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CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
TOWARDS BINGO
SESSION: 2009-2010
According to a study by McKinsey & Co, the Indian food market will grow two fold by 2025
with the rapidly growing Indian economy and improving lifestyles of Indians contributing in a
big way to this growth. Quoting the study by McKinsey & Co, a report by the US Department of
Agriculture stated "The market size for the food consumption category in India is expected to
grow from US$ 155 billion in 2005 to US$ 344 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate
of 4.1 per cent."
The Indian snacks market is worth around US$ 3 billion, with the organized segment taking half
the market share, and has an annual growth rate of 15-20 per cent. The unorganized snacks
market is worth US$ 1.56 billion, with a growth rate of 7-8 per cent per year. There are
approximately 1,000 types of snacks and another 300 types of savouries being sold in the Indian
market today. Indians in the western regions eat the maximum amount of snacks, followed by the
people in northern region.
I would like to take this opportunity to express my deep gratitude to all those who,
directly or indirectly made this project possible.
I have got considerable help and support in making this project report a reality
from many people.
I would like to thank Mr. Vishal Sharma whose endeavor for perfection, under
fatigable zeal, innovation and dynamism contributed in a big way in completing
this project. This work is the reflection of his thought, ideas, concept and above all
his modest effort.
1) The Indian FMCG sector is the fourth largest sector in the economy with a
total market size in excess of US$ 13.1 billion.
3) Availability of key raw materials, cheaper labour costs and presence across
the entire value chain gives India a competitive advantage.
4) The FMCG market is set to treble from US$ 11.6 billion in 2003to US$ 33.4
billion in 2015. Penetration level as well as per capita consumption in most
product categories like jams, toothpaste, skincare, hair wash etc in India is
low indicating the untapped market
5) Burgeoning Indian population, particularly the middle class and the rural
segments, presents an opportunity to makers of branded products to convert
consumers to branded products.
9) Major Players in India – HUL, ITC, Procter & Gamble, Dabur India.
According to a study by McKinsey & Co, the Indian food market will grow two
fold by 2025 with the rapidly growing Indian economy and improving lifestyles of
Indians contributing in a big way to this growth. Quoting the study by McKinsey &
Co, a report by the US Department of Agriculture stated "The market size for the
food consumption category in India is expected to grow from US$ 155 billion in
2005 to US$ 344 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate of 4.1 per
cent."
The Indian snacks market is worth around US$ 3 billion, with the organized
segment taking half the market share, and has an annual growth rate of 15-20 per
cent. The unorganized snacks market is worth US$ 1.56 billion, with a growth rate
of 7-8 per cent per year. There are approximately 1,000 types of snacks and
another 300 types of savouries being sold in the Indian market today. Indians in the
western regions eat the maximum amount of snacks, followed by the people in
northern region.
"Consumers are willing to pay a premium for both value-added private and
branded products, creating immense opportunities for manufacturers and retailers,'
the report stated.
Potato chips and potato-based items are the most popular products with more than
85 per cent share of the salty snack market, the report said. In the organized potato
chips market, some of the leading players are Pepsi, Haldiram's, ITC, Britannia,
Bikano, Balaji, Marico, Dabur etc.
Basically we intend to find out the most popular flavor of BINGO in the market
from our sample. Snacks as such are a very minor part of the food processing
industry because snacks sector is largely unorganized. Here we will also look into
the market trends in snacks over the years. The project purports to decipher the
satisfaction level as well as the preferences of consumers pertaining to the various
flavors of BINGO- a new range of savory snacks launched by ITC. We aim to
analyze the success, marketability and future growth prospects of BINGO. We also
intend to study the spending habits and motivation of consumers for buying snacks.
For this a survey was conducted in Delhi where respondents were asked to fill a
questionnaire. The data was collected and analyzed to obtain conclusions.
This report carries an introduction of the company profile, detail of the
methodology followed detailed data analysis and the results so obtained with the
variety of graphs along with given.
Opportunities
• Rising income levels and changing consumption patterns
• Favourable demographic profile and changing lifestyles
• Integration of development in contemporary technologies such as electronics,
material science, bio-technology etc. offer vast scope for rapid improvement and
progress
• Opening of global markets
Threats
• Affordability and cultural preferences of fresh food
• High inventory carrying cost
• High taxation
• High packaging cost
• Competition between national and regional players.
ITC Ltd.
