Essays on Chocolates

Kakao Chocolate is a two-shop chocolate mecca near St. Louis, Missouri. They sell hand-made chocolate concoctions, special treats, cater for special events, and serve hot or cold specialty coffees. Their website and Facebook pages are both interactive, with options for customers to place orders through the website or in person. My first impression of Kakao Chocolate is that they are a tiny mom-and-pop shop that sells less-than-premium chocolate. The prices listed on the page seem much less than those typically listed for premium chocolates, and they have only two locations, which leads me to believe that they are not ...

Introduction & Case Background

Hershey is one of the oldest chocolate company in the United States with presence around the world for more than a century. The iconic Hershey’s bar is one of the most loved chocolates in America. Hershey is headquartered in Pennsylvania and was founded in 1882. Hershey’s owns more than 80 brands and it has now become the largest confectionery and chocolate producer in America with numerous famous brands like Kisses, Reese’s Rolo & Krackle Bar, Hershey’s Chocolate Bar, You Peppermint Patties, Mr. Goodbar, Payday, Almond Joy, Milk Duds and many others. Major products include chocolates, food, ...

Information technology is an essential tool for the development of an organization. Technology assists companies in their operation. The use of technology is especially crucial in the management of global organizations. The technological advances assist these organizations to avoid crimes and errors committed through technology. Mars Inc. is one of the companies that have embraced technology in their operations. This paper is set to research on Mars Inc. and its operations in the global market. Additionally, it analyzes the technological advancements employed by the organization in its operations.

The History of Mars Inc

Mars Inc. denotes a private company owned by the family of ...

In a society that believes in the adage, "sex sells", it is no wonder how food companies and advertisers are using sexualized images, particularly of women, to advertise their food and products. Society holds certain stereotypes of the ideal woman as skinny and often advertisers use this perception to advertise their products. Thus, an image advertising food or any other product that portrays a woman as anything but skinny and beautiful would be frowned upon and sales would not be favorable. There are instances when women are portrayed as voracious about food. However, these images and advertisements only use ...

Introduction

A consumer brand is a product that best suits customer needs and wants as per their expectation. The relationship that is in existence between people, and the brand of product they like most is not different that exists when they relate to other individuals in the society. Understanding the relationship between customers and the product throughout the value chain is critical to marketers. It helps managers to strategize on how to deal with the clients in the best way possible. Marketers who know their customers and their needs are the in a position that they can retain and even ...

In the 21st century, the issues about healthy eating habits are becoming common amongst people. Most people are not practicing a healthy diet nor are they concerned about what they eat. Manufactured food is now common with almost everyone for their “ready to eat” perception, time is an issue for many, and they result in feeding on junk. The quality of manufactured food is not up to standards since everyone is out there to make money. Therefore, there is less concern about what is available for the consumer. It is not clear whether this blame should be laid with ...

RE : Fairafric Chocolate Proposal

Introduction Fairafric is a brand that gives the consumers a chance to taste the finest chocolate from Africa. Aside from having a dose of the consumers’ chocolate fix, the brand also promotes social impact every time a bar of chocolate is purchased. The chocolates that are produced are made of Ghanaian premium beans that had been carefully selected and processed for 48 hours to be able to produce 70 percent vegan dark chocolate bars. Buying Fairafric means that the consumers support the cocoa farmers from Africa and at the same time help boost the economy of the country. In ...

Cloud computing is one of the leading technologies in the corporate world today. It helps reduce the operational cost of doing business as well as makes computing more energy efficient. It also facilitates innovation and unlocks other avenues for doing business. Cloud computing is commercially viable for Turner Organic Chocolates since it utilizes existing infrastructure to upgrade efficiency of our data use.

First, it is cost flexible. A recent joint survey by the Economist and the IBM shows that 31% of the companies in the survey cite cost flexibility as an incentive for shifting to cloud computing. The system ...

Business proposal in an emerging economy

I propose that Hilton Worldwide expand its hospitality business to the Latvian republic. Latvia is a democratic parliamentary republic in the Baltic region of Northern Europe, endowed with a maritime border with Sweden in the west. The country is having mind-blowing nature, large forests, rich and fertile environment, sandy beaches, scrumptious Latvian cuisines and its unique culture. There are a lot of specialist museums and monuments in the country. A lot of cultural activities are conducted regularly in the place. The Latvian Health Tourism Cluster has decided to promote health tourism in association with the resorts in the country. All these attract ...

