Market Entry Strategies Final Paper Kentucky Fried Chicken’s Market Entry in China Company Background KFC‚ the largest fried chicken chain and the second largest restaurant chain in the world‚ currently has more than 17‚000 outlets in 115 countries worldwide. The chain primarily sells fried chicken pieces‚ chicken related products such as sandwiches and wraps‚ and other side dishes such as fries‚ desserts and soft drinks. KFC’s fried chicken pieces and related products are made with special
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MARKET SEGMENTATION‚ TARGETING AND POSITIONING MARKET SEGMENTATION INTRODUCTION: - The market for any product is normally made up of several segments. A ‘market’ after all is the aggregate of consumers of a given product. And‚ consumer (the end user)‚ who makes a market‚ are of varying characteristics user and buying behavior. There are different factors contributing for varying mind set of consumers. It is thus natural that many differing segments occur within a market. In order to capture this
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environment there are many factors that will effect the decision making in any organisation. To overcome and analyse these factors organisation can categories it in to PESTLE model which is considered as below. The macro-environmental or external factors of KFC can be identified by using PESTLE analysis which stands for Political‚ Economic‚ Social‚ Technology‚ Legal and Environmental. Political factors: This factor mainly deals with the government policies and procedures which is worked out through legislation
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political factors includes the government policies as KFC being a foreign company‚ but they have to obey the policies of the Government laid by the government of Pakistan‚ the country where the business activities are being carried out. KFC has handled this situation very tactfully and has obeyed the policies of the Government as prescribe by the government in order to run this kind of business. The other major factor is the pricing policies. KFC maintain & design its price policies keeping in view
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Kentucky Fried Chicken and the Global Fast food Industry Complete an external analysis of KFC including a stakeholder (outside of KFC) analysis External Analysis = economic‚ political‚ social‚ ecological‚ technological‚ International Environment Economic Factors 1. Prime interest rates 2. Inflation rates 3. Trends in the growth of the gross national product 4. Unemployment rates 5. Globalization of the economy 6. Outsourcing Social Factors Present in the external environment: Beliefs
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spices were born. In 1957 Kentucky fried Chicken used to be sold in buckets. In1966 The Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation goes public. In 2002 the tricon global Restaurant Inc which owned KFC changed its name to YUM! Brands.INC In 2006 KFC serves customers in over 1 billion dinners in 80 countries worldwide. (KFC corporation‚ 2010) BRANDING AND BRAND DIAMOND: DEFINITION OF A BRAND:” An identifying symbol‚ words‚ or mark that distinguishes a product or company from its competitors. Usually
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CONTROL OF FOOD QUALITY IN KFC In theory an employer must eliminate risks‚ or if not control them to the fullest extent possible. In the fast food industry there are certain regulations that are intended to eliminate the risk of bad food quality but these regulations do not eliminate the ability of a fast food outlet to produce food that is harmful to those who consume it. For example the Food Act (2003) and the Food Regulation Act (2004)‚ that cover issues such as food standards and handling
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KFC‚ or also known as Kentucky Fried Chicken‚ has been one of the most famous fast food franchises nowadays along with McDonald’s and Subway. Looking at the graph above we can see that Yum! Brands‚ the parent’s company of KFC are the third biggest firm in the fast food industry. By serving more than 12 million customers in 21000 stores in 109 countries every day‚ KFC has become the world most popular chicken fast food franchise. (1) However‚ over the past decade‚ KFC’s suppliers have been caught
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food industry in terms of value ($ 6 billion). KFC is known by many and is a trustworthy brand in many countries mainly due to its early franchising and international expansion. Original 11 herbs and spices recipe. KFC original chicken recipe is a trade secret and a source of comparative advantage against firm’s competitors. Strong position in emerging China. KFC receives half of its revenue from China‚ where it operates more than 4‚000 outlets. KFC position in China is one of its main strengths
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Positioning and repositioning Before positioning companies has to do segmentation and targeting. Segmentation is dividing the market into segments upon some set of criteria and evaluating the profitability of each segment Targeting is selecting one or more segments and going after them Positioning is how do you want your brand to be considered by consumers when compared to other competing brands. Positioning is based on product features such as color‚ price‚ fluffiness‚ quality of service
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