ITC LIMITED
A) Establishment:
Incorporated on 24 August 1910 as the Imperial Tobacco Company of India
Limited, the company's name was changed to ITC Limited in 1974. Rated among
the 'World's Best Big Companies' by Forbes magazine, ITC ranks third on all
major profit parameters among India's private sector corporations. ITC employs
over 20,000 people at more than 60 locations across India. It has a turnover of $3
billion.
ITC's diversified status originates from its corporate strategy aimed at creating multiple
drivers of growth anchored on its time-tested core competencies: unmatched distribution
reach, superior brand-building capabilities, effective supply chain management and
acknowledged service skills in hoteliering. Over time, the strategic forays into new
businesses are expected to garner a significant share of these emerging high-growth
markets in India.
ITC employs over 21,000 people at more than 60 locations across India. The
Company continuously endeavors to enhance its wealth generating capabilities in a
globalizing environment to consistently reward more than 3, 88,000 shareholders,
fulfill the aspirations of its stakeholders and meet societal expectations. This over-
arching vision of the company is expressively captured in its corporate positioning
statement: "Enduring Value. For the nation, For the Shareholder
In the branded snacks market, to get down to basics, Frito Lay commands a share
of 45%, followed by Haldiram’s at 27% and ITC at 16%. The rest is divided
between a handful of new entrants, wannabes and many regional players. Out of
these ITC’s Bingo is a new entrant in the market, which was launched in 2007. ITC
has launched Bingo in a wide variety of flavors and formats, ranging from potato
chips to finger snacks. Because of its different and catchy advertisements Bingo
has created a buzz in the market.
Therefore, our aim was to find out the most popular flavor of Bingo among all the
offerings.
We began our analysis by dividing people into those who like to eat snacks and
those who don’t. We based our study on the survey of people who like to eat
snacks. This survey was conducted in Delhi. To collect the data we designed a
questionnaire.
3.2 STATEMENT OF RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
Research design is the basic framework which provides guidelines for the rest of
research process. It specifies the methods for data collection and data analysis .In
this research project we have used the survey method of data collection, to be more
specific questionnaire method. We conducted a survey in Delhi. Out of the
universe of 500 our sample size is 50. Respondents in the sample size were asked
to fill the questionnaires to gather the data.
ANALYSIS OF DATA
In order to extract the meaningful information from the data collected an analysis of data is done using
pie charts, bar graphs etc.
The first objective of the research project is concerned with finding out what percentage of people
likes to eat snacks. The chart given below is clear on the percentage of people who like to eat snacks.
Comments: -The primary and the secondary form of data collection, says that nearly 100 percent of
the people love to eat snacks. The snacks are the compliment for the Hot and Cold Beverages Company.
People always consume it with Tea, Coffee or with Cold Drinks.
Comments: -As per the survey done, the 90% people know about the ITC Bingo. The Bingo has a
good image over the students (Less than 25 years) and male (25-35years) but the females (25-35 years)
are not much aware about the product. The Kurkure is more popular in Female segment. There is a need
to advertise in such a manner, so that the product can target females too.
Comments: -The Bingo is almost consumed by almost 80 percent of the people. The student inspired by
the advertisement and buy to try the new flavor of bingo where are the Male consumed it with the
beverage in party or with friends. The important segment of Females (25 – 35 years) are less aware about
and are happy with their existing product, so they less tried it.
Our second objective is concerned with finding out which flavor of Bingo is most preferred.
Comments: -The most popular flavor of Bingo is Tedhe Medhe and Mad Angles in the student
group. The Males prefer Tomato Potato Chips and the Females prefers Masala Potato chips and Nimbu
achar flavor. The reason of Bingo popularity is due to different flavors.
Comments: -Although ITC Bingo is very popular but the everyday consumption of BINGO product
is very less in compare to other snacks. In the question all the 3 segments (Students, Males, Females) are
not consuming it on the daily basis, Most people consume it on the once in a week or less basis.
Comments: -This is the most important and interesting area of the survey, The student group who
consume Bingo only are spending less than 50 Rs. Weekly on snacks where as the males and females are
spend 50-100 Rs per week on their snacks consumption. The married couple are spending more than 100
Rs on snacks, but they also prefer the other brands too (like Kurkure, Lays etc)
Thirdobjective was to find out how much people are satisfied with Bingo. Following pie chart shows
the satisfaction level of people
Comments: -The Males are very satisfied with the Bingo product as it is the ITC product. Whereas
flavor conscious students are satisfied or unsatisfied with the Bingo product and the health conscious
Females are very unsatisfied with the bingo product.
