or restaurant business. Describe the type of business‚ market share‚ financials‚ size‚ and global presence. This paper will describe McDonald’s‚ the world’s biggest burger chain. McDonald’s business started in 1940 and was opened by Dick and Mac McDonald in San Bernardino‚ CA. Today‚ McDonald’s is the largest chain of fast food restaurants. They can be found in 120 countries and territories‚ serving nearly 54 million customers each day. ("NYSE MCD‚" 2010‚ p. 1) McDonald’s made some remarkable
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Diversification Economy in Las Vegas “Las Vegas is lagging behind many cities in the recovery because we were in much worse shape than most cities‚” David Christianson‚ who is a TCA 449 professor in University of Nevada‚ Las Vegas who is a knowledgeable international tourism professor said so in my personal interview‚ “Since we are a mono economy‚ any kind of diversification would be helpful.” The dominating economy in Las Vegas are from gaming‚ tourism‚ convention and meeting‚ which then could
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BACKGROUND American restaurant chains have been opening their doors more and more during the last five years. Wherever you go‚ if you are traveling in your car in Caracas City‚ you can see McDonalds‚ Bennigan’s‚ Chili’s‚ Pizza Hut and Burger King. McDonald’s is one of the world’s biggest food service retailers which every day serves 50 million customers in 119 countries across the world through 30‚000 restaurant outlets. McDonald’s opened its door in India in October 1996 in Vasant Vihar a colony
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the wide diversity across the country. Recently‚ McDonalds has decided to expand into Bangalore in a big way. Praveen Bose Bangalore Burger chain McDonalds plans to invest Rs 50 crore annually in India. It has already brought in Rs 500 crore of FDI on the 56 outlets it has in India. "We are here for the long haul‚" Amit Jatia‚ joint venture partner‚ McDonalds India (western region) said while announcing the opening of its Bangalore outlet. McDonalds is finally up and running in Bangalore‚ trying to
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Company Background [pic] The business began in 1940‚ with a McDonald’s Bar-B-Q restaurant opened by brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald at San Bernardino‚ California. They had a staff of 20 attractive waitresses at a drive-in restaurant and 25 items menu that included barbecue ribs‚ beef‚ and pork sandwiches. They became the #1 teen hangout in the San Bernardino. Their introduction of the "Speedee Service System" in 1948 additional the system of the modern fast-food restaurant that the
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and stay on until 3:00 p.m. Many of these older customers were attracted initially by a monthly breakfast special for people aged 55 and older. The meal costs $.99 and refills of coffee are free. Every fourth Monday‚ 100 to 150 seniors jam Mary’s McDonald for the special offer. But now almost as many of them are coming every day – turning the fastfood restaurant into a meeting place. They sit for hours with a cup of coffee‚ chatting with friends. On most days‚ as many as 100 will stay from one to
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fast food. However In many countries‚ main items are adapted according to the customs and tastes of individual countries. For example‚ most Indian is forbidden eating beef for Hinduism. So McDonald changes their ingredient and recipe. If you visit to McDonald in India‚ you can have potato patty in burger. McDonald offers good example of standardization. Q2. Do you think government officials in developing countries such as Russia‚ China and India‚ welcome McDonald’s? Do customers in these countries
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analyze the importance and the extent to which culture affects the operations of McDonald’s in China. The impacts of the Chinese culture on the operations‚ policies and decisions of McDonald’s are studied as well as the changes brought about by McDonalds‚ a symbol of American culture‚ to the Chinese society. Two areas will be analyzed –employee relations (human resources management processes and policies) and restaurant operations. Part I: The Chinese Culture Kluckohn and Strodtbeck’s Cultural
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McDonald’s reported a year end annual earnings report for the last 4 years: 2010‚ 2009‚ 2008‚ and 2007. This portion of the McDonalds essay will cover the company’s account amounts for the 2 most recent year end reporting period which are 2010 and 2009. This report will cover the actual numbers from McDonald’s Corp balance sheet. The balance sheet lists each individual account that applies as a liability account. Accounts payable‚ notes payable‚ short term debt‚ accrued liabilities‚ and other
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certain employees of Simon Marketing and associates had colluded to defraud the McDonald’s Corporation in excess of $13 million worth of game prizes over the promotion period (Albrecht et al‚ 2012‚ p.210). The Simon Marketing firm was contracted by McDonalds to run their promotional sweepstakes games. The game prizes consisted of cash‚ vehicles‚ vacations and/or food prizes. According to Richard Dent (FBI Special Agent in Charge)‚ the main players involved in the scheme were as follows; Linda L
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