Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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Introduction of the organization
Marketing Concepts
Brand Strategies
References
Acknowledgement
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At the very outset, we are thankful to almighty Allah for giving us strength, courage and
ability to accomplish the report in a scheduled time in spite of various complications.
It gives us immense pleasure to thank a large number of individuals for their cordial
cooperation and encouragement which has contributed directly or indirectly in preparing this
report.
Initially, we would like to express my gratitude to our course teacher Hamidul Islam
His guidance and feedback made everything crystal clear. At first, we was jumbled that
weather. We would be able to make a fruitful report but with his assistance, We, found a way
to do everything accurately and in time. He kept us on track to complete this report and his
propositions were vital in making this report as flawless as possible.
I would also like to express our sincere thanks to all my group members of Marketing
Management who helped me during my work tenure and made my experience a
memorable one.
They also helped a lot to do the job properly. Their outstanding supports me to complete the
report properly.
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Square Consumer Products Limited, has started its journey in 2000 as a member of Square
Group, the leading corporate house in Bangladesh. Within a short span of time, it has been
able to create a strong foothold in the market through its quality products and customer
services. For its obsession with quality management, the company had obtained the
international quality standard ISO 9001 in 2005. Strong commitment to quality, adoption of
advanced technology, stress on human resource development, focus on continuous
improvement and introduction of new products for the growing markets have given the
company a decisive position in the industry. In 2010, the company achieved ISO 22000 for
its food safety management system. More than a decade later, in 1st September 2014 it
reinvented as Square Food & Beverage Ltd.
Square Food & Beverage Ltd. has introduced four popular brands in the market namely
Radhuni, Ruchi, Chashi and Chopstick. Radhuni is the flagship brand of the company. Just
after its introduction, Radhuni drew the attention of housewives who demanded convenience
and time saving cooking. The product range of Radhuni is enriched with basic spices, ready
mixes, cereals & pulses based products and edible oil. On the other hand, Ruchi is providing
ready-to-eat snacks like Chanachur, Fried Dal, Potato Crackers, Muri, Jhalmuri, Sauce,
Ketchup, Jhuribhaja, Chutney and Pickles. Ruchi has won the heart of the youngsters for its
healthy, tasty & innovative ground breaking products. Chashi is the landmark of those
products which are collected directly from the farmers having the indigenous essence and
freshness. The latest addition in the brand portfolio is Chopstick, which has been launched
with a promise of providing tasty, nutritious and quality instant noodles in the market.
Chopstick Instant Noodles is making a difference in the market as the only tasting salt free
noodles in the category which is specially developed with the health concern of children.
The company assures to meet the increasing demand for quality products both at home and
abroad. The products with international standards are being exported to 30 countries.
Dedication to quality, innovative products, customer service and reasonable price has given
the company a unique position in the food business.
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Anjon Chowdhury
Tapan Chowdhury
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: Square Consumer Products Ltd starts its operation.
: Square Infomatix is established.
: Square Hospitals Ltd is incorporated.
2005: New State-of-the-Art Square Cephalosporin’s Ltd. goes into operation: built as
per US FDA/ UK MHRA requirements.
2006: Square Hospitals Ltd starts its journey.
2007: Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Dhaka Unit gets the UK MHRA approval
2008: of Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd. starts SVPO (Small Volume Parental &
Ophthalmic) unit, built as per US FDA requirements, goes into operation.
2009: Square Food & Beverage Ltd. introduced its third brand Chashi in July.
2010: The company obtained ISO 22000 certification for its food safety management
systems requirement for organization in the food chain.
Objectives
- To continue to provide the very best of what the consumer wants
- To enhance the strength and skill of the organization that will contribute to company's
increasing growth both in domestic and global markets
Competitors:
Products name Competitors
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Haiko ,National
Radhuni Faluda mix
Pran
Radhuni Kasundi
Johnson(global),Dove
Meril Baby Lotion
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8. Square Air Ltd
9. Sabazpur Tea Company Ltd
10. Square securities ltd.
Square Consumer Products Limited, has started its journey in 2000 as a member of
Square Group, the leading corporate house in Bangladesh. Within a short span of time, it
has been able to create a strong foothold in the market through its quality products and
customer services. For its obsession with quality management, the company had obtained
the international quality standard ISO 9001 in 2005. Strong commitment to quality,
adoption of advanced technology, stress on human resource development, focus on
continuous improvement and introduction of new products for the growing markets have
given the company a decisive position in the industry. In 2010, the company achieved
ISO 22000 for its food safety management system. More than a decade later, in 1st
September 2014 it reinvented as Square Food & Beverage Ltd.
Square Food & Beverage Ltd. has introduced four popular brands in the market namely
Radhuni, Ruchi, Chashi and Chopstick. Radhuni is the flagship brand of the company.
Just after its introduction, Radhuni drew the attention of housewives who demanded
convenience and time saving cooking. The product range of Radhuni is enriched with
basic spices, ready mixes, cereals & pulses based products and edible oil. On the other
hand, Ruchi is providing ready-to-eat snacks like Chanachur, Fried Dal, Potato Crackers,
Muri, Jhalmuri, Sauce, Ketchup, Jhuribhaja, Chutney and Pickles. Ruchi has won the
heart of the youngsters for its healthy, tasty & innovative ground breaking products.
