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VISION STATEMENT
To be a Rs. 50 billion food company by the year 2020 in the convenience food segment by launching products and services in the domestic and international markets that enhance lifestyle and create value for our customers through management excellence at all levels.

(REFERENCE = NATIONAL FOODS WEBSITE)

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1: Background

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2: Planning Strategy and Goals

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2: Product

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3: Swot Analysis

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4: Product Mix

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5: Brand Identify

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6: Selection of Brand

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7: Promotional

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8: Distribution

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9: Analysis and Critical Review

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COMPANY PROFILE

BACKGROUND
National Foods began its journey in 1970 as a Spice company, with a revolutionary product that popularized the concept of having clean, healthy food. National foods initiatives were, to make food that is hygienic, reduce time spent in the kitchen by women, foster health and contribute towards personal attractiveness, so that people who use our products would be able to experience a more rewarding life-style. This was long before the phrase Corporate Mission had even been invented. However, our founders philosophy remains unchanged over time. Even if their language and the notion of only women doing the housework have become outdated, in this age of rapidly changing lifestyles, fuelled by the rampant development of technology; consumers are compelled to alter their eating habits. National Foods responds to this challenge of developing innovative food products based on convenience and quick preparation in line with modern lifestyles and yet retains traditional values through its diverse collection of food products. In a history that now crosses three decades, National Foods success has been influenced by the major events of the day economic boom, depression, wars, changing consumer lifestyles and technological advancements. Even after three decades the companys focal point still remains on customers needs through product development in line with the changing market trends.

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Today, National Foods provides a complete food experience to its customers in 33 countries around the world. National Foods produces over 300 SKU's in 12 major product categories including meal solutions, pickles, sauces, ketchup's, jams and desserts.

National Foods is reaching out to the voice of its customers by delving further into the convenience food segment and adhering to their philosophy of offering superior taste and quality.

PLANNING STRATEGY AND GOALS

In this era of fast paced life, execution of business decisions has significantly been impacted through the use of technology. Planning, analysis and strategy developments are now all dependent on the plethora of information available. Correct usage of this information can impact and reward the outcome of business results in the shape of growth, profits, market share and also the brand image and perception a company portrays in the one large global market. Technology has indeed transformed how we think and perform our tasks. Most of all it has unified markets into a global village promoting direct interactions with customers and service providers. Indeed, business is being executed at the speed of thought. Our journey to become a leader in the food business in Pakistan and a major player in the international markets has not come about without the use of technology. In fact our growth rate has been sustained through the continuous usage and up gradation of technology when adapting to modern management practices. Our brand today is ranked at number 2 position out of a total 3500 brands marketed and sold in Pakistan. Our brand new website showcases all our categories and brands and in fact offers you an opportunity to directly interact with us. Although we produce branded multi category food items; the complex process of manufacturing, supply chain management, quality assurance, research and development, market research and brand marketing practices are heavily dependent on the extraction and usage of data to make decisions. Our choice of using SAP applications towards enterprise management has helped us reap many awards of excellence. Technology is embedded in how we do business.

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In the months to come, you will see our website develop and evolve further to cater to all our business stakeholders. We will offer them a direct transactional nature of relationship by linking our ERP SAP applications to help them make informed choices to further our mutual business. The Internet in fact will become the nucleus or the hub around which we shall be carrying out all our business. The website will become the central hub offering stakeholders and consumers company information and updated knowledge and news, it will provide a direct access to employees to interact through a company intranet, it will become a portal for all our supply chain customers to track their orders and finally a vantage point for all our customers domestically and globally to order our products as an individual user or a business distributor directly without any interaction from us.

CORE VALUES

PASSION
We act with intense positive energy and are not afraid to take risks. We challenge ourselves continuously, were good at what we do, and we take pride in who we are.

PEOPLE-CENTRIC
We put our people first. We treat them with respect and actively contribute towards their development.

CUSTOMER FOCUS
We see the world through the eyes of our customers. We do everything possible that makes them happy.

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LEADERSHIP
We are part of the solution, never the problem. We act like owners and have a positive influence on others.

TEAMWORK
Our roles are defined, not our responsibilities. We believe in going the extra mile to accomplish our goals. We coach and support each other to ensure everyone wins. We have a WE versus I mindset.

ETHICS
We dont run our business at the cost of human or ethical values.

