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Transcript of Project of Britannia
Marketing Management Project
Submitted by:
10609147 Faisal Shah
10609186 Yugasha Gupta
10609130 Abhishek Kumar
10609182 Uday Prasad
10609172 Shantanu Rana
10609148 Gaurav Bhatt
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
1. Company History
2. Industry Structure
3. Environment
4. Products
5. Price
6. Distribution Network
7. Promotion
8. Financial Analysis
9. Customer Survey Analysis
10 .Appendix
a. Sample Customer Questionnaire
b. Sample Dealer Questionnaire
c. Financial Statements
d. Bibliography
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
After going thick on the things, now time is to make a complete picture. While making a
product a SKU (stock keeping unit) of the shop retailers think about the GMROI (gross
margin return on investment) and they promote the brand which provides them highest. They
expect return in the form of profit margin, company schemes, window display and reference
of the shop. Among these, company schemes make the difference and are the highest
sources of motivation after profit margin. Retailing demands a constant push from the
company.
Marketer needs to use advertising and brand building strategies to address the discerning
buyers and retail push to in different buyers. The manufacturer should understand consumer
behavior because retailers can’t help quality and price. It is only up to manufacturers to
deliver what consumer wants. I need to stress on it because 58% retailers said that it is
demand why they sell Britannia. 61% agree that at retail shop it is brand popularity, which
determine the purchase of biscuit.
There is a greater need to understand the retailer behavior. Considering them as a team,
working for the company may help them to be attached to the company. There should be a
feeling of belonging to the company in inner of the retailers. This can be done by setting
values club for retailers so that they may exchange views with the company and help in
understanding consumer behavior.
C ONSUMER BUYING BEHAVIOR
Understanding the buying behavior of the target market is the essential task of marketing
management under marketing concept. The consumer market consists of all the individuals
and households who buy or acquire good and services for personal consumptions. The
buying behavior tries to find out the answers for the questions, who buys? How do they buy?
Where do they buy? Do they buy?
A. FACTORS INFLUENCING CONSUMER BUYING BEHAVIOR
There are four major factors that influence the buying behavior such as cultural factors,
social factors, personal factors, and psychological factors.
i. CULTURAL FACTORS: Culture is the most fundamental determinant of a person
wants and behavior. Values, perceptions, preferences, and behavior are the main
variable under culture of an individual. Each culture contains sub-culture like
nationality, religious group, geographical area, and linguistic divisions etc.
ii. SOCIAL FACTORS: A consumer behavior is also influenced by social factors such
as the consumer reference group family and social roles and status.
iii. PERSONAL FACTORS: A buyer decision is also influenced by his or personal
characteristics, notably the buyers age, lifestyle, occupation, economic
circumstances etc.
iv. PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS: a person buying choice is also influenced by four
major psychological factors such as motivation, perception, learning belief and
attitudes.
B. BUYING DECISION PROCESS
It includes buying roles, types of buying and steps in buying process.
I. BUYING ROLE
The buying role could be classified into four parts. These are initiator, influencer, decider and
buyer.
II. TYPES OF BUYING BEHAVIOR
Consumer decision taking varies with the type of buying decision. There are four types
buying behavior such as Complex buying behavior, Habitual buying behavior, Variety
seeking buying behavior.
III. STAGES IN BUYING DECISION PROCESS
Here are five stages in buying decision process namely problem recognition search,
evaluation of alternatives purchase decision and past purchase behavior.
NEED RECOGNITION
The buying process starts with the buyer’s recognition of a problem of need. The buyer
senses a difference between his actual state and desired state.
INFORMATION SEARCH
ii. There are different sources from where a consumer can gather information like
personal sources commercial sources, experimental sources.
EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVES
After gathering information about different products the customer will be in a fuss as to
choose which product among the mainly alternatives consumer usually evaluate the
alternatives on traditional basis, on the basis of utility function etc. from the many alternative
consumers at last choose the best one for him.
PURCHASE DECISION
A consumer who decides to execute purchase intention will be making up to five purchase
decisions.
POST PURCHASE BEHAVIOR
After purchasing the product and services the consumer will experience some level of
satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the product and services that will influence subsequent
behavior. If consumer is satisfied he may show the probability of buying the product the next
time, satisfied customer will say good thing about the product, proving the statement that
"satisfied customer is the best advertisement.” A dissatisfied customer may take some action
against it. They may try to reduce the dissonance by abandoning returning the product.
