Case 3Competition in the Craft Brewing Industry in 2017John D. Var.docx
Industry Analysis
1. BEER INDUSTRY
ANALYSIS
Team3:
Sheri Chudow
John Clark
Xinyue Ge
Kevin Marvin
Jessica Porter
2. Agenda
Issue to analyze
Overview of beer industry
Threats to industry
Overview of companies
Recommendation
3. Issue to be Analyzed
Which beer company should you
invest in?
4. Overview of Beer Industry
Porter’s Five Forces
Rivalry-high
Potential new entrants- moderate
Power of suppliers- moderate
Power of buyers- high
Substitute products- high: Wine & liquor
5. Distribution
SABMiller, Anheuser Busch, Diageo & Boston
Beer
Retail
grocers, restaurants, bars, and sporting
events
Micro breweries
Growlers, local brew pubs, local retail stores
6. Threats to Industry
Other alcohols such as wine and liquor
Effects of consumption to health
Beer is harmful to liver and other organs
Causes dependency
Glass of red wine is healthy
Regulations
7. SABMiller
Target market: rural middle class
Sales trend:
Declined in 2009 due to recession
Increased in following years
Focused on emerging market such as Africa,
Latin America, and Asia
8.
9. Diageo
Result of merger of Guinness and Grand
Metropolitan in 1997
Guinness to Diageo was one of the first high
profile cases of rebranding and reflects a
deliberate strategy of separating the corporate
brand from its product brands
Main product: Guinness Draught
10. Products
Spirits
Wine
Beer
Guinness, Harp, Red Stripe, Smithwick’s Ale
Guinness is a strategic brand
Guinness is the only global stout
License agreements to brew other companies’
beers
Other beers accounted for ~10% net sales
11. Diageo
Location
180 markets around the world
Present in developed and emerging countries
Developed markets comprises 66% of net sales
Emerging markets make up 33% of net sales
Demographics
Young male population
Middle class
12. Financial Analysis of Diageo
Trend of increasing net sales
£156 million from 2010-11
£469 million from 2009-10
Beer sales contribute 21% of total net sales
2.8% increase from 2010 beer sales
13. Anheuser-Busch InBev
Acquisition with Belgian company InBev in
2008
The leading global brewer and one of the
world’s top 5 consumer product companies
Best known beers include brands such
as Budweiser, Busch, Bud Light
Listed on New York Stock Exchange
14. Global brewer
Operates 12 breweries in the U.S. and 18 in other
countries
Hold the No. 1 or No. 2 position in U.S., Canada &
Mexico
Revenue increased by 4.5%
Declining sales in North America &Europe
Strong sales growth in Asia Pacific
15. Anheuser-Busch in North
America
Total Volume decreased by3.1% while industry declined
by 1.8%
In 2009, Bud Light is #1 beer bestseller in America
800 wholesalers and distributors in the U.S.
Hensley &Co: John McClian’s wife as its chair
16. History of Boston Beer Comp.
Established in the early 1980’s using a a family
recipe from the 1800's
Based out of Boston, Massachusetts
Best known for the Sam Adams Boston
Lager beer
17. Market Analysis
Boston Beer Comp. does not target the top
beer consumption markets
Sells beer primarily in domestic U.S. markets.
But sells on a smaller scale to the Canadian,
European, Israeli, the Caribbean, and
Mexican markets
Boston Beer Company is the leading craft
beer, but most beer drinkers will drink a light
domestic beer.
18. Financials
In 2009, generated a net income of $31.1
million from $453.4 million in revenue, a 284%
increase from 2008
Reported $66 million of net income from $513
million in revenue in 2011
19. Demographics
Only brewer where its distributors can buy
back its beer when it's past its peak freshness
date
Distribution channel bases in Cincinnati and
Boston
Have three breweries in Cincinnati, Boston,
Breinigsville, Penn and maintain the ability to
contract brew, if needed, at facilities in
Rochester, N.Y. and La Crosse, Wis
20. Microbreweries
Prohibition
Preferred by locals
Score higher in Craft Beer competitions
Growing industry
21. Microbreweries
Advantages
New and seasonal flavors
Local economies
Growlers
Disadvantages
Taxes
No Economies of scale
Distribution and Marketing
22. Recommendation
Risk adverse investor- Anheuser Busch
Lessrisk, stable, established, profitable
sales, shareholder rights
Risk seeking investor- Microbreweries/
regional
High growth rate, privately owned, local
10-11: 9936-9780 09-10: 9780-9311 (p.143)Beer sales 21% (no increase from 2009 p.162)2829/2752=2.8%
Operating Profit skyrocketed. This suggests superior management and a well run companyThey’re the largest of the craft brewers, generate plenty of free cash flow, and have no debt.