Chapter 2

A. External Factor Evaluation

OPPORTUNITIES: W
R WS
Innovations;
groundbreaking
0.06 3 0.18
products to the
ASEAN market.
Profitability; strong
earnings in the 1st half
0.07 4 0.28
of 2019 as Filipinos
drink more its coffee
and much on its
snack.
Emerging markets and
expansion abroad.
0.06 3 0.18
Opportunities for
improvement
0.04 2 0.08
Involve growing ready
to drink tea market in
Philippines.
Universal Robina
Corporation’s Sugar
0.04 2 0.08
and Renewables
subsidiary (URC SURE)
SONDECO marks
another milestone as
it celebrated its 30th
anniversary.
URC ties up with
European snack
0.03 1 0.03
maker to boost
Oceania operations.

The snack food

pioneer marks the
0.04 2 0.08
occasion with a
simple ceremony at
the Philippine Stock
Exchange.
Growth in operating
income was led by
0.06 3 0.18
Branded Consumer
Foods (BCF)
Philippines, which
produces snacks like
Chippy, Piattos, and
Cream-O.
Double-digit growth
was seen in coffee,
0.05 2 0.10
snacks, and its joint
ventures
Its net sales stood at
P67 billion, 4% higher
0.05 2 0.10
year-on-year, on the
back of strong local
consumer
consumption.

THREATS:
W R WS
Robina Agri Partners
assures the public
0.04 2 0.08
that Robina Farms
hog facilities and
products are African
Swine Fever (ASF)
free.
Sugar industry
reduces sugar price to
0.04 2 0.08
help gov’t curb rising
inflation.
The recall of products
in Vietnam as 0.05 2 0.10
regulators called out
lead content also
dragged down the
international
business.
Greenpeace ranked
the Philippines as the
0.08 4 3.2
“third worst polluter
into the world’s
oceans” after China
and Indonesia.
Sugar and renewables 0.06 3 0.18
sales declined by 12%
due to a different
phasing of external
sugar sales-
Rappler.com
The National Bureau 0.05 2 0.10
of Investigation says
the suspect bank
officer Maria Victoria
Lopez has refused to
cooperate in the
investigation.
Some familiar brands 0.05 2 0.10
in the Southeast Asian
region are making
their mark around the
world
The environmental 0.04 2 0.08
group said the
Philippines
contributed 1.88
million tons of
"mismanaged plastic
waste" each year. —
BM, GMA News

TOTAL: 1.00 5.21

B. Internal Factor Evaluation (IFE)
STRENGTHS: W R WS

URC has a wider field of 0.07 4 0.28

food production and yet
with its affordable price.
Payless Instant Noodles 0.05 2 0.10
(URC’s product) receives
best family instant noodles
award.
URC joined the Philippine 0.05 3 0.15
Alliance for recycling and
materials sustainability.
URC says it is studying how 0.05 3 0.15
to reduce its place waste.
URC has 3 regional strong 0.06 4 0.24
brands. Jack and Jill for
snack, Great taste coffee
for coffee, and C2 for ready
to drink tea.
URC products are also 0.05 3 0.15
exported to the other
country.
URC is the leading snack 0.06 2 0.12
food supplier to
supermarkets in the
Philippines.
URC topline increased by 0.04 2 0.08
11%
VITASOY PLUS (URC`s 0.03 2 0.06
product) is a delicious soy
milk that offers the
Calcium benefits of
regular milk with
additional nutrients.
Baker John Academy is 0.04 2 0.08
set to help URC’s
customers expand their
portfolio of flour- and
pasta-based products.

WEAKNESS: W R WS
Coffee segment’s 0.04 2 0.08
resurgence lifts Universal
Robina stock.
PCC blocks URC-RHI deal 0.03 2 0.06
over monopoly concerns.
URC was fined P12 million 0.04 2 0.08
in Vietnam after tests
found that its most popular
beverage brands --- C2 and
Rong-do have high lead
content.
URC net income drops by 0.05 3 0.15
21.2% in 1st 9 months of
2017.
The farms section was 0.06 3 0.18
down by 14.1 percent as
both sales volume and
average selling price of
hogs went down.
Weakness of URC include 0.04 2 0.08
its weak operational
performance of in the
foreign segment.
Gokongwei-led (CEO of 0.04 3 0.12
URC) URC ends partnership
with ConAgra.
Universal Robina 0.04 2 0.08
Corporation earmarks a
slightly lower capital
spending budget this year,
versus the actual spending
of P8.13 billion in 2017.
TOTAL: 1.00