McDONALD’S HISTORY LISTING 1948 In December‚ Dick and Mac McDonald open the first McDonald’s in San Bernardino‚ California. A little hamburger man called "Speedee" becomes the company logo. 1954 Ray A. Kroc‚ a Multimixer salesman from Oak Park‚ lIIinois‚ visits Dick and Mac’s San Bernardino McDonald’s‚ his curiosity initially aroused by the large number of Multimixers they were buying. Ray Kroc becomes the exclusive national franchise agent for the McDonald’s brothers. 1955 On April 15‚ Ray Kroc
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History of McDonald’s The McDonald ’s concept was introduced in San Bernardino‚ California by Dick and Mac McDonald of Manchester‚ New Hampshire. It was modified and expanded by their business partner‚ Ray Kroc‚ of Oak Park‚ Illinois‚ who later bought out the business interests of the McDonald brothers in the concept and went on to found McDonald ’s Corporation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_McDonald%27s McDonald’s is a company which has a colorful history and developed the culture
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McDonalds 2012 Kanika Markland McDonalds SIC # 5812 NYSE: MCD Revenue 2011: $27‚006M McDonald’s Corporation is the world’s largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants‚ serving around 68 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States‚ the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by the eponymous Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948 they reorganized their business as a hamburger stand using production line principles.
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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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An Analysis of McDonald ’s Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 I. Background and History of McDonald ’s 4 II. Analysis of McDonald ’s 5 The industry environmental Markets 5 External Environmental 7 SWOT Analysis 10 Company performance over time– financial outlook – stock analysis 12 Strategy/Five Forces Framework 15 III. Issues involving McDonald ’s 20 Advertisement
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Introduction McDonalds is the world’s largest chain of hamburger restaurants‚ currently it serves around 68 million customers per day in 119 countries. One of the countries that it has moved to more recently is China; it opened its first restaurant in Shenzhen in 1990. This report will explore the various aspects associated with the move of McDonalds to China‚ including; the culture difference‚ the growth strategy‚ the marketing strategy and the competition it has faced. McDonalds is an American
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McDonalds has more than 31‚000 restaurants serving in almost 120 countries. Of the 31‚000 restaurants‚ at least 14‚000 are in US. However‚ now‚ because the care of McDonalds about favors and cultures in each countries it enters‚ McDonalds can open more restaurant in new areas such as China or India that the countries which culture influences on people lifestyle deeply. They are very potential markets. The expansion of these areas is big opportunities for McDonalds. China was McDonald‟s first
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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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Case Study Report McDonald ’s BACKGROUND: Brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald founders of McDonald ’s Corporation grew from a single drive-in restaurant in San Bernardino‚ California in 1948 to the largest food service organization in the world. In 1955 Ray Kroc opened firs McDonald ’s in Des Plaines‚ Illinois and became exclusive franchising agent for the company. By 1991 McDonald ’s owned $13 billion of fast-food industry‚ operating 12‚400 restaurants in 59 countries (Ezine). The company
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KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) INTRODUCTION: KFC is a fast food restaurant chain headquartered in Louisville‚ Kentucky‚ United States‚ which specializes in fried chicken. An "American icon"‚ it is the world’s largest fried chicken chain and the second largest restaurant chain overall after McDonald’s‚ with over 17‚000 outlets in 105 countries and territories as of December 2011. KFC was founded by Harland Sanders‚ who began selling fried chicken from his roadside restaurant in Corbin‚ Kentucky during
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