The Law

- Since this incident occurred due to negligence and no prior contract existed between the plaintiff and the defendant the Law of Tort becomes applicable. - As per established norms in the Law the plaintiff must be able to prove that - Defendant owed a duty of care - Defendant breached that duty - There was damage as a result - If the three points are proven by the plaintiff, then following options of defence are open namely any one of the following: Consent, Contributory Negligence, Necessity or Illegality. The Limitation Act (1980) sets a period of ...

Executive Summary

It was founded in the year 1894. It operates in the North America with a market capacity of over 85%. It is one of the largest producer of high-quality chocolates and a leading provider of sugar confectionary and chocolate products globally. The company market its widen chain of products under close to eighty brand names in over fifty countries globally, this market capacity accounts to 15% of the total company’s revenue. The Hershey Company is the sole founder of the candy manufacturer, Milton Hershey. It also unveiled the Milton Hershey school for orphans and disadvantaged children. This is their core ...

Mimz cup & cakes Company

This paper explores a case of Mimz cup &cakes Company that has been actively in the market for roughly one year. The company operates in the city of Doha in Qatar and involves in baking cakes and chocolates. It has a capital base of around $100,000. This work attempts to aanalyze the marketing dilemma Mimzcup&cakes Company experiences in its quest to penetrate into the markets of Doha City as well as the markets beyond. In particular, the exploration bases its arguments of the dilemma that face the company as results of its age in the industry, size and ...

This paper explores a case of Mimzcup&cakes Company that has been actively in the market for roughly one year. The company operates in the city of Doha in Qatar and involves in baking cakes and chocolates. It has a capital base of around $100,000. This work attempts to aanalyze the marketing dilemma Mimzcup&cakes Company experiences in its quest to penetrate into the markets of Doha City as well as the markets beyond. In particular, the exploration bases its arguments of the dilemma that face the company as results of its age in the industry, size and demographic factors ...

Abortion refers to voluntary termination of pregnancy through removing the Uterus of the embryo or fetus prior to viability. In many countries, human abortion is illegal. Many people who oppose abortion rely on the argument that a fetus is a human being from since conception. On Contrary Judith Jarvis Thomson differs with this view and give several examples as a way of proving her point. From Judith's point of view, she argues that a fetus is not a human being from the time of conception. She likens a fetus to acorns which develops top become oak trees. She argued that simply by the fact ...

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Cost-based pricing is rather self-explanatory. It basically mirrors that costs that a company has faced while manufacturing a product in addition to the packaging, and might be a bit more, but never less than that. This method of pricing will beneficial to Cowgirl, for products such as Spicy Chocolate Truffle and even the Muslin bag because they form a majority of the revenues, 50% and 16% respectively. This entails that the demand for these products is relatively high and even if they’re highly priced based on their costs, customers will still purchase them. However, where competitive pricing lacks is that it doesn’ ...

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier does not but tells us a story of a teenage boy, who dares to fight and withstand cruelty and humiliation at school, caused by the school gang, The Vigils. Jerry Renault, a freshman at Trinity High School, finds strength to give a dare to the established system at school, stirring up a rebellion against cruelty. Undoubtedly, this very book is always timely, as it proves that each and every person can at least try to break the system, try to break the wall of humiliation and mockery in order not to lose honour and dignity. The Vigils ...

Nestlé’s Role in the global food system & its decision to partner with competitors and suppliers The supply chain is a combination of processes that are needed to convert the product form a raw state to final and finished form. Although, this sounds easy, it takes a co-ordinated effort and proper logistics support to achieve this. In today’s global scenario, Nestle is promoting the global movement of developing sustainable agriculture for the entire food industry. The company’s role in the future global food system is going to be very important, and it can be a game changer for the coffee ...

Introduction

Consumer behavior is a study of groups, individuals and organizations based on the processes they use to select, dispose and secure products, ideas, experiences and services. The satisfaction of needs and the impacts that the processes have on the entire society and the consumers is considered when talking about consumer behavior. The behavior of consumers blends elements from marketing, economics, psychology, social anthropology and sociology. Besides, consumer behavior attempts to understand the decision making processes that buyers apply both in groups and individually including how emotions affects the behavior of purchasing by consumers. The characteristics of an individual consumer are ...

