32. Economic Mission To operate the company an a sustainable financial basis of profitable growth, increasing value for our stakeholders & expanding opportunities for development & career growth for our employees.
33. Social Mission To operate the company in a way that activity recognizes the central role that business plays in society by initiating, innovative ways to improve the quality of life locally, nationally, & internationally.
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35. In 1994, cost of sales increased approximately 9.6 million
36. The overall gross profit as a percentage of net sales decreased from 28.6% in 1993 to 26.2% in 1994. This loss might have been a result at several reasons, such as high administration & selling costs, a negative impact of inventory management & start up costs associated with certain flavors of the new ice-cream Ben & Jerry’s selling general and administrative expenses increased approximately 28% to $36.3 million in 1994 from $ 28.3 million in 1993 and increased as a percentage of net sales to 24.4% in 1994 from 20.2% in 1993.
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39. Company has risk of by potential competitors but they take challenges by launching the new product.
40. The Ben & Jerry ice-cream is costly but the promotional activities compete the competitors.
41. Ben & Jerry has a strong politically stable situation in main market.