Description
The Company faces competition across its product lines from other food companies with the
primary methods and factors in competition being product quality, price, packaging, new
product introductions, nutritional value, convenience, customer service, advertising, and
promotion. In order to generate future revenues and profits, the Company must continue to
sell products that appeal to its customers and consumers. Specifically, there are a number
of trends in consumer preferences that may impact the Company and the food industry as a
whole including convenience, taste, consumer dietary trends, and obesity, health, and
nutritional concerns.
Discussion
ID
Source-000026780
Title
The J. M. Smucker Company's Annual Form 10-K report 2011
Year
2008
2009
2010
Report Type
Form-10K
Annual Report
Companies