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Introduction
NIL introduced the Maggi brand to Indian consumers when it launched Maggi 2 Minute
Noodles, an instant food product, in 1982 (Refer to Exhibit III for the history of the Maggi
brand). At that time, Indian consumers were rather conservative in their food habits, preferring
to eat traditional Indian dishes rather than canned or packaged food. In fact, NIL was trying to
create an entirely new food category, instant noodles, in India. Initially, the company targeted
working women on the premise that Maggi noodles were fast to cook and hence offered
convenience.
However, this approach failed as was evident from the fact that the sales of Maggi noodles
were not picking up despite heavy media advertising. To get to the root of the problem, NIL
conducted a research, which revealed that it was children who liked the taste of Maggi noodles
and who were the largest consumers of the product. After this, NIL shifted its focus from
working women and targeted children and their mothers through its marketing. NIL's
promotions positioned the noodles as a 'convenience product', for mothers and as a 'fun'
product for children. The noodles' tagline, 'Fast to Cook Good to Eat' was also in keeping with
this positioning.
NIL aggressively promoted Maggi noodles through several schemes like distributing free
samples, giving gifts on the return of empty packs, etc. NIL's advertising too played a great role
in communicating the benefits of the product to target consumers.
Through its ads, NIL positioned Maggi as a 'fun' food for kids which mothers could prepare
easily. Taglines like 'Mummy, bhookhlagihai' (Mom, I'm hungry), 'Bas 2-Minute,' (Only 2
minutes) and 'Fast to Cook Good to Eat' effectively communicated the product's benefits to
target consumers.
These ads had become so popular that the tagline 'Bas 2-Minute' immediately reminded Indian
consumers of Maggi noodles even several years after the ads were taken off the TV. Maggi's
first product extension was Maggi instant soups launched in 1988. With the launch of Maggi
soups, NIL had become a pioneer in the organized packaged soup market in India.
Product Profile
Type: Noodles
Industry: Food
Founded: 1890
About Nestle
• Nestle is a multinational packaged food company founded and head quartered in Vevey,
Switzerland
• The Maggi brand originates from Switzerland where in 1863 Julius Maggi created the beginning
of the Maggi brand
• The brand is popular in Australia, India, South Africa, Brazil, New Zealand, Brunei, Malaysia,
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Fiji and the Philippines
• Maggi has launched different flavors in India: Maida, Atta, rice, multi grain, tomato, and chicken.
Maggi Ketchup
Maggi Bhuna Masala
Soups: Soups and Instant Noodles
2 Minutes Noodles: Masala, Chicken, Rice, Atta, Multigrain
Maggi’s Mantras
Brand Element
Fast to cook, good to eat: focused on educating customers about nutritional value of Maggi,
convenient in cooking, healthy product.
Maggi 2 minute noodle: change in target market
Taste bhi, health bhi: Maida isn't consider good for health, hence they came with Atta and rice
variant.
Me and meri Maggi: emotional bondage with the customer. Earlier sharing Maggi moments on
the packet and now Big B narrates them on TV. (hostel, lakhan, rakhi’s wedding)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhqubxGq7t4
Type of Appeal
• Emotions- Maggi ads also has emotional appeal as it shows a hungry child comes from outside
and says that he is hungry and his mother says 2 minutes and prepares Maggi.
• Different pack sizes: Rs5 (chotu maggi), Rs 2 Maggi (specially for rural areas)
• Different variants: Atta, multi grain, rice, tomato, chicken
• Sharing magi moments
Market Segmentation of Maggi Noodles
Positioning
Target Market
1 Problem Recognition
This is the first stage of the Buying Decision where the buyer recognizes a problem or need. The
need can be triggered by internal or external stimuli which a marketer must identify by
gathering information from number of consumers. They can then develop marketing strategies
that trigger consumer interest.
Nestle after carefully analysing the market, identified the need for a quick snack in India. They
adopted the first mover strategy and launched Maggi in India in the year 1982 as an instant fast
food.