Understanding consumer needs and buying process is the foundation of any company. By
understanding how buyers go through problem recognition, information search evaluation of
alternatives, the purchase decision and post purchase behavior marketers can pick up many
clues as to how to meet buyers need.
COMPANY HISTORY:
1892 • The Genesis - Britannia established with an investment of Rs. 295 in Kolkata
1910 • Advent of electricity sees operations mechanised
1921 • Imported machinery introduced; Britannia becomes the first company East of the Suez to use gas ovens
1939 - 44 • Sales rise exponentially to Rs.16,27,202 in 1939
• During 1944 sales ramp up by more than eight times to reach Rs.1.36 crore
1975 • Britannia Biscuit Company takes over biscuit distribution from Parry's
1978 • Public issue - Indian shareholding crosses 60%
1979 • Re-christened Britannia Industries Ltd. (BIL)
1983 • Sales cross Rs.100 crore
1989 • The Executive Office relocated to Bangalore
1992 • BIL celebrates its Platinum Jubilee
1993 • Wadia Group acquires stake in ABIL, UK and becomes an equal partner with Groupe Danone in BIL
1994 • Volumes cross 1,00,000 tons of biscuits
1997 • Re-birth - new corporate identity 'Eat Healthy, Think Better' leads to new mission: 'Make every third Indian a Britannia consumer'
• BIL enters the dairy products market
1999 • "Britannia Khao World Cup Jao" - a major success! Profit up by 37%
2000 • Forbes Global Ranking - Britannia among Top 300 small companies
2001 • BIL ranked one of India's biggest brands
• No.1 food brand of the country
• Britannia Lagaan Match: India's most successful promotional activity of the year
• Maska Chaska: India's most successful FMCG launch
2002 • BIL launches joint venture with Fonterra, the world's second largest dairy company
• Britannia New Zealand Foods Pvt. Ltd. is born
• Rated as 'One amongst the Top 200 Small Companies of the World' by Forbes Global
• Economic Times ranks BIL India's 2nd Most Trusted Brand
• Pure Magic -Winner of the Worldstar, Asiastar and Indiastar award for packaging
2003 • 'Treat Duet'- most successful launch of the year
• Britannia Khao World Cup Jao rocks the consumer lives yet again
2004 • Britannia accorded the status of being a 'Superbrand'
• Volumes cross 3,00,000 tons of biscuits
• Good Day adds a new variant - Choconut - in its range
2005 • Re-birth of Tiger - 'Swasth Khao, Tiger Ban Jao' becomes the popular chant!
• Britannia launched 'Greetings' range of premium assorted gift packs
• The new plant in Uttaranchal, commissioned ahead of schedule.
• The launch of yet another exciting snacking option - Britannia 50-50 Pepper Chakkar
2006 • Britannia re-launched NutriChoice Hi-Fibre Digestive biscuits in an international large sized biscuit pack.
• Britannia acquires 51% stake in Bangalore-based bakery foods retailer Daily Bread.
2007 • Britannia industries formed a joint venture with the Khimji Ramdas Group and acquired a 70 percent beneficial stake in the Dubai-based Strategic Foods International Co. LLC and 65.4% in the Oman-based Al Sallan Food Industries Co. SAOG.
• Britannia NutriChoice SugarOut range introduced - 1st of its kind of biscuits to be be launched in India with "No Added Sugar" (Variants - Chocolate Cream, Orange Cream, and Litetime)
2008 • Britannia NutriChoice 5 Grain biscuits launched - Biscuits with the goodness of 5 health Cereals, and sweetened with Natural honey. Britannia Nutrichoice promised consumers "Bhook Bhagao, Kuch Healthy Khao"
• Britannia launched Iron fortified 'Tiger Banana' biscuits, 'Good Day Classic Cookies', Low Fat Dahi and renovated 'MarieGold'.
2009 • Britannia NutriChoice Nature Spice Crackers launched - Your favorite Cream Crackers, now made even more exciting with the addition of "Sabut" Ajwain and Jeera spices.
• Britannia takes full control of Daily Bread.
