1Top of Form Visit Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream website. After studying the information contained within this website, assess Ben & Jerry's record on meeting social responsibility goals? How does this company meet its discretionary responsibilities? Give examples of social responsibility actions taken by Ben & Jerry's, and outline them in a brief synopsis. Do you think that more businesses should adopt their strategy? Why, or why not? Please include the name of the person or question
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1.1 Introduction-Company "The best ice cream in the world" started out as the vision of Mr. Reuben Mattus and continued throughout his life. He began in 1921, selling ice cream in the streets of New York. Soon, he dreamed of creating nothing but the finest ice cream using only the finest and purest ingredients. In 1961, Mr. Mattus decided to form a new company dedicated to producing his new super-premium ice cream. He called this new brand “Häagen-Dazs” – a name that conveys an aura of old world
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acquired the ownership rights to Marble Slab Creamery franchise located in Ontario, Canada” (Zatsman & Grasby, 2009, p. 1). “NexCen Brands Inc. owned the Marble Slab but played small role in the daily operations of their locations” (p. 2). In an ice cream industry, any changes in regulatory for foods such as diary could force changes in this type of business. But since “assistance is given in terms of financing, real estate and marketing, and because the store is backed up by a large well-established
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MATTU ASYA PETINOVA Ice-Fili (АЙС-ФИЛИ) You cannot defeat a nation that enjoys ice cream at minus 40 Celsius. — Winston Churchill To survive in Russia’s ice cream industry during the 11 years since the collapse of the former Soviet Union was no small feat (see Exhibits 1 and 2). To be successful in these turbulent times was nothing short of amazing to industry observers. In 2002, Ice-Fili, a midsized Russian company with more than $25 million in sales, was Russia’s top ice cream producer. Surprisingly
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indulgent ice cream which target market is women in the age of 30-45 years old. This segment of Australian population is 2.35 million people, what is meant is that this is still a potential market for Nestlé Australia Ltd to gain more market share. In addition, the percentage of growth of impulse ice cream increased by 14.4% over a period of 5 years from 2003 to 2008 and is expected to go up to 15.1% in 2011. This proportion will contribute to an incline of 1.5% of total volume growth of ice cream market
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Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts Industry The global retail ice cream industry revenue is estimated to reach $74 billion by 2018. Favorable demographic factors, rising consumer disposable income, and consumer's awareness toward frozen dessert mainly drive the demand. The retail ice cream industry includes retail sales of classic ice creams and frozen novelties. Classic ice cream includes special ice cream such as low-fat and non-fat, take home, and bulk ice creams. Frozen novelties include flavored
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Southern California already experienced one frozen yogurt boom-and-bust cycle in the 1980s and '90s. With consumers seeking healthy alternatives for frozen dessert, frozen yogurt sales grew 12 percent in 2007 alone1. According to the U.S. Market for Ice Cream and Related Frozen Desserts, the U.S. market for frozen desserts is set to grow by more than $4 billion by 2012, with frozen yogurts attaining the 2 strongest growth. This represents an 18 percent increase over the next five years, from the
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......................................................................................... 3 4.1 Market and Brand of Choice.................................................................................................................... 3 4.2 Ice Cream Market Issues ......................................................................................................................... 3 4.3 Important Issues about the Brand ......................................................................
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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS STUDIES aCADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013 ABDM3313 ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS TITLE: Food & Beverages Industry (I-Cream) Programme : DBU2 Tutors name : Mr. Lai Mun Keong Submission date: 7th March 2013 NAME STUDENT ID 1) Tong Wai Teng 11WBD06837 2) Chong Hui Myn 11WBD02755 3) Siow Wern Chie 11WBD05161 4) Say Kui Xiang 11WBD04783 Table of Content
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Company Description Ben & Jerry's is an American ice cream company owned by Unilever that manufactures ice cream, frozen yogurt, sorbet and ice cream novelty products. Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc. was founded in 1978 and is currently based in South Burlington, Vermont. From the company’s inception more than thirty years ago, their plan was to provide quality ice cream while also creating a company that was socially conscious about the world and its environment. Ben and Jerry’s currently
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