Date: August 23‚ 2010 To: Professor Kopka From: Veronica Salas Subject: Strategic Analysis for McDonalds EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS External Analysis There are two conditions that are most significant in McDonald’s external environment that are: 1. The new trend in which customers are changing fast –food restaurants to healthier ones. 2. The arising competition to achieve growth in this industry. The fast-food industry is very complex and saturated. The key
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Starbucks‚ McDonalds and Marketing Strategy Both McDonalds and Starbucks are looking into dayparts penetration as a growth strategy: McDonalds now owns the breakfast segment and is moving fast to take over the afternoon and evening segments‚ Starbucks is moving in the other direction and going from primarily a breakfast and afternoon snack stop to lunch and evening Starbucks is still focused on opening new stores whereas McDonalds seems to have slowed down it’s expansion‚ these expansion funds
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society and environmental issues. From this definition I will explain how McDonald’s handles and views Corporate Social Responsibility. By examining its leadership‚ one can see just how much McDonald’s gives back and positively impacts society around it. There are several primary ways McDonalds does this: the Ronald McDonald House Charities‚ Camp Mickey D’s‚ and The All American Basketball Game. These will be further discussed in the memo. Looking at the ways McDonald’s gives back to society‚ one can
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product quality. McDonalds is more famous than Burger King‚ and the former has a wider presence than Burger King. When going to the McDonalds restaurant‚ you get quality service. They concentrate more on the quality of the service than the speed with which the dishes are served. When comparing McDonalds’ service to Burger King’s‚ the service at Burger King is faster. Burger King is known to provide the customer with many choices and also to provide quicker service. At McDonalds‚ the order is taken
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across the world. The fast food giant has come a long way from being just a burger stand in San Bernardino‚ California in 1940. The original owners were two brothers‚ Richard and Maurice McDonald. The hot dog stand evolved into a restaurant offering 25 items on the menu. In 1947‚ Richard and Maurice (going forward the “McDonald Brothers”) decided to shutdown the restaurant to renovate to improve the business. The McDonald Brothers wanted to meet the demands of their customers‚ young and on the
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mcdonalds quality process matrix( customisation‚ flexibility‚ delivery‚ reliability‚ quality‚ cost) When looking at the quality of McDonalds in terms of the customization‚ we can understand that it sits on a high level on the product process matrix. McDonalds’ offer a range of healthy products in conjunction with their less ‘healthier menu’ weather it be breakfast‚ lunch or dinner. For instance a customer going to McDonalds for breakfast who was interested in choosing a light meal such as a light
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Marketingmix McDonalds Hi‚ I will now discuss the extended marketing mix of McDonalds. The extended marketing mix consists of the 4 traditional p’s supplemented by the 3 p’s according to Booms and Bitner. I will start with 4 traditional p’s. Price‚ Product‚ Place and Promotion. Price McDonalds uses the ‘Going Rate Pricing’-strategy. This means that McDonalds prices their products according to the average market price. They do this because their isn’t that much difference between their products
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Ronald McDonald House Charities Vision The Ronald McDonald House Charities are becoming just as recognizable as the Golden Arches of McDonalds. Over the past thirty-five years‚ this organization has changed the vision of what healthcare really means. They believe strongly that if you are able to change a child’s life – “you not only change the child but also you change the family’s‚ which can change a community‚ and ultimately change the world.” Ronald McDonald House Charities is located in
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Gopal Patel 40955122 Writing 009 V.Albrecht McDonalds beneficial to society Despite all the negative informal attributes and its negative stigma‚ McDonalds has many positives. McDonalds is in fact a very important and helpful food chain in our society as well as the world. McDonalds does more good than harm in the world‚ for instance providing jobs‚ giving back to the community in terms of charity and sponsoring many sports organizations as well as supporting many minors’ pursuits in sports
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MARKET SEGMENTATION: ORGANISATIONAL ARCHETYPES AND RESEARCH AGENDAS* Mark Jenkins & Professor Malcolm McDonald Cranfield School of Management Address for correspondence: Mark Jenkins‚ Cranfield School of Management‚ Cranfield University‚ Bedford‚ MK43 0AL‚ UK. Tel: +44 (0) 234 751122; Fax: +44 (0) 234 750070 EMail: m.jenkins@cranfield.ac.uk Paper submitted to the European Journal of Marketing‚ February 1995. The authors acknowledge the invaluable comments of Professor Martin Christopher and the
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