• Britannia-Fonterra joint venture dairy business restructured. Britannia acquires entire stake of Fonterra BNZF name changed to Britannia Dairy Pvt. Ltd.
• Recognizing the changing global trends & health benefits of removing transfats, Britannia is the first Bakery brand in India to remove transfats from its products.
• Wadia Group acquired stake holdings from Group Danone and becomes the single largest shareholder in BIL.
2010 • Britannia NutriChoice launches a New Year pack - the Health Starter Kit. Created for everyone who makes New Year resolutions and doesnt follow through. The Health Starter Kit contains 1 pack each of NutriChoice Hi-Fiber Digestive, NutriChoice 5 Grain, NutriChoice Nature Spice Cracker bundled together with a Fit Sip Sipper and a fitness chart. All this only for Rs 100.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Name Designation
Mr. Nusli Neville Wadia Chairman
Ms. Vinita Bali Managing Director
Mr. A.K.Hirjee Director
Dr. Ajai Puri Director
Mr. Avijit Deb Director
Mr. Jeh N Wadia Director
Mr. Keki Dadiseth Director
Mr. Nasser Munjee Director
Mr. Ness Nusli Wadia Director
Mr. Nimesh N Kampani Director
Mr. Pratap Khanna Director
Mr. S.S.Kelkar Director
Dr. Vijay L. Kelkar Director
INDUSTRY STRUCTURE:
The history of biscuits can be traced back to a recipe created by the Roman chef Apicius, in which "a thick paste of fine wheat flour was boiled and spread out on a plate. When it had dried and hardened it was cut up and then fried until crisp, then served with honey and pepper."
The word 'Biscuit' is derived from the Latin words 'Bis' (meaning 'twice') and 'Coctus' (meaning cooked or baked). The word 'Biscotti' is also the generic term for cookies in Italian. Back then, biscuits were unleavened, hard and thin wafers which, because of their low water content, were ideal food to store.
As people started to explore the globe, biscuits became the ideal travelling food since they stayed fresh for long periods. The seafaring age, thus, witnessed the boom of biscuits when these were sealed in airtight containers to last for months at a time. Hard track biscuits (earliest version of the biscotti and present-day crackers) were part of the staple diet of English and American sailors for many centuries. In fact, the countries which led this seafaring charge, such as those in Western Europe, are the ones where biscuits are most popular even today. Biscotti is said to have been a favorite of Christopher Columbus who discovered America!
Making good biscuits is quite an art, and history bears testimony to that. During the 17th and 18th Centuries in Europe, baking was a carefully controlled profession, managed through a series of 'guilds' or professional associations. To become a baker, one had to complete years of apprenticeship - working through the ranks of apprentice, journeyman, and finally master baker. Not only this, the amount and quality of biscuits baked were also carefully monitored.
The English, Scotch and Dutch immigrants originally brought the first cookies to the United States and they were called teacakes. They were often flavored with nothing more than the finest butter, sometimes with the addition of a few drops of rose water. Cookies in America were also called by such names as "jumbles", "plunkets" and "cry babies".
As technology improved during the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, the price of sugar and flour dropped. Chemical leavening agents, such as baking soda, became available and a profusion of cookie recipes occurred. This led to the development of manufactured cookies.
Interestingly, as time has passed and despite more varieties becoming available, the essential ingredients of biscuits haven't changed - like 'soft' wheat flour (which contains less protein than the flour used to bake bread) sugar, and fats, such as butter and oil. Today, though they are known by different names the world over, people agree on one thing - nothing beats the biscuit!
Some interesting facts on the origin of other forms of biscuits:
The recipe for oval shaped cookies (that are also known as boudoir biscuits, sponge biscuits, sponge fingers, Naples biscuits and Savoy biscuits) has changed little in 900 years and dates back to the house of Savoy in the 11th century France. Peter the Great of Russia seems to have enjoyed an oval-shaped cookie called "lady fingers" when visiting Louis XV of France.
The macaroon - a small round cookie with crisp crust and a soft interior - seems to have originated in an Italian monastery in 1792 during the French Revolution.
SPRING-uhr-lee, have been traditional Christmas cookies in Austria and Bavaria for centuries. They are made from a simple egg, flour and sugar dough and are usually
rectangular in shape. These cookies are made with a leavening agent called ammonium carbonate and baking ammonia.