The Portrayal of Adulthood in The Chocolate War by Robert Comier and Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher

The Chocolate War is about the bravery and steadfastness of Jerry, the protagonist, in refusing to engage in a depraved years-long tradition at Trinity High School carried out by The Vigils. The Vigils order students at the high school to complete various challenging tasks often with harrowing outcomes. The Vigils ordered Jerry to refuse helping out at the high school’s yearly chocolate auction despite the fact that they assured Brother Leon, the coordinator of the event, that they, including Jerry, would help sell chocolates. Jerry’s task was supposed to last for ten days, after which he would be ...

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Company Overview3 Market Segmentation5 The 4 Ps of Marketing..6 Conclusion7 References..8 Abstract Nestle is one of the major companies in the food processing industry. It was founded in by Henri Nestle in 1866 in Switzerland, and currently has up to 333,000 employees (Nestle, n.d.). Moreover, it appeared in several Forbes lists owing to its high profits, sales, assets, and market value, eventually being labeled as one of the World’s most valuable brands (Nestle, n.d.). Behind such soaring success are clever marketing strategies and plans which foresee the future to keep consumers ...

1 - Should Rogers extend its business outside its jurisdiction of British Columbia? Growth is always welcome. Rogers Chocolate has a good market penetration, and that in itself accounts for an expansion of business. With its varied range of products, as well as the number of tough competitors, it is essential for Rogers to expand its business more, and capture other zones as well. Rogers is Columbia’s second largest company, founded in 1855, and thus remains significant even historically. It has markets like retail, wholesale, as well as online markets. So, with better marketing, Rogers can expand ...

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Introduction

Throughout the history of Psychology among the most interesting topics for many scholars and social analyst is the process affecting human development. Thus, there are many developmental theories formulated over the years in the pursuit to explain and confound within a logical explanation and analogy the intricacies of this process. Psychologists believe that certain factors and elements within the stages of one’s development are pivotal to providing an understanding human behavior . In fact, if reviewed and analyzed critically, psychologists believe that it can help predict behavior that is especially beneficial if one desires or saw the need ...

Trick or treat is the practice of children putting on a costume and soliciting from their neighbors back in the middle ages. Trick or treat is children’s most favorite part of Halloween. During the medieval tradition about souls, poor people would go around the village to beg for food. In return, they present prayers on All Souls Day for the dead. The modern trick or treat practice is a tradition inherited from the act of disguising, and is still practiced in some areas in Scotland. Trick or treating was a harmless way for children to acquire candies and chocolates. However, ...

Gladwell and Schmidt have different views on consumer happiness and choice. Gladwell is of the view that there is no perfect product. He believes that people should be given multiple choices to select so that they can achieve their happiness. Schmidt is of the view that many choices make people unhappy. He argues that the variety of choices make it difficult for people to choose, and they are left wondering about the benefits they could have acquired if they had chosen differently. The constant thinking of the choices they did not take makes them dissatisfied with their present choices. ...

Obesity among adolescents in Saudi Arabia

A 2013 study by Abdulrahman Obaid Musaiger (University of Bahrain, Manama, Bahrain) and Nisreen Zagzoog showed interesting patterns in dietary habits and lifestyle among adolescent girls in Saudi Arabia. The study was designed to explore how differently girls from private and government schools live, in a dietary and health perspective. Most health and dietary surveys were traditionally focused and limited to government schools, but the research undertaken in the study took on a comparative aspect. A cross-sectional survey using multi-stage, stratified sampling was carried out on adolescent schoolgirls. The research design is experimental in nature. The research used placebo and control ...

Child safety is one of the biggest concerns of policy makers in the United States of America. They are so serious about child safety that they have banned sell of kinder chocolate eggs in the America. Kinder chocolate egg is an egg shape hollow chocolate that contains a plastic capsule and a toy into it. A section of society appreciates the step, but at the same time people have started asking that if these chocolates are banned because they can choke kids then why guns are not banned that kill thousands of children every year in the United States of America. ...

Business Contract Law: the case of Choc Delux and Kim

1. Law of Tort The Law of Tort is considered to be an important aspect as far as consideration for legal and statutory implications are concerned (Schwartz, 2003). The Law of Tort is regarded to be a source of legal references in case any of the parties to a business contract is affected by the wrongful actions of the other (Fleming, 2005). In the case of a situation whereby an individual, group of individuals, are affected by the action of another individual, group of individuals or an organisation, the stipulations of the Law of Tort help in provision of a remedy ...

