Over the years, Campbell Soup Company has diversified into number of businesses - from frozen dinners to retail garden centers. ... These companies were all competing on price, quality, taste, health factors, product innovation, and product benefits. ... For example, Dunkin' Donuts is in the foodservice industry and Campbell Soup Co. is in the food processing industry, yet Dunkin' Donuts serves soup and Campbell Soup sells soup. Consumers can go to Dunkin' Donuts and get the very same soups that Campbell sells. ... Food processing companies would be forced to lower prices if buy...

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As far as his work experience goes, he was the Manager and before that, Business Manager for dental Insurance claim customer service center for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. ... As I said RFD's staff is ready to provide quality dining experience at affordable prices to its customers. ... RFD's second most appealing strategy is its pricing. ... RFD's management team also analyzed that substitutes do not offer any price/performance advantage. I would like to ask the founders, why would the target customers not go to existing recognized places such as Dunkin Donuts or Starbu...

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Abstract Starbucks originated as a single store in Seattle Washington in 1971. After Howard Schultz joined Starbucks in 1982, he developed his vision and made Starbucks the global company that it is today. Today Starbucks retails, roasts and markets specialty coffee. With 20,891 coffee houses in 62...

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Company Background & Brand Description Starbucks began in 1971 when three teachers "Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegel, and Gordon Bowker "opened a store called Starbucks Coffee, Tea, and Spice in a tourist area, called Pikes Place Market, in Seattle. These three partners shared an intensive attraction for fine coffees and exotic teas and believed they could build a clientele in Seattle like it had already emerged in the San Francisco Bay area. Each one of these "coffee lovers- invested $1,350 and borrowed another $5,000 from a bank to open the Pikes Place store. Baldwin, Siegel, and Bowke...

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Some additional competitors include Tim Horton, MTY Group, and Dunkin Donuts, however these companies compete in a differently way. ... This situation causes a strong rivalry between the companies in the industry and lowers the ability of companies to raise prices or reduce features (BMG 112 201201 class notes). The bargaining power of the big companies within the industry gives them the ability to have better quality coffee at a lower price. ...

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