Swot Analysis Of Jamba Juice

Introduction Blake Goodwin is the CEO of Goodwin Wealth Management. He was deciding to hire a consultant to make an assessment of his situation. Three large companies had expressed interest to acquire Goodwin Wealth Management. In the fall 2007, Ice Financial Income Fund, First Canadian Band, and Brawn Financial Corporation were the potential suitors and they had made offers to acquire the company. Blake Goodwin had to decide whether to sell the company and if he sold it, which buyer was the best one.

The company has been operating fine for years and total dollar sales have been increasing each year. If the company sticks to the status quo, they will continue to stay profitable. 2. Increase brand awareness

The price of raw materials is high with low consumer switching cost. However, the increasing demand for healthy and organic food is creating openings for smaller competitors to enter and hide from the pricing

Another reason why I love Qdoba Mexican Grill is because of the free extras. In the last year Qdoba has made any additional ingredients you want on a burrito free. Qdoba changed their price structure to all-inclusive in which the price only depended on the type of meat you wanted, but included all of the extras that previously required an additional charge, such as guacamole and queso sauce. Being able to have extra queso on your burrito with no extra cost is something that may people enjoy due to the fact that Qdobas queso is so good.

Given the historical performance from 2006 to 2011, Diamond Foods had been a strong bottom line performer, but lacked

Due to decentralization the top management also lost sight of their stores and employees, and only tracked them through their sales figures. The managers were expected to announce their yearly goals with much fanfare and pomp and it is possible that they inflated their goals and then pressured their employees to achieve their goals. Public sales contests, awards, and recognition also pressured the employees to focus on the SPH figures and feel pressured. Despite all these issues the top management didn’t acknowledge them for a long time leading to increased pressure on the

In all Trader Joe’s is one of the leading super markets in the U.S., but after careful analysis of their operations I believe there are opportunities that are currently being ignored by the company. The company doesn’t need to act on all the recommendations that I made, however it would be in their best interest to do so. Not only would the company grow at a faster pace, but it will make strides in areas that haven’t been occupied before. Despite these current pitfalls, Trader Joe’s still is a popular option in their

TRADER JOE’S – INDUVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT 1 Part 1 – Introduction What Joe Coulombe did was opening an ordinary supermarket into the industry but the strategies he took were separating the Trader Joe’s from its rivals. What he did was to offer products targeting sophisticated costumers who were searching for good bargains. The offerings of Trader Joe’s were so unique which are not found at rival shelfs. Another crucial decision he made was to take advantage of recent environmental movements such as the rising trend of costumers searching organic foods. The company also decided on selling private labelled products with lower prices than other brands of the same product.

Jamba Juice is a smoothie and juice café that is known for their healthy alternatives to sugar packed meals and drinks. When they opened the doors to their first store in 1990 under the name of Juice Club, they were the only free standing healthy juice and smoothie café, similar to what was offered only in small, local health food stores at the time. In 2008 James D. White was hired as the new CEO of Jamba Juice. Bringing his experience from major US food and drug retailer, Safeway, White hoped to come up with a new strategic plan and direction for the company. However, the company faced many difficulties at the time: they had recently entered an area that was in direct competition with the likes of Starbucks and McDonalds, without the financial backing that those restaurants had.

Johnson & Johnson currently has a 10.4% market share of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing industry. They have the second largest share of this industry, just behind Amgen at 10.9%. By looking at the revenue and operating income for Johnson & Johnson, we can see their margins and evaluate their performance. Johnson & Johnson’s operating profit margin improved from 2015 to 2016 but decreased significantly from 2016 to 2017. The operating profit margin for the company as a whole in 2016 was 28.72% and in 2017 it was 24.07% (Appendix A).

Their strengths are good food, reasonable price, high customer traffic, clean atmosphere, family run and operated. However, their weaknesses were; lack of management expertise, lack of accountability, inefficient human resources management skills, lack of innovation and therefore missed growth opportunity, and a hostile working

• Rivals face high exit barriers Very High Potential Entrant Pressure • High entry barriers • Strong product differentiation • Menus change constantly with

adopted by their target audience because they’re backed up by Havas which has a good reputation of successful campaigns for brands aimed at the Hispanic community. Industry Analysis: Wonderful Pistachios is part of the snack food industry. The Los-Angeles based company has more than US$4 billion in annual sales. SWOT: The strengths of this company are that they are a leading brand and already had good revenue before the campaign took place (there is customer loyalty).

CASE STUDY 2 INTRODUCTION Julia Juice, one of the world’s largest juice retailers who owns 1200+ stores in whole UK and USA. As it grows by year 2005 the growth becomes three times. Porter’s 5 Forces Porter 's competitive analysis will help us to understand the competitiveness of JJ business environment, and identify their strategy 's potential profitability.

Marketing Management Project PROJECT OUTLINE: Choose one company which has a turnaround in the past and one company which failed in the past. Discuss each company’s marketing strategy and reasons for their success or failure. Marketing Strategy Failure: Gap Inc. How Gap turned into Crap! What went wrong?