1. How would you characterize the snack chip category and Frito-Lays competitive position in the category? * The United States snack food industry recorded retail sales of $37 billion in 1990, a 5 percent increase from the year before. A large source of growth results from increased per capita consumption. Consumers are buying more snack chips per person, an increase of 2 pounds over four years.
Rivalry in the grocery industry is a strong competitive force for several reasons. First, companies are using competitive weapons such as sales specials, coupons, company card to save additional money, and high use of advertising. Second, customers switching cost is low. Last, competitors are becoming equal in size and therefore able to achieve similar results. In this case, Winn Dixie, Publix, and Wal-Mart are the main competing firms within the industry in my area.
The third thing that they do an excellent job at doing is researching their future growth. Recently QuikTrip has dedicated much of its resources to improving the stores ability to produce food on site. They have designed a new and improved store that they call a "Gen 3" and it includes a full service counter that provides customers with soft serve ice cream, hot pretzels, and a variety of coffee and fruit drinks. They have realized that not only is the margin that they make on these types of items much larger than that of gas, but by offering these items that the majority of their competitors do not they are attracting more business. The new store design is very appealing to people because it has a lot more to offer, the feedback has been so positive that they have made plans to only build Gen 3 stores from now on.
In preparation for a training program for supervisors and managers, identify at least three common errors in the performance appraisal process and describe them. In addition, describe steps to minimize these errors. (Points : 30) Spellchecker I 7. (TCO H) You are the HR VP for the Carringten Auto Brake Lining Company. A recent economic downturn has seriously affected the auto industry and your company, as well.
Week 9 Case Analysis Utiliscan’s By: Tenika Carroll Wednesday March 3, 2010 Dr. Kimberly Scanlan Utiliscan has experienced a growth rate in company business. The HR director and the company CEO’s have been having a very hard time trying to find experienced employees and also address the current issues within the Utiliscan. So Paul the current Director of HR has just learned of a new opportunity and has decided to leave the company, but before he left he conducted a survey on some of the employee concerns. Once the survey was completed, Paul was asked to complete a conceptual plan that would address the employees concerns and stay within the companies’ budget. Throughout the case analysis Paul will address each of the employees
------------------------------------------------- Chern’s Report By: Michelle Lepri Executive Summary: As a high end retail store Chern’s will face many challenges in all areas of business, especially staffing. In my report I have outlined subjects that were brought to my attention by Ryan, and Ann. The Chern’s organization they have a rich culture that beliefs that when you hire good people you get good workers. Due to Chern’s success so far they have done a great job finding & hiring good people for their positions available, but it’s also important to change and improve Chern’s to keep high standards for their organization. Here is what I have outlined in the report: I have started by identifying the goals, these can be either
Your shoppers must always be able to find these necessity items in stock whenever they are needed. These much needed products include household cleaners, health and beauty items, paper products and food items. As the current market structure of the dollar general store is important we look at the effect of government regulations. As seen in the last couple of years, DG has started offering advanced in-store services to their employees which in turn is passed to the consumers. However, more services can be added to attract consumers the best thing any business person can do is to get familiar with the country that you’re targeting.
Business Research part 1 Vanessa Garry, LaTasha McClure, A'Seneque Davis, Tia Walker RES/351 March 29, 2013 Henry Griswold Business Research part 1 In this research paper we will be discussing one of the management dilemma issues that Wal-Mart has which is their employee turnover rate. Employee turnover is defined as: the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers. Some of the research questions that Wal-Mart management would need to get the answers to are: What can we do to solve employee turnover rate? One thing that the company could implement is and exit interview to get some feedback on the reasons that employees leave the company voluntarily as well as employees
Current Ethical Issue in Business Learning Danielle Christine University of Phoenix Ethics in Management PHL 323 Laila Dabbagh Lambdin February 23, 2009 Current Ethical Issue in Business Learning Identify the ground rules manifested in the situation as well as which ethics theories apply. Circuit City is the nations 2nd largest retailer of consumer electronics, entertainment software and personal computers. On November 3, 2008, Circuit City announced that they would layoff and close 17% of it’s workforce by the end of the year. Due primarily to weakened economic environment and its potential impact on the timing of the overall sales of the companies inventory, cost and expenses. As a result of the companies deteriorating
The ability to shop from one place is more effective than driving around to several stores and hopes to get the things that they want. The time and money that is saved from this is remarkable. Each year online sales grow and consumersr traditional retailer stores lower in sales. The need for huge malls is becoming a thing of the past. In 2010, the total e-retailers sold more than $412.491 billion worth of merchandise, up from $129.797 in 2009.