EXCELLENCE IN EXECUTION
We say. We do. We deliver. We talk with our actions. We strive for nothing but the best. Execution is the key to winning.

ACCOUNTABILITY
We see. We act. We take full responsibility for our actions and results. We dont blame others for our mistakes; we analyze them and correct them.

PRODUCT MARKETING STRATEGY:

Raise consumer brand awareness, excitement and involvement Promote a special offer or incentive Stimulate product sampling and trial Demonstrate product/service benefits Generate in-store or online site traffic Stimulate media interest and industry buzz

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PRODUCT
Product is a term covering goods, services, places, persons and ideas.

DESIGN AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:

We are introducing a radical design that hasnt been introduced in the market so far. It will be a multi shades rapper, which has

TARGET MARKETING

CONVENIENCE:
NFL product falls in the category of convenience goods, these includes the goods for which the customer doesnt have to put a lot efforts. Products like shaving creams, toothpastes and food items fall in the category of convenience goods

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT:
Product development procedure includes the logical sequence of one-time activities. The activities include: Idea generation Screening of idea Business analysis

IDEA GENERATION:
Idea should be innovative it should something which hasnt been introduced the market before, our idea of a complete recipe

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SCREENING OF IDEA:
Screening is done by management on the basis of experience .we have experienced staff in this field, which will screen out the idea.

BUSINESS ANALYSIS:
The screened idea is then expanded in the form business proposal. In this step we analyze whether well be able to implement the idea or not. So in our products business analysis well keep in view product classification, product characteristics, market segmentation. Well analyze our products markets on the basis of our target. We will definitely target the elite class of the society first because of their buying practices and their behavior. Our target market is mainly the ladies specially house wives.

SWOT ANALYSIS
SWOT analysis plays an important role to evaluate the performance of any organization. This is most commonly followed set pattern to analyze the strength, weakness, opportunities and threats. For any company strength and weakness are internal elements and threats and opportunities always come from outside the organization. Now we perform a detailed SWOT analysis considering the National foods.

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STRENGTHS

BROAD PRODUCT LINE:

National food has very broad product line that includes different types of Masala powders, Kheer mix, Ketchup, Custard powder, Pastes, Achar and many more..

BROAD MARKET COVERAGE:

National food occupies 80% market share in powder mix market and one very obvious reason for that is strong and very broad market coverage. According to Sales and purchase Manager National food, they have excellent market coverage all over Pakistan and citizens of each city have easy access to sales and display centers.

MANUFACTURING COMPETENCE:
National food has engineering and technical staff of the highest caliber that is capable of manufacturing such products that differentiates National food products from its competitors. National food posses specific manufacturing competence for example uses of imported machinery and a high quality ingredients in manufacturing of powder mix that maintain the quality of product.

GOOD MARKETING SKILLS:

National foods efficient marketing team in Pakistan has over the years played a crucialrole in developing public awareness. National food has its own in-house advertising agency for promoting all National foods products.

ENHANCED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT:

National food emphasizes on Research and Development department to a great deal. Chief executive of National food has hired a team of R & D himself and he makes sure that ongoing improvements in the existing National food products range is a continuous activity. Efficient R and D department is considered as a vital strength of company.

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BRAND NAME REPUTATION:

National food is among those few brand names that have earned a lot on the basis of its brand reputation. However the fact is that company has seen tiring 34 years of hard work to achieve this brand image. Brand name is a source of vital strength for the company and is known all over the market place.

APPROPRIATE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:

Organizational hierarchy at National food is very functional and appropriate. Company top management consists of the Chief executive and Managing director. Then there are middle managers of concerned departments like Marketing, Production, R&D and Finance. Company believes strongly on good relationship with its human resource.

GOOD FINANCE MANAGEMENT:

Finance department of National food is efficiently working to allocate resources to each of its business portfolio. Good finance management is yet strength of company that is helping company out in assessing the exact financial situation.

WEAKNESS
Currently National food is operating with its full capabilities and Companys sales manager does not think that there is any internal weakness in the organization. Because Company has a good repute in market and working with full concentration to improve its image in the minds of people.

OPPORTUNITIES

EXPANDING INTO FOREIGN MARKETS:

The biggest opportunity for National food currently is exploiting new market segments. After achieving good market coverage all over Pakistan, National food is now trying to expand its business in Middle East and Central Asian states.

