Marketing Plan

1. Semester Project
MARKETING PLAN
FOR ZAMZAM
RFRESHMENT
BEVERAGES
Developed By:
Student Name: Muhammad Asif Khan
Student ID: MB-2-05-51271
Semester: Fall-2015
Submitted To:
Course Instructor: Faiz Ullah Jawad
Course Name: Marketing Management
Course ID: 70394
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2. Marketing Plan for ZamZam Refreshment
This Market Plan has been developed to introduce the ZamZam Refreshment beverages in Pakistan
and drive a market strategy that enable the company to successfully launch its core product ZamZam
Cola along with other beverage products. The focus is to bring the ZamZam as one of the leading
beverage among others.
This market plan has been developed to successfully introduce the ZamZam Refreshment products in
Pakistan market. This plan not only focuses to launch the ZamZam Refreshment products, but also
emphasize to bring it among the leading manufacturer and distributor of beverages in the
subcontinent. It provides the strategies that can help the ZamZam Refreshment not only to penetrate
into the market, but also cope up with the already existing rivals in the same product line.
Company Profile of ZamZam Refreshment:
ZamZam Refreshment (Emirates), headquartered in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates (UAE) were
established in 2002. It was founded as a specialized company in manufacturing soft drinks (cola,
lemon, orange and diet cola) in cooperation with ZamZam-Jordan which worked on getting the
necessary permission in 1988 to bottle and manufacture mineral waters for distribution of all of
Jordan and neighboring countries.
Meanwhile, ZamZam-Jordan got its activities expanded to include other products mentioned under
group 32 like, juice and other soft drinks. The company started its product distribution of soft drinks
to all of UAE and other countries starting with UAE, KSA, Iraq, Syria, Oman, India, as well as
African countries like Mali, Senegal, South Africa and Zambia and many other countries. In
addition to that, we are now in the advanced stages to manufacture our products in these countries in
the near future.
Our company uses the best materials, the thing that made our products one of the first best new
trademarks with a production of high- quality soft drinks sold in Arab and Islamic countries.
Our company is still in its development stages working continuously on the improvement of its
products. Our company is working on manufacturing other well-known flavors in the world addition
to manufacturing some invented.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
ZamZam refreshment beverages is aiming to expand itself globally and wants to a global footprint
through its unique taste of cola beverages and a wide range of product line.
ZamZam Refreshment from its beginning has been committed to provide value of the money to their
customers. This marketing plan emphasizes to introduce ZamZam Refreshment in a new geographical
market and it is the part of its global expansion plan to increase its current market share.
Preliminary we will decide to enter into the South Asian region and decided to opt to enter into the
Pakistan’s market for its existing products. The Purpose is to provide delighted / undisputed
beverages to the community, which acceptable for all without any ambiguity, at affordable prices. We
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3. are confident enough that our management team is capable enough to successfully launch the product
and will continue to maintain the same culture and values that will help us to maximize the benefits of
all stakeholders.
SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS
ZamZam Refreshment is struggling to enter into a market where many other strong brands are
already serving to the customers in the same product category. We affirm that our product quality and
taste is strong enough to compete with the existing coal products, which are globally known.
Our key to success lies in the sincerity and consistency to fully understand the market needs and
provide them more what they deserve and expected. Another important factor is that our product is
undisputed and equally acceptable for all the customers from any religion, cast, culture or region.
Market Summary:
ZamZam Refreshment has collected enough information about the market and gathered information
about the customers taste, preferences regarding the beverages and what they are missing in other
existing brands. This information will help us to better understand the market needs and will help us
to serve them with differentiation. The Market can be considered as the potential market with an
ability to purchase the product. Different cultures are prevailing within the same market and the
urban area population is the mix blend of these cultures. Interestingly the one common characteristics
existing in all the prevailing culture and classes that they are fond of good and quality foods and drink
products and they spent enough for that.
