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EABL sending hundreds home
enigma
#1 Posted : Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:35:00 AM
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Zain's 141 will pale in comparison to how many ppl EABL has and continue to send home!

its called restructuring.More profits for them.

Its just business,nothing personal....or is it?


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Sober
#2 Posted : Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:45:00 AM
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why at this time? or is t the global financial crisis.

A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing posibility.
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Magigi
#3 Posted : Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:47:00 AM
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...besides being offered the services of a counsellor,how many crates of beer will each take home as a severence package...?
enigma
#4 Posted : Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:57:00 AM
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It begs tha questin: where is the line between profits and ethics...

a company making tens of billions in profit still needs to lay-off staff..!!!!

i would understand freezing employment...but retrenching? naaahh...this is greed.

I dont think anyone will go home with any bottle of alcohol...leave alone a crate...lol.


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jammo
#5 Posted : Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:58:00 AM
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I remember some years back when barclays closed down 11branches n send so many guys home..the dividend went up to 18bob from 14! And shareholders where thrilled...thus a question in last year's AGM one guy asked why they were so expanding again and would that mean lower dividends? Restructurin benefits topmost the shareholder..and the co as a going concern!!

The race is not always to the swift..nor the battle always to the strong..nor food always to the wise..nor riches always to the intelligent..favor is not always to the skilled..or learned..but time and chance happens to all. Ecl9:5..
FundamentAli
#6 Posted : Tuesday, March 31, 2009 9:18:00 AM
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Business Daily last week had a story about the falling consumption of alcoholic drinks. Wine was the least affected at 11%. Beer sales were said to be down by more than 40%. That is why you see people being sent home. No one knows anything about how long this downturn will last. No one is taking chances.


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Magigi
#7 Posted : Tuesday, March 31, 2009 9:25:00 AM
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...let EABL do proper marketing - buy one get three free- sio kuweka wasichana wenye matako kubwa kwa jukwaa to tell thirsty throats they can win a cap,umbrella etc if you ....
Pierce
#8 Posted : Tuesday, March 31, 2009 9:29:00 AM
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Weweeeeeeeeeeeee..........................Magigi..................noma sana.You are my hero today.

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Burning Spear
#9 Posted : Tuesday, March 31, 2009 9:34:00 AM
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EABL smetimes is crap coz the last two years with their sponsored bulls*** christened 'Tusker project fame'

The thing was a flop and smeone was making a kill......by bringing fake guys ....one hit wonder...and then tell the shareholders that the project costed 250million each year.

This money is enough to structure their company without painfully restructuring by staff.

my point....we do not need those craps again(Tusker Project fame) they are a waste of money and end up to some hynas.....organisers.

This money is enough to diversify the investment and accomodate the staff just like they did with Central glass limited.
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VituVingiSana
#10 Posted : Tuesday, March 31, 2009 10:41:00 AM
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Kenya's beer is the highest taxed in East Africa. Gova raised taxes to crazy levels in Nov 2008 so prices of alcohol jumped (& EABL absorbed some of the increases).

No wonder they have to lay-off people to maintain their profits.

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Mwafrikah
#11 Posted : Tuesday, March 31, 2009 11:40:00 AM
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I cant agree even more with @Burning Spear...

EABL should focus on its key competency and shed off 'tusker project fame' which does not add much brand equity or value to its product line...they need to reposition smartly across the diverse market segments while not spreading too thin

The fool folds his arms and consumes his own flesh. Better is one handful with tranquility than two with toil and a chase after wind!
Eddiemundu
#12 Posted : Tuesday, March 31, 2009 12:00:00 PM
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Guys yu need to understand that Every Marketing Intiative has a TARGET Market.

Project Fame is one of those Marketing strategies that Targets Youth below 30 years who think being a 'SINGER' (Read Screamer ) is Vogue..AND SO IS Bingeing!

Project fame and the like will not influence the Drinking Habit of Tar-Sniffing-Sots like Njung'e and T-baridi..these are Jailbirds who will still drink anything mpende musipende!

One a more Financial Tone,EABL needs to Restructure after Upgrading their Brewing Plant to a More Intelligent and cost effective System that requires less Human intervention..These were the ABNORMAL LOADS they were Ferrying Late last year from mombasa to Nairobi..


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Njunge
#13 Posted : Tuesday, March 31, 2009 12:24:00 PM
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@Eddie,

Could it be they are looking more upon TZ and UG for production?......I say so course of late,most pubs in Nyanza,Western and upper RV are stocked with beer from UG.This more so for guinness brand.......and man,those Ugandans can't be using barley to make the stuff.Nikikamata tano kubwa nina delete......


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hisah
#14 Posted : Friday, April 04, 2014 7:09:06 AM
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enigma wrote:
Zain's 141 will pale in comparison to how many ppl EABL has and continue to send home!

its called restructuring.More profits for them.

Its just business,nothing personal....or is it?


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Above post was on March 31st 2009.

Fast fwd to Q1 2014... yu mobile, orange KE and EABL...

Does history repeat itself or is it that time is not linear, but a circle...

$15/barrel oil... The commodities lehman moment arrives as well as Sovereign debt volcano!
hisah
#15 Posted : Friday, April 04, 2014 7:12:04 AM
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FundamentAli wrote:
Business Daily last week had a story about the falling consumption of alcoholic drinks. Wine was the least affected at 11%. Beer sales were said to be down by more than 40%. That is why you see people being sent home. No one knows anything about how long this downturn will last. No one is taking chances.


Fundamentals + Sentiments = Position

$15/barrel oil... The commodities lehman moment arrives as well as Sovereign debt volcano!
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