____________________________________________________________ _________ B200A TMA Fall 2011 ____________________________________________________________ _________ Case: KFC in China In China‚ Yum! Brands is opening a KFC store every day. But this is not the KFC you know in America. A recent case study written by professor David Bell and Agribusiness Program director Mary Shelman reveals how the chicken giant adapted its famous fast-food formula for the local market. Key concepts
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A Campaign against KFC Corporation MGNT 3165 Case Analysis When contemplating critics of business and defenders of capitalism‚ the ongoing debate by The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) against fast food restaurants should be mentioned. On January 6‚ 2003 a little girl named Payton Hull organized a PETA demonstration outside a KFC. The demands were for KFC to require the chicken’s suppliers to treat the chickens
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franchise. The strategic management process is vital and a well laid out plan is necessary. Consequently‚ by evaluating the background of KFC‚ the outcome should lead to a clear mission and vision statement outlining the purpose and goals of the company. Also‚ the mission and vision will keep all shareholders informed of the objectives that should be met by KFC. “Defining the company mission is one of the most often slighted tasks in strategic management” (Pearce II & Robinson Jr.‚ 2009‚ p. 42). A
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KFC Case Study Introduction If one international brand must be selected as the most favourite one for Chinese consumers‚ it would be Kentucky Fried Chicken‚ or KFC as it is known more commonly. According to questionnaire survey conducted by the globally-renowned marketing researching company AC Nielsen in 30 China cities in 1999‚ KFC was accepted by Chinese consumers as “the most popular brand” and ranked as the No.1 among top ten international brands in China. With the increasing abundance
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BCG Matrix of KFC KFC’s parent company is Yum! Brands‚ Inc.‚ the world’s largest restaurant company in terms of system restaurants‚ with more than 37‚000 locations in more than 120 countries and territories and employing more than one million associates. Yum! is ranked number 239 on the Fortune 500 List‚ with revenues exceeding $11 billion in 2008. Therefore‚ KFC is well-known in the world; the market growth of KFC is low which mean the market would hard to grow anymore. KFC is in the ‘Cash Cows’
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KFC SWOT analysis A SWOT analysis is an activity where a firm evaluates its most significant strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats. This is key to capitalize it’s key strengths‚ overcome or alleviate its major weaknesses‚ avoid significant threats‚ and take advantage of promising advantages. Strengths and weaknesses represent the firm’s internal capabilities. i.e. operating procedures‚ operating costs‚ human resources and strategic intent involved in producing its core products.
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KFC began with Colonel Harland Sanders who discovered his penchant for cooking when he was only 9 years old. Through the years he grew up to become a personage the world knows as Colonel Sanders‚ founder of KFC. He reached celebrity status in 1952‚ when he decided to franchise his famous Kentucky Fried Chicken recipe blends of 11 herbs and spices to the rest of America. By the early 70’s‚ that special recipe reached Malaysia. KFC Holdings (Malaysia) Bhd is a branded chicken retail chain
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high growth areas (i.e. China) By 2006‚ KFC had 1‚700 restaurants in China‚ more than tripling in five years. Profit and sales figures saw increases of over 25 percent for some quarters‚ while comparable figures domestically were 1 and 2 percent. KFC significantly outsold McDonald’s in China‚ and by 2006‚ KFC was opening a new Chinese outlet every 22 hours. Yum!’s boss David Novak told Business Week (October 30‚ 2006) that he hoped to eventually have as many KFC restaurants in China as in the United
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2010‚Date: 12th April 2010 Asian Institute of Management‚Manila 1 Company Background KFC Corp‚ owned by YUM brands is one of the oldest(1952) and most popular chicken and food restaurant in the world. Other restaurants under YUM brands are Taco Bell‚ Pizza hut‚ Long John Silver’s and A&W KFC primarily sells chicken pieces‚ wraps‚ salads and sandwiches. While its primary focus is fried chicken‚ KFC also offers a line of other meat products suiting to local palate. In India they opened in 1995
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Description of KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken‚ which is widely referred to as KFC‚ is a fast food restaurant from America that is specialised in fried chicken [1]. It was founded by Colonel Harland Sanders‚ an entrepreneur who started his business by selling fried chicken from his restaurant on the roadside in Kentucky in 1930 when he took over a Shell Garage. He was born in 1890 outside Indiana near Kentucky [2] and died in 1980‚ 10 years after he sold the company to a food and drinks corporation [4]
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