once currency or economy. Even trading near its highs‚ McDonald’s serves up sizzling dividend yields that top the 10-year Treasury. The yield comes with a side order of annual dividend hikes dating back to 1976. The annual dividend payment has gone from 55 cents per share in 2005 to $2.20 this year. Weaknesses: It will be harder and harder to find prime locations to build a set of golden arches. The U.S. is saturated with its restaurants‚ so growth will have to occur internationally‚ posing potential
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INTRODUCTION McDonalds‚ being an American based fast food company was also very successful in other western countries. The cultural and consumer behavioral similarities among those nations might have caused a positive impact in this success. However it’s not only in western countries that McDonalds was successful but also in eastern countries as well. Among those Asian countries‚ McDonalds has become one of the most preferred fast food destinations. After xxx years of its operations‚ with vast experience
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McDonalds: A Case Study Case Study: Mcdonalds McDonalds is widely considered the “king” of fast food restaurants. Started as one restaurant in 1955 by Ray Kroc‚ McDonalds is now a worldwide chain offering everything from a traditional hamburger to Frappuccino’s and everything in between. The McDonalds website states” Ray Kroc wanted to build a restaurant system that would be famous for food of consistently high quality and uniform methods of preparation. He wanted
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SWOT analysis of McDonalds. Having one of the most favorite burgers in the world‚ McDonalds is a brand which will hardly be missed by anyone. The SWOT of Mcdonalds discusses the reasons that the firm has been able to achieve this height of fame‚ and why‚ be it breakfast‚ lunch or dinner‚ people may prefer the local McDonalds STRENGTH Brand Equity…world-wide 42% of US fast-food hamburger business Consistency of food Successful items: Fries‚ Happy Meal‚ Big Mac‚ Egg McMuffin‚ Promotions Overseas
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operation | * Legal actions related to health issues | * Play area for Children | * They have yet to capitalize on the trend towards organic foods | * Specialized training for managers known as the Hamburger University | | * Ronald McDonald Children’s Charity * Business relationships with toy manufactures i.e. Barbie‚ Disney‚ Hotwheels | | Opportunities: | Threats: | * Growing health trends among consumers i.e. salads | * Major competitors‚ like Burger King‚ Starbucks‚
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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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competitors. Business Week Magazine even ranked McDonald’s as "one of the ten most recognized brands in the world"‚ a position that creates significant opportunities for the company. An important strength that continues to have the most dramatic impact on McDonalds is their top level management. Even though this is classified an as internal strength‚ McDonald’s has capitalized on a management style that helps to infuse a strong culture. A dynamic aspect of the McDonald’s culture is the willingness to innovate
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McDonalds Managing Performance Lillian Atkins BUS 3040 Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 21730 Westport Avenue Euclid‚ Ohio 44123 Telephone: 216-926-3108 E-mail: liliratki@yahoo.com Instructor: Sally Buffkin Abstract People are the most important resource of an organization and they ensure the interaction of financial‚ industrial‚ and other resources so that the organization can function. Since 2001 McDonald’s has introduced a series of significant changes to its
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BEYOND THE GOLDEN ARCHES: A McDonalds Marketing Breakdown "That night in my motel room I did a lot of heavy thinking about what I’d seen during the day. Visions of McDonald’s restaurants dotting crossroads all over the country and world paraded through my brain." (Ray Kroc) Kroc’s aim for McDonalds was far more than fulfilled. Today‚ it is the leading global food service retailer with 34‚000 local restaurants serving nearly 69 million people in 119 countries. There are 3 very important
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business 1.1. The main products and services The products of Mcdonalds are fast foods of wide range of choices‚ such as: hamburgers‚ chicken‚ french fries‚ soft drinks‚ coffee‚ milkshakes‚ salads‚ deserts and breakfast with varies of famous in the world brands (Big Mac‚ Quarter Pounder with Cheese‚ Filet-O-Fish‚ Chicken McNuggets‚ Chicken Selects‚ Snack Wraps‚ McFlurry‚ McCafe‚ …) which meet requirement of customers of different ages. Mcdonalds fast foods have became necessary daily foods for the numbers
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