Target Markets:
Our product is acceptable for the age group, but mostly focuses to the young generations. We can
differentiate our target markets as follows:
• Young Generations including students, sports lovers, etc. (Provide an
opportunity to fulfill their hectic personal life with the thrill and adventurism.)
• Families (To enrich their lives with entertainment)
• Business Entities (Hotels, Restaurants, Clubs, Resorts, etc.) (Provide
an opportunity to increase their customers’ satisfaction through an exceptional line of soft
beverages.)
Market Demographics:
The profile of the ZamZam Refreshment potential customers consist on the following basis:
• Geographic:
ZamZam Refreshment has segregated the market geographically into two broader categories:
o Urban Areas:
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4.  Large urban areas with heavy density of population
 Small urban areas with low population
o Rural Areas:
 Developed rural areas (Large villages having separate living
areas with different standards of living)
 Less developed areas (Small villages having community base
living standards0
• Demographics:
o There is almost an equal ratio of male and female in the country’s population.
o Age Clusters:
 Age between 13 to 60 years
 Age between 13 to 20 years (Juvenile & quite young)
 Age between 21 to 34 years (Young and Mature)
 Age between 35 to 50 years (Middle Aged)
 Age between 51 to 60 years (Old generation)
• Behavioral Factors:
o The majority of the population belongs to the same religion and having a strong
religious trend among the middle income and lower middle income groups.
o Most population having trend of spending money on quality and tasty food and
beverage products.
o The Hectic schedule of urban area’s life compels them to look for a catalyst to boost
their morals.
Market Needs:
ZamZam Refreshment is providing a wide range of soft drink beverages to the customers. The
Market is full of opportunities and there is a strong probability that, ZamZam Refreshment will
penetrate into the market with its unique taste of cola and wide range of product line. The market has
a trend to spend on food & beverages and they continually seek for the best quality products to satisfy
their needs. The past success of the some foreign owned restaurant chains endorsed this confidence
of the ZamZam Refreshment.
ZamZam Refreshment is committed to serve the target market through proving value for the money
to the customers in the shape of following:
• Quality Beverages.
• Extraordinary Customer Services.
• Enriching their lives with joy and happiness.
Market Trends:
The economy of the target market has been recognized as one of the developing but emerging
economy. Consumer Price Index (CPI) and inflation are not highly favorable for the new businesses,
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5. but the growing rate of GDP (Gross Domestic Products) indicates that the market has potential.
Foreign Direct Investment is welcome by the government and provides different type of incentives.
Urban areas more civilized and developed as compared to rural areas and literacy rate are also high as
compared to the rural areas. The people of the urban areas has busiest schedule as compare to the
rural areas population. They spend most of their time for the earning livelihood for their families and
for the loved ones. They always look for the opportunities to spend their leisure time with their
families to fascinate their life along with their hectic schedule. They spend money for that, this trend is
rising day by day and some of the urban areas of the market have been recognized as mega
metropolitan cities.
Market Growth:
It has been predicted that the overall industry growth will hardly be more than 4.5% at the end of the
current fiscal year. But it has been significant that the food & beverage industry growth will achieve up
to 8% growth in the current fiscal year. This growth trend is remarkable as compare to other large
manufacturing scale industries. It is strongly believed that this trend will be rise in the years to come.
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) Analysis:
The following SWOT analysis is based on ZamZam Refreshment strengths, weaknesses in accordance
with the target market and it describes the opportunities and threats existing in the same market.
• Strengths:
o Successfully operating in the existing market through its unique taste of cola and
exceptional customer service.
o Our state of the art logistics system enables us to minimize the overall cost.
o We are financially strong enough to cope up with the market response or we can bear the
early jerks of the market.
• Weaknesses:
o Presently we have not been investing in the manufacturing process.
• Opportunities:
o The large population of the country belongs to the same religion.
o Long summer seasons in the urban areas.
o Quality food & beverages are sought in the market.
o Can expand ourselves horizontally in the same market.
