AGR has over three decades experience in supporting Food & Beverages businesses in their pursuit of growth through market entry, international/ domestic market expansion, feasibility studies, competition assessment, gaining market share, diversification strategy, partner/distributor/ dealer identification, customer research, etc.
Highly competitive and frequently changing nature of the Food industry requires companies to constantly evolve and understand industry dynamics along with consumer behaviour. AGR help companies to identify threats and opportunities in the industry by providing insights on Demand & Supply Scenario, Competitive Scenario, Recent Developments, Consumer Needs, Regulations etc.
AGR, with its proven capabilities, has helped companies in identifying growth opportunities in their existing business and other aligned new businesses or modify their strategy to be more competitive in the market. AGR conducts in-depth analysis of the factors driving the Market, comprising of Headwinds and Tailwinds, Competition, Supply Chain, Demand Dispersion, Regulations to help companies take strategic business decisions.
AGR offers all-inclusive view of the business – understanding of the Local Market, Consumer Dynamics, Business Environment, Country Specific Regulations and Key Product Trends. Our solutions help clients make correct decisions for new market entry or expansion by measuring the attractiveness of the market in terms of opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.
Be it a channel partner or vendor, AGR’s services have been utilized by companies in shortlisting and finding the right partner. We help companies in Identifying, Shortlisting and Set-up meetings with prospective partners thereby reducing time to market.
AGR provides location analysis through its proprietary PLAM model. The model scores different locations based on specific objective factors like; Talent Pool, Infrastructure, Utilities, Technology Environment, Government Incentives, etc. and subjective factors like; Ease of Entry, Employee Convenience, Law and Order etc. The output is a very accurate picture of the best fit location for the business.
AGR’s competition benchmarking and profiling brings in-depth understanding of the Organizational Structure, Technology, People, Processes, Customers, Geographical Spread, Financials, etc. Using AGR’s expertise, clients have evaluated strengths & weaknesses of their key competitors, their key customer details, market strategies, merger or acquisition targets, etc.
A European machinery manufacturer for food processing, wanted detailed understanding of noodles & pasta market in India and Nepal, to enter these markets.
A leading manufacturer and exporters of wheat flour from UAE wanted to conduct due diligence of opportunity for wheat flour business in KSA.
Market insights to devise an entry strategy for an Indian conglomerate interested in entering the Fruits & Vegetable (F&V) wholesale space.
A global conglomerate wanted to access the China dairy market and was interested in understanding the domestic and imported consumption of dairy and value-added products.
A European firm wanted to evaluate the market for probiotic foods in India by understanding penetration of probiotic foods and competition in the market.
An Indian chemicals company wanted to investigate production of poultry feed additives such as lysine and methionine and dependence on imports from South East Asian countries.
A PE firm wanted to understand the opportunities for frozen fish exports from Oman and invest in a farm to market integrated company.
A consortium comprising of Government agencies wanted to leverage horticultural strength of India through development of high-quality cold chain infrastructure for domestic trade and exports.
