4 P's
    o Product
                            o Packaging
    o Price
    o Promotion
    o Place (location)
this page last updated 2019 Oct 15
 
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PRODUCT A good example of how a company can be "competitive" in packaging is the way McDonalds made a better coffee lid - might be a little thing, but in the intensely competitive world of fast food franchise chains,, even a small comparitive advantage can win over customers.
Timmies coffee cup lid McD's coffee cup lid
Tim, holding Timmies, 2019 Oct 15th Timmies coffee cup lid 2019 UPDATE
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Maclean's magazine, which has done many articles about Tim Horton's over the years, did a good discussion of the lid in the 2019 July 22nd issue.

Timmies President, Alex Macedo said the company took 2 years to develop the new lid.

details  .macleans.ca/economy
/business/new-tim-hortons-lid-improvement/
 

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