Q1. Assess the SWOT of McDonald entering the hotel market in Switzerland? Strengths: 1. Golden Arch association with McDonald’s brand. 2. CEO Urs Hammer came from a hospitality background. 3. The hotel restaurant was open 24 hours a day. 4. Self Check-in and Check-out of hotel at the airport. 5. Unique room layout with patented “curved wall” design. 6. Golden Arch was only 1 km away from AutoBahn. 7. Internet access via TV and wireless keyboard. Weaknesses: 1. Segments like Airline
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Marketing Mix Marketing mix must focus on the product‚ pricing‚ promotion‚ and placement of item in order to make it successful. Marketing strategies must feature customer orientation‚ input‚ and accessibility in the fight to the top of the market. McDonald’s is no different. An example of this is illustrated with a comparison of McDonalds and Wendy’s. At first glance‚ they may appear to have roughly the same marketing mix and target markets. Both are fast food and provide similar products. However
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Schanzmeyer 14-Sept-09 McDonalds Corporations is one of the largest and most globally recognizable brands and serves nearly 47 million customers daily. MCD operates in more than 118 countries and as of yearend 2008 had over 31‚000 locations worldwide. McDonalds operates the majority of the restaurants through franchising agreements and in 2008 only 6‚502 were ran by the corporation. MCD is headquarter in Oak Brook‚ IL and employs over 400‚000 people worldwide. McDonalds was founded in 1948 by Dick
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McDonald Sri Lanka is governed by the Head Office in USA who has total control on all activities in Sri Lanka. Everything from menus to promotions is directed from the US Head Office. Parameters they look at before entering a market include : The fast food culture itself was looked into. That is Mc Donald’s saw that KFC and Pizza Hut were already established in Sri Lanka Way they chose a franchisee are: Mc Donald’s requested for applications and financial stability was looked into. One of
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Date: August 23‚ 2010 To: Professor Kopka From: Veronica Salas Subject: Strategic Analysis for McDonalds EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS External Analysis There are two conditions that are most significant in McDonald’s external environment that are: 1. The new trend in which customers are changing fast –food restaurants to healthier ones. 2. The arising competition to achieve growth in this industry. The fast-food industry is very complex and saturated. The key
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specific producer have almost no chance in an environment like this. Although consumers say that they are not affected bu the advertisements‚ they still prefer the brands they heard before or seen somewhere. They prefer the brands they recognize. How do the consumers recognize the brands? They are always facing the products but they do not have enough information about the producers. Because normally consumers do not have the opportunity to look around the production facilities‚ walk into the offices
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repaired‚ but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.” -Joseph Hall I. Background Analysis There are as many brands in the world as there are stars in the sky. They’re innumerable. However‚ no matter how many they are‚ there are those stars that shine the most. This is also the case for the brands in the world. Only a few are able to stand in the international arena. Some try to venture into the world market. However‚ those brand either don’t last long
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up somehow‚ or with a value that’s the same every time. When they arrive by email‚ they will often be described as ‘amazing’‚ or ‘impressive’‚ as if they were magical. There isn’t any magic‚ and you don’t have to be Harry Potter to understand how these tricks work‚ or to make up tricks of your own. All you have to do is look at them the right way‚ and they’re easy. Two ways to get a new perspective on these puzzles are (a) use zero as your starting number‚ or (b) don’t pick a starting number
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mcdonalds quality process matrix( customisation‚ flexibility‚ delivery‚ reliability‚ quality‚ cost) When looking at the quality of McDonalds in terms of the customization‚ we can understand that it sits on a high level on the product process matrix. McDonalds’ offer a range of healthy products in conjunction with their less ‘healthier menu’ weather it be breakfast‚ lunch or dinner. For instance a customer going to McDonalds for breakfast who was interested in choosing a light meal such as a light
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Corporate Finance Valuation Project Yes‚ I would invest in McDonald’s stock‚ specifically for it’s consistently “high yielding” dividend. According to Morningstar‚ MCD’s dividends started to show a significant leap in earnings per share in 2008‚ which I am attributing to their significant increase in net income from 2007’s $2395 million to 2008’s $4313 million. I would want this stock in my portfolio specifically for its growth. I do realize that the stock price continues to fluctuate several
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