The Fourth objective was to analyze the reasons for the popularity of the most preferred flavor.
For this the respondents were asked what do they like most about Bingo. Following pie chart shows
their responses.
Comments: -The majority of males and females like the taste of the bingo product but the student
segment like BINGO because it offers a lot of verity and flavor. As it is the ITC product so, it has a good
image in the public eyes in terms of quality.
Comments: -Nearly all the snacks available in the market is about the same price so all the 3
segments are satisfy with the price, where as few people wants that the price must be according to flavor.
The price must be competitive so the people can switch on with the Bingo product.
Comments: -The majority of the people are in favor to recommend the bingo product. The main
advantage of bingo product is it available in a lot of Varity.
Comments: -The bingo advertisements make it popular in all segment and few people first tried
bingo when offered by friends/family member with beverages.
Comments: -As the price of bingo is not very much competitive so the people are still consuming the
other snacks like kurkure and lays, even haldiram Namkeens are also preferred by consumers to serve the
hot and cold beverages.
Comments: -The student and the Males segment buy the snacks on the basis of their flavor whereas
females (health conscious segment) are buying it because of the quality. The availability and brand
ambassador are not very much preferred by any of the segment.
16 people out of 36 people who like to eat snacks feel that as compared to
other brands Bingo is much better. Other 12 feel that Bingo is somewhat better
and 8 feel that Bingo is about the same as other brands. None feel that Bingo is
somewhat worse or much worse than other brands.
When asked how often they eat Bingo 22 people said once a week or more
often, 11 people said everyday and 3 people said 2-3 times a month.
CONCLUSIONS
ITC pays equal attention to all its products. Keep a sincere check on
Bingo. This is the reason why Bingo provides good quality products at affordable
prices. Though this company has many rivals in the market, yet it has good market
share.
It also gives tough competition to its rival companies. Its promotion techniques
have started taking participation in the race of advertisements. Proper heed is given
to all the factors of marketing mix.
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BIBLOGRAPHY
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MARKETING WARFARE
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FIRTOLAY (PEPSICO) AND BINGO (ITC)
Bingo was launched in India on Mar 14, 2007 during the world cup time. Main aim of ITC Bingo
advertisements was to create buzz among customers. Most of the advertisements of Bingo were
considered vague and stupid but I feel that was the best form of communication any marketing
company has ever done. Within a month of launch of initial advertisements, 70% of the viewers
could recall the brand and that was their main aim. Brand recall along with 16 flavors in three
SKUs helped ITC to capture 16% of market share in just 18 months.
The initial offerings from Bingo include an array of products in both Potato Chips & Finger
Snacks segment. The Potato Chips offerings comprise of four innovative variants inspired by the
snacking habits of different parts of the country as well as Masala, Salted and Tomato flavours.
Additionally a south-inspired dairy option has also been introduced under the potato chips
offering.
The offerings under the Finger Snacks segment are equally unique presentations with innovative
finger foods like the pakoda inspired Live Wires, Khakra inspired Mad Angles and the specially
developed time pass snack in the form of Tedhe Medhe. Each offering under this segment is
available in two variants making it a total of 6 products in the Finger Snacks portfolio.
The segmentation was mainly done on basis of the age of the people. The primary target for
Bingo is 18-30 year old people, who are willing to try out new flavours more easily than the
small kids. Bingo is positioned as a youthful and innovative snack.
In a survey done by ITC, it has been found that 70% of respondents liked Indian flavors like
bhel, golgappas etc. Initial pricing of ITC bingo is directly frontal attack on Frito lays
with pricing of Rs 5, 10 and 20.
Now Frito Lays has launched small packs of Rs 3. Let us see whether ITC can leverage upon its
huge distribution network covering panwaalas to small kiryana shops with a similar small pack
of Rs 3.
The Company distributed more than 4 lakh large racks, to display the brand at all points of sale.
The racks created so much impact that even competitors like market leader Frito-Lay's
introduced its own version of wafer racks. Within six months of launch Bingo was available in
more than 2, 50, 000 retailers across the country. ITC made a strategic alliance with Future group
according to which all retail stores of Future group like Food Bazaar, Big Bazaar, and Kishore
Biyani’s Fair Price etc will store only ITC Bingo. HORECA (hotels, restaurants and cafes),
entire cigarette distribution network including pan shops.
