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The µMaggi¶ Brand in India
Gunjan Dhingra
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Briefing
It talks about the various phases in the
PLC of Maggi noodles and the brand.
It focuses on the various measures taken by NILto position Maggi time and again (i.e.repositioning) in the minds of Indian consumers.It also discusses the various extension of Maggi brand.
This further talks about NIL¶s quest toreposition Maggi as a health product.
Finally it ends with an outlook wherein it talksabout Maggi¶s future competitors.
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The Maggi¶s path
Nestlé India Ltd. (NIL), the Indian subsidiary of the globalFMCG major, Nestlé SA, introduced the Maggi brand inIndia in 1982.
With the launch of Maggi noodles, NIL created an
entirely new food category - instant noodles - in theIndian packaged food market and became a popularsnack food product in India.
Being the first-mover, NIL successfully managed toretain its leadership in the instant noodles category evenuntil the early 2000s.
In 2005, NIL started offering a range of new 'healthy'products under the Maggi brand, in a bid to attracthealth-conscious consumers.
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Maggi takes the Health Route
In May 2006, Nestlé India Ltd. (NIL), launched anew instant noodles product called Maggi DalAtta Noodles (Dal Atta Noodles) under thepopular Maggi brand.
The Dal Atta Noodles were made of wholewheat and contained pulses, and positioned asa 'healthy instant noodles.
NIL offered a variety of culinary products suchas instant noodles, soups, sauces and ketchups,cooking aids (seasonings), etc., under the Maggibrand.
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Competition
During 1990s, the sales of Maggi
noodles declined, and this wasattributed partly to the growingpopularity of Top Ramen.
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Competitive Strategy
NIL changed the formulation of Maggi noodles in1997.However, this proved to be a mistake, as consumersdid not like the taste of the new noodles.
In March 1999, NIL reintroduced the old formulationof the noodles, after which the sales revived.
NIL also introduced several other products like soupsand cooking aids under the Maggi brand.
In the early 2000s, Maggi was the leader in thebranded instant noodles segment, and the companyfaced little serious competition in this segment.
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AD/Promotion Strategy
Through its ads, NIL positioned Maggi asa 'fun' food for kids which mothers couldprepare easily. Tag lines of Maggi from
their various ads: -- µMummy, bhookh lagi hai¶ (Mom, I'm hungry),- µBas 2-Minute¶ (Only 2 minutes)- µFast to Cook Good to Eat¶ - µHealth Bhi, taste Bhi¶
- µIts Different
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The Growth Factors
The demand for convenience food was
increasing in India in the early 2000s.
The survey also revealed that the market forbranded food products was growing at a healthyrate of around 15 percent in the early 2000s.
The changing lifestyles and eating habits of Indian consumers and the increasing purchasing
power of the growing middle income group werethought to be the reasons behind this growth.
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Maggi¶s Life C ycle
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STP Analysis
Segmentation:
- Age
- Life Style- Eating habits of urban families
Targeting:
-Kids
- Office Goers
- Working women
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STP Analysis
Positioning:
- Easy to cook, Good to Eat
- 2-minute Noodles
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SWOTAnalysis
Strength
- Market leader in their segment
- Strong brand loyal consumer base
- wide range of distribution channel- Product according to the need of Indian consumer
- innovative product
Weaknes- Product dependent on single flavour
- Not so much presence in rural market
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SWOTAnalysis
Opportunity Increasing number of working youth
Product has been acceptable in youth category
Shift to rural market
Threat Price war with competitors
Strong presence of regional competitors
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Michael Porter¶s Five Forces Model
New Entrants: No potentialthreat of new entrants formaggi noodles
Suppliers: Distributors, Raw materials suppliers
Indusrty Competitors: Top
Ramen
Buyers: Customer¶s mind
set, Brand Image Substitutes: Chowmeen,
Fast food, Past
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Q1> List out the brands of NIL in India and develop abrand portfolio by analyzing their growth rate andmarket share in each of their product marketsituation.
