specifically for it’s consistently “high yielding” dividend. According to Morningstar‚ MCD’s dividends started to show a significant leap in earnings per share in 2008‚ which I am attributing to their significant increase in net income from 2007’s $2395 million to 2008’s $4313 million. I would want this stock in my portfolio specifically for its growth. I do realize that the stock price continues to fluctuate several times a day. Despite its dip in price in December‚ McDonald’s has rebounded from its drop
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The McDonald’s corporation is one of the most known brands around the world. McDonald ’s has built its success around a formula of providing a range of standardized high quality products quickly and reasonably priced. Today‚ many people live busy lives and place great importance on convenience when buying and paying for goods and services. Modern‚ quick service products such as drive-in car washes‚ smart phones and fast meals attract this market. For many people‚ this emphasis on instant service
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North and South America‚ Europe‚ Australia and Asia‚ but are only thinly represented in the Middle East and Africa. The primary food products the company serves are hamburgers‚ cheeseburgers‚ chicken meals‚ french fries‚ coffee and milkshakes‚ but McDonald ’s is beginning to offer healthier products like wraps and salads. McDonald’s serves 64 million customers each day. McDonald’s sells its products in 117 countries and operates 32‚737 restaurants as of the end of 2010. Of the restaurants‚ 80% are
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Executive Summary Acting as a “mystery shopper“ we have evaluated one of the McDonalds’ retail shops. We have chosen a McDonalds retail shop by reason of its obvious success. McDonalds has got a yearly profit of approximately 5.5 billion USD by trading with fast-food. Our evaluation shows us there is one certain reason of its success: Constancy! Customers know what they get at McDonalds‚ wherever they are in the world and apparently they appreciate this constancy. Nonetheless
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Mcdonalds Mcdonald’s are Multinational company who have expanded dramatically.. They are a company who’s policy is based on globalisation‚ by the fact that Macdonald’s and its franchises growth is remarkable they have over 21000 restaurants in over 101 countries‚ and territories in all parts of the world including Argentina‚ Cuba‚ Singapore India. and worldwide sales exceeded $30 billion dollars and the net income crossed 1.5 billion Mcdonalds have achieved their recognition and status by
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----------------------------------- Feb 6‚ 2006 Ethical Criticism of McDonalds http://www.echeat.com/essay.php?t=28470 Arguably the most important aspect of an organization is its emphasis on ethical behavior. The key premise was that by ‘doing the right thing’ internally and externally‚ businesses created a good working atmosphere‚ while also benefiting society and the environment. The problem is that many ethical issues are subjective and based on one’s values and beliefs. As a result
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About McDonald : About McDonald Brief History of McDonald’s The first McDonald’s was built in 1940 by the McDonald brothers (Dick and Mac) . Started off as a hot dog stand in CA [1937] The McDonald brothers realized that hamburgers were their most profitable menu item‚ and changed their business to serve a limited menu. About McDonald : About McDonald McDonald’s is a large corporation in the fast food industry. They have been around since 1955 when Ray Kroc started the chain of McDonalds. They
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How did it become so successful? It took the smart approach and researched the taste and need in each country before entering the market. McDonalds is one of the biggest fast food chains around the globe. It has located itself in 119 countries over the past 50 years since it has been established. Even though fast food is eaten mostly in western cultures‚ McDonalds has positioned itself in every single continent‚ integrating into different countries culture. This company has successfully marketed themselves
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1. INTRODUCTIONmcDonald¶s‚ the leader in the fast-food wars‚ faced a crossroads in the early 1990s. Domestically‚ sales and revenues were flattening as competitors like Burger King‚ Wendy¶s‚ and Taco Bell encountered new challenges Sonic and Rally¶s competed using a back-to-basics approach of quickly serving up burgers‚ just burgers‚ for timeless consumers. McDonald¶s was gathering flak from environmentalists who decried all the litter and solid waste its restaurants generated each day To counter
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McDonalds: A Case Study Case Study: Mcdonalds McDonalds is widely considered the “king” of fast food restaurants. Started as one restaurant in 1955 by Ray Kroc‚ McDonalds is now a worldwide chain offering everything from a traditional hamburger to Frappuccino’s and everything in between. The McDonalds website states” Ray Kroc wanted to build a restaurant system that would be famous for food of consistently high quality and uniform methods of preparation. He wanted
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