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This assignment consist of marketing research of krispy kreme company and their fundraising program with issues face by the company...

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Krispy Kreme has turned into the American family symbol for incredible tasting hot doughnuts and espresso. Since its start in 1937, the organization has developed and spread over the United States. Organization leaders and head supervisors credit their prosperity to a restricted, reliable tasting product offering and perfect and welcoming stores that draw in buyers across every single financial class. The organization additionally values its inclusion in beneficent and administration exercises in the networks in which the stores are found. It is evident that the productivity of people increases through different charitable programs as a way of helping the community and is an essential aspect of the business world. (Zhong and Zhao, 2015). The brand mainly introduced the concept of fundraising to raise money for nonprofit organizations. Krispy Kreme is an original product fundraising company as the product was sent to the schools and the students used to distribute them among neighbours for community service programs because the product was easy to sell and people enjoyed it. Moreover, the brand is involved in local charity programs which helps it to form a strong relationship with the community. A few years back the brand helped schools and groups to make $2017 through fundraising. For instance, a trip to Australia was arranged through which a computer lab was created containing a vast number of computers. The brand intended to gradually increase these programs with its expenditure. Krispy Kreme considers employee ethics and diversity an essential part in the development of the brand in the marketplace. According to Steve Martin (Dean, Learning Initiative at Krispy Kreme), there are 3 basic traits that a brand needs to be successful which are innate ability, desire to be successful and integrity. As it is proven by the researchers that Brand character has been characterized as the human qualities or attributes that can be ascribed to a brand. (Keller and Richey, 2006). The brand encourages its employees to work hard as the organization desires to provide the right thing at right time for its reputation in the marketplace. Krispy Kreme expects its employees to provide high standards of conduct through honesty, respect for co-workers and job responsibility. It also aims to provide opportunities for several people worldwide. After few years the brand started it gave job opportunities to 400 to 500 people. Furthermore, the brand provides various training sessions for new employees mostly through communication as it has a great effect on the brand name. It is proven that the requirement for further developed productivity has become generally acknowledged and that it relies upon proficient and viable training. (Olaniyan and Ojo, 2008). The organization has diversity and attracts women and minorities for employment. Ownership and franchise opportunities are introduced for the minorities which can be reached out through websites provided by the brand all around the world. For example, Krispy Kreme started working with CAC South Carolina for partnerships with groups related to minorities. The historical backdrop of Krispy Kreme is one of the fruitful organizations in the United States. Almost 10 years back the organization started looking for franchises in the United States which specifically focused on major markets in the country. Despite the fact that it began at a little store, Krispy Kreme had roughly 400 stores in 2004. Like most organizations, Krispy Kreme plans to control a huge portion of the overall industry in the United States and the worldwide market. Basically, the company wants its brand name, product and culture to be introduced to different countries. It is proven that going global is a connected policy for entering the market. (Masiero et al., 2017). The company trends to follow the concept of a franchise agreement. The organization ought to consider two essential statistical surveying to prevail in the worldwide market. Buyer research is one of the methodologies that Krispy Kreme ought to apply. With the changing buyer taste and inclinations, it is fundamental to get what the clients need. Even though the organization has outstanding amongst other doughnut creation machines, it needs to explore customer taste and inclinations. Krispy Kreme has kept up with the nature of its doughnuts

throughout the long term. Consequently, the organization ought to attempt buyer examination to decide the progressions in taste and inclinations. Competitive soul searching is another pivotal statistical surveying that Krispy Kreme ought to embrace. With the accessibility of various doughnut makers in the worldwide market, the organization needs to embrace a competitive soul searching to be extraordinary in the business. The basic strategy for selecting a site used by the brand is to look in the existing market and point out where other franchises are successful like in Indonesia and Afghanistan. In the United States, freestanding units for site seeing are considered with 4000 square feet for Drive Thurs. In South Asia (Downtown, Seoul) small units are preferred without Drive Thurs. Moreover, the organization is looking towards Mexica, Australia, Spain, UK and Japan for opening its franchises. Before setting another site, Krispy Kreme ought to foster the purchaser persona, which is the essential part of advertising research. The organization can set the purchaser persona by focusing on different elements, including age, area, age, just as significant difficulties. As far as age, the twenty to thirty year old might require diverse showcasing techniques when contrasted with the older. The area will empower the organization to survey the probability of an expansion in demand. For a case, the number of inhabitants in a spot depicts the probability of an increment sought after. In 2001, Krispy Kreme considered on Toronto, Canada as perhaps the best spot to open another store outside the United States. As a result of this consideration, it was the most successful opening for the brand. By focusing on to the metropolitan regions, the organization is bound to characterize its purchaser persona. Krispy Kreme ought to likewise zero in on the cutthroat idea of the spot before setting up its store. On the off chance that the area has other doughnut makers, for example, Dunkin, Krispy Kreme may not understand its objectives. Moreover, the organization can draw in the members in statistical surveying to figure out what clients need in a particular region. According to Scott Livengood, the company's chief executive and chairman, customers have shown great interest in their low carbohydrate diet which have helped the company to expand in the beginning. But as it was recently reported that the brand faced problems related to their low carbohydrate products which affect the health of the customers. It was even recommended by many dietitians that the customers should lower the consumption of the products as it caused many health issues including an increase in cholesterol levels. For example, the rate of carbohydrates in the products of Krispy Kreme is 11 grams whereas it's 6 grams in the products of Dunkin Donuts. Krispy Kreme can address the analysis through compelling marketing approaches. Such methodologies should focus on three viewpoints, including product, price, and brand. Most importantly the brand should focus on the quality of the product which is being served to the consumer. Lately, the brand has introduced some fundraising programs involving different groups which helped it to improve its brand name. The brand should certainly introduce more variety of products and make changes. For example, McDonald's and Dunkin Donuts offer a variety of products including different meals to attract the customer. Most recently Krispy Kreme introduced doughnuts topped with sugar instead of glaze in Spain which helped it to renown its name in the market and increased the rate of profits. Krispy Kreme is one of the famous brands that introduced glazed doughnuts in the United States generating a large number of profits. As the number of brands increased in the country, Krispy Kreme failed to improve its marketing. The organization should focus on its social media marketing through different websites which can play a vital role in the increase of sales and can help to attract more customers. It is evident that various ways of interactions have been developed in past years through

social media that helps an organization to express its innovative ideas. (Saravanakumar and SughanthaLakshmi, 2012). Moreover, the brand should improve its product strategies which can increase customer visits and have a great impact on profit margin as well. Product strategies should directly target regular customers most importantly. This includes a value approach which includes selling particular products at low prices and consideration by conducting promotional activities. According to researchers, it is proven that developing product strategies assists to brief the consumers on how good the product is. (Cyr and Gray, 2003). Furthermore, the brand should also focus on pricing as it should be based on a competitive pricing strategy and most likely to keep the prices low and affordable to attract customers of every group. For example, a doughnut at Krispy Kreme is $2 whereas the same product is offered by Dunkin Donuts at a relatively low price of $1.37. It is proven that the customers mostly prefer the brands which use low pricing strategies or who offer various discounts. (Danziger et al, 2014). Altogether, Krispy Kreme should try to improve its marketing research to succeed in the marketplace.

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