Friday, April 6, 2018

week 1 assignment


Topic 1:



Who's who in BA223- Michelle Clark



I am taking this course as part of my required courses for Business Management. I am interested in



SWOT analysis as well as the current marketing trends. I currently have a bummer lamb on the bottle



that has to be fed every 4 hours, more sheep and lambs, a horse, chickens, rabbit, donkey and the beef



just went into the freezer. Yum!





Topic 2:



Marketing in the News

























I was interested in this article because it is a new business in my town. The business originally started

as a food truck in Albany Oregon with for owners. They became so popular that they were asked to

be a part of the food courtyard in the Albany Mall. They originally planned to expand to Lebanon but

decided to leave the mall and put all efforts into the location in Lebanon.


The headliners on their menu is Shape Shifter, Bigfoot Burger, Mummy Dog and Loch Ness

Monster. They are known for their enormous portions and their hand made fry bread. What sets them

apart from other hamburgers and food is it is fresh never frozen hamburger and handmade dough.

They remodeled the old Mexican restaurant in Lebanon to look like a log cabin. They have a big

wood carving of Big Foot outside that a local wood carver in Lebanon carved. They local painter they

used also painted the inside of the building to look like you are sitting in a forest of trees with Big

Foot painted on the wall. I saw the painter on Facebook as he was painting the store. They have

became very popular in Lebanon and the restaurant is always full of customers. According to the

Facebook website they have 1600 likes so far and the average person stays about a half hour.

The value they provide to their customers is that they are very committed to provide their customers

with fresh handmade healthy ingredients. They update their website regularly with new items they are

bringing on board.













They also use Munchy Delivery which is another avenue of free advertising for them. Munchys

advertises for all the local restaurants that they do deliveries for. They put videos about the restaurant

they are providing this service for. Big Foot Bites also uses OrderEm. This is a company that

provides many services to a business at a very low cost. They offer business's easy ordering options,

website design, and customer surveys just to name a few. 

Here is one example of pricing from them:






















The only challenges I see is the fact that people think the sizes are not healthy portions. I think it is up

to the individual to choose what is healthy for them or not. Who is to say you can’t share a meal? A

unique marketing approach they use is "the challenge". It is fun and customers like fun. You have to

eat a Sasquatch Burger which is two 1 pound beef patties, 1 pound of bacon, all the condiments and

served on 3 Brioche buns. You have 20 minutes to finish it along with almost a pound of Tots and a

drink to win. If you win you get it for free along with a T-shirt saying “I ate the Sasquatch”. To this

day nobody has won.

I think I would as a brand manager I would also put coupons in the local paper to draw new

customers into the restaurant.


.-Michelle Clark















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