5. Mountain Man Brewing Company identifies itself as a family-owned brewery steeped in the heritage. It prides itself on producing high quality beer that embodies the unique “toughness” culture of West Virginia. Mountain Man brand represents all blue-collar workers across the United States. It symbolizes concepts like honesty, virtue, and hard work. These were the characteristics that enabled the company to hold the top market position among lagers in West Virginia for the past 50 years. The majority
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Mountain Man Brewing Company | To: | Chris Prangel | From: | 001706975 | CC: | David Nasser | Date: | 3/4/2013 | Re: | Bringing the Brand to Light | Comments: | For the first time in the company’s history, Mountain Man Brewing Company is experiencing declining sales in response to changes in beer drinkers’ preferences. Mr. Prangel’s response to this problem is introducing a “light beer” form of the popular Lager. In the past six years, the “light beer” industry as increased at an annual
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Situation The popularity of light beer among young people was increasing. Mountain Man Brewing Company was considering whether to launch Mountain Man Light to attract more sales. Problem Mountain Man had a 2% decline in revenue each year while light beer was much more demanding. However, launching a new product was costly. Also, if they launch the new product, they don’t know if it should be under the Mountain Man brand name or using some other names. In all, it’s difficult to predict that if the
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A. Competitive Advantage Mountain Man Beer Company has been true to its core customer base and product quality since the company started in 1925. The company focused their production on Mountain Man Lager beer that mainly attracted blue-collar, middle-to-lower income men ages 45-54. Distinctive bitter flavor and higher than average alcohol content contributed to the company’s brand equity. Mountain Man Lager had a reputation of a quality beer throughout the East Central region of the U.S. and also
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manage the mountain man beer company * Guntar Prangle founded Mountain beer 1925. * Family owned business – inherited for 5 years. * Initially was called as West Virginia beer. * In 2005 …generating revenues $ 50 million and selling over 520,000 barrels of mountain man lager. * Price was $ 2.25 for 12-ounces serving and $4.99 for 6 pack in local convenience store. * Was priced similar to premium brands such as Miller and Budweiser. * Chris want to launch “Mountain Man Light”
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MOUNTIAN MAN BREWING COMPANY 1. PROBLEM STATEMENT Due to the changes in customer preferences, the company has experienced a decline in annual sales of 2% from 2004-2005 and is struggling to maintain its market share in the premium segment of the beer market, where other companies have disappeared. Chris is concerned if he could reposition the brand to drive sales of Mountain Man Light to young people without eroding the core brand equity of Mountain Man Lager (MM). 2. SITUATION ANALYSIS
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calculation. The loss of sales of premium beer to the new light beer market is estimated between 5 and 20%. The analysis shown in Exhibit 6B shows possible cannibalization in a best (5%) and worst (20%) case scenario. In both scenarios, the Mountain Man Light product proves to be a favorable addition to MMBC’s declining income statement. With MMBC selling 70% of its product to off premise locations, there is a certain risk that these suppliers would buy the same volume from MMBC, just distributed
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Case Analysis Mountain Man Brewing Company Case Analysis Mountain Man Brewing Company Executive Summary Started in the year 1925 by Guntar Prangel Mountain Man Brewing Company (MMBC) was a well-entrenched company in the East Central US by 1960. Consecutively the company grew as a legacy brewery, gathering a very strong brand loyalty and positioning. Known for the authenticity, quality and taste the company grew out to be a market leader in the currently matured business. However, off late
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Mountain Man Brewing Company (MMBC) is a single product brewing and local distribution company based in West Virginia. It was founded by Guntar Prangel who reformulated an old family brew recipe, resulting in a flavorful bitter tasting beer that was launched as Mountain Man Lager or West Virginia Beer. This signature product went on to claim a reputable market share for an independent family owned brewery, in the East Central region of United State by 1960s.The company developed a brand image and
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Mountain Man Brewing Company’s Positioning in the East Central Market According to Alvin J. Silk, a positioning statement is designed to define who are a company’s customers, what set of needs does the product fulfill, and why is the product the best one to fill those needs (2006, p. 90). I found this question challenging because a positioning statement should define “the place the firm wishes to occupy in its’ target customers’ minds” (Silk, 2006, p. 90). In the case of MMBC, the definition of
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