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5.0 MARKETING



















          Secret Recipe is an award-winning company (for company above RM25 million), which have won
          Platinum award for Best in Marketing and Best Brand in a row for the year 2018 and 2019 in Star
          Outstanding Business Award (SOBA). Secret Recipe has also won the Malaysian Business of the
          Year for 2019.



          A) BRAND POSITIONING                                     B) LIMITED TIME-VALUE SET


          In order to be the best brand, its Director said         Secret  Recipe  also  has  introduced  limited-
          that “The majority of our marketing activities           time  value  set  to  attract  more  lower  income
          are  predominantly  communicated  through                customer  for  dining  or  experienced  their
          digital and social media channels in order to            products. The offers are seasonal i.e. Mother’s
          match the changing digital trends”.                      Day,  Father’s  Day,  Cake  Mania,  Merdeka
                                                                   Promotion and Secret Recipe anniversary.
          Secret  Recipe  has  remained  at  the  forefront
          of  consumers'  minds  throughout  company               For  instance,  their  Merdeka  promotion  is
          changes  by  paying  special  attention  to  the         according  to  the  year  itself.  In  2019,  Secret
          consumption  and  media  habits  of  its                 Recipe  given  62%  discount  for  the  second
          audience,  as  well  as  technological  and  food        slice  of  cake,  in  order  to  celebrate  the  62nd
          trend influences.
                                                                   Merdeka  celebration.  Meanwhile  in  2017  for
                                                                   60th Merdeka celebration, they offer RM6.00
          Affirms Dato’ Steven, “However, for some of our
          specific  brands  we  will  work  within  the  target    per  slice  for  cream,  cheese  and  square  cake
          segments  to  strengthen  our  brand  proposition,       and  RM60  per  whole  square  cake.  This  kind
          engaging the customers at all times.”9                   offers  were  so  limited  and  had  made  a  very
                                                                   long  queue  of  customer  in  every  Secret
                                                                   Recipe outlet. How about in the future 2038? I
                                                                   guess there will be free cake give away.


                                                                   On  last  year  2017,  they  celebrate  20th
                                                                   anniversary and launches 3 slices of cake for
                                                                   RM20 and they also offer 3 slices of cake for
                                                                   RM21  in  2018  for  celebrating  their  21st
                                                                   anniversary.









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