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ECONOMICAL STRUCTURE FOR MANUFACTURE OF ICE CREAM (CASE STUDY: EGYPTIAN NESTLE COMPANY)

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Agricultural Economics and Rural Development

Abstract

The ice cream industry is one of the important industries within the Egyptian food manufacturing sector; Nestle Egypt Company is one of the largest investment companies for the manufacture of ice cream as it produces about 85% of the total ice cream production in Egypt. The main purpose of this research is to identify the economic structure of the industry. To achieve the main objectives, the study relied on the descriptive and quantitative analysis. The research adopted to achieve its objectives based on the primary data from the follow-up and performance of Nestle Egypt Company during the period records (1999-2013). The study obtained the following results: The overall average of ice cream production in Egypt has reached about 37.6 thousand tons. The average of investments volume amounted to about L.E 495.6 millions. The number of workers in Nestle Egypt Company has reached about 535 workers in 2013, workers takes wages and salaries reached about L.E 26.6 millions. The average of industry costs amounted at about L.E 217.7 millions during the period (1999-2013). The maximum productivity capacity indicators reached about 27.6 thousand tons during the study period. While the actual production capacity reached about 21.1 thousand tons, which indicates the presence of lost in production as much as about 6.5 thousand tons during the study period. The production value of the industry within Nestle Egypt Company, which is amounted to about L.E 293.9 millions. With regard to the added value of the ice cream industry sector, the results reported attained about L.E 84.8 millions. The most important raw materials used in the manufacture of ice cream in the investment sector represented in raw milk, fat, sugar, biscuits, chocolates, emulsions and stabilizers, and the ton of ice cream needs from these raw materials, of about 207, 144, 164, 9, 56.3 kg respectively. The maintenance costs occupied the first order between fixed-cost items, by the relative importance reached about 5.5% of the total cost. While the costs of raw materials occupied the first order between the variable-costs items by about L.E 52.5 million. The marginal cost per ton of ice cream has amounted to around L.E 3.22 thousand during the period (2011-2013) based on monthly data.

DOI

10.21608/sinjas.2016.78653

Keywords

nestle company, Ice cream, Marginal cost

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

ElFiky

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Nestle, Cairo branch, Egypt.

Email

mreda249@gmail.com

City

Giza

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First Name

Reyad

Last Name

Radwan

MiddleName

I.M.

Affiliation

Dept. Econ. and Rural Develop., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt.

Email

r_radwan@aru.edu.eg

City

North Sinai

Orcid

0000-0002-0784-9205

First Name

Soad

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Dept. Econ. and Rural Develop., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt.

Email

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City

Ismailia

Orcid

-

First Name

Mohsen

Last Name

El-Batran

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Dept. Agric. Econ., Fac. Agric., Cairo Univ., Egypt.

Email

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City

Giza

Orcid

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First Name

Ragab

Last Name

Hefny

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Dept. Econ. and Rural Develop., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt.

Email

hefny.ragab@yahoo.com

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0002-1280-8512

Volume

5

Article Issue

2

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11738

Issue Date

2016-08-01

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2020-03-23

Publish Date

2016-08-01

Page Start

283

Page End

290

Print ISSN

2314-6079

Online ISSN

2682-3527

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11

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1,210

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Publication Title

Sinai Journal of Applied Sciences

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https://sinjas.journals.ekb.eg/

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ECONOMICAL STRUCTURE FOR MANUFACTURE OF ICE CREAM (CASE STUDY: EGYPTIAN NESTLE COMPANY)

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Created At

22 Jan 2023