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Marketing Strategies help to develop a good fit between business goals, expertise, competencies, available resources and varying opportunities of the market. To examine the action plan and marketing strategies of FMCG, Nestle India is selected, a multinational company which has internationalized its operations and become the world leader in the industry. Nestle India Ltd., a subsidiary of Nestle Switzerland, is one of the largest companies in FMCG sector that provides and manufactures world class food, beverages, confectionery, prepared dishes, chocolates. Nestle India started its business in 1961 by setting up its first factory at Moga in Punjab, which has now turned ...

ID Number Teaching numbers is one of the easiest lessons to teach to young children. However, counting numbers can be quite daunting when the child has not learned any basic counting skill yet. In a group of ten students, it would a lot easier to teach counting because maximized instruction is possible. When teaching a bigger number of students, it is often a lot complicated since young children’s attention span is short. Further, young learners need constant call of attention. Kindergarten students or even first grade learners who go to school for the first time may have a hard time adjusting to ...

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According to Degher and Hughes, the Identity Change process takes place via four processes. These four steps are the Initial status, recognizing, placing and the new status. The identity change process treats the identity change process from a career point of view. It therefore addresses both external and internal features of this identity change process. According to Hughes and Decker, the new status adoption process mainly occurs through two sequential cognitive or internal processes. First is the recognition. Here the individual makes a realization that his current status or condition is inappropriate. For instance, an individual realizes that he is extremely ...

Cadburyoma: A chocoholoma syndrome

Maria suffers from a rare syndrome termed Cadburyoma. It is a disease caused by consumtion of cadburo disease. It initially affects the cardiovascular and gastrointestinal system of the body. Further on when the disease reaches its peak level, neuronal problems arise. Cadburyoma is seen in both males and females and is more prevalent in urban lifestyle.

History

It was first coined by a Lyndon F, a scientist working in the Ohio state university. He observed that patients with Cadburyoma had various cardiovascular problems. He noticed that these patients suffered from varied ailments in the cardiovascular system which included: arrhythmia, angina pectoris, hematoma, valvulitis and ...

Introduction

Memory is imperative not only for students to pass examinations but to everybody in daily life. The more critical the information is, the greater the predisposition to encode and recall it. Retaining the names and other particulars of people who are essential to us improves our personal, professional as well as social life. Loss of memory or low memory can really cost an individual hence the importance of having a high memory (Kelly & Delta, 2008). There are various memory improvement techniques that have scientifically been proven to work. This report seeks to establish whether eating chocolates can help boost ...

Market research

introduction A leading multinational organization located in US aims to introduce its distinguished product line of chocolates in the market, Max. The specially designed chocolate to satisfy the hunger desires of younger generation along with young adults would incorporate nougat, caramel and nuts to enhance the experience of the target audience in the local and international market. The company has a well developed reputation of providing its customers with high quality products ranging from food, cold drinks and biscuits now aim to enter the chocolate market as well. Being in such a competitive position in the international market would ...

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The case study analyzes data from 50 sample internet transactions of Heavenly Chocolates from a latest month and tries to find patterns using descriptive statistical tools among the online purchases based on variables such as number of webpage visited, time spent on the Heavenly Chocolates website, days in which transactions were made, and type of browser used by the customer. It was identified that the more webpage online shoppers visited, the more the purchase they are like to make and vice versa. Similar positive relationship was identified, though relatively at a lesser degree, between times spent on website and amount ...

In analysing the market in Brazil and how this company fits in, we analyse various policies and institutions that are in place in Brazil to try and facilitate both existing and new business. We shall also explore other important aspects such as economic stability, institutional improvement as well as policies on development and the comparative advantage that business owners have in Brazil (Paul,2012). This essay seeks to analyse the market for confectionery and chocolates in Brazil, for the chosen company, Lindlt that deals with the manufacture and sale of confectionery and chocolate. The intention of the paper ...

A premium product is one that is considered to be commensurate with a high price and is of higher quality in comparison to other closely related products (Nagle & Holden, 2002). A product is termed as premium when customers are willing to pay higher for it while they can purchase other products, obtain the same service or function but lesser prices. The processing of chocolates can produce chocolates that can be priced at a premium. According to Nagle and Holden, (2002) the product development process should lead to quality finishing of products to increase their attractiveness and, therefore, increase their chances ...

