1.0 Background of the Company McDonalds is one of the leading global fast food franchises in the world. McDonalds has more than 33‚000 restaurants worldwide in 119 countries. The company has 1.7 million employees (McDonalds US‚ 2011). McDonalds has more than 80% franchisee restaurants around the world. McDonalds’ C.E.O is Jim Skinner; he was elected to this post in November 2004 and has been with McDonalds for 39 years (Forbes‚ 2011). McDonalds’ has its head corporate offices at Illinois‚ Chicago
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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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Executive Summary Acting as a “mystery shopper“ we have evaluated one of the McDonalds’ retail shops. We have chosen a McDonalds retail shop by reason of its obvious success. McDonalds has got a yearly profit of approximately 5.5 billion USD by trading with fast-food. Our evaluation shows us there is one certain reason of its success: Constancy! Customers know what they get at McDonalds‚ wherever they are in the world and apparently they appreciate this constancy. Nonetheless
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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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E-Business Plan for McDonald Corporation (Part Two) Strategic Analysis and Market Justification An international opportunity Companies of all sizes go international for different reasons‚ Deresky (2011) stated that the threat of their own decreased competitiveness is the overriding reason many large companies want to move fast to build strong positions in key world markets (p. 198). Deresky (2011) also suggested many multinational corporations (MNCs) have developed
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4.4 Profitability ratios 12 4.5 market value ratios 13 5. Ratio Comparison with Industry 14 6. Key Statistics 17 7. Other Important Information 20 8. Recommendation 26 9. References 28 McDonald’s Financial Analysis In a country where the fast food industry is huge and where obesity
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Factors 3 Key Issues and Problem 5 Managerial Problem 5 Financial Problem 7 Analysis 8 Financial Analysis 8 Important ratios to notice 8 Current ratio 8 Quick Ratio 8 Cash Ratio 9 Cash and equivalents 9 Goodwill 10 Account Payables 10 Times interest earned 10 Debt Ratio 10 Net Working Capital Ratio 11 Return on Equity 12 SWOT Analysis 12 Strengths 12 Weakness 13 Opportunity 13 Porter 5 Forces 14 Competitors 14 Threat of Substitute 15 Power of Supplier
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purpose of this report is to analyze the McDonald’s Corporation. This report will provide a detailed strategic analysis‚ which describes the industry that the company is currently in and its business segments. Secondly‚ an external analysis‚ internal analysis‚ and the strategies McDonald’s Corporation has implemented into their company will be evaluated. The results provided in this analysis will provide necessary information so that the performance of McDonald’s Corporation can be assessed. Finally
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studied is one of the worlds largest chain of fast food restaurants‚ known as McDonalds. The unofficial business first began in 1940 by Dick and Mac McDonald in California‚ with the official first McDonalds restaurant opening in 1955 in Illinois America‚ founded by Ray Kroc (McDonalds‚ 2008) but the organization has now expanded worldwide into many international markets and has become a symbol of globalization. McDonalds is a service organization and its products mainly include a variety of different
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