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HI5003 Economics for Business

Introduction
The Asahi beverage company is a leading company in alcohol and non alcoholic beverage. who
focus on the in ovation in the market to attract the customers. the Australia is having an extreme
background in the market of beverages. the Asahi beverage is developing their product with
Australian agriculture product. the market structure of beverage is good in Australia (MARY,
2018). beverage contributes 60 % of the total liquor retail market. the demand of the goods is
affected by many factors and their contribution decides the elasticity. price elasticity of demand
is said when change in demand due to a change in the rate of the product. the price elasticity of
supply is the ratio of change in demand by a change in the rate of a product. the income elasticity
of demand is the change in demand due to change in the income of the customers and the cross
elasticity is the change in the demand of good A due to the rate of good B. the demand for the
beverage is an increase in the event as the beverage improves the environment of the event. the
beverage industry is focused on supply beverages in the market to meet the demand (MARY,
2018).

Introduction to the company
Asahi Beverages is one of the famous companies in the alcohol and non alcohol beverages which
establish in 2014. The Asahi beverages lead in Australia and New Zealand. The Asahi beverages
are strongly selected to establish innovation, a household brand, and a new product in the market
(Vidler, et al., 2018). Asahi beverage is a part of Asahi group holding. It also contains the most
successful beverage business in Australia and New Zealand. Asahi beverages deal in an
extensive range of non alcoholic beverages such as mineral water, soft water, juice, mixers, tea,
sports drink, and energy drink (Vidler, et al., 2018).

Industry/ sector background
The beverages industry is one of the largest production sectors in Australia. the food and
beverage sector is developing their product with Australian agriculture products to increase the
values of the product and their brand. The beverage sector in Australia covers an inclusive range
of food and beverage products extreme in dairy products, bakery products, beverages, meats, sugar, seafood, fruits and vegetable, flour, confectionery, cereal, and pet food (Brand-Miller, etal., 2017).
The beverage industry is having an annual turnover of $ 50 billion. The beverage industry is
contributing a turnover of greater than 18 % of the overall Australian production sale. The
beverage sector is fast growing manufacturing employment in regional Australia (Brand-Miller,
et al., 2017).
Food and beverage is the main industry in the Australian economy. This contributes Australian
economy in both finance contribution and managing employees. the beverage sector is run by
consumer demand for quality, diversity, and value. according to the Australian food and grocery
council the food and beverage industry is having revenue of $ 122 billion per annum. the food
and beverage sector contributes 15,000 business which employee over 2, 73,000 people.
The food and beverage industry is having a good contribution to the growth of the Australian
economy. The Australian economy is having a big contribution by food and beverage companies.
The food and beverage industry is contributing to managing the GDP of companies.
The market structure of the industry/ sector
The market structure of the food and beverage industry is as follow-
The beverage companies are deal in the supermarket sector. There are approx $70 billion of
supermarket chain capture by Australian beverages company (Conlon, et al., 2015).
the leading company in the beverage sector are Accolade Wines and Treasury Wine Estates.
these companies are having 455 of total industry sales (Conlon, et al., 2015).
the beverages are controlling 60% of the liquor retail market.
nearly one quarter of Australian beverage company is old than 65 years by 2050. this gives to
focus on the domestic food industry to facilitate a wide range of multi-culture food demand.
The beverage industry plays an important role in increasing the countries working population to
migrate to increase their skills (Conlon, et al., 2015). The food and beverage industry is forecast to grow by the rate of 4% CAGR till 2023 because of
the increase in the demand for Australian food and beverages in the Asian market. Government
financial support facilitates Australian beverage product to increase in the sale and demand.
Factors that influence demand for the company’s product(s)
the features which affect the demand of the Asahi beverages are-

1. Price of the given product- the price of the product affect the demand of the goods. when the
price increase, the demand of the goods decreases. there is a negative relation between the price
and demand of the product. the increase in price will decrease the demand for the product as it
decreases the satisfaction to the customers. If the Asahi beverage decreases the demand for the
product then the customer starts more demanding for the product. If the Asahi beverage increases
the price for their beverages then the customer decreases the demand for Asahi beverage
(Ramya, et al., 2016).

