An International Marketing Project for my summer class at Harvard University.
We're trying to bring this product, Italian Pasta Vending Machine, to Japan - the land of vending machines.
The CMO Survey - Highlights and Insights Report - Spring 2024
International Marketing Project, Harvard University
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3. Italian Food Culture:
“Al momento, al dente”
High Quality Pasta Vending
Machine in Italy = Success
Export: no quotas to Japan
4. ECONOMIC
• Population: 126,475,000
• GDP $4.31 Trillion
• GDP per Capita: $34,000
• Average household expenditure
in food $3,303
POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT
• Joint Venture
5. Potential Market: AUTOMATED WESTERN Oriented
SALARYMEN Culture
• Buy lunch at workplace • 99.4 % claims Vending • Positive attitude
• Balance diet with Machines are convenient towards western
exercise • Prefer interact with culture
• The younger generation machine rather than • Brand Name
prefer to be work as people • Advertising
professionals • Fascinated by new
technology innovation
7. BENTO
• The most consumed lunch
• “Nobody likes bento-pasta because it’s
over-boiled”
VENDING MACHINE FOOD
• Rarely available
• Linked with low quality
HEALTH CONCERN
• Diabetes: 10 million people
• Stomach cancer - 280,000 men and 200,000
women annually
8. VENDING MACHINE POPULARITY
• 5.5 million units – 1 for every 23 people
• 35% Japanese use Vending Machines more than
once/day
• $ 56 Billion Sales
ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY
• Decreasing number of units due to environmental
reasons
• Vending Machines are equipped with solar batteries
• 80% have containers for plastic
TREND IN TECHNOLOGY
• Interactive – touch screen panel
• Mobile Payment/E-Money/PASMO Train Card
• Facial Recognition
9. Customization
Facial Recognition
Innovative
Interactive Screen
Features
Mobile Payment
Brand • Italian Made Pasta: High-quality
• Fast Food with Healthy Ingredients
Quality • Appealing Packaging Design
10. TOKYO
CENTER OF DISTRIBUTION
• Major location for office
buildings
• Highly populated with Target
Market
• Salaryman
• > 20 years old
11. Tokyo =
Expensive
City
High-
Italian
Brand ¥700 Quality &
Healthy
Food
High-
Tech
Machine
12. ACTION PLAN
FREE Sample
• Business Districts
Marketing Campaign
• Italy Education
• Brand Exposure
Celebrity
• Introduction and delivery of new
Endorsement
product
• Improve the attitude towards • Italian Public Figure
vending machine food
13. CULTURE
Positive to Western Brand Automated System Healthy Diet
HIGH-TECH TECHNOLOGY
Interactive Eco-Friendly Features
PRODUCT
Packaging Pricing Future Plans
Recommendation
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15. • Italy: Analysis
JAPAN MARKETING MIX
• Legal Analysis • Product
• Culture & Society Analysis • Distribution
• Diet Analysis • Price
• Vending Machine Industry • Promotion
• Conclusion
APPENDICES
• Japan's Working Population • Competition: Saizeriya
• Salarymen in Japan • Pricing Considerations
• Professional Employment by • Decreasing Number of Vending Machines
Prefecture • Additional Health Feature
• Japanese Trade Stats • Original PASTITALY
• Japanese Sales on Vending • Sales Projection
Machine
16. Data from 2005:
• 68.5% of the population is between 15 and 64 years of age, meaning that the
majority of the population still works
• “The ratio of never-married had dramatically risen in late twenties to
thirties”: this means less working men have a reason to eat at home or have
someone to cook for them
17. 1,537,830 of total people classified as “professional and technical
workers”in 2005. This number would then be our potential consumer
group
18. This map suggests that Tokyo is in fact a hub for “professional and
technical workers” and therefore a smart choice in location of the
vending machines
21. 842 Japanese outlets
– 470 in Tokyo
Metropolitan Area
Affordable Pricing
• Bacon Risotto - $5.98
• Spaghetti - $5.98
Net Income
SAIZERIYA • $ 92.739M
- Add “PASTITALY” logoHow many of you think of McDonald as fast food?Vending Machines = low quality, unhealthy foodWe’re gonna change that with “PASTITALY”
Italy – doing great for pasta vending machineItalian entrepreneur who really wants high quality pasta (part of the culture) patent the machineSend to japan to have themExport: no quotas to export to japanSuccessful in ItalyItalian food culture of pasta – al momento, al dente
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Economy – country with advanced countryDemographics – small country, strategic locationPolitical – close relationship with USWorking with local farmersEasier to get patentDecrease political and economical risksLess risky for