The inspiration for fortune cookies dates back to the 12th and 13th Centuries, when Chinese soldiers slipped rice paper messages into moon cakes to help co-ordinate their defence against Mongolian invaders.
The Indian biscuits' market is estimated to be 1.1 million tonnes per annum and valued at over Rs 50 billion. India is known to be the second largest manufacturer of biscuits, the first being USA. It is classified under two sectors: organized and unorganized. The present biscuits-bakery sector in India looks like a battlefront. The battle being led by stalwarts like Britannia and Parle with close competition from other companies like ITC, Nutrine, HLL Kissan, Kwality and even international brands like Kellogs, Nestle, Sara Lee and United Biscuits.
The biscuit segment has developed with large markets of mass consumption covering over 90% of the overall potential market. The country comprises of huge unorganized sector. Biscuits market on an average grew at 8% per annum in the last five years. The rural penetration of the branded biscuits segment is also significant. Towns with populations of less than a lakh contribute significantly to the industry's turnover, with some estimates placing it at 40%. However, rural markets largely consume lower-priced varieties, and it is here that branded biscuits meet with stiff competition from the unorganized sector.
The unorganized sector in the biscuits segment does exert pressure on the pricing policies of the organized players. But only up to a point since the penetration of brands in this business even in the rural areas is fairly significant. Therefore, the value for only the branded business segment is more indicative of the industry's competitive pressures.
Three domestic players, Britannia, Parle and ITC, have thus far dominated the market—with an average annual growth of 10-12%. According to the Federation of Biscuit Manufacturers of India (FBMI), 60% of the total market is organized and the rest—unorganized.
As per a research conducted in 2009 though ITC was able to increase its market share by a significant percent, Britannia still is the leader with highest volume of sales and value market share. Researcher says that Parle has been Britannia’s toughest competitor. The biscuit market in India still has lot of room for expansion from the existing players and the new entrants.
ENVIRONMENT:
Major Players in the Industry
• BRITANNIA INDUSTRIES LTD.(BIL)
• PARLE
• ITC Ltd.
• Surya Foods & Agro Ltd. (PRIYA GOLD)
Biscuits: Major Players & Market Share
Category wise break up of Biscuits:
World Per-Capita Consumption (in Kgs)
Biscuits Productions (in Tonnes)
PRODUCTS:
GLUCOSE BISCUITS
• TIGER
• CHOTA TIGER
• TIGER CHAI BISKOOT
• TIGER ROSEMILK CREAM
• TIGER BRITA ENERGY POPS
• TIGER CHOCLATE CREAM
• TIGER ORANGE CREAM
• TIGER COCONUT ENERGY
• TIGER ELAICHI CREAM
• TIGER KESAR CREAM
• TIGER BANANA
CREAM BISCUITS
• TREAT CHOCO GELO
• TREAT DELICIOUS DATES
• TREAT APPLE PUNCH
• TREAT FLAVOURED TANGY ORANGE
• TREAT STRAWBERRY FLAVOURED SURPRISE
• BOURBORN TREAT
• TREAT ELAICHI FON
• TREAT JIM JAM
• TREAT MANGO MISCHIET
• TREAT MASTI ORANGE
• TREAT PINEAPPLE PRANK
NUTRI CHOICE BISCUITS
• NUTRI CHOICE 5GRAINS
• NUTRI CHOICE DIGESTIVE
• NUTRI CHOICE CREAM CRACKER
• NUTRI CHOICE THIN ARROWROOT
• NUTIR CHOICE SUGAROUT CHOCLATE
• NUTRI CHOICE SUGAROUT LITETIME
• NUTRI CHOICE SUGAR OUT ORANGE CREAM
MARIE BISCUITS
• MARIE GOLD
• VITA MARIE GOLD
MILK BISCUITS
• MILK BIKIS
• MILK BIKIS CREAM
GOOD DAY BISCUITS
• GOOD DAY CHOCONUT
• GOOD DAY BUTTER SCOTCH
• GOOD DAY HONEY & RAISIN
• GOOD DAY CHOCLATE CHIP
• GOOD DAY RICH BUTTER COOKIES
• GOOD DAY RICH CASHEW COOKIES
• GOOD DAY RICH PISTA BADAM
50-50 BISCUITS
• 50-50
• 50-50 MASKA CHASKA
• PEPPER CHAKKAR
LITTLE HEARTS
• LITTLE HEARTS CLASSIC
PURE MAGIC
• PURE MAGIC
Products Punch Lines
50-50 “Very Very Tasty Tasty”
Good Day “Ho gaya re Good-Day”
Littile Heart “Direct Dil se”
Marie Gold “Tea Time biscuit”
Milk Bikis “Eating Milk”
Neutri Choice “Swasth khao Tan Man jagao”
Time pass “Perfect partner for Time pass moments”
Tiger “Eat Healthy Think better”
Treat “Lovable devils”
PRICE:
Pricing is one of the most important elements of the marketing mix, as it is the only mix, which generates a turnover for the organisation. The remaining 3p’s are the variable cost for the organisation. It costs to produce and design a product; it costs to distribute a product and costs to promote it. Price must support these elements of the mix. Pricing a product too high or too low could mean a loss of sales for the organisation. Pricing should take into account the factors like fixed and variable costs, competition, company objectives, proposed positioning strategies, target group and willingness to pay.
