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Mountain Man Brewing Company
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3. COMPANY HISTORY
• Founded in 1925 by Guntar Prangel
• Mountain Man brewed one beer ‘Mountain
Man Lager’ which also came to be known as
West Virginia ‘s Beer
• By 1960s it was established as a quality brew in
the East Central region of United States
• It was priced similar to premium domestic
brands and below specialty brands
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4. KEY PLAYERS
• Oscar Prangel – President and owner, MMBC
• Chris Prangel – Recent MBA graduate, stood to
inherit MMBC in 5 years
5. CORE ATTRIBUTES
• Authenticity
• Quality
• Unique West Virginia’s toughness
Mountain man Lager has always been perceived
as Strong and Working man’s beer
6. MOUNTAIN MAN LAGER
• Dark beer
• Premium segment
• 5,20,000 barrels sold in 2005
• Revenue of 50 million in 2005
• Popular among blue collared workers
12. PRESENT SITUATION
• 2% decline in revenue for the first time
• Growing light beer market
• Key consumer segment – young drinkers,21-27
years of age
13. ALTERNATIVES FOR SOLUTION
• Continue selling Mountain Man Lager
• Introduce Mountain Man Light
• Introduce a light beer under a different brand
name
16. Chris’s projections
• 2% annual revenue base loss for Mountain man
lager
• 4% annual regional growth of light beer
• 0.25% increase in market share of regional light
beer
• 0.25% base market share in 2005
17. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
• Cost / barrel of Mountain man lager = $66.93
• Cost / barrel of Mountain man light = $ ( 66.93
+ 4 ) = 71.62
• Market Price/ barrel = $ 97 ( Total revenue / no
of barrels )
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21. CANNIBALIZATION
• Cannibalization in Mountain man Lager sales are
from 2%-20%.
• Taking an average of 10%. The loss in sales would
be $1,563,640
• Mountain man Light Barrels required to offset the
loss in revenue of Mountain man Lager =
$1,563,640/ $97 =61,609
22. BREAK EVEN
• Number of barrels of Mountain man light to be
sold to break even = 65012 + 61,609 = 126621
• Sales for Mountain Man Light in two years =
(48,735 + 101,369 ) = 150,104 barrels
• Thus the break even is reached in two years
itself
23. CONCLUSION
• THE BRAND CAN GO FORWARD WITH
THEIR DECISION OF INTRODUCING
MOUNTAIN MAN LIGHT BEER AND
DIVERSIFY THEIR PRODUCT LINE.
24. DISCLAIMER
• This presentation has been prepared by
Shreyansi Rohatgi , a commerce graduate in the
course of an internship under Professor Sameer
Mathur