Case Study for Saxonville Sausage Company 1. What is the current situation? The primary situation in the Saxonville Sausage Company case was their need to increase the awareness, customer base, and sales with their Italian Sausage products. The flat sales they were experiencing in their breakfast sausage and bratwurst sales influenced the company to try and expand the market they were offering their Italian Sausage products to. The company was unsure of the way they were positioning their product
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Saxonville Sausage Case Study Analysis Saxonville Sausage is a private family owned company in Saxonville, Ohio, with 2005 revenues of approximately $1.5 billion. Their main focus is on pork sausage products that are always fresh. Saxonville’s main product is their bratwurst line, which makes up 70% of the company’s revenues, breakfast sausage that consists of 12% of their revenues and their small Italian sausage line which is called Vivio that only makes up 5%. Saxonville's sales in bratwursts
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Case Study for Saxonville Sausage Company 1. What is the current situation? The current situation in the Saxonville Sausage Company case was their need to increase the awareness, customer base, and sales with their Italian Sausage products. The flat sales they were experiencing in their breakfast sausage and bratwurst sales influenced the company to try and expand the market they were offering their Italian Sausage products to. The company was unsure of the way they were positioning their product
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Saxonville Sausage Case Study Analysis Group 6 Robert Graham Arnold Jon Hardwick Rebecca Godwin Landon White Grant Guidroz Chris Gremillion Jeigh Hymel Michael Floyd Donald Derham Isaac Woo Christian Frierson Michael Gvoich Corey Roblin Dr. Roger Hinson Louisiana State University March 14, 2011 Table of Contents Subject Page Number * ------------------------------------------------- Background Information 3 * -------------------------------------------------
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Saxonville Sausage Company On a sunny March day in 2006, Ann Banks, new product marketing director at Saxonville Sausage Company, stood waiting outside the executive conference room. The owner, president, chief financial officer, and three functional vice presidents—including her manager, Vice President of Marketing Steve Sears—would soon hear her plan for launching a national Italian sausage brand that Saxonville needed to bring to market in order to achieve its profit objectives for the next
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school of economics | September 23 2013 | Yonathan Mulugeta Woldearegay | Saxonville sausage co. Case study | Overview What is the current situation? Saxonville Sausage company is currently loosing it market share on its various leading product lines produced except for one Italian sausage brand namely Vivio. However Vivio represents 5% of the company's total revenues. A new marketing director, in the company is currently in the process of undergoing a research to identify opportunities
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Case Study 1 1. What is the current situation faced by the company? In order to find out the current situation of Saxonville, I conducted a SWOT analysis: StrengthsHas a national distribution network.Is already recognized as a national brand.They offer a variety of quality products. | WeaknessesSelling Italian sausage from a German company.There is no product differentiation.No positioning in the market.Vivio is not a popular Italian name. | OpportunitiesNo national Italian sausage brand
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Case Overview/Selection/Assignments BrandScape Dates and Assignments Because of the tight seven-week scheduling of this course, we need to arrange for teams and team assignments for both the BrandScape and Case Assignments right away. To facilitate this process, the assignments and dates are outlined here. Please, as soon as is possible, sign up for the BrandScape date as well as the case of your choice. Please indicate your team by name, names of all team members, and your preferences with
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