysis 8 Market Forecasts Market Drivers Market Restraints Product Categories 8 10 12 14 V. Sales Analysis 16 Distribution Structure Sales Channels 16 17 VI. Competitive Profiles 20 Producer Analysis Importer Analysis 20 22 VII. Pricing Analysis 24 IX. Business Recommendations 26 X. References 28 XI. List of Key Companies 29 © Organic Trade Association 2006 Organic Monitor (www.organicmonitor.com) 1 2 Organic Monitor (www.organicmonitor.com) © Organic Trade Association 2006 I. Introduction This report analyzes the Taiwanese market for organic food & drink. The report has been prepared by a combination of primary and secondary research. About 90 percent of the data was derived from primary research, which was in the form of trade interviews with leading producers, wholesalers, importers and retailers of organic products. Interviews...
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...VIETNAM: FOOD PROCESSING In the past 15 years Vietnam was grown from a net importer of food to a substantial exporter. It is the world's second most important exporter of rice, and the world's largest coffee exporter and producer of cashew nuts. Tea, peppers, nuts and spices have become important exports. Rice and coffee account for about half of agricultural export revenues. Soybeans, cashews, sugar cane, peanuts, bananas, poultry, fish and seafood are growing. Vietnam's agricultural exports are vulnerable to international price fluctuations because these exports are largely commodity based. Vietnam's agricultural fishing and forestry industries together produce over US$3 billion of goods annually. Roughly 55% of Vietnam's workforce is employed in agriculture. Commensurate with economic development, the sector had gone from a 25% share of GDP to less than 20% in 2008. Farm products accounted for 22% of the country's income in 2008, down sharply from 50% in 2005. Finally 17% of all of its exports are related to the agricultural, fisheries or food processing industries, down from 55% in 2006. Despite the trend, agriculture will continue to be very important as it raises the productivity of the 70% of Vietnam's population that lives in rural areas. Traditionally, Vietnam has protected agricultural market with regulations and high tariffs. Vietnam's WTO accession reduced tariffs and led to sharp increases in imports ($7.3 billion in agricultural goods by 2008). Key agricultural...
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...ORGANIC FOOD IN GROCERY SHOP Final Report On Organic Food in Grocery Shop Course name: Business Communication Course code: MBA 310 Sec-02 Submitted To: Nafees Ahmed Imtiazuddin Senior Lecturer University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) Submitted By: Date of Submission: 22/12/2014 Letter of Transmittal 22 December, 2014 Nafees Ahmed Imtiazuddin Senior Lecturer University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh Subject: Submission of final report on “Organic Food in Grocery Shop.” Dear Sir, Here is the final report on “Organic Food in Grocery Shop” that you asked us to prepare as a part of our study (course MBA 310) The preparation of the final report was a real exciting one and I enjoyed every moment of it. I tried to follow the instruction you have given and fulfil all the requirements necessary. I have tried my best to gather all necessary information relevant to the areas of my chosen project. There may be some mistakes or lack of relevant information. But I hope that this report will provide the necessary information on the chosen topics. If there is any mistake or lack of information in this report, I hope you will consider that and inform me about the mistake. If you should need any assistance in interpretation this report, please call on me. I will be grateful to you if you help me overcome the lacking and to know more about this final report. Sincerely, …………………………………………………… Name: ID: ULAB Acknowledgement At first we desire to express our deepest sense of...
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...Strayer University Course: Bus 599 Prof: Elile Awa 01/20/2012 Title: Whole Foods Market Assignment 2 John-Miguel Onkony Discuss the trends in retailing of organic foods and the impact of these trends on Whole Foods Market? Fresh produce was the most popular organic product on the market and biggest its sellers were lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, carrots, and apples. Meat, dairy, bread, and snack foods were among the increasing popular organic product categories too. The Supermarket chains like Wal-Mart and Safeway had created nonperishable organic and health food sections in most of their stores. Whole Foods struggled to find organic beef and chicken suppliers large enough to supply its entire store and several factors transformed organic foods retailing into the top-growing segment of U.S. food sales. First of all, the people were becoming better educated about foods, nutrition, and the eating became a healthy habits. Second, there was an increasing number of consumer concerns about the purity and safety of food due to the presence of pesticides, growth hormones, artificial ingredients, chemicals, and genetically engineered ingredients. Third, there was a health consciousness trend among people of various ethnic groups, and a belief that organic farming had positive environmental effects. The higher the price...
