Best Breweries in Irvine 1. Backstreet Brewery Originating in Irvine, Backstreet Brewery is one of the first craft breweries in Orange County. Backstreet’s microbrew became so favored they recently branched into craft beer bottling. While four of their favorite beers are now available bottled, Backstreet Brewery is best experienced in its original location inside of Lamppost Pizza. Laidback and friendly with a pub style atmosphere, Backstreet Brewery is the place to linger with friends, enjoy a premium pizza, a savor the brews.…
South Delaware Coors, Inc. Case Analysis 1) Discuss fully the problem facing the company. Larry Brownlow’s is a soon to be graduate, who is considering in opening a Coors distribution center in southern Delaware. Larry is looking to consult an outside company about this but also staying within the budget of $15,000. With is limited funds the problem was giving directions to Mason and Associates regarding what research should be completed by February. This research would determine the markets potential of a Coors beer that would have the distributorship in a two-county area for southern Delaware.…
The assignment is to collect and analyze collected data from a chosen organization to identify one or more its training needs. The recommendation should be justified and linked to the company’s business goals. The Training Needs Assessment (TNA) is used to determine if training is the proper corrective measure to a performance problem. For this assignment I have chosen the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain. It is necessary to follow a systematic approach in order to design an effective training process.…
As Chief Operating Officer, I would entertain the idea of opening a third brewery, this would stick with the theme of maintaining its strategic focus and growing the company. Before starting this venture, first I would list the positives and negatives next to each other and then make an informative decision. When considering the expansion of a business there are many things to think about before making any decisions. Key items on my list of pros would include: shorter travel distances for distributing the product, decrease in fossil fuels, increase of jobs, expansion of the company’s capacity, increase in annual sales, and decreased competition. Key items on my list of cons would include: increase in challenges to remain on a human scale and…
The trademark of logos, mascots and names of collegiate sports are on a different level than professional organizations. In professional sports, this situation is where it has hit its all time high. For decades professional sports organizations like the Washington Redskins and Cleveland Indians have been faced with a tremendous amount of trademark controversy over their name or logo. There are many more professional teams facing this adversity but these two have been dealing with the USPTO for years to try to patent their trademark. With that said, because USPTO uses the Lanham Act of 1946, they have denied registration.…
Part A1: In this case, the issues regarding the health concerns at Delectables Corporation are too significant to turn the other cheek. As a recent MBA graduate, benefiting the company’s shareholders is important to me, since they can significantly improve my own future at the company. That being said, as a strong believer in Utilitarianism and an Edward Freeman enthusiast, it is even more important that I make choices that are in the best interest of the largest number of people as well as the stakeholders. If my job is to improve plant operations, increase efficiency, and reduce costs, I must do everything I can to perform these tasks while maintaining proper business ethics.…
Valuation Methodology In order to value Graincorp’s stock, this report used two-stage discounted cash flow (DCF) model. This model is chosen considering that Graincorp is in the mature stage, with the characteristics of paying high dividends and has a high leverage. Moreover, management stated that they are building another silos by this year, so it is assumed that Graincorp will have an increasing growth for several periods and will drop to the stable growth afterwards. Hence, the first stage of this model would be the increasing phase for 5 years and then followed by the stable growth phase.…
Miranda Dykes MGMT 4513 Case Study Coors Brewing Company Overall performance is closely linked to a company’s operations and how they meet objectives to obtain certain outcomes. The story of Coors’ performance is told in Exhibits 9-10 in the Strategic Management textbook; despite increased capacity, operating income as percent of sales declined by 11% in 1985. Even more telling would be the changes in pure operating income across the industry. In those eight years Coors declined by 14.7%, while others like Heileman increased 168% and Anheuser-Busch increased 358%.…
Annotated Bibliography Wechsler, Henry, and Bernice Wuethrich. Dying to Drink: Confronting Binge Drinking on College Campuses. Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale, 2002. Print. Scholarly…
Situational Analysis for Hockley Valley Brewing Co. Inc. Hockley Valley Brewing Co. Inc was established in 2002 and rose to popularity with the introduction of Hockley’s Dark in 2004. Having further expanded to different products, Hockley has been performing quite successfully. Recently, however, Hockley’s management team has become unsure of its product mix and strategic focus due to the sudden drop in sales for what used to be the most popular brands. Below is the OTSW/SWOT analysis.…
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If each brewery in the US brewed six different beers, there would be nearly 25,000 craft beers to choose from. On the other hand, if you think about an IPA from Vermont or an IPA from Michigan, the variety does become a little less. Never fear. The nation’s brewers are responding to the constant demand for novelty and new tastes with soda pop. Seriously?…
In his article, “Time to end Pennsylvania’s Monopoly on Liquor Sales,” Philip Heron, a native Pennsylvanian and editor of Delaware County Daily News, voices his opinion on Pennsylvania’s restrictive alcohol law and urges for change. Pennsylvania is an alcohol beverage control state; thus, citizens may only purchase wine or liquor at state owned Fine Wine and Good Spirits stores. Similarly to these products, single bottles and six-packs of beer can only be purchased in state licensed taverns or restaurants; furthermore, cases or kegs must be purchased from state licensed beer retailers or distributors. Importing any liquor or beer into Pennsylvania from another state is illegal, according to the law; therefore, Pennsylvania’s law transforms…
Introduction Vincor International Inc. (Vincor) is ranked among the largest companies specializing in the production and marketing of wine in North America. It has many outlet wineries in Canada and the U.S. Since its inception, the company has grown immensely both domestically and internationally. The growth is attributed to the development and marketing of the company’s major brand of Inniskillin Ice-wine. Roger Provost is behind the international success of Inniskillin Ice-wine, which relied on the exclusive distribution channels. However, the recent takeover of the company by Constellation Brands Inc. threatens the exclusive distribution channel and originality of the Inniskillin Ice-wine brands.…
Stratton Oakmont, Inc. was a Long Island, New York based "over-the-counter” brokerage company founded by Jordan Belfort. Stratton Oakmont is one of the well known and most controversial stock scandal of all times. Jordan Belfort also known as “wolf of wall street” was a stockbroker who ended up doing a big stock manipulation. He looted his clients by underwriting an initial public offer(IPO) for a company that doesn’t exist then they used pump and dump scheme to sell its self-owned stocks by giving false and positive statements so that they can sell the low-priced stocks at higher prices. Once an opened, company artificially manipulated the price of the share, since they had virtually all the shares.…