2. Price of the related commodity- the price of other beverages in the same industry will decrease the demand for our product. As the Fonterra decrease their price then the person starting shifting they are and decrease the demand for Asahi beverage. There are so many related commodity and companies of the beverage in Australia which affect the demand of customers for Asahi beverage.

3. Income of the customers- the income of the customer is the major factor that influences the
demand for a certain product. if the income of the particular person is increases that person shifts
to a good quality product of higher cost and decrease the demand for an inferior product. If the
income of the customers decreases and they are not able to afford for the Asahi beverages then they decrease the demand for the product (Ramya, et al., 2016).

4. Taste and preference of the customers- the taste of the person for the particular product change and affect the demand. if the customers taste is a change for the product then they decrease the demand for the product. the taste of the product is the factor that makes a person willing to purchase a product. The taste of the person is changed with time. sometimes the company is having a taste and preference for drinking cold drinks then they decrease the demand for beverages in the market.

5. Customers demanding for the product- the total number of customers who demand for the
Asahi beverage will influence the total demand of the goods. If the customers of the company are
increases then the demand for Asahi beverage is increasing. the number of customers and their
demand for beverages will affect the overall demand of the beverage in the industry. The
company has to increase its number of customers to increase the demand and overall cost.

Factors that influence the supply of the company’s products

1. Price of the goods- the rate of the goods and demand is having a positive relation. If the price
of the product is increases then the supply of the goods is increased which result in more profit
earning. The increase in the price of the product is increase the profit margin of the company
that's why the company increase the supply of the goods by the company (Tripathy, et al., 2016).
2. Production cost of goods- the production cost is the factor that influences the supply of the
product. The high cost and fewer profit margins will make suppliers unwilling to supply more
products. the company is trying to decrease the cost of production to earn more profit at a set rate
of the goods. the value of the production affects the supply of the profit due to a change in their
profit margin.

3. Natural condition- the climate condition affects the supply of the product. the natural condition affects the production of the product and the supply. sometimes climate makes it difficult to manufacture of the product and make it available in the market. in that condition, the market
supply of the product is decreasing (Tripathy, et al., 2016).

4. Technology- a better technology improves the production of the product which helps in
increasing supply in the market. the organization has to adopt new technology which reduces the
cost and gives more output. the increase in the production of the market makes supply easy in the
market.

5. Factor price and their availability- the other factor also affects the supply in the market. the
factors such as raw material, machines, and equipment that affect the production of the product. the factors will affect the time of manufacturing of a product. if the factors are available easily at
a lower cost then it makes production increase and increases in supply. availability of labor at a
lower cost, raw material, and machines in sufficient quantity will increase the supply in the
market.
6. Government policy- the government policies and regulations will affect the supply of the
product by the change in fiscal policy and industry policy. if the political party reduce the tax
rate then it raise in the profit margin of the company then the company increases supply in the
market. if the excise duty is increasing by the government then the company will decrease its
supply as the profit margin is decreased due to an increase in the cost of production.

Elasticity
Elasticity is the degree of change in demand and supply affected by the change in other factors.
This is due to a change in response to price and income. Elasticity is an economic concept that
helps in measuring the degree of changes. The elasticity is used to measure an affect in the
demanded for a goods and services regarding rate and income (Bas, et al., 2017).
types of elasticity
Price elasticity of demand- the demand elasticity is measured by the receptiveness of amount
demand to a price changes. the demand is a factor that affects by the range of the price
(Eskandarizadeh, et al., 2016).
price elasticity of supply- the supply elasticity is measured by the receptiveness of amount
supply to a variation in price. the demand is the factor which affects by the range of the price.
income elasticity of demand- the demand elasticity by income is measured by the receptiveness
of amount demand to a change in earning of the customer. the demand is a factor which affects
by the range of the income of the customers (Eskandarizadeh, et al., 2016).
cross elasticity of demand- the cross elasticity of demand is the changed in quantity demand of
1 company goods due to a vary in the rate of 2nd good. For example- the amount demand of
good A is affected due to a vary in the rate of good A.