GOODDAY CHOCO CHIPS 72 x 75 Gm. (Rs15.)
GOODDAY CASHEW 80 x 75 gm. (Rs12.)
GOODDAY CASHEW FAMILY 48 x 250 Gm. (Rs20.)
GOOD DAY BUTTER 80 x 75 gm. (Rs10.)
GOODDAY BUTTER FAMILY 48 x 250 Gm. (Rs18.)
GOODDAY PISTA 80 x 75 gm. (Rs12)
GOODDAY PISTA FAMILY 48 x 250 Gm. (Rs 12)
The pricing strategies are based much on what objectives the company has set itself to achieve and Britannia has adopted a number of pricing strategies:
Competition pricing: They have set a price which is competitive when compared with competitors.
Product Line Pricing: Priced different products within the same product range at different price points. The better the feature and the benefit given the greater the consumer will pay. This form of price discrimination assists the company in maximising turnover and profits.
Bundle Pricing: The organisation bundles a group of products at a reduced price when providing family packs.
Value Pricing: They have also used value based pricing.
Britannia has worked a lot on fixing the price of its biscuits. It has packaged its products in various sizes and at various prices. Its biscuits ranges from Rs 10 to Rs 20.
Cost Sheet Rs
Cost of Production 1.00
Company’s Profit 1.50
Packaging 0.50
Promotion 2.00
Transportation 1.00
Selling & Distribution 1.75
Cost to Distributor 7.75
Distributors profit 0.75
Cost to Wholesaler 8.50
Wholesaler Profit 0.50
Retailer Cost 9.00
Retailer Profit 1.00
MRP 10.00
DISTRIBUTION NETWORK:
Though figures vary widely from product to product, roughly a fifth of the production cost of an item goes on getting it to the customer. The term 'place' deals with various methods of transporting and storing goods and then making them available to the customer.
Getting the right product to the right place at the right time involves the distribution system. Distribution is the process of moving goods and services to the places where they are wanted.
Channel Levels: The channel of distribution used by Britannia is:
Intensive Distribution: As biscuits need to reach the consumer at their nearest locations this type of distribution channel is used. This type of distribution helps when for products that are categorized by low involvement of the customer and where customer looks for location convenience.
PROMOTION:
Promotion includes all of the techniques that a company uses to communicate with other individuals and organisations. An important avenue for communication is advertising. Advertising is referred to as 'above the line' promotion. Other types of promotion such as special offers and discounts are referred to as being 'below the line'. Advertising communicates the desirability, emotional benefits and exclusive features of the product.
Advertising:
Britannia works in close partnership to promote its biscuits with retailers. Promotion costs are shared with retailers. The more retailers sell - the more Britannia is able to help them.
Britannia launches products that offer the company good returns, supporting these through brand building and leveraging on its nationwide supply chain. Brand building is an integral part of Britannia’s marketing philosophy with continued promotions for its various brands creating loyal customers in the process.
