highway. Little do they know that over 33‚000 McDonalds are operating worldwide‚ one of which holds fifteen hundred people. Not only a “symbol of U.S. Culture” (Macionis 121)‚ but it has become a theory of sociology‚ unknown to most‚ conveniently named the “McDonaldization Theory”. The McDonaldization of Society is based off the findings of George Ritzer (1993)‚ in which he found four basic principles that our society correlates with the McDonalds Empire; those four principles are efficiency‚ predictability
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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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CASE STUDY 4 McDonalds and Hong Kong McDonalds celebrated its 50th anniversary in April 15‚ 2005 and remained true to the statement "As far as I can tell‚ the only place you can’t get a Big Mac is in outer space." (1990) The company operates as a global business through franchising. In 2004‚ the company reported to have established 30‚000 local restaurants located in 115 countries across five continents. It is the biggest fast food retailer conquering markets worldwide. In almost
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How to Introduce a New Product to the Market By Bill Herrfeldt‚ eHow Contributor Someone once said that there are no new products left to introduce to the market. Tell that to a marketer who continually introduces new products that are successful. It’s not so much a matter of the quality of the offering as much as it is how well a company plans and executes a new product introduction. Difficulty: Challenging Instructions 1. 1 Clearly define the potential customer to whom you will target
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company costs‚ the customer demand‚ the competition‚ and lastly the government policies. As for the company goals‚ McDonald’s have determined which goals that they want to achieve which are to gain a satisfactory Return on Investment (ROI)‚ to maintain market share and to meet a specified profit goal by putting priority for each goals. The McDonald’s pricing strategies also been influenced by the company cost. Before setting up the price‚ McDonald’s considered all the relevant costs of manufacturing‚ marketing
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[pic] Mc Donald’s [pic] [pic] Marketing Mix (i.e.) 7 P’s [pic] Product [pic] A Product is any article‚ which a manufacturer can sell in open market. A Product has the capacity to satisfy human Wants. This creates Demand and facilitates marketing. The Product Mix includes the following variables: Product line and Range The various product line and range are as follow: • Style‚ Shape‚ Design‚ color
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I have decided to use McDonalds for my portfolio project. McDonald’s operates the biggest chain of fast food restaurants in the world. They serve over 500 million customers in 100 countries. The company was established in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant by two brothers. Ray Kroc purchased the organization in 1955 and oversaw its growth around the world. McDonalds has a unique system of operations. A typical McDonald restaurant is either owned by a corporation‚ a franchisee or an affiliate. The company
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Macdonald’s Industry: McDonalds is the leader of the industry with more than 33 500 restaurants serving nearly 68 million people in 119 countries each day. McDonalds‚ with headquarters in the United States‚ opened First store in 1940 by the McDonald brothers. The Industry is the Global Food Service. The Industry is at mature stage of its cycle in US. This is demonstrated by the low average growth rate about 4%-6%. * Combined annual revenue of about $120 billion * Industry is highly fragmented:
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(Photo credit: Wikipedia) Case Study: McDonald’s Sept. 15‚ 2013 The function of this discussion is to identify the product‚ price‚ place‚ and promotion strategies of the McDonald’s Corporation. As a business owner with 20 years of experience‚ I offer these findings: the corporate strategy for McDonald’s product is a threefold approach using strategic flexibility‚ the pricing strategy is based on low price/high volume‚ the corporate strategy concerning place
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