...Case study: Trung Nguyên coffee By Morgen Witzel The story. Coffee cultivation in Vietnam began under French colonial rule in the 19th century and soon became a staple industry. By the mid-1990s, the country had become one of the three biggest coffee producers in the world. Much of it, however, was low quality and sold at cut prices overseas. Vietnamese-American entrepreneur Dang Le Nguyen Vu believed high-quality Vietnamese gourmet coffees could be produced and sold profitably. So, in the mid-1990s, he launched Trung Nguyên, a coffee manufacturer and café chain. The challenge. Vietnam is an emerging market. In 1995, per capita income was only $250 (the 2010 figure was $1,200). This was one reason why Mr Vu chose to develop a luxury brand that would appeal to both domestic and export markets. To do so, he would have to persuade the home market that his expensive product offered value, and convince overseas customers that Vietnam could produce gourmet coffee. The home market. As the owner of a coffee-processing business, Mr Vu could improve the quality but there was no efficient distribution network. The answer was to set up a chain of coffee shops, modelled in part on Starbucks, that would also sell coffee beans for home consumption. The branding of Trung Nguyên was carefully planned. To counter competition from big multinationals, whether coffee shops or brands such as Nescafé, Mr Vu positioned it as part of a Vietnamese tradition. A Trung Nguyên museum tells the...
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...such a fast pace. Therefore, coffee has become one of the most favorite kinds of drinks. Many people drink coffee to be able to work or study more effectively. When they feel so tired, some employees or students will need a five or ten minutes break just to drink a cup of coffee. Moreover, someone even have drinking coffee as one of their hobbies. Therefore, in these days, it is quite easy for consumers to buy a cup of coffee at one coffee shop, a can of coffee from the vending machine, or just get some instant coffee sachets at the supermarket. When people think about coffee, they will think of some popular brands, such as, Nescafe, Starbucks, Gloria Jeans, etc. However, it is the fact that, according to the BBC News in 2012, Vietnam has just surpassed Brazil to be the world’s largest coffee exporter. (BBC , 2012). Furthermore, G7 Coffee– the major product from Trung Nguyen Group – the greatest coffee company in Vietnam – also has high quality like the coffee of those brands. And thus, there are some questions arising from this fact, “Why doesn’t the G7 Coffee from Vietnam become as famous as the coffee from those popular brands, in all over the world?”, “Can it be?” and “How can it?” Background Trung Nguyen Group was established in June 16th, 1996. At that time, it was just a small company in Buon Me Thuot, which is one of the three main highlands for growing coffee in Vietnam. Nowadays, according to Trung Nguyen’s home page, Trung Nguyen Coffee has been available in over 50...
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...Strength 1. Trung Nguyen has great raw material to produce coffee because Trung Nguyen has production plant located in the coffee capital of the Buon Ma Thuoc where soil and and weather are supportive of coffee growing. Besides, Viet Nam, which is the home of Trung Nguyen brand, is the largest coffee exporter in the world. This advantage helps Trung Nguyen not to depend very much on suppliers. This location is also convenient for transportation. 2. Trung Nguyen is an old brand in Viet Nam, they have got the fame spread out the nation. This is considered “home advantage” when Trung Nguyen understands culture and life style of Vietnamese people. The product quality meets customers’ need because Trung Nguyen provide unique Vietnamese coffee taste which matches the interest of Vietnamese people. Therefore they get advantage in gaining the trust and support of Vietnamese customers. 3. Trung Nguyen is a pioneer enterprise in the form of control and franchising in Viet Nam. Trung Nguyen has eight shop in foreign countries such as US, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, China, Cambodia, Poland and Ukraine. 4. Trung Nguyen has solid infrastructure. They has three factories producing coffee with modern technology in the world. Their headquarters and distribution activities are located in Ho Chi Minh city which is the big commercial center of Viet Nam and many stores is placed throughout the country. 5. Young and professional management team contributes greatly in Trung Nguyen’s advantages...
