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The Maggi Brand in India
Brand Extension and Repositioning

Case Background

Nestle India Limited is the market leader in Indian Noodle Market with it’s Maggi Brand of Noodles which was pioneer brand launched in 1983 in the packaged food market of India. It took the challenge and established Maggi in Indian market considered to be conservative and typical about food consumption. It appropriate realization of target segment, effective positioning and effective promotion and sales made Maggi to Noodles in India as Xerox it to photocopier. NIL had introduced sauces, ketchups and soups under Maggi brand to reap benefit of brand popularity and image and contribute to financial gains by 1990.Maggi also became successful in sauces, ketchups and soups Market in India. Though NIL tried to extend to other ready to eat products like pickles, cooking aids and paste, It was unsuccessful so dumped those products. Maggi Brand of products sustained recession in 2000 and 2001 in India by introducing economy packets.

To fulfill novelty needs of customers and revitalize Maggi Noodles Brand NIL made different attempts by introducing new formulation to new taste but customers resisted change and Maggi had to reintroduce Maggi Noodles in same taste. Maggi Noodle had till 2005 five product line on noodles with four variant in Maggi 2 Minutes Noodle. In 2006 in compliance with NIL target to be “health and Wellness Company” Maggi repositioned it as health and taste food products. NIL has also introduced with taste and product line in Sauces and Soup Market under Maggi to catch new segment, revitalize brand, compete with other producers and fulfill expectation of customers.

In 2005 Maggi brand worth was 3.7 billion from 1.7 billion market worth in 1.7 billion in 2003. Maggi Noodle is Market leader with around 80% market share in Noodles/Pasta and Maggi Sauce is market leader with almost 37% of market share in 2005 in 1.8 billion market of India. Knorr has taken over Maggi in Soup market recently.

In 2005 Maggi was the highest spender in the Promotion and Sales in the Indian Market in the Noodles Category.

Maggi is competing with Heinz Sauces and Ketchup, Knoor Soups, Kissin Sauces and Ketchup, Top Ramen, Sunfeast Pasta Wai Wai and 2 PM in corresponding categories of products and variants

Key Issues • How Nestle India Limited is ahead in Noodles Market with brand Maggi since 1982 • How NIL extended it’s brand and line of products to leverage the brand and established Maggi as family brand. • NIL’s positioning and repositioning strategy to catch market and consumer expectation. • How to continue NIL capability to Maintian Point of Difference ( POD) and Point of Party (POP) while bradn extension and repositioning. • Maggi’s challenge to protect it’s market leader position in situations where there is emergence of competitors like Hindustan Lever Limited, Indo Nissan, ITC, Dabur India, Heinz are competing with their corresponding brand on the product category.

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Relative Market Share

STARS : Maggi Noodles is the market leader with 80 % market share in Noodles Market and Maggi Sauces and Ketchup is leader with 37 % market share. The products are producing cash for the company consistently. The Market is growing by 15 % in the Product Category of Noodles.

QUESTIONS ? : Maggi Soups is the category which is in Question mark as the market is growing and the brand as less market share then market leader Knorr brand of Hidustan Lever Limited. There are more chances for Maggi Soups to go to dog it does not stay competitive and increase market share in the category.

SWOT Analysis of Maggi as Brand

Strengths

• Established Family Brand • Strong Global Corporate Brand ( NIL ) • Specialization in food processing category marketing and distribution in Urban market • Presence of other product segments of food category : Dairy Products, Chocolate, Infant foods • Pioneer and Leader so 1st mover advantage in Noodles, Sauce, Ketchups and Soup market. • Nestle symbolization of warm, family & shelter. • Research and Development Division in India • New Noodles Plant in Uttarnchal

Weakness

• Generic Brand to Noodles in India • Low rural market presence constraints • Uniform Brand for all food category • Brand Proliferation

Opportunities

• Growing package and canned food market in India by 15% annually. • High brand awareness of Indian consumer • Other product category like Biscuits, Chips and Ready to Eat Market still unexplored. • Opportunity to be substitute to other snacks category of food products.

Threats

• Competitors with long history in product category Internationally like, Heinz Sauce and ketchups of Heinz Indian, Top Ramen in Noodle and • Knorr Soups. • Single product focused competitors like Heinz sauce and Wai Wai Noodles. • Less Entry Barriers in the Market segment for product category • ITC’s strong base in Indian Market. • Substitute Product to Product Segment.

Possible Alternatives

Strengthen and use the Distribution : NIL should focus on distribution channels and use of the distribution channel to expand it’s market to Rural India with products targeted to the market. It is the way it could increase it’s volume of sales.

Increase the Usage of Maggi Brand Products: Since Maggi Noodles and Maggi Sauce is market leader it has to adopt strategy to increase the usage of the product to protect it’s market share. As it cannot further grow sales drastically in the same segment, only way is to increase product usage like Noodles for breakfast Ketchups in biscuits.

Lunch Health Awareness Promotion Campaign : NIL should launch Health Awareness campaign to educate consumers about the benefits of health food. It could sponsors health camps, publish health information.

Enter into other product category like Biscuits, Chips and Snacks with New Brand : To enlarge it’s domain, NIL should enlarge it’s product segment. It would spread economies of scale to customers in the form of price.

BEST COURSE OF ACTION

Introduce different new brand or acquire emerging brand in biscuits, chips and snacks category.

Maggi though has been able to differentiate itself from other Noodles, Maggi being taken as generic to Noodles is hampering other extended product category. Competitors have high grounds to capture the market differentiating then from being Maggi. It makes others possible product category vulnerable if lunched under Maggi. So to avoid proliferation of brand and introduce new products to capture opportunities in other snacks and ready to eat product category NIL has to introduce new branding strategy.

As pasta of ITC has been seen as products capturing the market of noodles and Maggi failing to lunch pasta under Maggi brand also support the argument for new brand introduction by NIL.

As Indian Market is Brand conscious, other competitors are coming up with more Indianized brand of products, and as Indian being more aware of their culture and large segment being typical and conservative about their culture, there care more chances that NIL would be successful if it create a brand close to Indian culture in wording to positioning. As India is growing, Old Indian Brands are also regaining momentum worldwide, NIL could catch the trend of market.

By doing so, NIL could avoid the draw backs associated with the Maggi brand. It could position new brand in competition with other competitor’s brand where there is no fit of product with the Maggi brand.

NIL other option is acquiring products manufacturers of different products like biscuits, chips and snacks as it is very essential for it’s market leader position. Other companies have advantage of such products. ITC has biscuits to it, Hindustan Lever has tea to it. India is huge market where distribution advantage plays major role and economies of scale pays back. So it’s is important for NIL to concentrate on other ready to eat category to benefit consumers from economies of scale reflect in price.
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