BUDWEISER
BUDWEISER
BUDWEISER
MARKETING PLAN
the mid 1800s. Budweiser beer is America’s drink. One out of five
alcoholic drinks sold in America is a Bud. It is the world’s most popular beer.
In 1865, the brewery produced 8,000 barrels. These numbers grew quickly
when Budweiser Lager Beer was introduced to public in 1876. The company
expanded rapidly and controlled all the means for producing its beer. In the
elsewhere. Budweiser along with the brand extensions Bud Light, Bud Dry
and Bud Ice is creating an image for itself: a mass-produced, drinkable beer
that symbolizes the “good life”. Now, the King of Beers is being sold in more
Company Mission:
quality raw materials – whole heads of Žatec hop, selected Moravian malt
and virgin clear water from our Artesian wells. Due to the unavoidable
The beer industry in USA is still in a growing stage. On 2006 the total
non alcoholic beers, an increase of 1.9% from the period before (2005).
Another main indicator that confirms this stage is the augment in the
in the <$49K category spent 57% of their “alcohol budget” on beer while
high income households only spent 41% on beer. The top ten states:
North Carolina and Georgia comprise near 53% of the total American market.
The U.S. beer industry is divided into three basic levels of brewing
breweries.
barrels.
percent, shipping over 102.3 million barrels. Budweiser is the most well-
known beer brand and leads the beer market in USA. Its main competitors in
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this market are Coors, Heineken and Miller2. Besides competitive forces,
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REGULATORY FORCES:
alcoholic beverages, for beer this is around $0.19 per gallon, ranging from
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discourage possible drinkers by rising beer prices. Actually Budweiser has
had to implement moderate price increases during the last years instead of a
means that every state is a particular market and marketing strategies must
Budweiser main goal is to maintain its position as beer brand leader. It bases
final purchases decision. Given that Humans tend to retain funny images in
their minds more than serious ones, Budweiser uses humor to influence the
selective retention process and place its brand in the minds of the
consumers. Some famous campaigns have entered the popular culture in the
United States. That is the case of the campaign built around the phrase
“Whassup”.
Budweiser not only uses catchy phrases to retain and attract new customers.
Cognizant that the greatest consumers of domestic beers are young sport-
minded men and woman; Budweiser sponsors many sports ranging from
strategy. Our goal will be to take the position of the Budweiser’s marketing
Strengths Weakness
Anheuser-Busch has many different strengths that will help them if they
where to look into new markets. One advantage that Anheuser has is their
financial status.
A look at their annual report shows that they achieved their best results of
increased 3% over the year. They also received 3% more revenue per barrel
brand families increased, and Bud Light continued with its eighth
areas to. Budweiser controls 70.1% of the domestic beer market. Their
nearest competitor is Miller Genuine Draft with 11.2% of the market share.
Anheuser’s distribution also gives them more power in the industry. They
have devised an incentive plan for their wholesalers that reward them for
This approach had helped boost domestic sales over the competition.
and replacing old equipment. This has reduced cost by around $300 million
per year. It has also increased the output of each facility. Anheuser has an
trademarks in the world today. This is due to the large number of promotions
even though they offer great incentive programs for their wholesalers, they
may not have the proper direction to sell the product efficiently. If the
domestic volume dropped 1.8% in 20055. Although it reported its first profit
increase in five quarters in July and sales grew 5.9% to $4.26 billion, it needs
stadium walls at the FIFA World Cup, and through local partnerships.
Opportunities
international market is four times the size of the U.S. market. This allows
them many chances to expand their market. With a bigger market it will also
give Anheuser a chance to experiment with different product lines that may
may also be more likely to produce higher growth rates. With less restriction
a country. It is a lot easier for a company who has the resources to enter new
markets. However, their biggest focus is in creating new alliances with other
Budweiser faces two types of threats, international and local ones. The first
one is that even with Anheuser’s size Budweiser will still have threats when
entering new markets. They will have to compete against the existing
could drive Anheuser out before they even get a chance to fight. Competing
problem that arises. They will have extra costs involved with oversees
product. Lower priced alternatives would be able to compete and slow down
their market growth. Foreign exchange rates will also have a big impact on
operations in the international market. They could cause a big loss in profits
could be the regulation of their ability to advertise and market their products
The second threat for Budweiser is local: Now, A-B's last two significant
are projecting that MillerCoors will achieve $500 million a year in cost
savings, which will flow straight to the bottom lines of the two parent
closest any rival has been to the St. Louis colossus in 20 years. This cost
reductions will eventually reduce Coors and Miller prices, expand their
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distribution channels and allow them to compete in more even conditions
against Budweiser.
