Strategic Hospitality Management A case analysis of Dunkin’ Donuts with a focus on tools available for strategic planning. April 2013 Abstract The following essay is based on the Quick Service Restaurants brand (QSR)- Dunkin’ Donuts. The company has been studied and a case study regarding the growth of the company from 1950 till today has been studied. Growth strategies of the company have been used to understand how they reached the position of America’s largest QSR. The Legal‚ Moral and
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MGT 300 Case 7: Dunkin’ Donuts: Betting Dollars on Donuts 1. What does a Porter’s Five Forces analysis reveal about the industry in which Dunkin’ Donuts and Starbuck’s compete and what are its strategic implications for Dunkin’ Donuts? Answer: I think in this case‚ it reflects the level of rivalry among organizations in an industry‚ the potential for entry into an industry and the threat of substitute products. First‚ the Starbuck and Donuts they are all belongs to coffee market and they competing
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Dunkin’ Donuts was first established in 1950‚ in Quincy‚ Massachusetts‚ by William Rosenberg. Over the years the company expanded and now is the largest coffee and baked goods chain in the world. They serve over 5‚500 retail outlets; selling more than 4 million doughnuts and 2.7 million cups of coffee daily! Dunkin’ Donuts are famous for their many varieties of doughnuts and their wide range of bakery products - muffins‚ bagels and munchkins® donut hole treats. Their products are represented by
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field research on Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts. Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks are more or less similar in the fact that they are both known for selling coffee along with other products. They both offer various types of coffee‚ iced and hot drinks‚ sandwiches‚ other food products available‚ and miscellaneous merchandise. Starbucks is more on the expensive side compared to Dunkin Donuts. Furthermore‚ Dunkin Donuts cup sizing is larger than Starbucks; in that at Dunkin Donuts the cup gives the customer more
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Dunkin Donuts For more than 50 years‚ Dunkin Donuts has offered customers throughout the Unites States and around the world a consistent experience – the same donuts‚ the same coffee‚ the same store décor – each time a customer drops in. Although the chain now offers iced coffee‚ breakfast sandwiches‚ smoothies‚ gourmet cookies‚ and Dunkin Dawgs in addition to the old standbys‚ devoted customers argue that it’s the coffee that sets Dunkin Donuts apart. To keep customers coming back‚ the chain
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The Debt/Equity ratio is another important indicator of Dunkin Donuts’ financial standing. In equation form‚ the Debt/Equity = Total Liabilities/(Total Assets – Total Liabilities). Debt/equity ratio is able to indicate all of its debt obligations of the next year with its current resources. In general‚ a high debt-to-equity ratio indicates that a company may not be able to generate enough cash to satisfy its debt obligations. However‚ a low debt-to-equity ratio may also indicate that a company is
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Introduction Dunkin Donuts is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dunkin Brands‚ a leading global ‘Food and Beverage’ company‚ running business predominantly through franchises‚ primarily serving coffee and doughnut. Company was found in 1950 by Mr. William Rosenberg in Quincy‚ Massachusetts‚ USA and later shifted head quarter to Canton‚ Massachusetts (Wikipedia). Company is generating revenue more than 6.5 billion USD (DKDN 2012 Annual report‚ www.dunkinbrands.com). Dunkin Donuts (DD) has slowly
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Case Study Report Dunkin Donuts : Betting Dollars on Donuts ------------------------------------------------- Submitted By ------------------------------------------------- Group Members: -------------------------------------------------
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A Proposal to launch the coffee range of Dunkin’ Donuts in the UK market Contents Title Page Number Executive Summary 3 1. Introduction 4 2. Company Overview 4 3. Attractiveness Assessment 1. Market Size 5 2. Competition 6 3. Consumer expenditure 6 4. Coffee consumption 7 5. Rate of growth 7 4. SWOT 8 5. Marketing Mix 9 6. Marketing Segmentation 11 7. Target Market 12 8. Product Positioning 12
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(referred to as the “philosophy”) of Dunkin’ Donuts came straight from the founder: : "Make and serve the freshest‚ most delicious coffee and donuts quickly and courteously in modern‚ well-merchandised stores.” Today‚ because 100% of the 10‚000+ Dunkin’ Donuts stores located around the world are franchisee-owned and operated‚ each individual Dunkin’ Donuts store could have its own mission statement. But as the parent company of the Dunkin’ Donuts franchise‚ Dunkin’ Brands has 12 Values and Principles
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