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EXPANSION OF CORE BUSINESS:

National food started as powder mix producers but soon after gaining rapid market shares in powder mix, Company considered expansion of core business as a major opportunity. Today Company has wide range of products that it has achieved by expanding the core business.

ENTERING RELATED BUSINESS:

Entering those new businesses that are related to current business is a high potential opportunity. For example company has entered the related businesses like Kheer mix, Ketchup, Custard powder, Pastes, Achar and many other things.

THREATS

NEW ENTRANTS:
The biggest threat for the Company has been the entry of new competitors in the market has made National food management think that they will have to adjust the pricing or to provide some handsome incentives to customers in competition with other brands in market because Company does not want to lose its market share.

NO BARRIERS ON ENTRY:
Government has not fixed any hard rules upon the entrants in this industry. Any group of companies that is financially strong can enter this industry without facing any strict barriers. This is another threat for National food that more and more entrants coming in this industry and the profit margin shrinking gradually.

NEW FORM OF INDUSTRY COMPETITION:

In Pakistan, some other companies like Star has started competing National food with its Custard powder and Achar. It has formed a new form of industry competition. Star is producing its products at a cheaper price and price war is already on.

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GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION:
The production department of National food uses special machinery that has to be imported from abroad. Government has fixed a quota system that company cannot import. It more than a specific ratio. This quota system is creating a threat for company and soon company needs to find an alternative.

PRODUCT MIX
PLAIN SPICE SALT RECIPE MASALA CHINESE SALT AND VINEGAR PICKLES KETCHUP JAM JELLIES AND MARMALADES SNACKS DESSERTS READY TO EAT RICE POWER DRINK

FURTHER DIVISION OF THE PRODUCTS:

SNACKS
CHAAT MASALA DHAI BHALA PAKORA FRUIT CHAAT MASALA CHUTNI

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CHINESE
CHINESE SALT SOYA SAUCE VINEGAR WHITE CHILLI SAUCE AVAILABLE IN TWO SIZES, SMALL AND LARGE

SALT
TABLE SALT IODISED SALT AVAILABLE IN POUCHES

POWER DRINK (KNOWN BY THE NAME OF FRUITILY)

ORANGE MANGO LEMON MIXED FRUIT

AVAILABLE IN MINI SASHA`S, BOTTLES AND PACKETS

DESSERTS
VANILLA STRAWBERRY BANNANA MANGO AVAILABLE IN TWO SIZES, SMALL AND LARGE

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RICE
SUPER KERRENEL BANASPATI LONG GRAIN BANASPATI AVAILABLE IN DIFFERENT GRAM POUCHES

KETCHUP
TOMATO KETCHUP CHILLI GARLIC SAUCE HOT AND SPICY SAUCE AVALABLE IN POUCHES,SQUEEZ BOTTLES AND GLASS BOTTLES IN SMALL AND LARGE SIZES.

JAMS
APPLE MANGO MIXED FRUIT STRAWBERRY BLACKCURRENT

AVAILABLE IN A STANDARD BOTTLE SIZE

PICKLES
MIXED MANGO GARLIC KASUNDI LASOORA CHILLI HYDERABADI MIX KARELA

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MIX VINEGAR MANGO VINEGAR

AVAILABLE IN POUCHES

READY TO EAT

(KNOWN BY RONAQ)
CHICKEN QORMA CHICKEN KARAHI CHICKEN BARYANI CHICKEN WHITE KARHAI CHICKEN GINGER CHICKEN HALEEM CHICKEN ACHARI CHICKEN NIHARI

AVAILABLE IN PACKETS OF TWO DIFFERENT SIZES, SMALL AND LARGE.

PLAIN SPICE
GARAM MASALA POWDER CURRY MASALA POWDER

AVAILABLE IN PACKETS OF TWO DIFFERENT SIZES, SMALL AND LARGE.

BRAND IDENTIFY BRAND LOGO

At NFL, freshness is what keeps us going. We keep life updated with new recipes, new products, and now weve got ourselves a Transformed logo. As with everything we do, we took a careful look at what we had, kept the best of the past, and introduced elements that were exciting, appealing, and yet always true to

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our soul. Were still caring, optimistic, and reliable and now were livelier than ever before!

CORPORATE LOGO

For over 40 years, weve been known as the one brand women all over Pakistan count on, but just like people grow and change, were growing too. And now its time for a change. Every year were growing bigger, brighter, more global, and our NFL spirit of adventure which has been the energy behind every new and innovative product is now the encouragement behind our new logo. The new Pakistani homemaker is feisty and vibrant and our new image is helping her feel just as we have generations of food lovers feel completely at home.