• Threats:
o Expecting a strong resistance from the existing cola producers in the market.
o The uneven growth of economy and shaky political situation.
o Global political scenarios.
Competition:
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6. ZamZam Refreshment is struggling to enter into the highly competitive food & beverages market, but
attractive, where there are many foreign renowned food & beverage brands are serving to the
population. ZamZam Refreshment categorizes them as follows:
• Traditional Cola Producers:
We categorize the following Cola producers into the high competitive zone, due to their
global presence and one of them has been regarded as the pioneer in cola producing:
o Coca Cola
o Pepsi Cola
• Muslim Cola Producers:
There are many other manufacturers are existing in different Muslim countries and producing
soft drinks in the name of Muslim drinks or coal. These producers can be the future
competitors in existing markets. Presently the only one local producer is manufacturing the
Muslim cola in the market:
o Gourmet Cola
• Other Producers of Soft Beverages, Juices and Drinks:
Beside the traditional soft drinks there is a strong market of other drinks and beverages is
existing. Some of the recognized brands are as under:
o Nestle
o Shezan
o Frooto
o Apple Sidra
o Red Bull Energy Drinks
o Rooh Afza
o Jam-Shireen
o Nurus
Distribution:
• Product Offering:
ZamZam Refreshment is in a process to introduce a limited number of products from its wide
range of product line. That can be extended according to the market needs and response. The
products can be categorized as under:
o The core Product:
 ZamZam Cola
o The other products:
 ZamZam Orange
 ZamZam Lemon
 ZamZam Diet Cola
 ZamZam Water
 Power Plus Energy Drinks
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7.  Power Plus Energy Drinks, Sugar Free
ZamZam Refreshment is confident enough that their past experience and the already established
logistics system helped them to effectively manage its distribution network in the newly targeted
market. We will channelize our distribution network through following strategy:
• ZamZam Refreshment’s own operated distribution networks to distribute its products
to the retail & whole sell market.
• Hiring of financially sound distributors to distribute its products to the retail markets,
on need basis.
In the first strategy, we will distribute the products from our warehouses to our distribution centers,
which will be located in the prominent localities of the three large cities. The number of distribution
centers will depend upon the demand of product and in accordance with our expansion plan.
In the second strategy, to meet or exceed the demand of the market and to achieve the cost efficiency,
where possible the distributors will be hired to distribute the products.
MARKET STRATEGY
As per demographics the seventy percent of the population lives in the rural areas and the remaining
thirty percent belongs to the urban areas. Initially ZamZam Refreshment has been decided to
concentrate on large urban areas based on large cities with heavy population. With the passage of time
we will enable to capture the whole market and simultaneously we will enable to increase our market
share in the same product line.
ZamZam Refreshment initially not investing to develop a manufacturing facility through large capital
investment. We will operate the market through distributing the parent organization (ZamZam
Refreshment, UAE) products. To achieve our desired objective we will establish the warehouses in
three large urban cities of Pakistan. Our company has state of the art logistics system which allows us
to distribute our products economically in the market. We have experienced staff, which have the
ability to perform without geographical distinction. They will help us to run our operations smoothly
and allow us to penetrate into the market efficiently.
ZamZam Refreshment planned to develop manufacturing and bottling facility after three successful
years of introducing its products. Meanwhile ZamZam Refreshment (Pakistan) will enable to capture
the whole market, including urban and rural areas.
Mission:
Not Available.
Marketing Objectives:
• Continuously maintaining the upward trend of sale of the ZamZam Refreshment products.
• Achieve steady growth to fully penetrate into the market.
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8. • Decrease customer acquisition cost each quarter.
• Expansion of distribution network all over the market.
Financial Objectives:
• Maximize the ZamZam Refreshment profit margin through efficiency and achieving
economies of scale.
• A double to triple digit growth rate for first three years of launching.
Target Markets:
ZamZam Refreshment has segmented its target market into three broader categories, large urban
areas, small urban areas and rural areas. Market niche has been created through segmenting market
demographically.