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Milk Products and Nutrition
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Beverages
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Prepared Dishes and
CookingAids
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Q2> Analyze the Brand Life C ycle of brand µMaggi¶
and enlist the various branding strategies adopted
by NIL to keep it alive.
Brand Life Cycle - Explained in the Case
Branding strategies adopted by NIL:
Promotional campaigns in schools
Advertising strategies like µIts Different¶, µBas2-Minute¶, µHealth Bhi, taste Bhi¶ etc whichcaught the heart and imagination of Indian
consumer
Availability in different pack sizes
New product innovations.
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Organizing contests, games and industrialvisits for school kids to further strengthen thebrand image
Invite Housewives to send new innovativerecipes made from Maggi and introducerewards for the same
NIL's promotions positioned the noodles as a'convenience product', for mothers and as a'fun' product for children.
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NIL aggressively promoted Maggi noodles
through several schemes like: -
- distributing free samples
- giving gifts on the return of empty packs
- NIL's advertising too played a great role incommunicating the benefits of the product to target
consumers
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Q3>How is Brand Extension different from Multi-
brand strategy.
Explain the difference in the light of the given case.
Brand extension is using the leverage of a well knownbrand name in one category to launch a new product in adifferent category.
Brand Extension Strategies are frequently undertaken by
the companies when they launch any new product. Thecompanies try to reap benefit out of their establishedBrand Name and Brand Equity.
Brand Extension Strategy refers to the strategy in whicha company uses the same Brand Name in order topromote products of different category.
It is commonly found that, a company which has alreadyestablished its brand name in the market for a specificproduct category, uses the same Brand Name at thetime of launching a new product of different category.
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In this case, the new product easily develops anacceptance range as the customers are alreadyfamiliar with the Brand Name.
Example: NIL used the brand extension strategyand offered a variety of culinary products suchas instant noodles, soups, sauces and ketchups,cooking aids (seasonings), etc., under the µMaggi¶ brand name
Multi-brand strategy: Marketing of two or moresimilar and competing products by the same firmunder different and unrelated brands.
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While these brands eat into each others' sales,multi-brand strategy does have someadvantages as a means of:-
- obtaining greater shelf space and leaving little forcompetitors' products
- saturating a market by filling all price and qualitygap
- catering to brand-switchers²users who like to
experiment with different brands- keeping the firm's managers on their toes by
generating internal competition
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Q4>NIL has repositioned Maggi from time to time´.
Critically assess the repositioning strategy of NIL
and suggest what will do as a brand manager of
Maggi in the present scenario.
NIL introduced the Maggi brand to Indianconsumers when it launched Maggi 2 MinuteNoodles, an instant food product, in 1982
At that time, Indian consumers were ratherconservative in their food habits, preferring toeat traditional Indian dishes rather thancannedor packaged food
In fact, NIL was trying to create an entirelynew
food category, instant noodles, in India.
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Initially, the company targeted working womenon the premise that Maggi noodles were fast tocook and hence offered convenience
However, this approach failed as was evident
from the fact that the sales of Maggi noodleswere not picking up despite heavy mediaadvertising
To get to the root of the problem, NIL conducteda research, which revealed that it was childrenwho liked the taste of Maggi noodles and whowere the largest consumers of the product
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After this, NIL shifted its focus from workingwomen and targeted children and their mothersthrough its marketing
NIL's promotions positioned the noodles as a'convenience product', for mothers and as a 'fun'product for children
The noodles' tagline, 'Fast to Cook Good to Eat'was also in keeping with this positioning
With time, NIL has also changed the tagline of Maggi from µBas 2-minutes¶ to Health Bhi,
TasteBhi¶, and this has hit the Indian Comsumers.
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Suggestion from our side as Brand
manager
Focus more on the core brand i.e. Maggi 2minutes noodles.
Spend on R&D and promote as health
product. Enter the rural market
Increase the distribution channel
Introduce innovative products with different
brand name - i.e. go for multi-brandingstrategy.
Give combi offers like a kit kat
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