Types of price elasticity of demand-

Inelastic demand If the demand of the goods and services remains constant due to a vary in
rate. Then the demand is said to be inelastic and having a coefficient of elasticity that is less than
1.0. the factors affecting Inelastic demand Elasticity by Price are no substitute in the
marketplace, Infrequent purchases, necessities, and season (Labandeira, et al., 2017).
elastic demand- the demand is said to be elastic when the change in price is less than the change
in quantity. the company decreases their price in small quantity but the quantity is changed in
large quantity. it is said when the Asahi beverage is decreasing their price in small amount but
there is a large vary in the amount demand of the product by customer. the features influence by
the Inelastic demand Elasticity by price is homogenous products, many substitutes, and luxury
products.

Unitary demand- the demand is said to be unitary when the change in price is total to the vary in
the amount demand by the customers. suppose if the Asahi beverage changes their price by 10%
then the quantity demanded by the customers is also changes by 10% (Labandeira, et al., 2017).

Impacts of an event on the industry/ company
the use of beverages at the time of events and meetings has become common. the event is seems
to be incomplete without the beverage. the foods and beverages are purchased, prepared, and served in the meeting. it is served to everyone who is present in the event to make the event more
perfect. the things which are considered while planning for food and beverage are depend on the
venue, audience, theme, time, and budget. the events of the Food and Beverage Industry are
Annual Frozen Food Convention, American Food Innovate Summit, Natural Products Expo
(East & West), Midwest Foodservice Expo, SNAXPO, POI Spring Summit, Food Automation &

Manufacturing Conference, Smoke Jumpers, and many others.
the events and meetings will increase the demand for beverages. the events are the main time
when everyone needs a beverage with food. the beverage increases the entertainment in the
meeting. the beverage plays an important role in the meetings and events. many people prefer
beverages in the meeting which increases the demand for the beverage.
the beverage industry is manufacturing more beverages at the time of events to meet the demand.
the supply is increasing so that they can earn more profit by facilitating beverages in the market.
the customer is demanding for the beverage as it makes an event more interesting and increases
the entertainment.
Beverage plays an important role in the events and parties. the people demand is increasing. the
Asahi beverage is focused on the time of increasing the demand for beverage. they are ready to
meet the demand for beverage anytime. the Asahi beverage is the company which is effectively
work in market condition to earn more profit in the market. the event and parties increase the
competition in the market. the Asahi beverage is focused on maintaining their price because in
the events the price is the main focus. the beverage companies have to maintain their price.

Conclusion
the beverage company is highly contributing to the Australian economy. the beverage industry is
having an annual turnover of $ 50 billion. the contribution of the beverage industry is higher than
18 % of the overall turnover of Australian production in Australia. the beverage sector is
successful in increasing employment in the country and contributing in the financial term. the
beverages are used in parties and events. the demand for the beverage is increased in events. the
market structure of the Asahi beverage is they deal in the supermarket sector. the beverage is
controlling 60 % of the liquor retail market. the factors which affect the demand of the company’s product are the price of the commodity, price of other commodities, the income of
customers, the taste of customers, and the number of customers. the demand and factors decide
the elasticity of the company product. the factors which affect the supply are the price of a
product, cost of production, technology, and government policies. the elasticity is of four types
of elasticity is the demand elasticity by price, supply elasticity of price, demand elasticity by
income, and cross elasticity of demand. the elasticity of goods as needed is of three types which
include elastic, inelastic, and unitary demand. the company demand for the beverage is become
elastic at the time of the event due to high competition.

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