ZamZam Refreshment will target the young generation in its initial aggressive marketing campaign.
Besides this market niche we will target the families to enrich their life with the new taste of cola
products.
ZamZam Refreshment will commence the lucrative promotional activities to attract the business
customers.
Positioning:
ZamZam Refreshment position itself as one of the finest producer of soft beverages products. We
differentiate our self through unique taste of our cola product and raise slogan “cola for everyone”.
We will want to make ZamZam Cola the first choice of the customers in soft beverages and drinks.
Strategies:
The first and the foremost aim of ZamZam Refreshment are to create awareness of the product and
the value offered by us among the customers. Our market strategy will focus to communicate the
unique taste of cola which they never taste before or they are unable to find in any other cola product.
This message will communicate through variety of communication media. We will communicate it
through:
• Developing Website and other digital channels
• Electronic Media
• Print Media
• Bill Boards / Hoardings
• Event Organizing
The last method of communication will be used frequently only for initial three years of launching of
products.
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9. Another tactic we will going to apply that the product will be offer at introductory price only for initial
three months, which will be low as compare to the other cola producers or competitors products.
Marketing Mix:
Products:
Type: Soft Drink Carbonated beverage
Ingredients: Carbonated water, sugar,( caramel) colour, Acidulant,
(Phosphoric Acid) Caffeine, Emulsifier (Arabic Gum), Natural
Cola Flavor
Size: 250 ml Regular
300 ml Pet Bottle
350 ml Cane
500 ml Pet Bottle
1.5 liters Pet Bottle
Type: Soft Drink Carbonated beverage, Orange
Ingredients: Carbonated water, sugar, Acidulant, (Citirc Acid)
Emulsifier (Arabic and ester Gum), Natural Orange Flavor,
Preservative (Sodium Benzoate), Color (Sunset Yellow),
Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Vitamin (C).
Size: 250 ml Regular
300 ml Pet Bottle
350 ml Cane
500 ml Pet Bottle
1.5 liters Pet Bottle
Type: Soft Drink, Low Calorie Carbonated beverage, Lemon
Ingredients: Carbonated water, sugar,Natural Citrus Flavour, Acidulants
(Citric Acid), (Malic Acid), Acidity Regualtor (Sodium Citrate),
Preservative (Sodium Benzonate), Natural Lemon-Lime Flavor.
Size: 250 ml Regular
300 ml Pet Bottle
350 ml Cane
500 ml Pet Bottle
1.5 liters Pet Bottle
Type: Soft Drink Carbonated beverage, Diet Cola
Ingredients: Carbonated water, sugar caramel, Acidulates (Citirc Acid,
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10. Phosphoric Acid), Sweetener (Aspartame 350 mg/lt.), Acidity
Regulator (Sodium Citrate, Preservative (Sodium Benzonate),
Caffeine, Natural Cola Flavor.
Size: 300 ml Pet Bottle
350 ml Cane
500 ml Pet Bottle
Type: Power Plus, Energy Drinks, Sugar Free
Ingredients: Carbonated water, Acidity Regulator, Acidity Regulator
(sodium Citrate), Preservative (sodium Benzonate), Citric Acid,
Taurine (Max 0.4%), Glucuronolactone (0.24%), Sweetner
(Aspartame, Acesulfame K), Caffeine (.03%), Inostiol, Vitamins
(Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, B6, B12), Flavour, Colours (Caramel,
Riboflavin).
Size: 300 ml Pet Bottle
350 ml Cane
Type: Power Plus, Energy Drinks
Ingredients: Carbonated water, Sugar (Sucrose), Glucose, Acidity,
Regulator (Sodium Citrate), Preservative (Sodium Benzonate),
Citirc Acid, Taurine (Max 0.4%), Glucuronolactone (0.24%),
Caffeine (0.03%), Inositol, Viatamins (Niacin, Pantothenic
Acid, B6, B12), Flavour, Colour (Caramel, Riboflavin).
