Macdonald’s Industry: McDonalds is the leader of the industry with more than 33 500 restaurants serving nearly 68 million people in 119 countries each day. McDonalds‚ with headquarters in the United States‚ opened First store in 1940 by the McDonald brothers. The Industry is the Global Food Service. The Industry is at mature stage of its cycle in US. This is demonstrated by the low average growth rate about 4%-6%. * Combined annual revenue of about $120 billion * Industry is highly fragmented:
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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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The Brain Behind the Big‚ Bad Burger Section 1: Analysis Most Americans will consume any food regardless of the calories‚ nutritional value and health related consequences. The Brain behind the Big‚ Bad Burger article mentions the importance of using a Business Intelligence System (BIS) which “provides them with insights‚ not just mountains of data” (Levison‚ 2005). Business Intelligence gets its strength from being able to pull data from disparate sources store it for use in a loosely coupled
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McDonald has been a well-known and valuable brand for over half a century. The company’s mission and vision is striving to be the world’s best quick service restaurant and formalizing their beliefs into “People‚ Vision‚ and People Promise”. “Quality‚ Service‚ Cleanliness and Value” also became the company’s motto. The company’s first McDonald store was built “in 1940 by the original McDonald brothers‚ Dick and Mac. Later in 1954‚ Ray Kroc became the first official franchisee appointed by Dick and
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Improving Production at Sutton Branch McDonalds Productivity is a very important factor in a business. It is how well a business produces it’s goods depending on how efficient the output is made. For McDonalds this is very important because as a fast food chain we need to keep costs and waste as low as possible‚ whilst still producing quality burgers and chips to meet customer demands and company goals. McDonalds in general uses all three types of production. Job production is when one-off specialised
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Organizational Communication Analysis of McDonald’s Yijun Zhang October 17‚ 2014 The McDonald’s corporation was started in 1940 and has since grown as a fast food entity‚ with restaurants and supply outlets all over the world. Maurice and Richard McDonald started a Bar-B-Q restaurant in San Bernardino‚ the United States in 1940(“McDonald’s History”). In 1948‚ they introduced the “Speedee Service System” and the CEO Ray Kroc established the McDonald’s System Inc. in Illinois in 1955. In addition‚ the
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Target Customer Profile Our company Kunste H.C Burgers and wings targets the college students of the Our Lady of Fatima‚ STI‚ commuters passing Regalado Highway‚ and some residence near the company with the age of 16-24 Years old that is hungry and wanted to satisfy their cravings for burgers with different kind of buns‚ different flavored wings which is located along Regalado highway. Their allowances depends on the economic status of their parents. In the proposed location in the Regalado highway
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can see through the analysis that there are certain areas where Mc Donald’s can improve its performance. Mc Donald’s EFE Matrix McDonalds is one of the Americas largest fast food chain. It was opened in 1940. McDonalds head quarter is at Oak Brook Illinois. Being the market dominator in the fast food market it is necessary to understand what is making McDonalds a leader in its market segment. So for that we will go through an EFE Matrix. External Factor evaluation (EFE) is the widely known
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with a friendly caring staff. Suzanne’s staff embraced that philosophy by being very friendly with the seniors. After evaluating Suzanne’s dillema‚ I thing she should not ignore her senior citizens market. Encouraging the seniors to frequent her Mcdonalds would attract business and increase sales as a popular meeting place for this type of clientele. The group of seniors do not pose any threat since they typically leave before the lunch rush hours hit. Another plus is that seniors are friendly and
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more various. 4) New marketing fashion ideas. 5) Eating habits change. In the internal analysis‚ all the strengths we have can be ignored first‚ because we don’t need to worry about them first. The weakness part is high possibility impacting McDonalds‚ especially the unhealthy food menu and the invariable food choices. In the external analysis‚ threats is mostly impacting McDonald’s future. And the opportunities are helping its future‚ also is important to impact McDonald’s. According the SWOT
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