Market of yogurt. Competitive advantages at national and international markets

Educational and Research Institute of Economics and Management, NUFT

Anna Budnik

Formulation of the problem. Yogurt normalize metabolic processes in the body. The usefulness of yogurt show the ability to prevent the formation and propagation of harmful bacteria in the intestinal tract. Thus, regular consumption of this product facilitates effective cleaning of the whole organism. 

The aim of the study. Analyzing the market of dairy products and yogurt place in the structure of product lines, define indicators of the competitiveness of the product, which affect the positioning, summarize trends in product development at the national and international markets.

Basic material research. Dairy products market is one of the most important and necessary food. Because dairy products are in demand almost the entire population of the world. The modern market of products of nutrition occupies a large portion of dairy products. Due to the popularity of proper nutrition and healthy lifestyles, market dairy products increases due to a large number of sales, number of extended product range and the media.

Dairy products market is divided into the following segments: the market for milk and dairy products market, cheese market, butter market and the market for milk powder, milk preservatives. From the significant market share occupied by dairy products. Today, they are a rich assortment of dairy products (over 250 species). It includes the following products: yogurt, sour cream, cheese, sweet and others. The market of dairy products yogurt is one of the leading.

Today the market of dairy products have seen a massive competition among manufacturers of domestic and foreign manufacturers basically a guarantee of high quality products and control pricing. The competitiveness of dairy products such as yogurt is relative characteristic that expresses features of production. There are three main groups of system factors that shape the competitiveness of dairy products.

The first group includes regulatory factors associated with the standards of the relevant parameters of product compliance and the need to control them (e.g. quality of raw milk for the production of products in internal and external markets, the quality of manufactured goods).

 The second group describes the technical factors relating to production technology, its environmental safety and human health, aesthetic design, ease of use (particularly dairy ecological safety, market size, the share of dairy products sold; ease of access the market; uniformity market competitive position of milk companies already operating in this market; the ability of technological innovation in the industry, the competitiveness of the region and country).

The third group of economic factors determine the price of products directly on the basis of interest costs for the purchase of goods in the consumer basket.

The main indicators of competitiveness that most influence the choice of yogurt consumers is its flavor characteristics and nutritional benefits of the product, in this regard, today's manufacturers are added to yogurt, fruit, cereals, jams, cheese effort to satisfy the appetite of the population. Fruit, natural supplements and helpful, but the warehouse in yogurt is still present flavors and dyes. However, it can provide a guarantee of Ukrainian market of low-quality imports. The only thing that can stop the future development of dairy industry is hindrance of raw materials.

Today the international market presents a variety of dairy products. The world leader in milk production and dairy products, including yogurt is USA. The world leader in yogurt is such multinational giants: Danone, Bel, Ehrmann, Campina, Mertinger, Nordmilch, Unimilk. Yogurt remain attractive for producers, especially in terms of the wide assortment of opportunities.

The structure of the range of milk products by producers is as follows: the highest share occupied by the company «Wimm-Bill-Dann», namely 30%, while the company «Danone» is 24% of the total range of the dairy market, the third place is «Unimilk» which owns 22% following the company «Herman», which is 11% and the lowest share of the company takes «Sampina» which is only 3% and 10% are other manufacturers of dairy products.

The level of economic development in different countries can vary significantly. Because of brand management policy must take this factor into account. There are several approaches to solving this problem. The first approach is to adapt product lines to the market. The second approach involves segmentation of the product line. The third approach is the gradual introduction of innovations. For example, Danone Group is positioned entirely on the concept of «good health». This is a fairly broad concept, and it may not mean the same thing in India and Scandinavia. In fact, Danone distinguishes three stages of development, corresponding to the three levels of maturity of the market, quality and safety, health and nutrition and active health. Markets that are in each of these stages, the proposed introduction of products that meet existing broad understanding of the concept of «health».

Conclusions. Thus, analyzing the yogurt market and competitive product on the national and international markets.  The state of the dairy market and the structure in place yoghurt product range, which shows that the largest share is a structure products dairy products. Defined indicators of the competitiveness of the product, which include regulatory, technological and economic factors that most influence the positioning and generalize the trend of product development at the national and international markets. According to international experience, we see that the market for dairy products yogurt constantly updates its range, that is, yogurt drinks are the general background of dairy products very attractive for multinational manufacturers such as: Danone, Bel, Ehrmann, Campina, Mertinger, Nordmilch, Unimilk. 

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Scientific supervisor: L. Vlasenko