KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) INTRODUCTION: KFC is a fast food restaurant chain headquartered in Louisville‚ Kentucky‚ United States‚ which specializes in fried chicken. An "American icon"‚ it is the world’s largest fried chicken chain and the second largest restaurant chain overall after McDonald’s‚ with over 17‚000 outlets in 105 countries and territories as of December 2011. KFC was founded by Harland Sanders‚ who began selling fried chicken from his roadside restaurant in Corbin‚ Kentucky during
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BCG Matrix of KFC The need for strategy‚ in order to expand its existing product in very promising markets for KFC is very essential. KFC‚ along with McDonalds‚ and other major fast food chains have dominated the American continent as well as else where. Since the1950’s when the founder of KFC had a dream‚ of building an empire in the fast foodmarket‚ the company has undergone lots of changes. The company has changedownership; it has taken over from Pepsi and passed over to Tricon‚ which owns
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History Of KFC KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) is a fast food restaurant chain headquartered in Louisville‚ Kentucky‚ United States‚ which specializes in fried chicken and it is the world’s largest fried chicken chain. It primarily sells chicken pieces‚ wraps‚ salads and sandwiches. While its primary focus is fried chicken‚ KFC also offers a line of roasted chicken products‚ side dishes and desserts. KFC was found by the Col.Harland Sanders and began selling fried chicken at his gas station in the
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This book examines the major contributing factors which catapulted KFC to the top of the Chinese restaurant service industry in less than two decades. It focuses on KFC China’s competitive differentiators‚ and how they jelled in support of a coherent business strategy‚ and of each other. The successful execution of KFC China’s business strategy has since been rewarded with an unlikely industry leadership position in growth‚ profitability‚ market share‚ and brand recognition in the world’s fastesThere
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Suggestion to KFC As we know‚ KFC is one of the leading Fast-Food chains in the world‚ but their market share has been declining globally since 1989. According to the case‚ (pg number C-211‚ exhibit 4) their market share has declined from 70.8% to 55.6% in 1999. Also because of KFC’s dominating and widespread leadership in the US market tends to give more opportunities to rivals as the U.S. base growth rate is about 1% annually. Therefore it is totally understandable why KFC has not been able
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Market Internationally & KFC in China Due to the environmental and sociocultural forces‚ there are always differences between domestic and international marketing. However‚ international companies wish they could standardize the marketing mix for cost saving and easier to control‚ plus less time to be spent on the marketing plan. But it is almost impossible to standardize the marketing mix while expanding internationally as each market is unique. I think most products should be customized for
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minority of KFC’s restaurant in Mexico & Poverto Rico were company owned. However‚ KFC had established 21 new Franchises in Mexico by the end of 1993. Now it has nearly 13000 outlet all around the world. KFC is a fast food industry. It is introduced in Pakistan round about 2 years ago. Firstly‚ KFC opened in Karachi and then after in Lahore. KFC has two branches in Lahore‚ one is Garden Town and other is Cavalry Road. KFC Corporation based in Louisville‚ Kentucky is the world’s most popular chicken restaurant
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KFC has been known to be a leader in the chicken restaurant segment with an annual sale of more than a billion dollars. The KFC as a brand is well established in the dining out as well as delivery service provider in the fast food industry. Despite the entrance and presence of many competitors in the fast food industry the company was able to retain its large loyal customer base because of its unique offering. Due to this reason the KFC ranks highest when it comes tochicken restaurant chains‚ convenience
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Background to KFC KFC is part of Yum! Restaurants International‚ a global company which also includes Pizza Hut‚ Taco Bell‚ Long John Silvers and All American Foods in its portfolio. In Southern Africa‚ KFC is the largest player in the Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) Industry and as a brand it is has the largest TV spend in South Africa (followed by MTN‚ Cell C and then Vodacom). As a marketing team we are involved in making over 30 television commercials in a year so it is a very busy and fast
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Application of ‘Taguchi Design’ for ‘Reducing serving time of KFC’ Abstract- This case study is showing the application of Taguchi Design for optimizing the servicing time of KFC and to identify the best parameter setting. After observing the processes and understanding the basics‚ I came out with 3 factors viz. Logistics‚ Oil Change and Time to Serve. Here I have used L9 Taguchi Design for experimentation with the help of Minitab software
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