201KM GROUP PROJECT CASE STUDY 4 McDonalds and Hong Kong McDonalds celebrated its 50th anniversary in April 15‚ 2005 and remained true to the statement "As far as I can tell‚ the only place you can’t get a Big Mac is in outer space." (1990) The company operates as a global business through franchising. In 2004‚ the company reported to have established 30‚000 local restaurants located in 115 countries across five continents. It is the biggest fast food retailer conquering markets
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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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[pic] Mc Donald’s [pic] [pic] Marketing Mix (i.e.) 7 P’s [pic] Product [pic] A Product is any article‚ which a manufacturer can sell in open market. A Product has the capacity to satisfy human Wants. This creates Demand and facilitates marketing. The Product Mix includes the following variables: Product line and Range The various product line and range are as follow: • Style‚ Shape‚ Design‚ color
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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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Case Study Individual Report – International Management 15/02/2012 McDonald’s in India by Kishore Dash Until late 1980s‚ India was a very closed and protective country in terms of economic‚ political and social perspectives. However‚ after this period dramatic changes happened in all of these areas. At the time‚ the political leaders pursued policies of economic nationalism but these policies were inefficient and by 1990‚ India was facing a severe economic crisis. In response‚ the government introduced
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3 Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis Learning Objectives 1. Explain the features of cost-volumeprofit (CVP) analysis 2. Determine the breakeven point and output level needed to achieve a target operating income 3. Understand how income taxes affect CVP analysis 4. Explain how managers use CVP analysis in decision making 5. Explain how sensitivity analysis helps managers cope with uncertainty 6. Use CVP analysis to plan variable and fixed costs 7. Apply CVP analysis to a company producing multiple
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How did it become so successful? It took the smart approach and researched the taste and need in each country before entering the market. McDonalds is one of the biggest fast food chains around the globe. It has located itself in 119 countries over the past 50 years since it has been established. Even though fast food is eaten mostly in western cultures‚ McDonalds has positioned itself in every single continent‚ integrating into different countries culture. This company has successfully marketed themselves
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Indian market Industry trends: Overall McDonald’s marketing mix Product Life Cycle Comparison of McDonald’s with its rivals McDonald’s India in 2010 Market Orientation McDonald’s Indian future References Title: McDonald was founded by Raymond Kroc in 1954. Today McDonald is the world’s leading food service retailer with more than 31000 restaurants in 119 countries serving more than 50 million customers each day. McDonald’s In India: McDonald’s‚ the ninth valuable brand in the world has
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McDonalds Case Study Introduction McDonald’s is the most famous and well-known fast-food company in the world. It was started by Dick and Mac McDonald’s in 1940. Their concept of the restaurant was based on speed and therefore called ‘Speedee Service System’ in 1948‚ which in today’s times is known as the fast food concept (Wikipedia‚ 2009). McDonald’s serves fast food to approximately 47 million people in more than 30‚000 restaurants located in 121 countries (Bized‚ 2009). The product offering has
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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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