A prova do tempo... tudo por causa de um Pingo Doce

Este título "Suinicultores entram no Pingo Doce de Braga e detectam falhas na rotulagem" despertou-me a atenção.
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Há qualquer coisa por trás desta acção, o Pingo Doce compra o porco no mercado nacional... ou comprava.
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Então, a minha mente recua a 2011 e à Raporal e a este postal "Especulação à volta da carne de porco".
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Entretanto, uma pesquisa no Google leva-me até "When modern distribution owns the piggy bowl" e... lamento!
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Lamento que as minhas previsões de 2011 se tenham cumprido. Confesso que era fácil, diferenciação sem marca própria dificilmente leva a margens superiores, diferenciação sem paciência estratégica dificilmente leva a resultados positivos. A leitura levou-me a identificar uma terceira falha:

"In 2013 Raporal had overcome the period of transition, and was working together with the large distributors. “Pingo Doce was responsible for more than 50% of the sales” referred Sr. Mário Guarda, one of the board members of Raporal and responsible for the meat slaughtering and meat processing units.
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The result of this partnership was an immediate success; in 2011 the “Pig with more flavour” was awarded the national “The Portugal Winner” prize. In terms of annual performance until 2013, sales were largely made under the umbrella of this contract, which allowed Raporal to continue to grow despite the economic downturn and decreasing consumption of pork meat.
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By 2013, the contract was half way through, and the board of directors used this “free flow” time to evaluate the agreement and the future of “Pig with more flavour” upon the end of the contract.
At this point it had become clear that the initial aim of the differentiation, which rested in the ambition to improve the relationship with a client, was not achieved, as negotiations remained very tough. Moreover Raporal did not create enough brand awareness, with the differentiated product, although this was never its main objective. Nevertheless it did succeed in increasing its sales volume, and more importantly the growth of its business.
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In 2013 Raporal had overcome the period of transition, and was working together with the large distributors. “Pingo Doce was responsible for more than 50% of the sales”, while the percentage of sales through small sellers was becoming more and more irrelevant.
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While sales volumes kept increasing Raporal could not help but see its profit margins go down, mostly because of the tough negotiation with modern distribution agents. [Moi ici: Abaixo faço duas reflexões sobre este sublinhado] In the attempt to improve these relationships, Raporal decided to invest in the differentiation of its product which later was sold exclusively under Pingo Doce’s brand. Although sales figures were very promising, negotiations did not get any better.
With a challenging period ahead, Raporal’s management was forced to continue to develop strategies that would gradually decrease the dependency on this modern distributor although clearly understanding that the market conditions dictated the need to sell to these agents if the aim was to maintain large sales volume."

Reflexão 1: Não deixo de ser sentir um perfume de pedofilia empresarial por este caso. Não sabe o que é? Ver isto e isto.
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Reflexão 2: Aquele "While sales volumes kept increasing Raporal could not help but see its profit margins go down" fez-me logo recordar uma das frases que mais cito neste blogue:

Volume é Vaidade,
Lucro é Sanidade.

 2016 quase a chegar e ainda há tantas e tantas empresas a trabalhar para o market share como objectivo, quando devia ser uma consequência...
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Agora, imaginem que a Raporal tinha contactado há 5 anos este anónimo consultor da província... quanto dinheiro teria poupado? Quanto dinheiro teria ganho? Acham que este consultor iria mesmo propor-lhes "Ser ricos e com saúde" em simultâneo, ou iria trazer-lhes o incómodo de terem de se decidir e alinhar pelo que decidiram, ser rico e doentio ou pobre e com saúde? Acham que este consultor deixaria passar em claro o erro clamoroso de apostar na inovação sem desenvolver marca própria?
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Esta é a prova do tempo, o que previ e o que aconteceu. Há a outra prova do tempo, por exemplo aqui e aqui.
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A sua empresa está no lugar da Raporal em 2007?
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Será que podemos ajudar?