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Kudler Fine Foods Important Marketing Issues
Max Maxwell
University of Phoenix
Kudler Fine Foods Important Marketing Issues
Kudler Fine Foods is an upscale specialty food store located in San Diego, California. The company has three stores located in La Jolla, Del Mar, and Encinitas. The stores specialize in the very best domestic and imported epicurean treats for cooking, eating and entertaining.
The company has experienced significant growth and is now focused on expanding services, increasing profitability, and improving operational efficiency. The following is how they intend to accomplish this:
• Expanding Services (Revenue Increase) – Kudler is offering parties in the store to show customers how to prepare specialty foods. The draw for the consumers is to be trained by world-renowned chefs, local celebrities, other food experts, and even Kathy Kudler herself, and to be invited to exclusive, upscale events. The anticipated outcomes will be to increase the customer purchase rate of high margin food and beverage items and to get consumer to make an evening at Kudler Fine Foods part of their social network. This increased time in the store will increase the overall revenue per visit and increase the frequency of visits to the store. Consumers will receive multiple entries in high-ticket item contests by bringing a friend to the parties. While the firm’s preference is to have the events in-store, guests can have Kudler cooking classes at their home for a price premium. Programs such as this encourage consumer loyalty and word-of mouth marketing.
• Frequent Shopper Program (Revenue Increase) – Kudler’s new initiative is tracking purchase behav ...