Cadbury takes into account all these factors when producing a range of
products. It targets different segments within the market, such as the.
Break segment – products which are normally consume as a snatched break
and often with tea and coffee, for example Cadbury’s Perk and snack range.
Impulse segment – these products are often purchase on impulse, eating these
and then. They include product such as Cadbury’s Dairy Milk.
Take home segment – this describes product that are normally purchased in
supermarkets, taken home consumed at a later stage.
Chocolate Market Share
The Indian chocolate market is getting bigger and better. While on one hand, the premium
segment (composing imported varieties) is opening up on the other, companies like Cadbury
India are launching indigenous product made to international standards. Of the 20,000 tonne
chocolate market worth about
Rs. 400 crore, Cadbury account for about 70% followed by Nestle, with a share of around
20%. Amul has about 5% of the market, with minor player taking the rest. The battle, though,
is between Cadbury and Nestle. Though with a much smaller portfolio, Nestle is putting up a
tough fight.
From a treat for kids, chocolate are now being positioned near meal substitutes, thanks to the
initiative taken by the Cadbury India during early nineties. The market itself has become more
broad based, in the sense adults are an important target segment now. The reposting of
Cadbury’s Dairy Milk in 1994 as the ‘real taste of life (through the Slice of Life and Cricket
commercial by Ogilvy and Mather) grew the entire milk chocolate by 20%, and gave the
Cadbury’s range – 5 Star, Gems, Éclairs, Fruit & Nut, Crackle, Nutties, Butterscotch & Tiffns
– a new lease of life. In other words, it facilitated the repositioning of Cadbury’s sub brands in
the basket. Some o the strategic clicked, while other did not quite take off.