Size: 300 ml Pet Bottle
350 ml Cane
Type: Power Plus, Citromin C
Ingredients: Carbonated water, sugar (Sucrose),Glucose, Citric Aci, Taurine,
Glucuronolactone, Caffeine, Inositol. Vitamins (Niacin,
Pantothenic Acid, B6, B12), Flavour, Preservative (Sodium
Benzonate), Antoxidant (Ascorbic Acid).
Size: 300 ml Pet Bottle
350 ml Cane
Type: Power Plus, Genseng
Ingredients:
Size: 300 ml Pet Bottle
350 ml Cane
Type: Power Plus, Vitamin C
Ingredients:
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11. Size: 300 ml Pet Bottle
350 ml Cane
Type: Pure Natural Mineral Water
Ingredients: Pure Natural Mineral Water From Springs LIE in the heart of the
scenic Hatta Peak District Filtering Through Acnient Limestone.
This Water Emerges With a Natural Balance of Minerals,
Calcium, Magnesium, Creating Great Taste, that is Spring Water
Size: 300 ml Pet Bottle
1.5 liters Pet Bottle
Price:
• Not less then the market price level of the same drinks.
Place:
• Large Urban areas
• Small Urban areas
• Rural Areas
We will strive to manage that our product will be at the outlets with minimum time and at minimum
cost.
Ultimately, our sales operations will be operated economically to achieve our ultimate objectives to
increase profit in a social and ethical manner.
Promotion:
• Lucrative discount offers to the distributors, wholesalers and retailers.
• This promotional activity will be accompanied with the other promotional tools like to offer
company owned refrigerators; wholesalers and retailers sign boards, etc.
• Sales promotion events organizing.
• Sponsoring the mega events, specifically the sports events
Marketing Research:
Our market research will be based on two phases:
Pre Launching:
At this phase, we will carry out a comprehensive research to analyze the market demand and
identify the reasons of the failures of the past attempt made by the other manufacturers of
same products. This research will help us to clearly identify the market depth of the product
and its probability of success and failure.
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12. Post Launching:
We will be continuously in a search of that, how we can improve our existing product quality
that can satisfy the customer’s need and to extend our product line in accordance with the new
demands of the market, this will help us to understand the market dynamics and will able us to
serve the market in more effective and efficient manner.
FINANCIALS
Marketing Budgets:
Marketing budgets are divided into two parts, the first part of the marketing budgets deals with the
pre launching activities and the second part of the budget deal with the post launching activities:
First Part of the Budgets:
Amount in million rupees and estimated upon the current market situation:
Particulars Allocated Amount Description
Marketing Research 02.0
• Marketing Consultant
Fee & research cost.
Adds Preparation & Bringing it
on air
20.0
• Fee of Add Agency for
Ad preparation.
• Commercial making
expenses.
• Other expenses related
to print & electronic
Ads.
Promotional Activities 10.0
• Expenses related to
preparation of event
organizing.
Marketing Staff Remuneration 06.0
• Marketing Staff Salaries
and Wages
• Allowances for extra
activities
• Other administrative
expenses
Total 38.0
Second Part of the Budget:
Amount in million rupees
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
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13. Particulars Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Description
Marketing &
Advertisement
10 10 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 2 2 2
Expenses related to
the aggressive media
campaign.
Selling
Expenses
2.5 1 1 1 1 1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Expenses related to
materialized the sales
through providing
different kind of
incentives and
promotional stuffs
like company sign
boards, company
owned refrigerators,
etc.
Promotional
Activities
5 5 5 2 5 5 2 2 5 3 1 5
Expenses related to
effective promotional
activities and event
organizing.
Logistics &
Distribution
10 5 5 5 10 5 3 2 10 5 3 2
To carefully
coordinate with the
logistics to make sure
the availability of
beverages on time.
Total 27.
5
21 16 13 21 14 8.5 7.5 20.
