McDonalds: A Case Study Case Study: Mcdonalds McDonalds is widely considered the “king” of fast food restaurants. Started as one restaurant in 1955 by Ray Kroc‚ McDonalds is now a worldwide chain offering everything from a traditional hamburger to Frappuccino’s and everything in between. The McDonalds website states” Ray Kroc wanted to build a restaurant system that would be famous for food of consistently high quality and uniform methods of preparation. He wanted
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HISTORY OF MC DONALD Dick and Mac Mcdonald were two brothers who started the McDonald’s brand in California after moving their hotdog stand to San Bernadino from Monrovia Airport. After realizing that hamburgers were their most popular product‚ the brothers reinvented their restaurant using their Speedee Service System in 1948. It was a concept that created a production line of hamburgers that were made before being ordered. This concept pioneered the fast food industry and was in complete contrast
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attracts children is the free toys that is accompanied with the meal. Varying from Strawberry Shortcake toys all the way to Hotwheels‚ McDonald’s have been employing this tactic of giving away free toys just so that children would choose to eat at McDonalds’. A concerned parent has also taken McDonald’s to court over McDonald’s strategy of giving away free toys. Mrs Monet Parham is suing McDonald’s of “getting into her child’s mind without her permission”. She felt that her daughter‚ Maya Parham‚ is
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What is Globalization? Has Globalization really become the cliché of the century? Globalization perceives the world as a way of interconnectivity through similar aspects of life that interest us as humans. Globalization begins from culture to economics and all the way to environmental situations creating a global shift‚ thus being the cliché of our time. Globalization moulds the world to create a connection through social relations all over the world. Globalization includes transactions between
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MCDONALD’S LEADERSHIP PRACTICES McDonald’s: a name synonymous with fast food‚ quality and innovation. McDonald’s is known worldwide for its Golden Arches symbol and its mascot‚ Ronald McDonald. Two brothers from Southern California‚ Dick and Maurice McDonald‚ started operating a hot dog/hamburger stand at the Monrovia Airport. Eventually outgrowing that location‚ they moved the stand to San Bernadino. Realizing that hamburgers were their most popular product‚ the brothers reinvented their
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McDonald’s was built in 1940 by the McDonald brothers (Dick and Mac). 1954 • Ray Kroc became the first franchisee appointed by Mac and Dick McDonald in San Bernardino‚ California. 1955 • Ray Kroc opened his first restaurant in Des Plaines‚ Illinois (near Chicago)‚ and the McDonald’s Corporation was created. 1957 • Quality‚ Service‚ Cleanliness and Value (Q.S.C. & V.) became the company motto. 1959 • The 100th McDonald’s opened in Chicago. PHOTO: The McDonald brothers (Dick right and Mac center)
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operation | * Legal actions related to health issues | * Play area for Children | * They have yet to capitalize on the trend towards organic foods | * Specialized training for managers known as the Hamburger University | | * Ronald McDonald Children’s Charity * Business relationships with toy manufactures i.e. Barbie‚ Disney‚ Hotwheels | | Opportunities: | Threats: | * Growing health trends among consumers i.e. salads | * Major competitors‚ like Burger King‚ Starbucks‚
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Case Study #1 McDonalds’s “Senior’s” 08/07/2011 McDonalds “Seniors” Restaurant Bridgett Bowen is the owner of a McDonalds restaurant that is open to public but recently the main clientele of the Bowens restaurant has been seniors. She would like to develop a marketing strategy that addresses the needs of her senior citizen patrons and also the regular everyday customer. However‚ she is looking for additional recommendations to improve her marketing
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competitors. Business Week Magazine even ranked McDonald’s as "one of the ten most recognized brands in the world"‚ a position that creates significant opportunities for the company. An important strength that continues to have the most dramatic impact on McDonalds is their top level management. Even though this is classified an as internal strength‚ McDonald’s has capitalized on a management style that helps to infuse a strong culture. A dynamic aspect of the McDonald’s culture is the willingness to innovate
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BEYOND THE GOLDEN ARCHES: A McDonalds Marketing Breakdown "That night in my motel room I did a lot of heavy thinking about what I’d seen during the day. Visions of McDonald’s restaurants dotting crossroads all over the country and world paraded through my brain." (Ray Kroc) Kroc’s aim for McDonalds was far more than fulfilled. Today‚ it is the leading global food service retailer with 34‚000 local restaurants serving nearly 69 million people in 119 countries. There are 3 very important
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