INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN ENGINEERING,
MANAGEMENT & APPLIED SCIENCE (IJLTEMAS)
ISSN 2278-2540 | DOI: 10.51583/IJLTEMAS | Volume XV, Issue VI, June 2026
heavily dependent on practical convenience, price points, and local accessibility. The challenges surrounding
limited product availability show that the current single-stall operational model acts as a growth bottleneck,
preventing the venture from maximizing its high market acceptability.
RECOMMENDATIONS AND STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN
1. Expand Physical Distribution Architecture: To directly address the primary bottleneck of limited product
availability, management should transition from a single-stall model to a decentralized micro-distribution
strategy. This includes introducing low-overhead mobile kiosks, pop-up carts, and distribution partnerships
within school cafeterias and local convenience stores across neighboring barangays.
2. Optimize Price-Driven Loyalty Frameworks: Because market acceptability is driven more by economic
convenience than abstract health benefits, the business should maintain its affordable pricing while introducing
high-frequency customer cards, bundled promotions, and volume discounts to encourage repeat purchases
among cost-sensitive students and workers.
3. Refine Promotional Message Alignment: Future marketing strategies should closely couple health narratives
with direct sensory value. Advertising campaigns should emphasize a 'smooth, non-acidic energy boost without
the traditional coffee crash' to help consumers overcome taste barriers and ease the transition from bean-based
instant products.
4. Leverage the Social Advocacy Angle: The brand should emphasize its relationship with local corn farmers
directly on its packaging and digital materials. This converts a standard beverage purchase into a tangible
contribution to local agricultural sustainability, reinforcing brand differentiation.
5. Avenues for Future Academic Research: Future entrepreneurship researchers should expand on this study
by implementing longitudinal tracking of actual purchasing behavior across wider areas of Laguna. This would
allow for a deeper evaluation of long-term brand loyalty, customer retention dynamics, and the broader
scalability of value-added agricultural social enterprises.
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