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legal entity. Mergers are effected by exchange of the pre-merger stock (shares) for the
stock of the new firm. Owners of each pre-merger firm continue as owners, and the
resources of the merging entities are pooled for the benefit of the new entity. If the
merged entities were competitors, the merger is called horizontal integration, if they were
supplier or customer of one another, it is called vertical integration. The new merger
between Heinz and Kraft a horizontal merger. The formation of The Kraft Heinz
Company its a mega-merger which is uniformly positive, as analysts see the deal as a
logical response to an increasingly cost sensitive consumer market and an underperforming, if not stale brand portfolio at Kraft . The deal comes as Kraft and other major
U.S. food makers struggle with changes in consumer tastes that have hampered their
ability to sell packaged, processed food. The newly formed food conglomerate will be
named The Kraft Heinz Company the third largest food and beverage company in North
America and the fifth biggest in the world. Kraft is the parent company of Cadbury which
acquired Cadbury in 2010 .
Each year, managers are forced to justify every expenditure their division makes as
absolutely necessary, as opposed to relying on previous budgets as a guideline. This has
led some companies to challenge employees if they asked for simple things like
flashlights or color copies for business purposes. Bloomberg Business, speaking about
Burger King, could not help but describe the system as creating an oppressive
cheapness.
The prospect that Kraft could apply the same regime of layoffs, closures and austerity
elicited an ecstatic response from speculators on Wednesday. Krafts stock jumped 32
percent in early trading. The massive stock surge is a sign of the policies favored by Wall
Street: job elimination, mergers, and austerity
COMPETITIVENESS
When employees are concerned about their own job security they are more likely to
become competitive with others and this competitiveness can result in conflict-sometimes-even violence. During mergers and acquisitions it is important for managers
and HR professionals to be alert to signs of negative competition and to ensure that
employees are being kept informed about impacts on their jobs and their futures with the
company. While some competition is good, competition is not good when it creates
tension and negative conflict in the organization.
. However there are several negative implications that might arise has a result of the
merger to Cadbury Nigeria. Such which is not limited to the under listed .
There would be some de-motivation amongst the staff, which may lead to low
morale, and thus reduce the productivity of the company, thus decreasing the
profit
There is also a risk of resignation due to change of process, e.g. technology
There might be lack of trust, which would lead to weak loyalty, and thus reduce
emotion
There might be feelings of insecurity and uncertainty of future amongst the
employees
This may also lead to a risk of diminishing Cadbury's brand
Reviews of the mega-merger are uniformly positive, as analysts see the deal as a logical
response to an increasingly cost sensitive consumer market. From a supply management
perspective, the merger also makes a lot of sense. Both firms have mature and
sophisticated supply chain cultures that will prove easy to integrate. Kraft and Heinz
are already at the top of the food chain. Their merger means more market leverage and
history says theyll know where to look and how to operationalize what they find. Each
organization has embraced the use of advanced analytics in their supply management
operations and each is fully committed to the data driven decision processes they enable.
For consumers, this may likely mean less competition to lower prices, which makes it
even more difficult for consumers to have a competitive market for food. This merger
would likely reduce the home based Nigeria competitors and make a foreign company
more dominance . it cannot be denied that it would create a wide variety of brands for
consumers to reach marginal utility .
RECOMMENDATION
The federal government of Nigeria should review her fiscal policy and
enact laws to protect our local firms against big mergers such as this,
so that they compete favorably in the same industry. Also the federal
government can make a soft loan for indigenous investors who are in
the line of business to give them competitive advantages as well.
Reference:
http://ausfoodnews.com.au/
http://smallbusiness.chron.com
www.bizjournals .com