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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1) What was the issue that McDonald’s had to evaluate and resolve? As commodity prices skyrocketed in 2008 (beef‚ cheese‚ and fuel) McDonalds had to reevaluate its price of the double cheeseburger on the extra value menu. The primary concern was elevating the price of the double cheeseburger would take it off of the extra value menu‚ and possibly cost McDonalds a valuable customer base. 2) How did the company make their decision? The company utilized a value taskforce to research how to keep
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number three on Gartner’s Supply Chain Top 25 List for 2012. This was recently announced at Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in May of this year. McDonald’s started in 1937 as a drive-in restaurant by two brothers‚ Richard and Maurice McDonald. Hamburgers were just ten cents. In 1948‚ after realizing that most of their profits came from hamburgers‚ they closed the drive-in and made it a self-serve operation. They set up their kitchen like an assembly line to ensure maximum efficiency
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SWOT analysis of McDonalds This is a McDonalds Corporation SWOT analysis for 2013. For more information on how to do SWOT analysis please refer to our article. Company background Name Industries served Geographic areas served Headquarters Current CEO Revenue Profit Employees Main Competitors McDonald’s Corporation Restaurants‚ Food Worldwide U.S. Don Thompson $ 27.56 billion (2012) $ 5.46 billion (2012) 1‚800‚000 Burger King Worldwide‚Inc.‚ Yum! Brand Inc.‚ Subway‚ Wendy’s
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Communications MKT2230 McDonalds Corporation Overview The history of McDonalds dates back to its early beginnings in 1940. The first restaurant was opened by 2 brothers Dick and Mac McDonald in San Bernardino California. The first franchised restaurant was later opened by Ray Kroc in Illinois‚ who later went on to purchase the brothers equity in the company and fuelled the massive worldwide expansion of the company that we see and know today. The corporate founding of McDonalds took place in 1955
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North and South America‚ Europe‚ Australia and Asia‚ but are only thinly represented in the Middle East and Africa. The primary food products the company serves are hamburgers‚ cheeseburgers‚ chicken meals‚ french fries‚ coffee and milkshakes‚ but McDonald ’s is beginning to offer healthier products like wraps and salads. McDonald’s serves 64 million customers each day. McDonald’s sells its products in 117 countries and operates 32‚737 restaurants as of the end of 2010. Of the restaurants‚ 80% are
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Introduction As the world’s population increases and we become a Global society due to the increase in technology‚ more and more companies are doing business on a global scale. As business increases individuals involved in cross border business alliances have had to have a greater understanding of other cultures to aid in the sustainability of business relationships. From the way business is conducted in other cultures to the way organisations are structured‚ an understanding of these cultures
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>cases McDonald’s Tests Catfish Sandwich >Abstract This case describes the test marketing for McDonald’s catfish sandwich in the Southeastern United States. It asks students to assume they are the new product development team and to assess the research design described. www.mcdonalds.com >The Scenario Nashville‚ Tennessee—McDonald’s Corp. is trying to hook customers in southern test markets‚ including one in Kentucky‚ on a new catfish sandwich. The chain is serving its newest sandwich
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Question 1 The location of Mc Donald’s‚ on the corner of Wangfujin street and the Avenue of Eternal Peace‚ is a very good strategic choice. It’s close to the heart of Beijing and Tiananmen Square‚ which is historically a very famous place and is still today a very active place. A lot of people cross this area every day and the fast-food concept match to the demand. Question 2 Mc Donald’s encountered the imperfect rules of Guanxi. Guanxi is one of the powerful forces values in Chinese culture
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McDonald is the largest fast food restaurant brand in the world. It provides a mass fast food service with great-tasting and high quality foods as well as speed and convenience to customers. (McDonald annual report 2013) It operates with a low variety and high volume products. Technology is used to improve operation process in order to produce standardized service to individual customer. Thus only limited customization of service‚ and limited contact between customers and staffs can be made. (Greasley
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