This paper will examine the case study ‘The Ethical Chocolate Company’ whose Managing Director is Mr. Graham. The paper will seek to reveal the essential areas that Mr. Graham should focus on. It will also recommend measures that he can implement to ameliorate the company. The paper will comprehensively analyze the ideal leadership style for the company, the motivation and job designs that the management should adopt, and how to deal with stress at the work place. First, it is vital to underscore the significance of competent and capable leadership at workplace. From the case study, it is ...

Companies have a moral and social responsibility to give back to the community. This is because they derive a lot of benefits from the communities in which they are situated and it is rational that they give something back. A company derives raw materials, human resources and market sales from the surrounding communities. They make massive profits which are paid as dividends to their stakeholders. Therefore, the concept of social responsibility is premised on the fact that there is an immediate need for these companies to also be part of society. When a company improves the status of the society in which ...

- The relative merits of using a Cost based, demand based or competition based pricing method for the case of Cowgirl chocolate products. Cost-based pricing shows a variety of gross profit and product cost and most businesses use this method when pricing products. Examples of cost-based pricing include cost push pricing, mark up prices and planned profit pricing. It is easy to calculate pricing using this approach and allows an analysis of how different prices affect output needed. Everything in the business can be quantified into a cost, and cost-based pricing structure requires entrepreneurs first determine the costly expenses of production ( ...

Abstract

The chocolate industry is extremely core in the economy of India. There are key players in the chocolate market with Cadbury leading a fleet of other companies like Nestle, Amul Milk, 5-Star and Bars Count Lines Wafer Panned Premium. The latest company to the market is the Lindet Company. Cadbury Company enjoys the largest market share of 70% while the rest share the remaining 30%. Cadbury has remained dominant following its uniqueness in production, marketing and location of its selling points. The company is extremely keen on these sets of marketing elements to ensure the best share of the ...

Outline Thesis: Conversably, chocolate is good for human health as it improves cardiovascular healthiness, heart functioning, prevents cancer, as well as brain stimulant.

Arguably, human health is the most important issues in the globe today. Therefore, people in the world would like to know entirely everything that can be good for their health. In this case, chocolate is very good for human health. Chocolate is a substance prepared from the seeds originated from a plant known as cacao. Several products of chocolate are accessible on various markets. Undeniably, the products range from cocoa, which is powdered to white chocolate. ...

Roger’s Chocolate

External analysis Most commonly chocolates come in dark, white and milky varieties and cocoa contributes to the brown color that they have. A past research indicated that moderate eating of chocolate can lower the blood pressure of a person. Chocolates have continually become some of the most popular flavors and food types in the world. Chocolate gifts that are molded in different types of shapes are very popular on certain holidays such as chocolate eggs and bunnies on Easter holidays, chocolate coins on Santa Claus, Hanukkah and on Christmas and the most common is valentines where chocolate shaped in ...

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Cost-Based Pricing

Cost-Based Pricing is an easy method of pricing products, which involves the summation of production costs and other additional costs to estimated profit in order to determine the selling price of a product (Pride et al., 2008). This method will allow easy estimation of the selling price of Cowgirl Chocolate products. In addition, Cowgirl Chocolate may use this method to conduct a breakeven analysis, which aids in determining the anticipated profit and price of the products. Moreover, the method grants Cowgirl Chocolate a chance to classify its costs effectively; as fixed, variable, or total costs. Finally, this method grants Cowgirl ...

Written by the American author Robert Cormier, the Chocolate War is a novel set in the Trinity High and is an account of the protagonist Jerry Renault as he takes on the revered schools cruel mob rule by the vigil notorious for giving assignments that range from the ridiculous to the absurd. This secret society uses intimidation as a way of enforcing its cultural norms on the school. The novel also gives a sizeable attention to sexuality, one of the major characteristics of young adults’ fiction following the protagonist’s sexual desires. The novel adopts a third person point of view constantly ...

Judith Thomson's critique on abortion is almost surely the most extensively anthologized paper on the subject. It was issued one year prior to Roe v. Wade and Thomson disagrees in it for what may superlative be portrayed as a reasonable pro-choice position. The paper is not always simple to pursue; while the personal arguments are comprehensible, the general thread is occasionally less obvious.

Thomson starts by allowing for the characteristic anti-abortion argument. The critical principle, she articulates, is characteristically an assertion that the foetus is completely a full human being from the instant of conception. She upholds that this is false, ...