Background of McDonald’s (Size‚ Employees‚ Reputation) McDonalds was founded in May 15‚ 1940. The founders of McDonalds are: Maurice McDonald‚ Richard McDonald and Ray Kroc. McDonald’s added 212 restaurants abroad the previous year‚ but its commanding lead left it still at the top in international presence between American based fast-food chains. The team which is leading McDonald’s in the UK: Jill McDonald‚ Richard Forte‚ Paul Pomroy ‚ Nick Hindle‚ Jez Langhorn‚ Lauren Cody‚ Henry Trickey
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Case 1-2: “McDonald’s Expands Globally While Adjusting Its Local Recipe” Discussion Questions: 1) McDonalds has a mixed global marketing strategy that combines Globalization and the ability to act local. Globalization refers to developing a marketing strategy as if the world is a single entity and to sell the same product with same promotion‚ same packaging all over the world regardless of geographic‚ demographic‚ political‚ social and cultural differences. McDonald’s global marketing strategy
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SWOT KFC SWOT analysis 2013 | Strengths | Weaknesses | 1. Second best global brand in fast food industry in terms of value ($ 6 billion) 2. Original 11 herbs and spices recipe 3. Strong position in emerging China 4. Combination of KFC – Pizza Hut and KFC – Taco Bell 5. KFC is the market leader in the world among companies featuring chicken as their primary product offering | 1. Untrustworthy suppliers 2. Negative publicity 3. Unhealthy food menu 4. High employee turnover
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both an untried idea and operation. 2. Services Franchisor may provide: KFC provide receipt for franchisee. They also explore about the taste of customer in franchisee market to design suitable menu for each market. 3. Selection of location: Providing advice about the location of store and exclusive sponsorship in 1‚5miles radius with population are about 30.000 people 4. Purchase of building‚ equipment: KFC setting up KFC standards system for the franchisee include to lease/freehold cost of the
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Spring‚ 2015 Case problem summary 1: McDonald’s (p. 266 in textbook) Due for both sections: Tuesday‚ 03 February‚ 2015 1. What were McDonald’s initial tactics to boost sales and counteract sluggish growth? One of the first tactics for McDonalds and other fast food industries is offering discounts and variety of new products to attract customers‚ as well as making new store designs. Another tactic is focusing on the through drive service. Drive-through service is 65% of the sales; they are
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1.0: introduction Kentucky fried chicken also knows as KFC‚ the world most large and well knows fast food restaurant that have more than 10 thousands locations worldwide in more than 80 countries. People from younger age to older age also know the slogan of KFC‚ which is “Finger lickin’ Good”‚ and the old man with white suits hand holding a black color crutch. Nowadays‚ we can see KFC in any shopping centre‚ or some popular location. We can get service or their product easily‚ it really convenient
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Since most McDonalds have the same menu‚ it provides an easy economy of scale. McDonalds has more than 32‚000 restaurants around the world (Economies of scale). When McDonalds places an order‚ they don’t go and buy individual items‚ they receive them from a local wholesaler just like any other independent restaurant (Economies of scale). “McDonald’s is the world’s largest buyer of eggs; therefore they are able to negotiate the very best unit cost per egg during their enormous volume purchase and
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Danielle Lundberg August 23‚ 2008 Case Study #1 McDonald’s Corporation: Regilding the Golden Arches McDonald ’s Corporation is the world ’s leading food service organization because customers come to McDonald ’s for their signature products and service. Today‚ customers are more health conscious and have an increase in the amount of healthy options that are available. Some of the main issues in this case study were the amount of CEO turnover in the beginning‚ changing the negative perception
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environment there are many factors that will effect the decision making in any organisation. To overcome and analyse these factors organisation can categories it in to PESTLE model which is considered as below. The macro-environmental or external factors of KFC can be identified by using PESTLE analysis which stands for Political‚ Economic‚ Social‚ Technology‚ Legal and Environmental. Political factors: This factor mainly deals with the government policies and procedures which is worked out through legislation
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not totally against KFC Corporation. PETA demonstrated their place by publicizing the acts of KFC to the world so that we are informed of the process which is taken on the chickens we eat from there. I agree that PETA or anyone has the right to exploit what happens in the slaughterhouses for the sake of the animals. Doing such things mentioned are unethical and should be subject to animal cruelty regardless of whether they die anyway. Then reason I am in slight support for KFC is because they do not
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