Thereafter, Nestle recognized the consumer’s need for Maggi in different sizes and introduced
the 50gms, Double Pack and Super Saver Pack (s).
Later on in the years 2005 and then 2006, consumer’s need for a healthy instant food was
catered by launching Maggi Atta Noodles and Maggi Dal Noodles. These again emerged as
successful products and were widely accepted by masses.
Further to suffice the need for different taste, Maggi Rice Mania was brought in the market in
ShahiPulao, Chilli Chao and Lemon Masala flavors.
2 Information Search
An aroused customer will be inclined to search for more information. At this level, a person
simply becomes more receptive to information about a product. There are four major
information sources which are of key interest to the marketer. These are the personal sources
(family, friends, and acquaintances), commercial sources (advertising, websites, packaging and
displays), public sources (mass media, consumer rating organizations) and experiential sources
(handling, examining and using the product).
MAGGI has over the years well established itself in the market and has now become a
household name. This has helped the brand gain popularity through word of mouth.
Maggi’s Mass Advertising Campaigns targeted consumers of all ages. Their advertisements have
highlighted that Maggi is a good alternative available with the consumers when it comes to
having a quick snack.
3 Evaluation of Alternative
Once all the consumers gather all the information he then evaluates the various option
available to him. When evaluating the potential alternatives, consumer uses two types of
information the first is the “list” of brands from which they plan to make their selection and the
second is the criteria from which they plan to make their decision.
Beliefs and Attitude: Evaluations often reflects beliefs and attitudes. And these are acquired by
experiences and learnings.
MAGGI has always provided its consumers with something new from time to time which has
developed a good belief in the brand and thus has helped them to choose them from their
other alternatives. Their competitors like top ramen always find it difficult on the evaluation
front with magi because of strong association of consumers with it.
Awareness set is
Maggi
Tom Ramen
WaiWai
Cup of Noodles
Chings
So out of the above awareness set the consumers decides to choose Maggi because after
analyzing the different parameters of the brand Maggi was chosen as the best alternative
among the rest leading to its maximum market share.
4 Purchase Decision
In the evaluation stage the consumer forms preferences among the brands in the choice set,
the consumer may also form an intention to buy the most preferred brand .In executing a
preferred intention the consumer takes up five sub decisions
Brand
Dealer
Quantity
Timing
Payment Method
In some cases consumer may decide not to formerly evaluate each and every brand; in other
cases intervening factors may affect the final decision.
Because of the strong consumer awareness about the brand MAGGI, consumer generally prefer
Maggi out of all the available brands , due to the mass distribution strategy adopted by Maggi,
any consumer can easily purchase it from their local grocery store without wasting much of
his/her time in searching for the product , Maggi comes in various sizes like single , double and
the supersaver packs so depending upon each individuals need Maggi is catering each and
every segment of the society not to mention that as the size increase the saving on each pack
increases.
5 Post Purchase
After the purchase the consumer might experience dissonance that stems from noticing certain
disquieting features or hearing favorable things about other brands and will be alert to
information that supports his/her decision. Marketer must monitor
Satisfaction is a function of the closeness between expectations and the product’s perceived
performance, if performance falls short of expectations the consumer is disappointed and if it
meets the expectation the consumer is satisfied and if it exceeds the expectations then the
consumer is delighted.
Marketer should also monitor how buyers use and dispose of the product. A key driver of sales
frequency is product consumption rate – the more quickly buyers consume a product the
sooner they may be back in the market to repurchase it.
TITLE OF THE PROJECT
A study on acceptability and consumption pattern of Maggi Noodles in South Delhi Region.
OBJECTIVE
Research Design
Research Methodology
In this project with the help of advance descriptive statistics as well as with the help of sig sigma i.e.
defect analysis we will understand the consumption pattern of Maggi noodles in south Delhi. This report
will also help as to find out the outliers as well as non-value adding activities leading to decline in
demand of the product and acceptance of competitors by consumer
Sample size of 50 respondents has been taken which is too small to generalize the trend.
