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To: John Mackey, CEO – Whole Foods Market, Inc.
From:
Re: Whole Foods Competitive Position and Analysis
Date: January 26, 2011
Introduction
Whole Foods Market is a multi-national retailer of organic and natural foods. According to
the Organic Trade Association (OTA) and Nutrition Business Journal, the organic and natural foods
industry’s revenue is currently approximately $26 billion in the U.S.1 and $71 billion worldwide2.
The OTA says that the organic and natural food category grew between 15% and 20% each year
through 2008 before being stifled by the economic downturn in 2009 with only 5.1% growth3.
Similar growth trends are expected for the next few years. With increased competition from more
traditional grocers like Kroger and Safeway, as well as supercenters like Wal-Mart and Super
Target, is Whole Foods’s fate in jeopardy?
Competitive Position
Whole Foods’s position in the organic and natural foods sector is dominant. With
approximately 33.6% market share in the U.S. in 2010, no other single competitor comes close to
the organic food volume of Whole Foods4. Exhibit 1 shows Whole Foods’s revenue and market
share from 2003 to 2009. Since 1980, Whole Foods has concentrated on offering the highest
variety of organic and natural food products5. With exception of Whole Foods, the organic and
natural food market is fragmented with many customer buying channels. Competition exists from
direct competitors like The Fresh Market, extended product offerings from traditional grocers and
supercenters like Kroger and Wal-Mart, and local farmers’ markets and coops such as those found
around Charlottesville, VA. The threat of new entrants is high as more existing food retailers chase
the product differentiation and variety of organic foods. Exhibits 2 and 3 show a list of
competitors, key figures, and strategies of those competitors.
Whole Foods has the advantage of being the first large mover in the organic retail industry.
Substitutes in the organic and natural food segment are limited although more food retailers are
now offering organic food selections. Whole Foods takes advantage of its above industry average
selection with higher prices than most competitors on the hard to find organic products. With few
complete channels to buy organics, buyer power is low for those products with limited selection,
and high for those organic products being offered in many channels. According to a United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA) study, suppliers are limited but are growing to larger regional
and national positions6. Unlike the traditional grocers and supercenters, Whole Foods has the
advantage of close partnerships with over 2,000 organic suppliers world-wide7. This enables
Whole Foods to retain control, get more products year round, and keep prices as low as possible for
customers. A complete five forces analysis is found in Exhibit 4.
Currently, Whole Foods’s c ...
Due to economic improvement, competitive retail pricing, and increased product selection along with the potential of further education and promotion towards consumers, 2015 will prove to be a landmark year for the organic food industry. This deck provides relevant insights and trends.
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Evaluating Demand and Supply Factors Affecting the Decision to engage in Organic Farming
Table of Contents
1. Introduction.
2. Choice of organic crop.
3. Demand determinants for organic corn.
4. Price elasticity of demand and Demand curve.
5. Supply determinants for organic corn.
6. Price elasticity of supply and Supply curve.
7. Cost of switching to organic.
8. Recommendation.
References
1. Introduction
The subject of the supply and demand analysis of this paper is organic farming in the U.S. In the situation described in scenario D of the assignment, there is a farmer who is experienced in growing (non-organic) corn on his 100 acre field and who is interested in switching to presumably more profitable organic farming. The farmer wants to know what the best (most profitable) organic crop is and how much it will cost to become a certified organic farmer. This paper argues that the organic crop the farmer should be growing instead of regular corn is organic corn, evaluates demand and supply factors for organic corn, estimates demand and supply elasticities and assesses the cost of becoming a grower of organic corn.
2. Choice of organic crop
The key difference between the regular and organic crops is the use of pesticides and fertilizers. According to Kaiser and Ernst (2011), organic crops are the ones that are grown using production methods that are “intended to mimic natural processes”. Such methods include various cultural practices and natural inputs and exclude “most synthetic pesticides and standard commercial fertilizers”.
In our case, the farmer has extensive experience of growing corn and all necessary supplies, tools and equipment. Switching to growing a different crop would require a significant investment in learning about this new crop (and, inevitably, a learning curve) and buying new equipment and supplies. Given that our farmer does not work on a large scale – he only has 100 acres of land to work with – investing in self-education and new props may require a substantial investment outlay (and thus significant fixed costs) which may suppress profits at the initial stages. On the other hand, switching from regular to organic corn will not require a lot of additional investment.
Another reason to switch to organic corn (as opposed to some other organic crop) is that currently U.S. demand is not being met by local supply. There is generally not a lot of data on organic crops – for example, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) only started collecting organic crops data in 2011 – but according to Brat (2015) sales of foods certified as free of synthetic chemicals or genetic engineering by the U.S. were up 11% in 2014 relative to 2013 and amounted to about 5.1% of U.S. grocery spending. The same article also states that the average annual growth of the organic sector was about 10% which is three times higher than that of the overall food sales, citing USDA and trade association data.
According to the data publis.
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Hamdard Laboratories (India), is a Unani pharmaceutical company in India (following the independence of India from Britain, "Hamdard" Unani branches were established in Bangladesh (erstwhile East Pakistan) and Pakistan). It was established in 1906 by Hakeem Hafiz Abdul Majeed in Delhi, and became
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Hamdard' is a compound word derived from Persian, which combines the words 'hum' (used in the sense of 'companion') and 'dard' (meaning 'pain'). 'Hamdard' thus means 'a companion in pain' and 'sympathizer in suffering'.
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driven by lower turkey prices and higher promotional discounts,
according to a Bloomberg Intelligence pricing study. The average
price for national-brand turkey declined to $1.22 a pound from
$1.30, while the price for organic birds rose to $2.24 a pound from
$2.12.
The study contained a basket of 20 holiday-related items at 14
retailers, including specialty stores, supermarkets, mass merchants,
limited assortment and warehouse clubs.
4. Shoppers wanting a primarily organic Thanksgiving will pay the
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Fresh Market ($101.83), Fairway ($83.49) and Trader Joe’s ($72.28).
The average basket cost for specialty retailers was essentially flat
vs. last year, down 0.18%.
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7. Albertsons’ Acme chain led retailers in lowering the cost of
Thanksgiving dinner, according to a Bloomberg Intelligence
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Acme’s prices dropped 9.76% vs. 2014. Ahold’s Stop & Shop’s
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9. Aldi gobbles up competition in discount food for Thanksgiving
10. The cost for Thanksgiving dinner is cheapest at Aldi, among a
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