Marketing Plan for New Kfc Product

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Marketing Plan: The Colonel’s Mix Developing a marketing plan is an extensive process that entails a great deal of research—research into the needs of the potential customer and how the company can meet those needs and simultaneously maintain the objectives of the company. During the research process the company must carefully identify the target market to which it plans to appeal and also determine the practicality of the new product as it relates to the company’s strengths and weaknesses—both internal and external. Marketing research must identify the influences that result in the consumer’s choice of the new product over the competition and determine the best way to capitalize on those influences. Marketers must also determine the best method to differentiate the new product from any competition and how to project the desired image into the mind of the potential consumer. The company must determine the combination of factors in the marketing mix that will produce optimal results after product introduction to the market, strategies to measure the success of the campaign, and methods to make adjustments to meet the desired goals. Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), a Division of Yum! Brands, Inc. “Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Ky., is the world’s largest restaurant company in terms of system restaurants with more than 37,000 restaurants in over 117 countries and territories” (Yum! Brands, Inc., 2012, Franchising & Real Estate). Yum! is composed of three franchise chains: Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and KFC—each of which is the global leader in its respective category. Originally a division of PepsiCo, Yum! has divested itself of other operations and focuses on its three most successful brands. Yum! Brands is a very investor-oriented company with strong goals and a drive to succeed. The mission statement for Yum! Brands is: At Yum! We’re building

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