This book examines the major contributing factors which catapulted KFC to the top of the Chinese restaurant service industry in less than two decades. It focuses on KFC China’s competitive differentiators‚ and how they jelled in support of a coherent business strategy‚ and of each other. The successful execution of KFC China’s business strategy has since been rewarded with an unlikely industry leadership position in growth‚ profitability‚ market share‚ and brand recognition in the world’s fastesThere
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Planning Florin Andrei Stancu ID: 20698 KFC Case Study Introduction KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) is one of the most popular and widely spread fast food chain spread across various countries. KFC has established in market as a specialist in fried chicken. Headquartered in Louisville‚ Kentucky‚ US‚ KFC today is world’s second largest fast food chain after McDonalds with presence in several countries. As of December 2012‚ KFC had more than 18‚000 outlets spread across
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KFC thinks it’s got the next "Where’s the beef?" The chicken chain‚ which reported nearly $5 billion in sales last year‚ is rolling out what it’s sure is a viral tagline for what it’s sure is a killer new product made for millennials. KFC is so certain that it’s giving the launch more support than it’s given any in more than a decade—up to an estimated $50 million. And it has tapped an Academy Award winner‚ David O. Russell of "Silver Linings Playbook" fame‚ to direct the ads. KFC is touting
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Since most McDonalds have the same menu‚ it provides an easy economy of scale. McDonalds has more than 32‚000 restaurants around the world (Economies of scale). When McDonalds places an order‚ they don’t go and buy individual items‚ they receive them from a local wholesaler just like any other independent restaurant (Economies of scale). “McDonald’s is the world’s largest buyer of eggs; therefore they are able to negotiate the very best unit cost per egg during their enormous volume purchase and
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This report is regarding the internal and external analysis of KFC (Malaysia) Holding Bhd which includes their unique resources‚ core competencies‚ strategic issues and etc. This report will show us an in-depth view on current situation and issue of the fast food industry. 2.0 REMOTE ENVIRONMENT The remote environment comprises factors that originate beyond and usually irrespective of‚ any single firm ’s operating section: social‚ political‚ economic‚ technological
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KFC in Nepal “KFC Corporation‚ based in Louisville‚ Kentucky‚ is the world’s most popular chicken restaurant chain‚ specializing in Original Recipe‚ and Colonel’s Crispy Strips® chicken with home style sides and new freshly made sandwiches.” Everyday nearly‚ KFC serves eight million people in the world with the same old crispy crunchy recipe Sander developed more than half century ago. With their old recipe they are moving ahead in more than 300 countries serving their mouth watering dishes. The
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KFC China : still ‘‘Finger lickin good’’ ? Implanted in 120 countries all over the world‚ KFC is a giant American fast-food chain that entered Chinese market in 1987 with a first outlet in Beijing‚ the brand is part of Yum’s Group. KFC brand positioning: an American fast food brand with Chinese characteristics‚ the US fried chicken expert‚ quality products‚ combining fast food values and Chinese traditional values Target: families‚ groups of friend‚ working people‚ urban people that face western
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Yum! Brands Building the KFC Global Brand Micky Pant YRI Chief Marketing Officer KFC International – Strong ’06 Performance 5% SSS Growth Nearly 300 More Traditional Restaurants BYA Update Solid sales growth across the world‚ with renewed strength recently South Africa Middle East Netherlands Europe FBU Mexico Asia FBU Australia U.K. France India Japan Germany Russia YTD 17% 9% 8% 7% 6% 5% 5% 4% 4% 1% Flat -1% N/A Note: YTD same-store-sales growth above are estimates‚ including
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Suggestion to KFC As we know‚ KFC is one of the leading Fast-Food chains in the world‚ but their market share has been declining globally since 1989. According to the case‚ (pg number C-211‚ exhibit 4) their market share has declined from 70.8% to 55.6% in 1999. Also because of KFC’s dominating and widespread leadership in the US market tends to give more opportunities to rivals as the U.S. base growth rate is about 1% annually. Therefore it is totally understandable why KFC has not been able
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Investor Ratios There are various ratios that are designed to help investors who hold shares in a company to assess the returns on their investment. These are: Dividend per Share The dividend per share ratio relates the dividends pertaining to an accounting period to the amount of shares in issue during the period. The ratio is given as follows: Dividend per share = Dividends pertaining to a period Number of shares in issue The ratio provides an indication of the cash return
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