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...FOOD PROCESSING IN INDIA Corporate Catalyst India A report on Indian Food Processing Industry 1. INDUSTRY OVERVIEW India is the world’s second largest producer of food next to China, and has the potential of being the biggest with the food and agricultural sector. The food processing industry is one of the largest industries in India-it is ranked fifth in terms of production, consumption, export and expected growth. The food industry is on a high as Indians continue to have a feast. Fuelled by what can be termed as a perfect ingredient for any industry - large disposable incomes - the food sector has been witnessing a marked change in consumption patterns, especially in terms of food. Increasing incomes are always accompanied by a change in the food basket. The proportionate expenditure on cereals, pulses, edible oil, sugar, salt and spices declines as households climb the expenditure classes in urban India while the opposite happens in the case of milk and milk products, meat, egg and fish, fruits and beverages. For instance, the proportionate expenditure on staples (cereals, grams, pulses) declined from 45 per cent to 44 per cent in rural India while the figure settled at 32 per cent of the total expenditure on food in urban India. A large part of this shift in consumption is driven by the processed food market, which accounts for 32 per cent of the total food market. It accounts for US$ 29.4 billion, in a total estimated market of US$ 91.66 billion. The Confederation of...
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...country’s GDP, with an estimated 42 billion litres of milk produced per annum. The total revenue from these dairy products is estimated as US$ 26 billion per annum. As per the Economic Survey of Pakistan 2009, Pakistan has a herd size of around 63 million animals, which is the 3rd largest in the world. About 35 million people are involved in dairy farming, deriving more than 40% of their total income from livestock. For these farmers, dairy animals provide milk for domestic consumption as well as meagre income through the sale of milk. In rural Pakistani culture livestock is a storer of wealth. It is viewed as important social capital and offers insurance to the owner in times of financial distress. Pakistan lacks the essential infrastructure that is needed for safe storage and transportation of farm produce. According to the Livestock and Dairy Development Board, 20 percent of the current milk production is lost due to poor infrastructure. Poor research facilities, technological backwardness and lack of processing facilities have resulted in generating fewer jobs and adding virtually no value to its agriculture produce. Of all the milk produced in the country, only 3 percent is processed. Rest of it is consumed as fresh milk which is not treated and is mostly supplied by gawala’s. These Gawala’s account for around 80-85% of total milk supply in the country. Due to this informal sector most of the milk in Pakistan is of low quality and is untreated. The handling of milk is miserable...
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...Management Research Project 2011 Marketing Plan For FSK FOODS Prepared For: FSK Foods & Faculty of Life Sciences Business Management (FLSBM) University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore (UVAS) Prepared By: Muhammad ShoaibManzoor(Group Leader) M Shahjhan Taseer M Wasim Ahmad Naila Rahat Momina Jameel MBA (Morning) Semester VI Department of Economics and Business Management UVAS Lahore 2009-2011 We would like to Dedicate This effort to our Respectable PARENTS And Lecturers ACKNOWLEDGEMENT All the praise to Almighty Allah, Ruler of the Day of Judgment, Creator of beautiful world. He Who created everything from nothing. He Whose praise has no bounds. Secondly, praise worthy is the Hazrat Muhammad (S.A.W.W). My whole life will be sacrificed upon him, who remains a torch of knowledge in darkness for tiding over the difficulties. We are very thankful to the following personalities for their kind guidance and help in completing this project: * MrAttique-ur-Rehman (Supervisor): who provided us right & in time directions, helped us on each step in this project. * Mr.M Bilal Malik (Client): who provided us his kind guidance and required resources to fulfill this project. * We would like to thank the people in market who provided us required information. We would like to thank all people who helped us in this project, especially our Parents, Class Fellows and whole Faculty, whom unlimited efforts are there...
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...techniques used for reducing spoilage, retain the quality of the product, guarantees a cost efficient delivery and maintaining ideal storage conditions for perishables products from the point of origin to the point of consumption in the food supply chain. Background Cold Chain Logistics is the logistics system that provides ideal condition to the temperature sensitive perishable goods from the point of origin to the point of consumption through thermal and refrigerated packaging methods and the logistical planning to protect the integrity of these shipments. The Cold Chain logistics infrastructure generally consists of: Pre-cooling facilities, Cold storage, Refrigerated Carriers, Packaging, Warehousing, Information Management System, Traceability and Financial & Insurance Institution. A Cold Chain is a temperature controlled supply chain which begins at pre-cooling stage prior to shipping. It involves a temperature and moisture controlled transportation and storage of refrigerated goods and frozen goods. With the growing demand of the fast food, ready meal and frozen products, Logistics organization are seeking for better cold chain solutions. Organizations are using several food temperature levels to suit the different food items. Frozen, cold chilled, medium chilled, exotic chilled are some of the frequently used nomenclature with specified product range, depending on the products, weather it is a meat, or banana, or potatoes, or ice-cream. The success of implementing...
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...Bakery House Business plan Business plan prepared by Chan Hwei Ling Bakery dessert house 19,Jalan bunga melati 16,taman Seraya 56100 Kuala Lumpur 014-9279310 Cecilia_hwei@hotmail.com Date prepared November 2010 Table of contents page 1.0 Executive summary 2.1 Business idea and unique selling point 3 2.2 Marketing plan 3 2.3 Market opportunity 3,4 2.4 Operation plan 4 2.5 Financial plan 4 2.0 Market Analysis 5, 6, 7 3.6 competitor 7 3.7 competitor analysis 7,8 3.8 product and service ...