5
10.5 6.5 9.5
Year wise
Total 77.5 51.0 47.0
CONTROLS
Implementation:
The overall marketing operations & activities have been divided into three broader phases:
• Phase I:
The company will capture the fifty percent large urban areas within the six months of its
formal launching of products.
• Phase II:
We will achieve hundred percent penetrations in to the urban areas’ markets within the one
year.
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14. • Phase III:
We will fully penetrate in to the market through covering all prominent rural and urban areas
within the three years.
Sales Targets:
The sales targets will be developed according to the potential of the market. To achieve this we have
segmented the market on the sales potential and they will be categories on the following basis and the
respective targets will be allocated to the sales team on the basis of their respective locality:
• Upper Class Localities (Higher Income Groups)
• Upper Middle Class Localities (Higher Middle Income Groups)
• Middle Class Localities (Higher Lower / Middle Income Groups)
• Upper Lower Class Localities (Upper Lower / Lower Middle Income Groups)
• Lower Class Localities (Middle Lower / Lower Income Groups)
Marketing Organization:
We have been organizing our marketing activities into three broader categories, with an aim to create
distinction from our existing competitors and restrict other producers of the beverages to enter into
the same market. We have divided our marketing activities into following three broader categories.
Marketing & Advertisement:
Marketing department has been responsible to carry out all the marketing related activities of the
ZamZam Refreshment beverage products. First and foremost, they will responsible to carry out a
comprehensive research related to the target market to, provide the desired & required information to
the board of directors to review and analyze the suitability of the investment.
Then they responsible to implement this marketing plan in a manner that all the predefined objectives
of the plan will be achieved in an effective manner. They are responsible to develop ads for the
products and get necessary approval from the top management before bringing it to the media. After
necessary approval, they are responsible to communicate it through various means of communications
to the target audience in order to achieve desired level of sales of beverages and to create a profitable
relationship with its customer through effective customer services.
Marketing department is responsible to create synergy among the Marketing, Selling and Logistics &
Distribution departments to ensure that the uninterrupted supply of the beverages will be available to
the customers. They also responsible to seek continuous feedback from the individual and as well as
the business customers to gauge the potential market growth and rectify the discrepancies if any.
Selling Activities:
The sales department is part and partial of the Marketing department, initially they are responsible to
report to the marketing head about their selling activities. They are responsible to ensure that the
orders from the retailers and whole sellers are received frequently and the supply of the goods will be
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15. reached to the them on time, without any hurdle or disturbance. To achieve this objective they have
to fully coordinate with the logistics department and make sure that the desired information must
reach to the logistics department on time. They responsible to achieve their predefined sales targets
set by the top management with the help of the marketing department, in accordance with sales
opportunities lies in the respective localities of the target market.
The marketing department is responsible to make sure that the market potential will be utilized fully
and every individual of the sales team will be highly motivated to achieve their individual goals as well
as the department’s goals and collectively the organizational goals.
Logistics & Distribution:
It is the prime responsibility of the logistics & distribution departments that all the sales order will be
delivered on time at minimum cost. They continued in a quest to capture the full market share
through their effective and economical fleet operations of the logistics.
Initially they are directly responsible to the marketing department regarding their operational activities
and have to work closely with the sales team. It is to be ensured by the logistics & the distribution
department that with the passage of time the cost of delivery of the beverages should be minimized,
but it must be ensured that they have to maintain the same level of quality of services that the
company has promised to its customers.
Contingency Planning:
Difficulties & Risks:
• As prior mentioned that the already existing manufacturer and distributors of the
renowned cola brands has strong the influence of market the huge resistance is expected
from them.
• The product will be unable to achieve the objectives in term of finance and the number of
sales.
• A change in political and economic condition of the country can affect the sales of the
products.
• Financial risk can be minimized through creating or developing a joint venture or
including local investors in the project.
Worst Case Risks Include:
• Product will be unable to get the desired response from the market.
• A negative marketing from the rivals can harm the product image.
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