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BRAND COLOURS

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CULTURE
NFL talk about their values consistently at all levels and use the HAMSAB platform to build and sustain a healthy positive vibe across the organization. With the growing passage of time, they reinforce their core values through communicating them down to every level in the organization. They remind their people of the principles they stand for and how to create business opportunities within the boundaries of integrity and fairness. This is how they create lasting change and develop a mindset of a truly accountable workforce.

THE SELECTION OF SPECIFIC BRAND

NATIONAL KETCHUP
The national ketchup is providing:-

TOMATO KETCHUP CHILLI GARLIC SAUCE HOT AND SPICY SAUCE

KETCHUP BRAND ANALYSIS:

Ketchup brands vie for supremacy in a very tough battlefield. Ketchup is also more severely judged than other kinds of food, because while it is exceedingly popular among adults, by far the largest consumers of ketchup are children and children are very hard to please.

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Were proud to say that National Foods Limited has succeeded in meeting Pakistani childrens high ketchup standards year after year. Delivering the perfect balance of tart and sweet, National Tomato Ketchup stood 1st at the Brand Elections 2010, leaving other competitors far behind by tremendous margins.

PRICING ANALYSIS

This is another very important aspect in marketing a product. Because most of the people in our country adopt or buy any product because of its low price and high quality so our main objective is to make a low price and high quality product.

SELECTING THE PRICING OBJECTIVE:

EVERY FIRM HAS ITS OWN PRICING OBJECTIVE IT MAY EITHER MAY TOO. SURVIVE IN THE MARKET TO MAXIMIZE THEIR PROFITS MARKET SHARE MAXIMIZATION MARKET LEADERSHIP

Well the pricing objective of NFL is to capture mass amount of market share because if they manage to do so then automatically with the passage of time they can become the market leaders and can maximize their profits.

DETERMINING DEMAND:
The determination of market demand is another very important factor in pricing, the demand can be either elastic or inelastic .I think the demand of their kind of products is elastic because there are a lot substitutes available in terms of other food mix of other company. So if NFL introduces a high price product the greater chances are that our product wont be very successful.

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ESTIMATING COST:
This is the most important step in pricing, and is a combination of fixed cost and variable cost.

Total cost =fixed cost +variable cost

AUDIENCE VIEWS:
The pricing of national ketchup brand is nominal in customers view, the pouch pack is convenient to use and cheap in price.

PROMOTION

Promotion is to inform, persuade and remind a market of a product an organization is selling in a hope to influence customer feelings and buying behavior. By adopting the promotional method NFL want to inform the market about our new product, with the hope that it will influence the customer feelings and buying behavior.

PROMOTIONAL ANALYSIS:
Both pull strategy and push strategy is executed to make a good image in the minds of consumers and to promote the sale.

PUSH STRATEGY:
For an effective push strategy wholesalers and retailers are advised to increase the sale of NFL product. For this purpose NFL offer them different incentives and good profit margins so that they convince their customers to buy our products.

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PULL STRATEGY:
Through advertisement on different Medias and promotional campaigns NFL make animate in the minds of end user about our product. Because launching a new product in the market and there are number of competitors in the market, so emphasis is to capture the maximum market share. to concentrate on NFL`s pull strategy so that they can make leader in the market of this kind of product.

PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN:
A survey conducted by National food advertising agency owned by company itself shows that correct media selection has helped company achieving communication goal. As a combination of different types of media used (TV, Radio, and Newspaper) by national food, 50-70 % people are accessed out of whole population of Pakistan. National food spends lots of efforts on promotion of its products as management thinks itis the essence of marketing that you communicate effectively with your target customers.

Following campaigns are used for the promotion of our product.

SALES PROMOTION:
Advertisement is done in such a way that people are waiting anxiously for NFL`s product. NFL starts by giving a surprise to people that something useful for them is coming to serve them. they adopt this way because their product is going to be launched for the first time in the market. So they also use billboards to promote our product.

NEWSPAPERS:
NFL knows that newspaper is very effective and inexpensive media to convey the message to target market. Newspapers is extensively used to promote NFL`s product. General awareness and advantages of NFL`s products is given to the prospect users.

SEMINARS:
To start with an effective sales promotion some introductory seminars are conducted. In which all the wholesalers are invited from different parts of City and Country.