Chashi is the landmark of those products which are collected directly from the farmers
having the indigenous essence and freshness. The latest addition in the brand portfolio is
Chopstick, which has been launched with a promise of providing tasty, nutritious and
quality instant noodles in the market. Chopstick Instant Noodles is making a difference in
the market as the only tasting salt free noodles in the category which is specially
developed with the health concern of children.
The company assures to meet the increasing demand for quality products both at home
and abroad. The products with international standards are being exported to 30 countries.
Dedication to quality, innovative products, customer service and reasonable price has
given the company a unique position in the food business.
SQUARE Toiletries Ltd. (STL) meets every day needs of people in a unique way for personal
care and hygiene with 16 brands & over 50 international standard products that revive people
to feel & look good and get the best out of their lives.
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SQUARE Toiletries Ltd. (STL) meets every day needs of people in a unique way for personal
care and hygiene with 16 brands & over 50 international standard products that revive people
to feel & look good and get the best out of their lives.
Currently STL - an ISO 9001:2008 certified company, is operating with the trust of
Bangladeshi consumers.
Consumer research plays a vital role in STL brands' development. STL is constantly
developing new products to meet changing tastes, lifestyles & expectations. Strong roots in
understanding the uniqueness of local market & delivering benefits accordingly also resulted
in responding to consumers over 15 countries worldwide.
STL believes that conducting business in a responsible way has a positive social impact. STL
creates and shares wealth, invests in the local economy and develops people's skills- both
inside the organization and in the communities around it.
Building on this heritage, STL prioritizes to instigate people to take small everyday action
that can add up to a big difference for the nation
SQUARE Hospitals Ltd., a concern of SQUARE Group, is a 300 bed tertiary care
hospital. The hospital is an affiliate partner of Methodist Healthcare, Memphis, Tennessee,
USA; Christian Medical College-Vellore, India; and Care IVF (In-vitro fertility centre)
Centre, Singapore.
SQUARE first ventured into the textile sector with the establishment of the first unit of the
SQUARE Textiles Ltd. in 1997. A year later the establishment of the second unit followed.
Today it has one of the most sophisticated vertically integrated set-ups in the country.
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Some of SQUARE Group's ventures in the textile arena are: SQUARE Textiles Ltd.,
SQUARE Spinning Ltd., SQUARE Fashions Ltd. SQUARE Yarns Limited and RASTAS
Apparels Ltd.
Maasranga is the only production house in Bangladesh from where 13 episodes of 08 drama
serials transmitted at a time in every week on 6 individual channels. It is equipped with
world's latest high definition cameras, new HD editing setup, Apple Macintose G5 based edit
panel with Final-cut Pro software, 02 HDV VTR etc. Country's only Sony HVR 1500A, HD-
SDI cum DVCAM VCR with AJA KONA 3G capture card is available here to provide any
sort of audio video input and output of web supporting resolution. Along with the production
house we have introduced the first HD technology based latest television channel in
Bangladesh named Maasranga Television. This channel is totally free from any sort of
prejudice and fully based on the Benglai culture and rituals
Square Air Ltd, a member of Square Group has launched helicopter service recently. In order
to facilitate the movement safely and comfortably for top executives, as well as Air
ambulance/ EMS service for Square Hospital, Square Air has purchased a brand new world
renowned Bell 407 helicopter.
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Sabazpur Tea Company Ltd. includes an organic garden of Bangladesh with true organic
practices. Now, it is under the inspection of German based organization 'LACON' to have
organic certification. Total area of this garden is 1167.35 hectors most of which includes
large hills. Tea is grown on the slopes of hills of this garden. Along with tea this garden
includes rubber, agor, fruit orchard, lake, etc. Natural forest with huge biodiversity of the
garden enhances its natural beauty. Tea workers are facilitated with brick built house, solar
power, medicine, education, entertainment besides their basic needs. Tea, collected from the
hilly garden without hampering the flora has made its taste very special with the flavor of
workers happiness
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Radhuni spices 15 gm - 1000 15tk – 395tk
gm
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Chopstick 62gm - 495 gm 64tk-130tk
Instant
Noodles
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Chaka 500gm – 32tk - 63tk
Washing 1000gm
Powder
Comparatively high
Radhuni Spices price with lots of
1 Product & Marketing variations
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Widely available&
Radhuni Faluda mix highly affordable
2 Production
Widely available
Radhuni Kasundi
3 Production
Availability in urban
Ruchi Pickles areas, variation of
4 Product & Marketing flavors
Available in urban
Chashi Chinigura Rice areas, variation in sizes
5 Product &Marketing
Variation in tastes
Chopstick Instant &sizes
6 Noodles Marketing
Widely available
Meril Baby Lotion &variation in sizes
7 Production &Marketing
Delivers desired
Revive Shampoo satisfaction better than
8 Marketing competitors
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2 Geographic-cities Available in cities, Mostly
Radhuni Faluda mix used in occasion like eid ,
Demographic-Income,
puja etc.