Good Day, "Richness is only one functional facet of Good Day. But there is also a large emotional facet — that of spreading happiness.This became the plank on which Good Day began to be advertised. Also with traditional notions of health changing, rich foods are not necessarily looked at as being unhealthy. "Good Day is full of nuts and is rich but it is also good for health. So, they created the Swasth kao, tan man jagao (Eat healthy, energise body and mind) campaign."
Sales promotion:
“Eat Britannia, Go for World Cup" was the theme adopted in 1999 .People bought the biscuit packs and searched for the lucky scratch for flying to England to see world Cup Cricket match.The sales bounced 37% high on account of this strategy. The scheme came alive again during the world Cup Match in 2002-2003 in South Africa.
" Lagaan - the super hit movie " brought fame to Britannia Biscuits also as 40000 buyers of Britannia Biscuit packs were invited to see and a small lucky group to play the game with the movie Stars of Lagan. What a novel way to promote a product - a perception in correct proportion indeed !!
Now, recently promotional strategy are "Jodi Banao" Offer & winning ideas of the “ Monmatano Britannia pran bhorano sharodiya” contest like create a special flower arrangement for dashmi. Get all the women in your street together and make a huge, elaborate face of durga with flowers.
Publicity:
Britannia brand is advertised through hoardings on cricket grounds, on highways, through image building exercises like donations etc.
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS:
Annual Performance 2009-10
For the year ended 31st March 2010, the Company achieved a sales growth of 17.5% on an expanded base arising from 27.5% growth in the previous year. Net Profit of the Company increased 77.5 % to Rs 1,910 Mn compared with Rs 1,076 Mn in 2008-09. Operating Margin increased by 307 basis points to 7.5%.
The Company witnessed all round growth in key categories with Biscuits recording sales of Rs. 23,299 Mn. Bread, Cake and Rusk business crossed the Rs. 2,700 Mn mark during 2009-10. This business has doubled in two years.In an intensely competitive biscuit environment, all Power Brands of the Company recorded double digit growth, with Tiger and Good Day growing in excess of 20%. The Company’s innovation forays have successfully addressed new benefit clusters and NutriChoice Digestive has claimed its position in the health and vitality space. The Company continues to maintain its leadership edge in 6 out of 7 key product segments, the only exception being Glucose.
The business continued to face inflationary pressure in key raw materials such as wheat flour, refined palm oil, skimmed milk powder and other dairy products, as well as energy costs. These were more than offset on the cost side through operational and procurement efficiencies, productivity improvements, cost reduction programs and on the revenue side through improved product mix and higher realization, aided by strong consumer off take.
Exceptional items for the year include Rs.130.5 Mn towards amortization of VRS costs. Earnings per Share are Rs.80 compared with Rs.45.1 last year.
SIGNIFICANT RATIOS 2009-10 2008-09
Measures of Investment
Return on equity Profit after tax % 26.1 18.3 Shareholders’ funds
Book value per share Shareholders' funds Rs. 306.6 246.6
Number of equity shares
Dividend cover Earnings per share times 3.8 2.6
Dividend (plus tax) per share
Measures of Performance
Profit margin Profit before tax & exceptional item % 9.2 5.7
Net Sales + Other Income
Debtors turnover Gross Sales times 56.5 81.0
Debtors + Bills receivable
Stock turnover Gross Sales times 8.7 10.8
Stock
Measures of Financial Status
Debt ratio Borrowed capital % 14.5 0.8
Shareholders’ funds
Current ratio Current assets times 1.6 1.2
Current liabilities
Tax ratio Tax provision % 17.8 9.1
Profit before tax
CUSTOMER ANALYSIS:
Results of the survey of various class of respondent conducted by us shows that the biscuit market industry in the urban sector of India is broadly classified into 4 major categories. Responses indicate that Britannia covers the maximum portion of the Pie chart indicating its market share to be 38 percent.
Parle G the second largest share holder with 31 percentages is catering to diverse palettes of rural as well as urban India.
ITC,s Sunfeast trails the share tally with a market share of 21 percent.
Others category constitutes Biscuit industries that have very small percentage of market share. Industries like Priya Gold , Duke , Anmol etc comprise of only 10 percent of the urban market.
Estimated related share of various brands of the biscuit (urban) industry in India.
Age wise consumption pattern.