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Advertising is a key issue in beer competition and it focuses on selling a high
quality brand. Budweiser places $4.08 per barrel in advertising, and sells a
fresh image normally related with sports, Miller’s ads cost per barrel is
around $6.09. It represents itself as a great product for people who deserve
it, and finally Coors’ ads cost per barrel is $8.63, in an effort to change the
advantage of its brand name to place them in the market. That way, we can
see different types of beer all related to Budweiser: Bud light, Bud Silver, Bud
Recently Budweiser and the beer industry in general are facing a fast
his drinking habits for alcoholic beverages considered more “refined” such as
wine, while wine manufacturers are focusing more in low income consumers,
reducing wine prices and advertising its benefits. Actually, The United States
is set to overtake France in the next five years as the world's largest wine
market, U.S. consumption of still wine, that is, not sparkling wine, is
from 23 million in 2005, and a great part of those consumers will come from
Current Products
Budweiser Family
Budweiser
Brewed and sold since 1876, Budweiser leads the U.S. premium
beer category, outselling all other domestic premium beers
combined.
Bud Light
Introduced nationally in 1982. Bud Light contains more malt and
hops by ratio of ingredients than Budweiser, which gives the brew a
distinctively clean and crisp taste.
Budweiser Select
Bud Select is a new beer developed by using two-row and roasted
specialty malts for a rich color.
Bud Dry
Introduced in 1989 Bud Dry is the first dry-brewed beer produced
by an American brewer.
Bud Ice
Introduced in 1984, Bud Ice is a smooth-tasting ice beer. Bud Ice’s
ice-brewing process creates a slightly sweet taste.
Current Price
earnings for the brewer of Bud Light and Budweiser are expected to exceed
shipment volume grew by 2.1 percent in 2006, the best annual performance
pricing environment within the last two years. So far, the brewer raised
Current Promotion
(Tapper), and a vast presence in motor sports ; Bernie Little's Miss Budweiser
hydroplane boat, sponsoring the Budweiser King Top Fuel Dragster driven by
Brandon Bernstein. Budweiser is also the official beer of NHAR and NASCAR.
The company also does its marketing through popular music. Budweiser is an
official partner and sponsor of Major League Soccer and the Major League
Soccer and Los Angeles Galaxy as well as the headline sponsor of the British
Current Place
The company distributes it’s product within American market and has the
markets.
New Markets
Central-America
China
China is by far the world’s largest and fastest growing beer market and
during the past five years has accounted for 45 percent of the growth in
global beer volume. Over the past 10 years, industry volume growth has
Canada
Budweiser remains the No. 1 beer brand in Canada through a very successful
Mexico
Mexico is the largest export market for Anheuser-Busch beers, and Bud Light
Russia
Russia is the world’s fifth-largest beer market, and consumers there are
Anheuser-Bush has been the largest growing company within the beer
industry. It sells its product not only in America but also all over the world
with long term goal of targeting other large potential markets. Information
gathered above has been rather impressive however, after closer analysis
we believe that every company should have some room for improvement.
This is why our team suggests some improvement as well as new marketing
strategy.
Product
The company has been very successful in being able to separate its product
from the competitor’s products. People are very aware of its unique taste
and quality. After, analyzing beers offered by the company we think that the
products offered do represent wide range of diversity in tastes and also fulfill
desires of many different marketing segments. For instance, the line of Bud
Light that contains lower amount of calories definitely attracts clients that
are more weight conscious; for instance, women. We also support an idea
attracts additional clients, who don’t drink beer on regular bases but enjoy it
during holidays.
Price
Price of beer in general is rather elastic, which means that the price
increaser, decreases demand for the beer. This is due to the fact that
customers can always find other alcoholic beverages that might substitute
for the beer such as hard lemonades, wine, etc. Recent high prices resulted
from increase of average barley prices by 17% since the beginning of the
year to the highest in 11 years. This increase is partly because farmers are
devoting less acreage to the grain in favor of more lucrative crops, especially
corn. Barley has also become more expensive because now that more corn is
being sold to make ethanol, there is less corn available to be fed to animals.
That is leading to greater demand for other feed grains, including barley, for
France, Spain and Italy have shown that their overall revenues decreased
due to high prices of beer and reduction in product demand. Therefore, our
Promotion
As we previously stated the company has been involved in many various
targeting its audience through their own bud TV. It is a creative idea of
product. This idea seems to be very attractive at first, however was not as
victorious as the company predicted. This concept did not work because, first
of all the channel’s name implies that it is specifically related to beer only,
inconvenience for many viewers. Overall, at first good idea turned into a
affects beer sales, since both complement each other very well. This should
without promoting alcoholism and bed lifestyle habits. We believe that the
company should also focus on maybe promoting heritage of beer rather than
Place
Anheuser-Bush is the largest worldwide beer selling company. They sell their
to be very careful and sensitive to the wants and cultural tastes of each
China will probably not be the best idea. The marketing product introduction
should be maybe presented as a beer that is for open minded people that
crave the worldly taste. Each market should be given a lot of attention and
studied carefully.
MARKETING PLAN
BUDWEISER
TEAM 4
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