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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July 23‚ 2013 The company I have chosen to write about marketing problems for this course is the McDonald’s Restaurant Corporation. I have chosen this company because I currently work as the Production Manager‚ or Kitchen Manager‚ for the McDonald’s I work at here in Maine. The Production Manager is the person at each McDonald’s that integrates and institutes new procedures‚ products‚ and training methods. The Production Manager receives the information he or she needs to implement from one
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to a McDonald ’s corporate press release: "i ’m lovin ’ it is a key part of McDonald ’s business strategy to connect with customers in highly relevant‚ culturally significant ways around the world." Translation: the focus groups they used happen to listen to rap and hip-hop. In an effort to show that McDonald ’s is "down" with their customers‚ they bought off a few rap artists to pose with this goofy white guy and their dumbass mascot: [pic] [pic] Introduction McDonald as being
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in San Bernardino‚ California. They were originally a barbecue restaurant. In 1948 the incorporated McDonalds and opened up as a drive thru hamburger restaurant with nine menu items. In 1949‚ they took potato chips off the menu and added those now famous French fries. In 1955 the first modern looking McDonalds opened in Des Plaines‚ Illinois complete with the Golden Arches. In 1961‚ McDonalds University opened to train management and grow their business even greater. The restaurant made food
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restaurant‚ McDonald ’s Pakistan opened its doors in September 1998 at Lahore and presently operating in six major cities with a network of 20 restaurants. With a strong belief in the Ray Krock phrase when you are green you are growing‚ McDonald ’s Pakistan has an aggressive plan to expand in all other cities of Pakistan and is rapidly growing with the focus to provide friendly and quick service restaurant experience to our customers. II. Current Marketing Situation: Formed in 1954‚ McDonald ’s brand
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U.S. Sports Franchise BUSN-115 Sept. 16th‚ 2014 Introduction Today‚ sports play an important role in the culture of the United States. The local cultures like social systems‚ religion‚ manners and traditional practices‚ values and attitudes‚ language‚ and personal interaction are considered as the important factors when expanding the sports franchise across the borders. The U.S. sports franchises must provide good quality products and services in order to gain popularity in international
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I have decided to use McDonalds for my portfolio project. McDonald’s operates the biggest chain of fast food restaurants in the world. They serve over 500 million customers in 100 countries. The company was established in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant by two brothers. Ray Kroc purchased the organization in 1955 and oversaw its growth around the world. McDonalds has a unique system of operations. A typical McDonald restaurant is either owned by a corporation‚ a franchisee or an affiliate. The company
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Summary of Reacquired Franchise Rights It has come to our attention that much of Roman Holiday’s recent revenue growth came from acquisition of franchise right and existing restaurants rather than real growth in the franchise. Management is aware of these issues and may be feeling some pressure to meet growth targets and earnings forecasts. In the following working papers‚ we address this potential issue by reviewing the various accounting treatments for the reacquired franchise rights. We also examine
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References: Access on Nov 08‚ 2013 Marketing Strategies of McDonald http://www.slideshare.net/pridhavale/mcdonalds-marketing-strategiesAccess on 09‚ 2013 McDonald’s Pakistan History http://www.mcdonalds.com.pk/page/mcdonalds-pakistan-historyAccess on 09‚ 2013 McDonald in Pakistan http://www.slideshare.net/faizan1us/mc-donalds-pakistan-presence-competition
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can’t be challenged‚ thus if any law changes in any country McDonalds suits with the law and operate the business according to the law of the country Issue Decreases the level of sale due to the purchasing power of the consumers & product prices. Response McDonalds keeps lower prices for countries at lower stage of economic development McDonalds employees cost effective promotional tools to keep the final price within reach McDonalds set their price according to the cost of living. 4/8/2013 MGT:501
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