Samantha Lawson March 20‚ 2013 BUSN 420 OL McDonald ’s: Customer Driven What does it mean to be customer driven? One Fortune 500 Company that lives to please and satisfy their customers is‚ McDonald ’s. According to the article The Ray Kroc Story (2012)‚ McDonald ’s passion for quality and customer service all began with a man named Ray Kroc (p.1). In 1954‚ Ray came across a restaurant in San Bernardino‚ California run by brothers Dick and Mac McDonald. He was immediately captivated by how effective
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McDonald has been a well-known and valuable brand for over half a century. The company’s mission and vision is striving to be the world’s best quick service restaurant and formalizing their beliefs into “People‚ Vision‚ and People Promise”. “Quality‚ Service‚ Cleanliness and Value” also became the company’s motto. The company’s first McDonald store was built “in 1940 by the original McDonald brothers‚ Dick and Mac. Later in 1954‚ Ray Kroc became the first official franchisee appointed by Dick and
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MCDONALDS McDonalds is the world’s leading food service retailer with more than 30‚000 restaurants in 118 countries serving 46 million customers each day. McDonalds is one of the world’s most well-known and valuable brands and holds a leading share in the globally branded quick service restaurant segment of the informal eating-out market in virtually every country in which they do business. Serves the world some of its favorite foods - World Famous French Fries‚ Big Mac
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Aims and objectives of McDonalds • to serve good food in a friendly and fun environment • to be a socially responsible company • to provide good returns to its shareholders • to provide its customers with food of a high standard‚ quick service and value for money McDonalds’ aim is to be ‘the world’s quickest restaurant experience.’ This is also said in the mission statement of McDonalds.’ To get to the aim they need Objectives. Objectives are the long term aim to get to the Aim. Firstly
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12/10/12 BMGT 443 McDonalds Valuation Project Write Up To begin the economic analysis of McDonalds‚ we must first look at the company beta. McDonalds has a beta of .34 meaning it is not as volatile when compared to the market and can be categorized as a low risk stock. To determine that financial impact of changes in economic conditions to the performance McDonalds‚ three economic indicators must be evaluated. The leading economic index (LEI)‚ coincident economic index (CEI)‚ and lagging
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Introduction The story of McDonald’s started in the early 1940s when two brothers‚ Dick and Mac McDonald‚ and Raymond Kroc founded the McDonald’s Corporation with the company motto ‘Quality‚ Service‚ Cleanliness and Value’. Most of McDonald’s restaurants are operated by franchisees or by affiliates‚ some are operating under joint-venture agreements (www.mcdonalds.com). Nowadays McDonald’s is one of the most valuable brands globally and used to be the world’s largest restaurant chain‚ before Subway
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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT III MCDONALDS INTRO McDonald’s fast food restaurant is one of the largest franchises in the United States as well as aboard. Their top menu items include: hamburgers‚ cheeseburgers‚ McNuggets‚ and French fries. They are also known for one of their popular desserts: the apple pie and their breakfast sandwich: the Egg McMuffin. There are more than 32‚000 McDonald’s restaurants serving in 117 countries. More than 75% of McDonald’s restaurants worldwide are owned and operated
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in Harlem‚ is working low-wage at a company named Burger Barn. These young workers often get trapped into this unfortunate work situation due to it being a last resort. The job is so horrid‚ that only those who have no other options would work there. Due to this‚ the Burger Barns in Long Island raise their pay rate three dollars above minimum wage. Workers in the inner city are having a hard enough time finding a job in general‚ therefore the Burger Barns in those areas keep their pay rate at minimum
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McDonald’s was built in 1940 by the McDonald brothers (Dick and Mac). 1954 • Ray Kroc became the first franchisee appointed by Mac and Dick McDonald in San Bernardino‚ California. 1955 • Ray Kroc opened his first restaurant in Des Plaines‚ Illinois (near Chicago)‚ and the McDonald’s Corporation was created. 1957 • Quality‚ Service‚ Cleanliness and Value (Q.S.C. & V.) became the company motto. 1959 • The 100th McDonald’s opened in Chicago. PHOTO: The McDonald brothers (Dick right and Mac center)
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EMG 20 Case Study No. 1 McDonald’s: Serving Fast Food around the World Ray Kroc opened the first McDonald’s restaurant in 1955 in the United States. He offered a limited menu of high quality; moderately priced food served fast spotless surroundings. McDonald’s QSC&V (quality‚ service‚ cleanliness‚ and value) was a hit. The chain expanded into every state in the nation. By 1983 it had more than 6‚000 restaurants in the United States‚ and by 1995 it had more than 18‚000 restaurants in 89 countries
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