Behavioral-Occasions
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Brand Strategies of Square Ltd
Brand Sponsorship Decisions
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Private Brand N/A
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Brand Extension Radhuni oil, faluda mix Jorda mix, Mixed spices
Meril, Revive,
Multi-Brands
New Brands
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Objective:
History:
Square Food & Beverage Limited is strengthening its export operations to become a high
performing global player by supplying quality food products at reasonable price. Its products
comply with international phytol-sanitary requirements. Starting its first export to South
Korea in 2002, the company is currently exporting the products with international standards
in 30 countries around the world which includes Australia, Europe, North America, Africa
and Asia.
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Technical capabilities in processing, post-harvest handling, maintaining Good Manufacturing
Practice (GMP) and modern grinding technology have given Square Food & Beverage
Limited a strong competitive edge in the industry.
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Societal Welfare activities (CSR) of the Square
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is the continuing commitment by business to behave
ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the
workforce and their families as well as of the local community and society at large.
Our Business Motivation is Being Good by Doing Well and to conduct transparent business
operations based on market mechanism within the legal, ethical & social framework with
aims to attain the mission reflected by our vision. We scale-up CSR activities to consider the
interests of our external & internal stakeholders like customers, employees, vendors,
shareholders, society, government etc. and ecological & ethical considerations in all aspects
of operations. Square is one of the pioneer signatories of United Nations Global Compact
(UNGC) in Bangladesh. UNGC principles are aligned with company's culture from the very
outset.
Square recognizes that progressive labour policies are good business practices, especially for
a company like us that has global ambition. We follow laws and encourage work
environment that welcomes diversity and also follow non-discrimination & fair treatment
policy both in the recruitment & selection process and performance management system. We
have Trade Union & our HR policies have been continuously up-to-dated as per existing
labour law of the country. We do not allow any female employees during night shift
operations & we strictly prohibit any form of forced labour. We actively pursue the policy of
No child labor in Square.
Transparency & business ethics is the core value of Square and it is strictly followed at every
step of the business processes. Every business in Square is modeled in a way that enables the
management to ensure highest degree of both financial and behavioral accountability. Square
pursues Zero Tolerance policy against all kinds of corruption.
Square's activity goes well beyond the sphere of business. As socially conscious and
responsible corporate body Square is committed to the improvement of the society as a
whole. Meril-Prothom Alo festival sponsored by Square, has become a national calendar
event. Square helps many NGO's in their effort to make available healthcare to the
disadvantage population of the country. It sponsors programs to build awareness on the
healthcare need. Square is also a major sponsor of sporting events in the country.
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Square is proud to be a Bangladeshi Company actively involved in various field of Corporate
Social Responsibility?
Loan facility
"Shohoj Kisti Reen Prokalpa" under which all unionized employees can take loan to purchase
necessary home appliances at small service charge and this fund is operated and managed by
a committee of workers' representatives.
Support to education
Award for facilitating higher education in recognition to merit, SQUARE awards Gold
Medal to the students of Dhaka Medical College who secure the first position.
Pick-up and drop services for the school going children of factory employees
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School Bus
As a part of CSR activities, Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd. donated some valuable books to the
seminar library of Department of Pharmacy of Jahangirnagar University on 12 September
2015.On behalf of the Department, Prof. Dr. Sukalyan Kumar Kundu, Chairman, Department
of Pharmacy received the books. These books will be very helpful for both students and
teachers.
Women Empowerment
Housing & Transportation Facility for Female Employees for empowering &
encouraging them to do the job
Transportation Facility
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Fund raising program with Acid Survivors Foundation. With this fund SQUARE
conducts awareness program and stand along with these Acid survivors
Through this project we ensure empowerment of rural women as they can earn money by
purchasing our products at Trade Price & by selling those products to rural households at
Maximum Retail Price (MRP) and also ensure basic health & hygiene to the rural area by the
sales women in explaining the necessity of using sanitary napkin and health soaps and
making these products available at their doorsteps.
Operating a fuel station named "Eakub Filling Station" in Pabna which is run by
women
Square Toiletries Ltd. educated 1.5 million girls regarding adolescent health & hygiene
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Ensuring a healthy future for 3.3 million babies
3500 JITA women are empowered as they are able to have their own source of income
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Free Diabetes Screening & Awareness Program
In Disaster Management
Donation of medicine
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Helping Flood Victims
SQUARE is reputed and recognized as highest TAX paying organization on a regular basis.
Honorable Chairman of group is SQUARE warded as highest TAX payer of the country by
the government.
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References
http://www.sfbl.com.bd/
http://squaretoiletries.com/product/meril-baby/
http://www.squarefoodandbeverage.com/our_brands.php?brand_id=3&category_id=67
http://www.assignmentpoint.com/business/entrepreneurship-development-business/report-on-
square-company-limited.html
http://www.squarepharma.com.bd/corporate-social-responsibility.php
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