McDonald’s vs. Burger King: Which Menu Is Healthier? September 15‚ 2013 COM 155 The United States has the largest fast food industry in the world‚ and American fast food restaurants are in over 100 countries. That alone tells you that millions of consumers partake in fast food. By definition‚ fast food is food that can be prepared and served very quickly. A typical fast food meal in the United States includes a hamburger‚ French fries‚ and a soft drink. Out of all of the fast
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Coca Cola in an effort to boost its revenues persuaded Burger King to run a campaign for its Frozen Coke. They were manipulating the market to have Burger King to run this campaign. Before taking on this initiative‚ Burger King wanted to do a test run. Richmond Va. was chosen as the area to run this trial. Coupons were given for a free Frozen Coke when a value meal was purchased. This method however proved to be a little slower than was expected. Only 700 meals were added with the coupons. Nearly
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accomplishes its advertising objectives; consists of creating and selecting advertising media 3) Advertising objectives – Chapter 13 * A specific communication task to be accomplished with a specific target audience during a specific period of time 4) Direct Marketing – Chapter 13 * Direct connection with carefully targeted individual consumers to both obtain and immediate response and cultivate lasting customer relationship. 5) Sale promotion – Chapter 13 * Short-term incentives to encourage
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1. What are Burger King’s communication objectives for it’s target audience? Burger King’s target consumers already know about the product‚ and since the franchise is profitable‚ we can assume that the consumers also like it. Burger King’s communications objectives are to move its target consumers into at least the “Preference”‚ but preferably the “Conviction” stages of buying process. 2. With its focus on the "super fan"‚ does BK risk alienating other customers? What are the implications
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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 Beefs Up Global Operations Background : This great fast food franchise was founded in 1954 by James Mclamore and his partner David Edgerton who are basically two very successful businessman in the fast food industry. Actually it’s because they had the knowledge of how to run restaurants successfully that they were able to make a great history of Burger King. The first outlet was created in Miami‚ Florida and at that time the restaurant we all know today was not called Burger King
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Running Head: Burger King 1 Burger King Beefs Up Global Operations 1 Burger King‚ also known as BK‚ is the second largest fast food hamburger chain in the world. Founded in 1954‚ the original “HOME OF THE WHOPPER”‚ now operates in more than 12‚300 locations in 76 countries and territories worldwide (Burger King Corporation‚ 2011). According to the case study‚ “two major ways in which Burger King differentiates itself from competitors are the way it cooks hamburgers—
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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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would be the ones to sell it. But now‚ two years shy of Kroc ’s benchmark for the far-off future‚ that goal seems less assured than ever. Forget for a moment all the recent talk about Burger King Corp. and Wendy ’s International Inc. stealing customers from McDonald ’s. With a 42% share of the U.S. fast-food burger market‚ McDonald ’s still easily outpaces its rivals. Nonetheless‚ the problems under the famous Golden Arches are far more serious than a failed Arch Deluxe here or a french-fry war there
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BURGER KING VIEWPOINT This case was analyzed from the point of view of Burger King’s Marketing Manager. TIME CONTEXT The case happened in September of the 2010. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM • How to minimize the negative feedback/perception of the company’s buy-in from a private company? • What measures could Burger King do to dethrone McDonald’s as well as hold off the challenge of a number of other chains that were growing in size and competitive power? STATEMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES
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