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...countries are experiencing this increasing obesity epidemic, but there are distinctions in the factors in these two kinds of areas. In comparison, the reasons in developed regions are more common problems and are more familiar to people living in urban areas. Investigation into the causes for the increasing obesity epidemic in developed countries gives the public a deeper understanding of obesity causes and helps governments make policies to tackle obesity crisis. Causes of this increasing trend are grouped into three categories in this essay, which are unhealthy food, excessive food consumption and lack of physical exercise. Unhealthy food Unhealthy food, food with high energy but poor nutrition, takes a toll in rising obesity epidemic. The disorder of current food market structure is closely related to increasing obesity epidemic. Under the drive of considerable profits, food companies aim to the unhealthy and processed food market, and lay out enormous resources to produce it, giving a rise to obesity rate. In 2008, it is declared by the Federal...
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...CAN INDIA BE THE FOOD BASKET FOR THE WORLD? N.VISWANADHAM Indian School of Business Hyderabad-500032 n.viswanadham@gmail.com Abstract India can become the food supplier of the world. It has the cultivable land, all the seasons for production of all varieties of fruits and vegetables, an agribusiness system that works although it needs to be vastly improved. The single most important problem facing the Indian agricultural industry is the highly inefficient supply chain. Because of lack of cold chain infrastructure and also a food processing industry about 20 per cent of all foods produced in India (Rs. 500 b) are wasted. By building an efficient and effective supply chain using state of the art techniques it is possible to serve the population with value added food while simultaneously ensuring remunerative prices to the farmers. The surplus of cereals, fruits, vegetables, milk, fish, meat and poultry can be processed as value added food products and marketed aggressively both locally and internationally. Investments in cold chain infrastructure, applied research in post harvest technologies, installation of food processing plants in various sectors and development of food retailing sector are mandatory for achieving gains in this sector. Strategic growth plans for achieving both national and international competitiveness of the food industry are essential. 1. OUTLINE OF THE PAPER In this paper we identify emerging opportunities in the food and cold chain...
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...Genetically Modified Foods; Choosing Organic Choose the Best Christina Fucci COMM/215 August 18, 2014 Linda Boyer Abstract This composition is written to explain the harm in consuming biotech foods. Genetically modified food are a growing production to meet the needs of a vastly growing population in the United States. How the country in genetically modifying foods is discussed along with the advantages and disadvantages these types of foods provide for the consumer. As the author of this composition I want you, the reader, to understand you have a choice; organic (natural foods) or genetically modified foods, what will you consume? After reading this document, you will think twice before consuming food containing ingredients that are not familiar to you. Genetically Modified Foods; Choosing Organic Choose the Best Farmers are the main source of food production within the US, as the country’s population begins to grow; a concern arises. Will the farmers be able to produce enough food to feed all the mouths? According to Monsanto (producer of genetically modified seeds) and biotech food scientists’ the answer is no. As scientist research and move genes from one organism to another, they develop GMOs. The resulted product, GMO seed, are being introduced to farmers as a crop enhancer and pesticide to accommodate the rapidly growing countries need for a larger food supply. Modern genetic engineering is the ability to identify and splice genes from one kind of organism into...
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...distribution network, intense competition between the organized and unorganized segments and low operational cost. Availability of key raw materials, cheaper labor costs and presence across the entire value chain gives India a competitive advantage. The FMCG market is set to treble from US$ 11.6 billion in 2003 to US$ 33.4 billion in 2015. Penetration level as well as per capita consumption in most product categories like jams, toothpaste, skin care, hair wash etc. Burgeoning Indian population, particularly the middle class and the rural segments, presents an opportunity to makers of branded products to convert consumers to branded products. Growth is also likely to come from consumer 'upgrading' in the matured product categories. With 200 million people expected to shift to processed and packaged food by 2012, India needs around US$ 28 billion of investment in the food-processing industry....
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...“Study on the Penetration of „Amul kool milk‟ beverages product in the retail outlets of Cochin as well as the factors that Influence the Stocking Decision of these products” SUMMER PROJECT Submitted to RAJAGIRI SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT In partial fulfillment of the requirement of the award of the MASTERS DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (2007-2009) By RAHUL RAJ Register No. 5355 RAJAGIRI SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT RAJAIRI COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES RAJAGIRI VALLEY PO KOCHI - 682039 DECLARATION I hereby declare that the report titled “A Study of the Retail Penetration of Amul products in Cochin” is a bonafide record of the summer project done by me for Amul INDIA LTD, Cochin during the period April-May 2008 as part of my MBA program at Rajagiri School of Management, Kochi. This study has been undertaken in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of Master of Business Administration by Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala I also declare that this report has not been submitted in full or part thereof, to any university or institutions for the award of any degree or diploma. Place: Kochi Date: 09/06/2008 RAHUL RAJ Rajagiri School of Management 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT My gratification and elation on the success of this project would be incomplete without mentioning the names of all the people who helped me with it and without whose guidance and encouragement this wouldn‟t have been successful. Above all I thank My Family for his grace and blessings...
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