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0 BUSINESS IDEA
Palmo is the vegetable oil brand which is produced from high quality palm fruits imported from
Malaysia.
Palmo is an option for the edible consumers of Bangladesh and it is also an innovative value
added product of palm fruits. The edible oil industry of Bangladesh has encountered problem due
to huge shortage of supply.
Also the price and the quality of the edible oil are not reasonable enough. Palmo identifies these
top problems as opportunity and combines solutions into one direction which is producing edible
oil from palm fruits to introduce vegetable oil in Bangladesh market as an offering.
3.5 Objectives:
To attain 20% growth rate by the year 2014.
To attain net profit margin of 25% in year 2017.
To achieve BDT 20,000,000 free cash flow by the year 2015 to setup another operational
plant by the year 2018.
To utilize 1200 tonnes of palm fruits by the year 2018.
To repay loans by the year 2020 and lever up the firm with 25% debt by the year 2025.
4 .0 MARKET POTENTIAL
As there is 49% gap between the demand and supply of edible oil in Bangladesh this sector
needs more supply of edible oil. The total demand of edible oil is 16,570,000 tonnes (per head
1120 ml) and supply is 13,326,000 tonnes including the imported edible oil. Whereas the present
and projected scenario of Dhaka Metropolitan City estimated by Palmo is:
Porter’s five forces analysis has been conducted to evaluate competitive edge of Palmo from its
existing and potential competitors (see Appendix A12). The analysis shows:
Bargaining power of suppliers (palm fruits and other ingredients) is low.
Bargaining power of buyers is high because the consumers get several options.
Threat of new entrants domestically is high as the market is quite lucrative and oil
demand– supply gap is huge.
Threat of substitute although very high.
The intra-industry rivalry is domestically low because the demand is quite high than the
supply.
5.2 Assessment:
Among the competitors Rupchanda is the biggest by holding 20% of demand so it grabs almost
40% of total supply. Teer and Fresh are holding sizeable portion of the market. Palmo has
competitive edge in price and taste. It gets the first mover advantage over all potential edible oil
brands. Besides, competitive analysis reveals the market is lucrative in all terms of forces that
indicate opportunity, profitability and sustainability. The competition among competitors is fair
because all operate to make Bangladesh edible oil industry a self sufficient one which is still a
gigantic task.