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...Trung Nguyen Coffee By TruongM | Studymode.com TABLE OF CONTENT Contents INTRODUCTION In quarter 1 (2012), instant coffe G7 leaded the share market (40%) and experts predicted Trung Nguyen will stay in the number one position in next few years. According to the NCTT statistic, in 2009, 49% customers picked Trung Nguyen for daily using. From 2009 – 2011, Trung Nguyen was the number one brand-name which the largest market shares (10million/17 million families) in which 65% coffee consumers agreed with the feedback: “I prefer buying Vietnamese brandname” In quarter 1 (2012), instant coffe G7 leaded the share market (40%) and experts predicted Trung Nguyen will stay in the number one position in next few years. According to the NCTT statistic, in 2009, 49% customers picked Trung Nguyen for daily using. From 2009 – 2011, Trung Nguyen was the number one brand-name which the largest market shares (10million/17 million families) in which 65% coffee consumers agreed with the feedback: “I prefer buying Vietnamese brandname”. Being one of the most famous brands in Viet Nam, Trung Nguyen has been being confirm its position not only in VietNam but also in the world. With the successes Trung Nguyen has achieved so far, now this brand name confidently can expands and competes with any other top brands. Today we are going to discuss Trung Nguyen Coffee “A Vietnamese brand, an International brand”. CHAPTER 1 THE MANAGERS’ MACRO ENVIRONMENT THE MANAGERS’ MACRO ENVIRONMENT I-/ The...
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...University of Economics ho chi minh city | TRUNG NGUYEN 2014 ANNUAL MARKETING PLAN | GROUP 2 | 12/18/2013 | | | Group 2: Le Hoai Tram – Pham Thanh Tu – Tran Thi Hong Van | Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 I. Introduction 4 II. Situational analysis 4 1. PEST 4 2. Company analysis 6 3. Market Potential and Sales Forecast 8 4. Customer analysis 9 5. Competitor analysis 12 III. Marketing objectives 16 IV. Marketing strategy 16 1. Product: Coffee G7 16 2. Service: Trung Nguyen Coffee Chain 18 V. Supporting Marketing Programs 19 VI. Financial Projection 20 VII. Monitors and Controls 21 1. Sales force efficiency 21 2. Advertising efficiency 21 3. Sales promotion efficiency 21 4. Distribution efficiency 21 VIII. Contingency Plan 21 IX. Marketing Plan Timeline 22 Appendices 23 Reference 33 Executive Summary This report aims to propose marketing activities for Trung Nguyen Coffee in the year of 2014. The marketing plan includes (1) situational analysis, (2) marketing objectives, and (3) marketing strategies. First, situational analysis reveals that Trung Nguyen coffee is in the top 3 leaders in the industry with a market share of 38%, chasing after are Nescafe and Vinacafe with 27% and 31% respectively. It also shows that although the government has supported the development of coffee industry, some market volatility has had negative effects on Trung Nguyen’s performance. In terms of competitors...
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...NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY BTEC HND IN BUSINESS (MANAGEMENT) Assignment Cover Sheet NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY BTEC HND IN BUSINESS (MANAGEMENT) Assignment Cover Sheet NAME OF STUDENT | Nguyễn Hùng Chiên | REGISTRATION NO. | 10120115 | UNIT TITLE | Business Environment | ASSIGNMENT TITLE | Individual Assignment | DURATION | | ASSIGNMENT NO | 1 of 2 | ASSESSOR NAME | Daniel Vanhoutte | SUBMISSION DEADLINE | Tuesday, 16 October 2012 | ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- I, __________________________ hereby confirm that this assignment is my own work and not copied or plagiarized from any source. I have referenced the sources from which information is obtained by me for this assignment. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ________________________________ _________________________ ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Signature Date ------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------...
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...QUESTION 1: Write a brief account of how different elements of the temporal and PEST environments interact to influence the situation described in the case. Change in organizations is a form of strategy in the business environment. In a global business environment today, the change in the organization is very important for businesses, as it will determine the competitiveness of the business with other competitors. To survive and develop a long way in the market, organizations need to have a change in their business environment in the best way. Conversely, the enterprises will face to losing business capabilities and their foothold in the market and it can be cause leading to bankruptcy. Nokia Corporation's case is a typical example. In this case, Nokia is facing to big challenges from their new competitors in the markets as well as in technology advance and the changing in their customers’ habits. Because of those changing, the Nokia Corporation is losing their foothold in the mobile market in the world as well as in home country (Finland). Moreover, there are still many factors that affect this group, not only internal elements but also external elements. Those factors required the organization changes. To aware more, we will base on the PEST environments, this tool is used to evaluate the environments value, it relies on Political, social, economic, technology environment. To understand how they influence to the Nokia Corporation, in this essay we will do an analysis on the...
