McDonalds SWOT analysis 2013 Strengths Location‚ commercial/high density areas. Efficiency & speed. Reasonably priced menu. Standard/ quality/ reliability. Friendly customer orientated staff. Largest fast food market share in the world. Children targeting. Weaknesses Negative publicity Unhealthy food menu. High employee turnover. Competition. Opportunities Maturity → New markets Home delivery service. Threats Other local fast food chains. Lawsuits against McDonalds. Strengths
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MARKETING ACTVITIES SEMESTER 1‚ 2012 ASSIGNMENT 1 Company Chosen: McDonald’s Industry: Hospitality Founded: May 15 1940 Founder: Richard & Maurice McDonald Headquarters: Oak Brook‚ Illinois‚ US No. of Locations: 30000+ Worldwide Area Served: Worldwide Products: Fast Food P.E.S.T Analysis Political Factors The individual operations of McDonalds are influenced by the individual state and country policies by each government. E.g. there are certain some states in Europe and the US wont allow fast
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McDonalds and Wendy’s 1. Think about demographic and sociocultural trends and changes and explain how each organization’s interpretation of these trends and changes has affected its choice of strategy? McDonald’s has recently had to dramatically change their marketing strategy due to social pressures. On Tuesday Nov 14‚ 2006 it‚ along with 9 other companies that make up about 2/3 of child-targeted food and drink marketing agreed to self-regulate’ their advertising in response to health trends
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SWOT analysis of McDonalds. Having one of the most favorite burgers in the world‚ McDonalds is a brand which will hardly be missed by anyone. The SWOT of Mcdonalds discusses the reasons that the firm has been able to achieve this height of fame‚ and why‚ be it breakfast‚ lunch or dinner‚ people may prefer the local McDonalds STRENGTH Brand Equity…world-wide 42% of US fast-food hamburger business Consistency of food Successful items: Fries‚ Happy Meal‚ Big Mac‚ Egg McMuffin‚ Promotions Overseas
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Introduction McDonald Corporation is the world’s largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurant. There are over 30‚000 McDonald’s restaurants in more than 100 countries and served an average of 50 million customer daily. A McDonald restaurant is operated by either a franchisee or by the corporation itself. The very first McDonald was open in Singapore in 1979 and today there are over 120 McDonald restaurants across the island which served 1.2 million customers weekly. McDonald employs around 9
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at the press releases of the last six months of McDonalds as a company. We also checked their latest annual report. The most remarkable change that McDonalds went through in the last six months was a combination of: change of work method and reorganization. On this 40th anniversary of the first Earth Day‚ McDonald’s is officially launching their “2010 Best of Global Green and 2010 Best of Sustainable Supply”. We think everybody knows that McDonalds has a responsibility to continuously improve their
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McDonalds Case Study Dr. Sweeting HRM 532 April 18‚ 2012 1. Outline the talent management program that led to success for the company McDonald ’s is the leading global food service retailer‚ with more than 33‚000 local restaurants serving more than 64 million people in 118 countries each day. More than 80% of McDonald ’s restaurants worldwide are owned and operated independently. McDonald’s is categorized as a fast-food restaurant that serves mainly hamburgers‚ fries
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In the late 1940s‚ Dick and Mac McDonalds were searching for a way to improve their little drive-in restaurant in San Bernardino‚ California. They invented an entirely new concept based upon speed service‚ low prices‚ and big volumes. Word of its success spread quickly and in 1952 they had more than 300 franchising inquires a month from all over the country. McDonald’s is now the largest and best-known foodservice retailer and one of the two best-known and powerful brands in the market. With more
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Truman MGMT 1451 Capstone: Business Management March 22‚ 2011 Introduction In 1955‚ Ray Kroc founded the McDonald’s Corporation after partnering with Richard and Maurice McDonald to franchise a small restaurant that sells burgers‚ french fries‚ and beverages (Dess-Lumpkin-Eisner‚ 2009). Kroc bought out the McDonald brothers in 1961 for 2.7 million dollars and began a campaign to open McDonald’s restaurants around the nation and ultimately around the world (Dess‚ et al.‚ 2009). McDonald’s
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Communications MKT2230 McDonalds Corporation Overview The history of McDonalds dates back to its early beginnings in 1940. The first restaurant was opened by 2 brothers Dick and Mac McDonald in San Bernardino California. The first franchised restaurant was later opened by Ray Kroc in Illinois‚ who later went on to purchase the brothers equity in the company and fuelled the massive worldwide expansion of the company that we see and know today. The corporate founding of McDonalds took place in 1955
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