History Burger King‚ often abbreviated as BK‚ is a global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants headquartered in unincorporated Miami-Dade County‚ Florida‚ United States. The company began in 1953 as Insta-Burger King‚ a Jacksonville‚ Florida-based restaurant chain. After Insta-Burger King ran into financial difficulties in 1954‚ its two Miami-based franchisees‚ David Edgerton and James McLamore‚ purchased the company and renamed it Burger King. Over the next half century‚ the company would change
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Introduction: James Lamore and David Edgerton in the year 1954‚ marked the beginning of Burger King restaurant in Miami‚ Florida which is widely known as Burger King Holdings‚ Inc. today (annualreports.com/company/2878). Over a period of time‚ Burger King became the household name in fast food industry and has bagged the second position in the fast food industry across the globe in the year 2010. Burger King expanded its operation to 12‚300 locations in 76 countries catering to over 11 million customers
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Introduction 1. History of Burger king Burger King was first started in 1954‚ it was found by James McLamore and David Edgerton in Miami‚ Florida. It has become one of the popular fast food chains in the world. They offer variety choice of hamburgers‚ dessert and drinks on the menu. 2.1 Strategic purpose (Sources: Lecture slide week 4) 2.1.1 Vision The vision of Burger King is “Offering reasonably priced quality food‚ served quickly‚ in attractive‚ clean surroundings.” (Burger King home page‚ N.D) In
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Burger King’s COMPANY PROFILE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Burger King was founded in 1954 by James McLamore and David Edgerton in Miami‚ Florida. In 1967‚ the founders sold the company to the Pillsbury Company‚ taking it from a small privately held franchised chain to a subsidiary of a large food conglomerate. In December 2002‚ Burger King was acquired by private equity funds controlled by TPG Capital‚ Bain Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs & Co. It completed a successful initial public offering in
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W5 ASSIGNMENT 1. What do you think of Burger King’s advertising tactics? Is it OK to attract new customers while alienating others? Is Burger King’s advertising ethical? Explain. The success of advertising is very often based on its ability to surprise or in BK’s case shock the viewer. I think that the goal of each organization is to maximize its profits. BK like all organizations had a particular target market segment which it wanted to cater to. Thus‚ its advertisements
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Burger King SWOT Analysis Strength: Burger King serves a lot of burgers that is typically not available in other fast food restaurant. Some of the examples are‚ BK Mushroom Swiss which serves beef patty and topped with mushroom sautéed sauce‚ Grilled Chicken burger which is prepared by grilling the chicken patty and others. Most of the burgers prepared in Burger King are cooked by properly grilling them over fire. Burger King also serve varieties of side dishes in their restaurants such as mozzarella
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MCDONALD OR BURGER KING Remember when eating out used to be a treat? Over the past 40 years‚ we have moved out of the kitchen and into the car for mealtime. Nearly one-quarter of all meals are eaten away from home. The odds that frequently eating fast food meals can "super size" you are real. But to prevent unwanted and unhealthy weight gain‚ is it enough to change your choice of food‚ drink‚ or portion sizes at fast food restaurants? Or do we need to change your attitudes about eating and the
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| |Instructor: | Qi Jun | |Homework: |McDonalds Corporation & Burger King Corporation | |Name: |张健鸿 | |Student ID No.: |10210412
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Case Study #6 Burger King and Crispin 1. What are Burger King’s communication objectives for its tar-get audience? In 2004‚ Burger King’s CEO Brad Blum realized that in order to compete with large chains like McDonald’s and Wendy’s‚ the company needed to market their product in ways that their target market would perceive better. The first set of commercials that Crispin produced for BK where targeted more towards the mainstream media in a series of offbeat ads that were a takeoff on the comedy
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McDonalds vs. Burger King Which fast food restaurant is your favorite? McDonald’s or Burger King‚ these two fast food restaurant have been around for many years serving over billions of people. Fast food is currently one of the biggest businesses in the United States due to the hectic schedule people have this days. McDonald’s and Burger King were established in different years. McDonald’s was established a year after Burger King was established. McDonald’s was introduced by Dick and Mac McDonald’s
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