Abstract:
ABSTRACT
This research aimed to study: 1) the brand loyalty of chicken part consumers
as classified by personal factors; 2) the marketing mix factors affecting the brand
loyalty of chicken part consumers; and 3) the guidelines for developing marketing
mix strategies to build brand loyalty among chicken part consumers in western
region. Mixed method research was used in this study. The research sample was 400
consumers who bought chicken products in western region, derived by quota
sampling. The research instrument was a questionnaire the acceptable content
validity and the reliability. The statistics used for data analysis were percentage,
mean, standard deviation, t-test, one-way analysis of variance, correlation analysis,
and multiple regression analysis. Regarding qualitative research, the key informants
were 6 managers and consumers derived by purposive sampling. Data were analyzed
by content analysis.
The findings of this research were as follows:
1. The brand loyalty of chicken part consumers in western region, when
classified by personal factors, was statistically significantly different in the aspects of
age, education, status, occupation, and income.
2. The marketing mix strategies to build the brand loyalty of chicken part
consumers in western region were marketing promotions (b = 0.23), distribution (b =
0.20), product (b = 0.18), and price (b = 0.14). The equation was with the predictive
power of 81 percent and could be written as follow:
̂tot = 0.84 + 0.18**(X1) + 0.14**(X2) + 0.20**(X3) + 0.23**(X4).
3. For the guidelines for developing marketing mix strategies to build brand
loyalty of chicken part consumers, the managers should: 1) regarding product, focus
on creating and maintaining product quality, researching and developing products,
and designing standardized packaging; 2) regarding price, give priority to price setting
by cost, consumers purchasing power, and marketing competitors; 3) regarding
place, emphasize on reaching customers with targeting community location, expand
branches to meet the demand, and increase distribution channels through online
media; and 4) regarding promotion, focus on marketing promotion by reducing the
price of new products and giving discount on the next purchase.
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