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@ Nestlé India Ltd. (NIL), the Indian subsidiary of the global
FMCG major, Nestlé SA, introduced the Maggi brand in
India in 1982.

@ With the launch of Maggi noodles, NIL created an

entirely new food category - instant noodles - in the
Indian packaged food market and became a popular
snack food product in India.

@ Being the first-mover, NIL successfully managed to

retain its leadership in the instant noodles category even
until the early 2000s.

@ In 2005, NIL started offering a range of new 'healthy'

products under the Maggi brand, in a bid to attract
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@ In May 2006, Nestlé India Ltd. (NIL), launched a
new instant noodles product called Maggi Dal
Atta Noodles (Dal Atta Noodles) under the
popular Maggi brand.

@ The Dal Atta Noodles were made of whole

wheat and contained pulses, and positioned as
a 'healthy instant noodles.

@ NIL offered a variety of culinary products such

as instant noodles, soups, sauces and ketchups,
cooking aids (seasonings), etc., under the Maggi
brand.
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@ During 1990s, the sales of Maggi

noodles declined, and this was
attributed partly to the growing
popularity of Top Ramen.
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@ NIL changed the formulation of Maggi noodles in
1997.
However, this proved to be a mistake, as consumers
did not like the taste of the new noodles.

@ In March 1999, NIL reintroduced the old formulation

of the noodles, after which the sales revived.

@ NIL also introduced several other products like soups

and cooking aids under the Maggi brand.

@ In the early 2000s, Maggi was the leader in the

branded instant noodles segment, and the company
faced little serious competition in this segment.
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@ Through its ads, NIL positioned Maggi as

a 'fun' food for kids which mothers could
prepare easily. Tag lines of Maggi from
their various ads: -
- µMummy, bhookh lagi hai¶ (Mom, I'm hungry),
^ µBas 2-Minute¶ (Only 2 minutes)
^ µFast to Cook Good to Eat¶
^ µHealth Bhi, taste Bhi¶
^ µIts Different
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@ The demand for convenience food was
increasing in India in the early 2000s.

@ The survey also revealed that the market for

branded food products was growing at a healthy
rate of around 15 percent in the early 2000s.

@ The changing lifestyles and eating habits of

Indian consumers and the increasing purchasing
power of the growing middle income group were
thought to be the reasons behind this growth.
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- Market leader in their segment
- Strong brand loyal consumer base
- wide range of distribution channel
- Product according to the need of Indian consumer
- innovative product

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- Product dependent on single flavour
- Not so much presence in rural market
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@ Increasing number of working youth
@ Product has been acceptable in youth category
@ Shift to rural market

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@ Strong presence of regional competitors
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@ Branding strategies adopted by NIL:
ë Promotional campaigns in schools

ë Advertising strategies like µIts Different¶, µBas

2-Minute¶, µHealth Bhi, taste Bhi¶ etc which
caught the heart and imagination of Indian
consumer

ë Availability in different pack sizes

ë New product innovations.
ë Organizing contests, games and industrial
visits for school kids to further strengthen the
brand image

ë Invite Housewives to send new innovative

recipes made from Maggi and introduce
rewards for the same

ë NIL's promotions positioned the noodles as a

'convenience product', for mothers and as a
'fun' product for children.
ë NIL aggressively promoted Maggi noodles
through several schemes like: -

- distributing free samples

- giving gifts on the return of empty packs

- NIL's advertising too played a great role in

communicating the benefits of the product to target
consumers
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@ Brand extension is using the leverage of a well known

brand name in one category to launch a new product in a
different category.

@ Brand Extension Strategies are frequently undertaken by

the companies when they launch any new product. The
companies try to reap benefit out of their established
Brand Name and Brand Equity.

@ Brand Extension Strategy refers to the strategy in which

a company uses the same Brand Name in order to
promote products of different category.

@ It is commonly found that, a company which has already

established its brand name in the market for a specific
product category, uses the same Brand Name at the
time of launching a new product of different category.
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acceptance range as the customers are already
familiar with the Brand Name.
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and offered a variety of culinary products such
as instant noodles, soups, sauces and ketchups,
cooking aids (seasonings), etc., under the
µMaggi¶ brand name

@ Multi-brand strategy: Marketing of two or more

similar and competing products by the same firm
under different and unrelated brands.
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- keeping the firm's managers on their toes by
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product.
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@ Increase the distribution channel
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brand name - i.e. go for multi-branding
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