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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McDonald ’s Wireless Access The growing number of wireless users in the United States includes thousands of mobile professionals‚ business travelers‚ and students who need to connect to work‚ family‚ and friends while on-the-go and are willing to pay for a convenient wireless service option. With only one major competitor‚ high-priced Starbucks/T-Mobile‚ an attractive wireless service offering could have a potentially significant impact on revenue‚ both in terms of income from wireless services
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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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McDonalds and Ecommerce How can e-commerce provide a competitive advantage for McDonald’s? McDonald’s is a terrific example of utilizing e-commerce to provide a competitive advantage for it organization globally (nationally and internationally). Basically‚ competitive advantage for an organization can be viewed as being able to have the ability to stay ahead of the competition essentially in terms of product differentiation‚ focus and cost leadership. Through utilizing e-commerce strategies‚ McDonald’s
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Analysis S No. Name Ratio (%) Strength/ Weakness 1 Net profit margin 18.34 Strength 2 Operating profit margin 27.39 Strength 3 Return on equity 32.23 % Strength 4 Return on assets 15.15 % Strength 5 Total revenue in Europe 3.23 % Weakness 6 Total operating income (Europe) 66.07% weakness 7 Total assets (Europe) -3.16% Weakness 8 Total Expenditures (Europe) 9.71% Weakness 9 Sale growth 6.14% Strength 10 Dividend growth per share 28.8% Strength 11 Total asset s 0.82%
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Morningstar® DocumentResearchS Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington‚ D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K FOR ANNUAL AND TRANSITION REPORTS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31‚ 2010 OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to
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1. What are some of your initial reactions about the differences you notice between home country and host country operations of a multinational fast food chain such as the McDonalds? Cultural differences though difficult to observe and measure are very important‚ especially when doing the business in the foreign markets. Failure to comprehend these differences can lead to embracing missteps‚ strain relationships and impact the business performance. Therefore‚ It appears as if catering to the Indian
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across 35‚000 outlets. Their brand mission is to be its customers’ favorite place and way to eat and drink. Worldwide operations are aligned around a global strategy called the Plan to Win‚ which center on an exceptional customer experience – People‚ Products‚ Place‚ Price and Promotion. Suzanne Drolet is a manager of a McDonald’s Restaurant in a city with many seniors. Every 4th Monday of the month‚ McDonald’s offer a $1.99 meal with free coffee refills for people aged 55 and older. Many of these older
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Product- everything that a person get when buying a product. Whether is it what they wanted or didnt. Mcdonlads sells many different products to it customers. The ingredaints that come in that product whether they want it or not. types of consumer products- there are four different types of consumer products convenience products‚ shopping products‚ specialty products‚ and unsought products. convenience products- its inexpensive and has little shopping efforts. shopping products- more
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Contemporary World Culture Globalization of McDonalds Globalization has affected almost every aspect of life in most all countries around the world from economic to culture with the exchange of goods‚ services and ideas influencing cultural changes around the world. Food is an important element in defining culture and the globalization of McDonald’s is huge. Most people when they hear the name McDonald’s immediately think of America. Equating McDonald’s with America is sensible since they opened
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