Marketing Mix in The United States: Product
Marketing Mix in The United States: Product
Marketing Mix in The United States: Product
Product
Aside from selling a wide variety of corn chips, potato chips and snack foods, Frito Lay also
markets and sells several varieties of salsas, dips, crackers, nuts and seeds. These are
generally under the food on the go category which could be also considered as convenience
foods. Most famous brands include Lays, Fritos, Doritos, Cheetos, Tostitos and Ruffles.
And also Frito Lay;s adapt their products. Companies must be flexible to suit the changing
targets of their consumers. Frito-Lay introduced its Baked line of potato chips to
accommodate consumers desiring healthier alternatives to fried snack foods.
Price
Prices of these products are comparable to competitions and are generally inexpensive. Frito
Lays also devotes in R&D to innovating wide range of chips to meet every budget. The goal is
to consider the variety-seeking behavior of the target markets hence providing good quality
snack at fair prices. Frito Lay utilizes some time and promotional pricing m ethnologies.
Place
Frito Lay products are basically sold and everywhere including subway stations, gas stations,
universities, groceries, supermarkets, convenience stores, amusement parks, and movie
theaters.
There are more than 1,800 distribution centers in North America.
Promotion
Through its integrated messages, Frito Lay is promoted to target snack-loving people.
Sporting events are the primary promotional tactic for Frito Lay including the Super Bowl and
NBA. Frito-Lay attracts consumers through extensive advertising the targets specific groups.
The company gains extensive recognition through advertising its snack foods to families with
children, offering products in vending machines and using brand mascots such as Chester
Cheetos to appeal to its youthful demographic.
Product
Frito Lays offers a number of flavor variations, in addition to the products of the
Occidental Region. Favorite ones include: Masala, salted, Barbeque, French cheese,
ect.
Small, Medium, large and economy packs size
Most of the products are for the vegetarian market.
Price
The product will be marketed under the strategy of one price, this means that it will be the
same for all consumers, regardless of variables such as location, type of commercial property,
among others. And obviously, size of the product influence price.
For example, in India, lays come in many price variants. It has packets of Rs 5, Rs 10, Rs 20
and Rs 25. This shows that Lays offers different packet sizes. Lays also started giving 20% extra
on few of its packets.
Place
The company functions over 40 distribution centers, serving more than 2,500 stockiest,
reaching approximately 1 million retail stores that makes the product available on a mass
scale and is easily available. And now they have plans to extend more the existing distribution
network to reach out to 3 tiers towns and villages in India.
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