Study is limited only to south Delhi region.
Research time was limited so in depth analysis could not be done.
Research Analysis
Response: Out of 50 Response we find that acceptability of Maggi Noodles in South Delhi is 100%
No
0%
Yes
No
Yes
100%
Response: Out of 50 respondents only 28 respondents tried other variants of Maggi Noodles
44% Yes
56% No
Response: in this research we found that consumption of Maggi noodles is highest in 18-25 years age
group, than 26-30 years age group
Response: Out of 50 respondent we found that consumption of Maggi noodle is very high in “Working
menand women” that is 58% ( 29 respondent)
Students
30%
Students
Response: In this analysis we found that consumer is 100% satisfied with “Taste”, “Price”, Ease to Make”
and out of 50 respondents 36 respondents are saying Maggi noodles are not god for health (C-sat: 28%).
Ques6). Which of the following brand would you like buy if price is not taken into consideration?
Response: In this analysis we found that if price is not taken into consideration 46% respondent will buy
Maggi noodles and nearby competitor isWai-Wai noodles that is 24 % (12 out of 50 Respondents).
Brand you would like to buy ( when price in not a concern) Result Percentage
Maggi 23 46%
Yippi 1 2%
Top Raman 9 18%
Wai-Wai 12 24%
Knor 5 10%
Total 50
BRAND YOU WOULD LIKE TO BUY
Knor
10%
Wai-Wai
Maggi
24%
46%
Ques7). On the basis of past experience would you like to buy the product again and also suggest to you
family and dear ones?
Response: Out of 50 respondents 31 respondents would like to buy and refer this product to their family
and dear ones, let alone customer satisfaction level of this product is 62%
Yes 31
No 19
Total 50
Satisfaction level 62%
No
38%
Yes
No
Yes
62%
Ques8). What comes first in your mind when you hear the word Maggi?
Response: Here we tried to check the perception of consumer towards the product and we found that
out of 50 respondents for 41 respondents Maggi is just “Noodles” and for rest of the 9 respondents
Maggi is a “Snacks”.
Perception : Maggi is ?
None of these
Snacks 0%
18%
Fast food
Noodles
0%
Fast food
Snacks
None of these
Noodles
82%
Response: Out of 50 Respondents we found 48 respondents (96%) relish on Maggi 2 minutes noodles
2 minutes-Masala Maggi
Atta noodles
Vegetable multi grain noodles
Cuppa mania
2 minutes-Masala Maggi
96%
Age group wise overall Category Outstanding Good Average Caution Alarming
18-25 Years 9 11 2 1 0
26-30 years 6 8 3 1 0
31-40 Years 1 6 0 0 0
41-50 years 1 1 0 0 0
Total 17 26 5 2 0
Out of 50 respondent,17 respondent’s thinks Maggi is “Outstanding”, for 26 respondents it is “Good” for
5 respondents it is “Average” product.
Motivation wise
Outstanding 30
Good 17
Average 3
Alarming 0
Out of 50 respondents , motivation level of 30 respondents are “Outstanding”, for 17 it is “Good”, and
for 3 it is “Average”.
MOTIVATION WISE
30
17
3
0
Out of 50 respondents, motivation and perception level of 22 respondents are “Outstanding”, for 19 it is
“Good”, and for 9 it is “Average”.
22
19
Attitude Wise
Good 28
Average 22
Bad 0
50
Here we found out of 50 respondents, 28 respondents have “Good”, 22 respondent have “Average”
attitude towards the product
ATTITUDE WISE
28
22
Part A
Part B
Variable Yes No
Taste (Good or not)
Price (pocket friendly)
Ease to make
Reliability
Quality Assurance
Loyalty
Good For Health
People buy Maggi noodles because they see somenutritional value in the product. Maggi noodles
contain calcium & iron which is god for health.
This product has not appealed to health conscious people because there are other substitutes (health
supplements) available in the market.
Recommendations:
www.nestle.com
http://www.maggi.in/
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