An overview of the

Today's consumers seek the value of food and drink, also pay attention to quality and convenience, as a result, manufacturers and retailers should be in a new way of differentiation characteristics, maintain growth and win in the competition.

In the food and beverage industry, L.E.K. consulting company has completed more than 600 consulting projects, including more than 160 private equity fund transaction support services.In various fields and even the whole food and drink on the value chain, L.E.K. are worth reliable consulting partner of world's leading food companies.Whether to help design the food and beverage manufacturers and retailers and activate strategic projects, won the fickle consumers loyal support, or explore the market potential is tremendous but neglected of customer group, open up new markets and product type, improve the operation efficiency, optimize the marketing spending, build efficient supply chain, our consultants can play a key role.


Key issues and challenges

We have experienced professionals, they are very understand now in the market of food and beverage manufacturers are facing business challenges.L.E.K. encourage these customers think about the following key issues:

  • What kind of value orientation can please customers and consumers?
  • How to adapt to the long-term development of the consumption trend in attention more and more health and nutrition areas to develop?
  • What is the electronic commerce and digital strategy?
  • How in the hourglass economic competition?
  • How to cater to the rising of "from farm to table" fresh supply trend?
  • In the daily parity (EDLP), channel environment and consumer sentiment changing circumstances, how to optimize marketing spending?
  • How to configure the resources to conform to the consumer trend of development and meet the constantly changing consumer demand?
  • Strategic market positioning?How to use their own ability to promote future growth?
  • Do you have any acquisition strategy?To improve enterprise acquisition and integration efficiency, it is necessary to develop what ability?
  • What is the pricing strategy?
  • To better meet the needs of consumers and retail partners, how should adjust the price - packing architecture?
  • How to design and adjust the structure of supply chain, in order to cut costs and improve profitability?

Successful cases

If you want to know how can we help clients to create value in food and beverage industry, please refer to the following analysis and case studies:

  • A core business is extremely powerful global top 500 food companies see business opportunities in the field of several meals and snacks, commissioned L.E.K. evaluate feasibility and concrete plans to enter the international market - is through the business cooperation or through acquisitions.To read more
  • Due to the increased competition, a food manufacturers appear a sharp drop in sales.The client L.E.K. develop new vision and strategic plan development, promote growth, promote the diversification, eventually increase shareholder value.In order to make the company access to new energy, we help it consists of a mature enterprise into a dynamic growth, and in the process of the implementation of a number of proposals to provide key power.To read more
  • A sharp change in the economic environment, the implementation of the food and beverage industry management is often difficult to win market share.As main force of traditional consumption, the American middle class purchasing power due to continued economic pressure.The rise of the hourglass economy led to the polarization, namely consumption chain at the top of the rich and at the bottom of the low-income groups as the main group.L.E.K. help management of food industry development strategy, in order to better adapt to the market changes, promote enterprise growth.To read more

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