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...Research topic: Factors impact on the development of franchising in Vietnam. I. Introduction: 1. Problem statement: Nowadays, franchising is very popular all over the world. In Vietnam, it is not a strange type of business. Observers note that Vietnam currently has major advantages for franchise development. First, the economy has been growing steadily at 7-8 percent in recent years. Second, a young population of 83 million people is seeing living standards rise as disposable income increases. Franchising begins in Vietnam in 2000 with Trung Nguyen coffee as a pioneer, then gradually becomes popular since 2003 until now. Viet Nam now has over 70 separate franchising operations, marketing both local and overseas brands. Some famous franchisors in Vietnam after Trung Nguyen Coffee are Pho 24, which has outlets in Singapore, China and Japan; Kinh Do Bakery, owned by the large bakery; and Bon Mua (Four Seasons) Food and Drink restaurants, owned by leading Vietnamese retailer Hapro. Franchising brings benefits for both franchisee and franchisor. For franchisors, it is a good opportunity to spread their brand name in Vietnam market and overseas markets, increase turnover, save management expenses, protect and broadcast their brand name. For franchisees, they can reduce risks in business because everything is established by franchisor, franchisees will be received training, development and impart management skills, how to decorate the system as per the franchisor’s...
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...business and change the way American drink coffee. However, he is just a fellow marketing director who has excess energy. This guy is Howard Schultz who starts his dream in slum in Brooklyn, New York. From a shabby coffee store called Il Giornale to a biggest coffee system in the world with named “Starbucks – a character in Moby-Dick novel” and take siren become their logo. In 2014, Starbucks has more than 20,000 stores on over the world and return 8.8 mil of USD in 2013. To reach this success, Howard Schultz had to go through a restless labor and he turned coffee into passion instead of simple drink. This make Starbucks become a number 1 brand. II. The story about a giant in coffee industry - Starbucks Source: Design Observer 3.1 Understanding a process – Create more profit Customers think it simple but Starbucks knew it’s the art of understand. All of us purchase every day but we just think that is very simple such as when we wake up for a new day and go to school, you hungry and want to buy something to eat, then you buy a bread for breakfast and that all. This is thinking of customers. However, as the marketers or as a company, they cannot think like this. There is a process called “The consumer purchase decision making process” which help the company or the marketers to understand more about their customers to have influence on decision of them to gain more profit. Having 5 steps through this process and in some cases, no need to apply all these steps...
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...or social problems. In Vietnam, nowadays, homosexuality is no longer a rare phenomenon. However, it is not easy to notice homosexual people in Vietnam since most of them are trying to hide their homosexual orientation for fear of being discriminated. Many Vietnamese people have believed that homosexuality is no less than a disease. In their opinion, those with sexual feelings towards people of the same sex are abnormal, weird and degenerate. Some people even consider homosexuality as a social evil. The following contents will deal with four main parts to clarify if all those things are true about homosexuality: homosexuality throughout Vietnamese history; homosexuality in Vietnamese laws, arts, scientific researches and studies; the coming out of homosexuals...
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...Table of Contents Task 1 5 Describe the main stage of the purchase decision-marking process 6 Identify customer's buyer behaviour and explain the factors may affact it ……………………………………………….7 Evaluate the relationship between brand loyalty, corporate image and repeat purchasing……………………….8 Task 2 13 Evaluate different type of market research techniques 14 Use source of primary/secondary data to achieve marketing research objectives 16 Assess the validity and reability of market research findings 17 Prepare a market research plan to obtain information in a given company 19 Task 3 22 Assess market size trends for a chosen target market 23 Plan and carry out a competitor analysis on a rival 24 Evaluate organization's opportunities and threats 27 Task 4 30 Evaluate various techniques of assessing you customers responses 31 Design and complete a customers satisfaction survey 32 Review the success of a completed survey 31 Appendix 34 References 36 Task 1 Task 1 (Outcome 1) a. Describe the main stages of the purchase decision-making process within your chosen company * Refreshing drink is the basic human’s demand. Therefore, it is understandable when people expect to have a comfort drink to satisfy thirst. In Vietnam, Pepsi and Coca Cola took large amount of market share in beverage industry, applying consumer buyer decision process will help them a part in purchasing battle. * As usual buying decision process will cover through 5 steps...
