1. What are some of your initial reactions about the differences you notice between home country and host country operations of a multinational fast food chain such as the McDonalds? Cultural differences though difficult to observe and measure are very important‚ especially when doing the business in the foreign markets. Failure to comprehend these differences can lead to embracing missteps‚ strain relationships and impact the business performance. Therefore‚ It appears as if catering to the Indian
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HISTORY OF MC DONALD Dick and Mac Mcdonald were two brothers who started the McDonald’s brand in California after moving their hotdog stand to San Bernadino from Monrovia Airport. After realizing that hamburgers were their most popular product‚ the brothers reinvented their restaurant using their Speedee Service System in 1948. It was a concept that created a production line of hamburgers that were made before being ordered. This concept pioneered the fast food industry and was in complete contrast
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PRICING STRATEGIES Global pricing is one of the most critical and complex issues that McDonald’s faces since price is the only marketing mix instruments that create revenues while all other elements entail costs. A multinational company such as McDonald’s also faces the challenges of how to coordinate their pricing across different countries because of the fact that a company’s global pricing policy may make or break its overseas expansion efforts. In this case‚ McDonald’s is using Value-Pricing
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Company Background [pic] The business began in 1940‚ with a McDonald’s Bar-B-Q restaurant opened by brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald at San Bernardino‚ California. They had a staff of 20 attractive waitresses at a drive-in restaurant and 25 items menu that included barbecue ribs‚ beef‚ and pork sandwiches. They became the #1 teen hangout in the San Bernardino. Their introduction of the "Speedee Service System" in 1948 additional the system of the modern fast-food restaurant that the
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published that in 2004‚ 23.1% of the Canadian population was overweight. It has also been noted that the obesity rate seen a sharp increase during 1978 to 1980. The fast food industry did begin in the early part of the 1950’s‚ but didn’t truly take off till the 1980’s. In around the 1980’s the use of intercom communication started to gain interest for the use of Drive-thru windows‚ and during this same time obesity started to climb. The fast food industry has exploded in the last ten years‚ mainly because
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the reaction would be when they introduce the McDouble burger with only one slice of cheese versus the Double cheeseburger. This decision of theirs resulted in a staggering global reduction of costs calculated to be nearly $279 million for 2008. After all their tests of the Double Cheeseburger changes the McDonald’s global management discovered that most of the consumers prefer to keep the second slice of cheese and pay more cash for it. All in all‚ it has been calculated that one piece of
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Chain & Complexities: 1. Decentralized Supply Chain: McDonald’s serves more than 50 million people daily in over 30‚700 restaurants in 118 countries. McDonald’s supply chain has been an integral part of its success. As described by Honorary Chairman and former CEO Fred‚ operations in McDonald’s is a three-legged stool‚ with the employees‚ owner/operators‚ and suppliers as the three legs where all three are essential and have to be strong and balanced to be successful. A global supply chain of this
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The McDonald’s corporation is one of the most known brands around the world. McDonald ’s has built its success around a formula of providing a range of standardized high quality products quickly and reasonably priced. Today‚ many people live busy lives and place great importance on convenience when buying and paying for goods and services. Modern‚ quick service products such as drive-in car washes‚ smart phones and fast meals attract this market. For many people‚ this emphasis on instant service
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replace it. unsought products- a product that no ones much about or a product buyers dont look for as muc The consumer product Mcdonalds sells is a convenience product because the products they sell are not expensive and are vert easy to get because there is a Mcdonalds almost on every corner. Product mix- All the products that an organization sells. Mcdonalds first started it sold only about 6 items. Its main focus was on burgers. As they grew and expaned nationaly and gobaly in the 1960s they
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Executive Summary Acting as a “mystery shopper“ we have evaluated one of the McDonalds’ retail shops. We have chosen a McDonalds retail shop by reason of its obvious success. McDonalds has got a yearly profit of approximately 5.5 billion USD by trading with fast-food. Our evaluation shows us there is one certain reason of its success: Constancy! Customers know what they get at McDonalds‚ wherever they are in the world and apparently they appreciate this constancy. Nonetheless
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