Maggie noodles.

Hi...... friends its been a long time since i post the article in my blog.Today i would like to post
about Marketing strategies of Maggie noodles.we will see how Nestle India ltd has grasp market
share....













Maggi noodles is a brand of instant noodles manufactured by Nestl. Maggi has been the highest
sold noodles in India. It is a product of Nestle Brand. It took several years and lots of money for
nestle to establish its noodles brand in India Maggi was invented in Europe by a person named
Jullius Maggi.In India it was launched in 1980s by Nestle group of companies. Maggie had
merged with Nestle family in 1947.
Maggie has faced lot of hurdles in its journey in India. The basic problem the brand faced was
the Indian psyche. i.e Indians used to be conservative about the food habits so noodles faced a lot
of problem in promoting sales.
Initially nestle tried to to position the Noodles in the platform of convenience targeting the
working women. However, the sales of Maggi was not picking up despite of heavy Media
Advertising.To overcome this NIL conducted a research,which revealed that it was children who
liked the taste of Maggi noodles and who were the largest consumers of the product.so they came
up with Maggi- 2 minute noodles with price of Rs. 2.10 with a close of 100% margin. NIL
shifted its focus from working women and targeted children and their mothers through its
marketing. NIL's promotions positioned the noodles as a 'convenience product', for mothers and
as a 'fun' product for children. The noodles' tagline, 'Fast to Cook Good to Eat'
was also in keeping with this positioning. They promoted the product by
1.Distributing free samples.
2.Giving gifts on return of empty packets.
3.Dry sampling-distributing Maggi packets
4. wet sampling - distributing cooked Maggi.
5.Availability in different packages 50gm,100gm,200gm,etc.. and
6.Effective Tagline Communication.
Through its ads, NIL positioned Maggi as a 'fun' food for kids which mothers could prepare
easily. Taglines like 'Mummy, bhookh lagi hai' (Mom, I'm hungry), 'Bas 2-Minute,' and 'Fast to
Cook Good to Eat' effectively communicated the product's benefits to target consumers.
These ads had become so popular that the tagline 'Bas 2-Minute' immediately reminded Indian
consumers of Maggi noodles even several years after the ads were taken off the TV. Maggi's first
product extension was Maggi instant soups launched in 1988. With the launch of Maggi soups,
NIL had become a pioneer in the organized packaged soup market in India..since then Maggi has
been successful in India and launched ketch ups sauces and soups in India, which was very
successful in grasping market.Though NIL tried to extend to other
ready to eat products like pickles, cooking aids and paste, It was unsuccessful so
dumped those products.Maggi is competing with Heinz Sauces and Ketchup, Knoor Soups,
Kissin Sauces and Ketchup, Top Ramen, Sunfeast Pasta Wai Wai and 2 PM in corresponding
categories of products and variants.

Market position of Maggie:
1.No.1 in instant noodles and sauces.
2.No.2 in healthy soups.
3.Market share of noodles- 80%
4.current sales-5.5crores boxes in India.