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...Strengths The first defined Vietnamese fast food chain in Vietnam Fast food culture was initially imported to Vietnam in 1994 with the birth of the first restaurant named Chicken Texas on Nguyen Trai Street, District 1, Saigon. Gradually, a queue of foreign fast food jumbos have landed onto Vietnam and dominated the market with the everyday-seen names like KFC, Lotteria, Jollibee…They have helped shape up fast food culture with western style in the country that has been globally emerging at an amazing speed . A critical question is then raised that why we do not have pure Vietnamese fast food mode for Vietnamese people. Later, some Vietnamese brand names were with great effort introduced like Pho 24, Kinh Do Bakery, Wrap and Roll… However, insiders do not consider these names typical fast food vein. Mr. Truong Han Lam, Marketing Director of Lotteria commented that Kinh Do Bakery business was not a fast food model. Mr. Ly Qui Trung –Founder of Pho 24- added that the existing Vietnamese names were following a quick service mode, not fast food form. Owner of Wrap and Roll, Ms Kim Oanh, admitted that hers was a restaurant form, not fast food (”KFC, Lotteria, Jollibee,” 2012). In order to answer the question if there are any real Vietnamese fast food models, a definition of fast food needs being made clear. According to Oxford dictionary, fast food is an “easily prepared processed food served in snack bars and restaurants as a quick meal or to be taken away”...
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...[pic] Coffee, Cooperation and Competition: A Comparative Study of Colombia and Vietnam Authors:[1] Adriana Roldán-Pérez Maria-Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez Pham Thu Huong Dao Ngoc Tien Research assistants (Colombia): Franz Xaver Riegler Stephanie Riegler Catalina Tabares Melissa Eusse Research assistant (Vietnam): Nguyen Thu Hang Table of contents List of figures 4 List of tables 4 Acronyms, abbreviations and definitions 6 Weights and measures 6 Abstract 7 1 Introduction 8 1.1 Research objectives 9 1.1.1 General objectives 9 1.1.2 Specific objectives 9 1.2 Research methodology 9 2 Literature review on the global value chain (GVC) of coffee 11 2.1 Theory of global value chains 11 2.1.1 Introduction to the value chain concept 11 2.1.2 Global commodity chains 12 2.1.3 Value chain analysis 13 2.1.3.1 Definition 13 2.1.3.2 Methodological aspects of value chain analysis 15 2.1.4 Governance 15 2.1.5 Barriers to entry and rent 16 2.1.6 Upgrading in value chains 16 2.2 Overview of the world coffee market 17 2.2.1 World coffee production 17 2.2.2 Production by type of coffee 18 2.2.3 Coffee producing countries 19 2.2.4 Stocks in producing countries 20 2.2.5 World coffee exports 21 2.2.6 World coffee consumption 24 2.2.7 The International Coffee Organisation and coffee prices 29 2.2.8 Mapping the global value chain of coffee 31 3 Analysis of Colombia and Vietnam’s participation in the coffee value chain 33 3.1 Vietnam’s...
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...to help teachers and learners have a clear understanding about the English and Vietnamese negative questions, the author also drawn out a survey questionnaire to find out the common mistakes made by Vietnamese students. And then the author has managed to suggest some ways to correct common those mistakes. Suggested exercises are also offered to help learners to practice and avoid committing mistakes. The thesis mainly focuses on the structures of four types of negative questions in English and Vietnamese, the negative words that are used in negative questions are also considered. However, the pragmatic and semantic features have been initially investigated; a deeper approach to the pragmatic and semantic feature is suggested for further study. Acknowledgements Writing a dissertation is not just a matter of getting the work done efficiently and with good input-output ratio, for me it has been much about finding my place in the matrix of different research traditions and people doing that research. I feel very...
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...of the Degree of BACHELOR OF ARTS in BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Student’s name: BÙI THỊ GIÁNG HƯƠNG Student’s ID: BAIU09043 Advisor: NGUYỄN VĂN PHƯƠNG, Ph.D Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 2014 CUSTOMER SWITCHING BEHAVIOR IN THE VIETNAM RETAIL BANKING INDUSTRY APPROVED BY: Advisor APPROVED BY: Committee _____________________________ ______________________________ Nguyễn Văn Phương, Ph.D. Nguyen Kim Thu, Dr., Chairman ______________________________Duong Thuy Tram Anh, MBA, Secretary ______________________________Le Phuong Thao, MBA, ______________________________ Hoanh Thanh Nhon, MBA, Thesis Committee ACKNOWLEDGMENTS During the time working on this thesis, there are plenty of difficulties that I have been through and plenty of experiences that I have learned. This thesis is finished with the valuable contributions of many people that I am very thankful to. First of all, I would like to express my deepest gratefulness to my advisor, Ph.D. Nguyen Van Phuong for his guidance, support and contribution during the whole process from the beginning of this task till the end. Especially in my first stage, his tutorials and recommendations helped me to get through the obstacles resulted from short of time and knowledge. Another thank you goes to my colleagues Nguyen Hoang Linh and Nguyen Van Toan for their support, experiences to me throughout the entire research process. Finally, I am profoundly grateful to my parents, my...
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