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They are introduced with their product and sales and promotional plans. NFL briefs them about the incentives they are going to offer them. they convince them about the strength of their product.

TELEVISION (TELEMARKETING):
They know that TV is very effective media now days. NFL can convey their message to all the prospects very effectively. Different ads and commercials run at different times preferably during family programs (dramas). To use TV intensively is long term strategy, which will last the image of their product in the minds of customers for a long span of time.

PUBLIC RELATION AND PUBLICITY:

Doctors are invited in the TV advertisement. They will discuss about NFL`s product because this product related to food so this could convince to the health conscious people. Through Doctors. NFL generates the idea about the product that how much it is necessary in peoples daily life. Through this NFL will establish an effective link between their product and user. Their relation campaign also targets different cooking schools to generate awareness about the use of our product. NFL tries to make ladies their advocates. National food also arranges different types of funfairs, Cat walks, Cooking competition, Kids show, singing competition etc to promote its products and invoke the interest among people.

DISTRIBUTION

DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL

ROLE OF DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL:

Middleman is of lot of concern for the distribution of our product. Middle man involvement is necessary for our product because our product is not that kind of in which we direct contact with end user, so thats why we need the role of middle man which specifies the role of our distribution channel.

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TYPE OF DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL:

Our product is a consumer good. So our distribution chain is:

PRODUCER

WHOLESALER

RETAILERS

CONSUMER

This distribution chain is for Karachi. In Karachi those wholesalers are selected who deal with the major markets and big stores of all the parts of Karachi.

PRODUCER

AGENTS

WHOLESALER

RETAILERS

CONSUMER

This distribution chain are used out side Karachi for different other cities. From where agents are used to distribute our product in different other cities.

INTENSITY OF DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL:

NFL say that intensity of our distribution channel will be selective, so that we can spread their product throughout PAKISTAN. Because their goal is to capture the maximum share of market.

DISTRIBUTORS OF ISLAMABAD:
Capital distributors of Islamabad for NATIONAL tomato ketchup are situated in Tarlai, and they are responsible for the distribution in Islamabad and as well as in Rawalpindi.

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ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL REVIEW:

National Foods started manufacturing and marketing of packaged spices at a time when everyone was using the stock lots available at retail stores. Our philosophy was, and still, based on: 1) Purity, quality and innovation, 2) Customer satisfaction and 3) Value for money.

The mission and objectives are: 1) To be positioned as food company, 2) Consistent quality and pure ingredients, 3) Authentic recipes and 4) Attain and maintain leadership in all categories of products being manufactured.

Competitors are always the biggest threat to any product this threat could be in terms of brand competition, substitutes, image competition and rival companies. Although the product, which we are introducing, is new in its kind although there are a lot of food powders that are for food but this will be unique in its kind because it is anew trend in paste form. We are increasing the product line of an organization so definitely our company already possesses an image in the market. Although there are a lot of substitute brands that have powders in the market and would give us tough time but the competition will be only in terms of powder mix and not the other features. National Foods is also carrying out competitor's analysis and in order to be competitive and win the competitive value equation National Foods is focusing on tight control of capital spending, improved inventory control, and lower product and manufacturing costs through standardized manufacturing platforms etc. Its main competitors are SHAN industries and Mitchells. The advantage that national food carries from the review of the audiences is that the recipes of national food is less spicy then SHAN, so most of the cutovers prefer NFL

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recipes, as far as regarding ketchup, the NFL has captured the youngsters market by taste of their

tomato ketchup. The NFL introduced the concept of eating ketchup with spoon, because of its taste.

COOKING PASTE:
Is a radical idea, although there are powders available in market but our trend of cooking paste is a new trend, now no need to make paste of powder, just open the packet and use it? National foods limited has a wide range of product line and still counting, the brand name is well established and known so whenever they launch a new product, they do not face difficulties in bringing people to awareness for their new product. The prices are nominal in customers point of view, they are satisfied with it. The company has a very strong promotion strategy, they use almost every known way for the promotion of their product. Also their distribution network is very strong and well assembled. Another interesting fact about the NATIONAL FOOD LIMTED is their name, the word national is used by another renowned company, which is a Japanese and is known for their electronic appliances, many people confuses the national food company with national, for regarding them as one. But it is not; in fact it gives the national food advantage as the national is well known for its trademark name.

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