Food Industry Analysis Essay

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Food industry is a complex and global collective of diverse businesses. They supplied most of the food consumed by the world population. It is definitely a huge competition among the suppliers in their respective market. In this research, we selected Chinese cuisine as our market. To narrow down the selection available, we focused on chicken rice shop as it is much familiar to each and every one of us. Although it is a common food in our country, even some place in overseas, the competition within this food industry can't be look down. Famosa Chicken Rice Shop and Kar Heong had briefly provided us their estimation of their competitor. After going through the interview and having a discussion with our group members, we conducted a comparative …show more content…

Among these competitors, they considered themselves owning approximately 60% market share of the business. Hoe Kee Chicken Rice Ball and Chung Wah Chicken Rice Ball are the top competitor they may consider. One of the main reasons is that both shops’ main product are similar, which is chicken rice ball. Some customers prefer these two restaurants because they found out that the chicken rice ball sold at there is better than theirs. However, Famosa Chicken Rice Shop believes their traditional and original taste of their rice ball still attract quite a lot of local and tourism. They considered themselves have face any competition. But they doesn't consider this as strong impact toward their business, they said: ‘everyone got their own way to do their business, it is mainly depend on the customer taste, if they like it, they sure will come again, if not we also no …show more content…

They also estimated themselves hold a 60% plus market shares among the competitors as the Famosa Chicken Rice Ball. There are two restaurants that they consider them as competitor which are 1997 Ipoh Chicken Rice and Gasing Chicken Rice around the area. However, Mr. Tan, the owner of the eateries said confidently that:“ Our Chicken texture is much, much better than others!”. However, It is a unbeatable fact that the delicious chicken they sold had being the main temptation for the visitor to re-visit again the shop. In addition, the pricing set by Kar Heong is also affordable to everyone which is five ringgit for one dish of chicken rice. Truly, it is worth and able to convey the customer to dine in. Besides, their shop’s suitable location which surrounded residential area and colleges are easier to target more customer especially families and colleges’ students.
Moreover, to avoid from losing the customer under a competition, business strategies are needed in order to get rid of this risk. For Famosa Chicken Rice Shop, they renovate the interior and provided a customer different environment of dining. The moment people stepped into the restaurant, they able to feel the traditional Chinese culture atmosphere was surrounding them. Besides, Famosa Chicken Rice Shop offered more space than its competitor so that it won’t look so crowded and it is more comfortable for individual to

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