Findings
Out of the 4 respondents whose age were below 17 yrs , 75 percentage of respondents opted Flavour as their highest priority.In the age category of 17 to 22 , the respondents opted Flavour were 60 percent of the total.Rest 40 percent opted nutrition as their best alternative.
People in the age group of 22 to 30 considered Nutrition (45%) as their best choice.In the age segment of 32 and above, 71.4% of the respondents considered Nutrition as their best alternative.A mix trend of Ingradients and flavour was seen in this category as equal percentages (14.3%) of respondents went
In response to the market survey of respondents following observations were recorded. Top Three Britannia Products
Tiger 22 % share
Treat 19.4% share
Good Day 19.4% share
Besides top three products mentioned above 50-50 holds 13.9 percent.Milk Bikkis and Time Pass another very favourate products of Britannia Basket of goddies hold 8.3 percent each.Further followed by Nutri Choice (5.6) and Greetings (2.8) percent.
The Graph shows the percentage share of various products of Britannia .
The Product Mix data found from the consumer survey indicates that there is a healthy consumption of Glucose (43.2%) utilized by Consumer, whereas Salty Biscuits like Crack-Jack and Monaco holds second healthy percentage of 32.4%. Chocolate having 8.1% among total biscuits for Parle.
Products Percentage
Glucose 43.2%
Milk 5.4%
Cream 2.7%
Butter 5.4%
Chocolate 8.1%
Protein 2.7%
Salty 32.4%
APPENDIX:
Consumer’s Questionnaire
1. Do you eat biscuits?
Yes No
2. What type of biscuits you normally prefer?
Branded Bakery product
3. How often do you eat biscuits?
• Once in a month • Once in a fortnight
• Once in a week • Alternate days • Everyday
4. Please tick your likely tastes?
• Sweet • Salty
• Mix of sweet and salty • Others
5. Rank the buying factors (Plz tick any one of them)?
• Price • Brand name
6. Please tick the brand you normally prefer to buy?
• Britannia • Parle G
• ITC (Sun feast) • Others
7. On the basis of the below mentioned categories please tick your likely choices?
• Sweet • Salty
• Others
8. Please rate the attributes of the various biscuits give below
On a scale of 1 to 5. (1 being the Least Important and 5 being the Most Important).
Attributes Britannia Parle G ITC (Sun feast)
Crispness
Size
Nutrition value
Ingredients
Freshness
Colour
Flavors
9. If Britannia is not available in the shop will you look for it in the next
Shop?
• Yes • No
10. If the retailer gives you another brand of biscuits instead of Britannia, Will you buy?
• Yes • No
11. I like Britannia because (tick any one)
It keeps me healthy and fit
It makes me fell strong
It satisfies my hunger
It makes me feel happy
It gives me a feeling of being funky and trendy
It makes me feel energetic
It makes me think better
It is the Healthiest Breakfast I can have
It is very convenient to have
Any other (please specify) -------------------------------------------------
12. Please tick the Britannia Biscuit you like most?
Britannia Tiger Britannia 50-50 Britannia Nutri Choice
Britannia Milk Bikis Britannia Treat Britannia Time Pass
Britannia Good Day Britannia Greetings Britannia Marie Gold
12. Which TV commercial of Britannia appeals you most?
PLEASE FILL SOMETHING ABOUT YOURSELF
Name ____________________________________________________
Age Group (yrs): Sex: M/F
(below 17 yrs)
(17 - 22)
(22 – 30)
(30 and above)
House Hold income level:
(12000 – 15000) pm
(15000 – 25000) pm
(25000 – above) pm
Occupation___________________________________________
Thank You For Your Co-operation : -
Retailers Survey
A survey was undertaken of the retailers in the New Delhi and nearby regions, primarily to find out their perceptions and reactions to the four preferred brands of biscuits. They are :
• Britannia
• Parle G
• ITC Sunfeast
The sample size taken was 20
The findings of the research have been:
• Most of the retailers had stocked all the above 3 brands and they were accompanied by POP and POS promotions provided by the companies .
• As to which brand was stocked the most, 55% stored Britannia, 25% stored Parle , and 20% stored ITC and Priya gold.When asked to rate the visibility of the three brands ,they rated Britannia the best.
