Since 1892 the Wrigley Company has had a long tradition of satisfying its customer’s tastes and supporting those in need. Mr. William Wrigley Jr. was 29 years old when he came to Chicago with a drive to succeed. (About Wrigley). As Ernie Banks said “I learned from Mr. Wrigley, early in my career, that loyalty wins and it creates friendships. I saw it work for him in his business” (Banks, Ernie). Mr. Wrigley started out selling soap to local stores, he sold the soap with free packages baking powder
Inc. and Mars Inc.’s Merger Notably, VCA Inc. is the largest company that offers animal care services in the United States. The firm has a network of more than 800 animal hospitals which are distributed in all U.S. states (Class Doc.). On the contrary, Mars Inc. is a U.S. based animal feeds manufacturer, which has successfully internationalized its distribution channels. Some of the main products and services offered by the Mars Company include pet foods, confectionary, a variety of domestic animal
Skittles is a brand of sweets, produced and marketed by the Wrigley Company, owned by Mars, Inc.. Skittles’ values and principles are the ones shared by the Wrigley Company and Mars Incorporated, like the Mars Five Principles—“Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom” Accordingly to Skittles’ brand book, their average consumer is “Is 12-17 years of age; owns an exotic pet, such as an iguana; loves playing sports like basketball; wishes he/she could fly; dreams of someday being a
ROHINI T.H 1321758 EVALUATING THE STRATEGIES OF A DIVERSIFIED COMPANIES MEANING OF DIVERSIFICATION Diversification means it is a process of adding a new line of business to the company that is different from the existing line of business operations. A diversified business company or a multi- business company is the one which is involved in two or more different line of industries, in order to attract the new line of customers and also to sustain the existing group of customers. In general when a