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Serve Yoghurt
AC2105
Seminar 2 Presentation
Question 3
Team 2: Ferlicia Leow, Fion Lim, Gerald Tan, Kwang Yi Juin, Yeo Khai Sern
[1] Briefly Summarize
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In 1994, General Mills
Incorporated (GMI), acquired
Colombo Frozen Yogurt as
they felt that they could add
Colombo frozen yogurt to their
product line-up.
Colombo’s Industry: Soft-Serve Frozen Yogurt
Fun Fact:
- Colombo Yogurt was the first
U.S. yogurt brand
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Porter’s 5
Forces
Competitive
Environment
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◦ Industry Growth: High
● “Colombo faced competition from franchise
operations such as TCBY and Freshens that replaced
many of the independent yogurt shops”
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of Suppliers of Buyers
◦ Concentration: ◦ Concentration:
High High
◦ Availability of ◦ Availability of
Bargaining Substitutes: Substitutes:
Power High High
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Can be either
under Low Cost
depending on
argument but
cost leadership
more suitable
General for this context
as customers are
Mill’s price sensitive.
Strategy
“GMI’s large sales force has already served the impulse
market”
◦ Pricing Promotions
● Targeted more towards the Impulse
Locations than the Shops.
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[2] Using ABC Analysis,
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◦ Recall, what can ABC be used
ABC for?
Analysis
- Analyse and distinguish
New Segment
Profitability
between low value-added
Statements and high value-added
activities
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[3] Based on the Previous
Analysis of [1] & [2],
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Impulse Yogurt Total
Segment Shops
- Possible reasons:
→ More SG&A and merchandising cost
Summary were allocated to the impulse segments,
of Analysis such that they are able to attract more
consumers and differentiate from other
impulse segments.
→ Shops have unique products and less
costs are allocated to them since they do
not have to worry as much about the
promoting of the product.
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◦ Salesforce:
“Many spent a lot of time helping their impulse
customers understand how to use the machinery.”
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◦ Pricing Promotions:
“Shops were aware of the promotions and took
advantage of them.”
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