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BAKEYS EDIBLE CUTLERY
Kaylee Swearingen
About Bakeys Edible Cutlery • Edible cutlery based out of India• Introduced to reduce plastic pollution• Narayanna Peesapty – 2015 Wellspun Renewables’ Green Hero • Made from millet instead of rice • Multiple special order flavors:
• Hot n’ spicy • Onion and tomato • Garlic • Original • Sugar • Ginger
Target Market• Millennials • Green Consumers – specifically resource conservers • Indian immigrants and Indian Americans
Product Appeal• To Millennials and Green Consumers
• Edible cutlery option• Reduces plastic pollution• Helps save the world
• Indians • Supporting Indian products• Made from traditional Indian ingredients
Pricing• Premium Pricing Strategy
• Early in product cycle • Offering benefits competitors cannot
• Sets of 24 at a price of $19.44 which is $0.81 per spoon• Current prices are 100 spoons for $4.13 which is $0.04 per spoon
Marketing Channels • Social Media
• Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram • Television
• Animal Planet, National Geographic, Planet Green, Sundance, Science, and PBS
• Publications • ClimateWire, GreenWire, E-The Environmental Magazine, and The Green
Economist • Events
• Earth Day, World Wildlife Day, World Ocean Day, and Clean up the World
Communication Mix • The three must knows:
• Edible cutlery option with many flavors • Reduces plastic pollution, saving the world• The owner was awarded and founder was the 2015 Wellspun
Renewables’ Green Hero
Why Go Global • Increase the number of buyers by entering the United States • Country Screening
• Sociocultural nuances• Consumer behavior• Country economic and technological infrastructure• Trade regulations • Marketing strength and ability
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http://quickbooks.intuit.com/r/pricing-strategy/6-different-pricing-strategies-which-is-right-for-your-business/ • DeMers, J. (2015, June 26). Top 10 Reasons Your Brand Needs To Be On Facebook. Retrieved October 09, 2016, from
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jaysondemers/2015/06/26/top-10-reasons-your-brand-needs-to-be-on-facebook/#59f6121d2d94 • Lee, A. (n.d.). 10 Reasons Why Your Business Should Use Twitter. Retrieved October 09, 2016, from http://askaaronlee.com/10-
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_environmental_periodicals • Olewitz, C. (2016, March 31). To reduce plastic waste, this Indian startup thinks we should start using edible spoons. Retrieved
September 10, 2016, from http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/edible-cutlery-protect-environment-india/ • THE MOVEMENT. (n.d.). Retrieved September 10, 2016, from http://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/the-movement/ • Upstream. (n.d.). Retrieved September 10, 2016, from http://upstreampolicy.org/issues/plastic-pollution-and-marine/ • About Us. (n.d.). Retrieved September 10, 2016, from http://www.bakeys.com/about-us/ • Are Millennials Environmentally Friendly? (2015, July 01). Retrieved September 25, 2016, from http://www.carbonxprint.com/are-
millennials-environmentally-friendly/ • Ottman, J. (2010, February 5). A Smart Way to Segment Green Consumers. Retrieved September 25, 2016, from
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References • Zong, J., & Batalova, J. (2015, May 6). Indian Immigrants in the United States. Retrieved September 25, 2016, from
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/indian-immigrants-united-states
• Why Edible Cutlery. (n.d.). Retrieved September 10, 2016, from http://www.bakeys.com/why-edible-cutlery/
• Green Generation: Millennials Say Sustainability Is a Shopping Priority. (2015, November 5). Retrieved September 10, 2016, from http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2015/green-generation-millennials-say-sustainability-is-a-shopping-priority.html
• Kingkade, T. (2013, November 6). 5 Reasons Millennials Are Going To Save The World (We Hope). Retrieved September 10, 2016, from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/05/millennials-save-the-world_n_4174079.html
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