Retail tie-ups, regional flavours and distribution muscle, have helped ITC hit a bull’s eye with
its snack Bingo. In less than 6 months, ITC's Bingo has managed to grab 16% market share and
it hopes to touch 50% in a year
Bingo site (www.bingeonbingo.com) is a very different site with information about Bingo and
its flavors. Even initially Bingo sponsored many Bingo Remix nights in various clubs.
ITC with bingo adopted a Market Challenger strategy and chose a combination of flank and
Lays has revamped its branding strategy with new promotions featuring actress like Juhi
Chawla, Kareena Kapoor etc. About 35 AC BEST buses in Mumbai and metro in Kolkata are
now branded by Kurkure.
Frito Lays again launched a new consumer promotion campaign,
Chai Time Achievers campaign in which consumers could send their recipes using Kurkure.
Promotional Wars
The objective was to capture the consumers’ mind first and the market later. They also had a
long term ambition to overtake FritoLay’s sales and be the market leader.
For the short term, they wanted to gain at least 8 per cent market share nationally, create a buzz
around the brand and create a youthful brand personality.
The agency wanted to base the campaign on the three pillars of
Product, Placement and Personality. After a few brainstorming
sessions, the team realized that people in India still prefer traditional
snacks, such as banana chips and biscuits. To counter that, they
Strategic placement of the product was also an important factor, as the aim was to widen Bingo’s
reach and impact. Bingo was available in more that 250,000 stores in the first six months of its
launch. Brand awareness was also built by placing the Bingo racks in local grocery stores as well
as supermarkets. In most cases, a TVC is the main source of awareness for a brand, while in
Bingo’s case, it was the Bingo rack.
Another thing that had to be taken into consideration was the fact that snacking is a mindless
activity .They wanted to promote a brand that would be deliberately mad, spontaneous and
mindless.
The product launch was preceded by an online viral campaign, ‘Wait or Suffer’. The product was
introduced with a television, print and outdoor campaign.
The madness was also taken offline with mall activities in nine cities across India. Customer
interest was retained with interactive games and product tasting sessions. This activity saw
participation from 2,500 people and experienced close to 250,000 footfalls in the first four
months.
Various radio activities were done in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore to increase brand awareness.
Bingo also ran a contest when Aerosmith was on their official tour to India. Contestants were
supposed to record their favourite Aerosmith song in a local Indian language and submit their
entries.
Since it was a youth brand, digital media was used heavily for promotions. The Bingo National
Gaming Championship was one such example. The event was held in four cities and saw
participation from 25,000 contenders. Bingo Remix Nights were held in clubs across the country.
A fun website, bingeonbingo.com was created to increase awareness about the brand.
Juhi Chawla
In order to add further zing to its product portfolio, in January 2008, the company launched
Kurkure Xtreme, a limited edition variant in two flavors—Risky Chilli and Electric Nimbu
(lime). This was perhaps a move to outdo competition from ITC’s snack brand Bingo, which was
launched in March 2007, in Indianized flavors like Tandoori Paneer Tikka (spiced cottage
cheese) and Chatkila Nimbu Achaar (tangy lime pickle).
Bingo’s success in the market is backed by ITC’s strong distribution network, which allows it to
stock its products in shops that previously did not sell snack food. Additionally, ITC Foods
provides shopkeepers with plastic molded shelves that allow local vendors a convenient way to
stock their product, and the company benefits by increased visibility for its brand. Taking a cue
from its competition, Frito Lay India is focusing on unconventional retail points like cyber cafes
and telephone booths, in order to increase brand visibility and product reach.
To maintain top of the mind recall among its customers the brand has undertaken several unique
communication initiatives. The most recent, for example, is called "Chala Change ka Chakkar,"
which is an umbrella campaign for Frito Lay India’s entire product portfolio (Lay’s, Kurkure,
Cheetos, Uncle Chipps, and Lehar). This promotion will allow chosen consumers to live a day in
the life of an Indian Bollywood celebrity (who are the brand endorsers) like Juhi Chawla or Saif
Ali Khan. The idea is to generate excitement around the brand and have it stand out in the clutter
of existing brands.
2) Firtolays also target to the disks and pups and even in various college canteens.