• On an average, 25 to 30 packs of Britannia and 15 to 25 packs of Parle were sold in a day. Britannia and Parle had the maximum credit period. In terms of delivery system the retailers rated ITC as the best .Both Britannia and Parle were rated Fair by the retailers. Priya gold leaded the run in the category of Maximum credit period of the brand amongst the retailers. Britannia was rated as the Most Aggressive selling brand by the retailers .
• The brand offering the best margin was the Priyagold brand (10%) While the rest offered (5%) to the retailers.
• The distributor replenished stocks once a week
Criteria for selection of the brand by the consumers
Lower Income Group Price Sensitive
Middle income group Packet Size and Price sensitive
Higher Income Group Brand sensitive.
Age group that purchases the most
1) children, females (25 to30)
2) males—senior citizen(45 to 55)
Packet size sold max—60 to 70 gms of rs 10. or the family packs
Retailer Questionnaire
The survey is conducted on the retailers in Delhi in context of the perception to the major brands.
Britannia
Parle
Sunfeast
1. What all brands of biscuits do you store?
• Britannia • Parle
• Sunfeast • Any other (Please Specify______________________ )
2. Which of these brands sell the most (tick any one)?
• Britannia • Parle
• Sunfeast • Any other (Please Specify______________________ )
3. Which of these brands do you offer the maximum visibility?
• Britannia • Parle
• Sunfeast • Any other
4. As per the brands the packets sold per day? Please tick
0-20 20-40 40-60 60+
Britannia
Parle
Sunfeast
Others
5. Please rate the delivery systems of the various brands?
Very Effective
Effective Moderate Less Effective
Not Effective
Britannia
Parle
Sunfeast
Others
6. Which brand allows you the maximum credit period?
• Britannia • Parle
• Sunfeast • Any other
7. Does Britannia has the most aggressive marketing strategies?
Strongly disagree
Disagree Neither agree nor disagree
Agree Strongly agree
8. Which of the brands provide the highest sales incentives?
• Britannia • Parle
• Sunfeast • Any other
9. Which of the flavors of biscuits are demanded the most?
• Glucose • Cream
• Chocolate • Salted
• Others
10. Which packet size sells the most?
Single Pack Double Pack Money saver
Britannia
Parle
Sunfeast
11. The age group that purchases the most?
( _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ )
12. Which is the most important criteria for the choice of selection by the consumers?
• Price • Packet size
• Brand • Any other
Financial Statements
Balance sheet Rs Crores
Mar ' 10 Mar ' 09 Mar ' 08 Mar ' 07 Mar ' 06
Sources of funds
Owner's fund
Equity share capital 23.89 23.89 23.89 23.89 23.89
Share application money - - - - -
Preference share capital - - - - -
Reserves & surplus 800.65 731.92 590.93 525.20 419.63
Loan funds
Secured loans 2.20 1.94 1.53 1.62 6.14
Mar ' 10 Mar ' 09 Mar ' 08 Mar ' 07 Mar ' 06
Unsecured loans 22.97 104.16 3.25 7.74 -
Total 849.70 861.91 619.60 558.45 449.66
Uses of funds
Fixed assets
Gross block 511.50 453.18 392.12 315.37 250.35
Less : revaluation reserve - - - - -
Less : accumulated depreciation 233.67 212.19 193.75 174.81 154.39
Net block 277.84 240.99 198.37 140.56 95.95
Capital work-in-progress 6.02 9.69 16.03 11.08 31.70
Investments 423.10 380.83 320.05 359.86 330.08
Net current assets
Current assets, loans & advances 553.66 577.48 382.61 349.10 278.07
Less : current liabilities & provisions 437.55 370.31 323.03 318.22 320.37
Total net current assets 116.11 207.17 59.58 30.88 -42.30
Total 849.70 861.91 619.60 558.45 449.66
Notes:
Book value of unquoted investments 423.07 380.81 352.55 392.33 228.56
Market value of quoted investments 2.15 2.93 2.12 2.88 2.02
Contingent liabilities 162.96 169.55 102.63 67.24 61.24
Number of equity sharesoutstanding (Lacs)
238.90 238.90 238.90 238.90 238.90
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
AUTHOR PHILIP KOTLER
MAGAZINE
AUTHOR MURTHY E.N.
INTERNET
www.britannia.co.in
www.google.co.in