I. What is Starbucks? 1. Started in 1971 2. The largest retail coffee company in the world 3. An icon of globalization 4. Global hub that connects some of the poorest countries in the world with some of the wealthiest II. Efforts of Starbucks in environmental protection 1. Environmental Stewardship 1.) Started working with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) since 2001 2.) Began to build 75% of all new company-owned stores to be certified under the LEED® green building standard in 2011
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margin‚ asset utilization‚ and financial leverage. From the financial reports the return on equity (annual ratio report) for 2011 was 28.409%. Compared to the industry average of 17.62% Starbucks is exceeding by over 10% which confirms that the company is doing well in its performance. The return on asset ratio for Starbucks in 2011 was 16.92% and the financial leverage ratio is 1.679 which is both fairly reasonable for this company. The current ratio as of June 2012 is 2.2642 (annual balance sheet) with
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Presentation Transcript KFC: KFC Case study of KFC BACKGROUND OF KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKENS(KFC): BACKGROUND OF KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKENS(KFC ) KFC is based in Louisville‚ Kentucky‚ and is the world’s most popular chicken restaurant. Founded by Colonel Harland Sanders in the early 1930s by cooking & serving food for hungry travellers. In 1952 Sanders started franchising his chicken business & named it as KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN. KFC is the world’s largest restaurant company in terms of system
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Company Background Three Seattle academics and entrepreneurs‚ English teacher Jerry Baldwin‚ history teacher Zev Siegel‚ and writer Gordon Bowker‚ started the Starbucks Corporation in 1997. Their primary product was the selling of whole bean coffee in one Seattle store. By early 1980’s‚ this business had grown into four stores selling the coffee beans‚ a roasting facility‚ and a wholesale business for local restaurants. "There store did not offer fresh-brewed coffee sold by the cup‚ but tasting
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Week 3 Assignments Legend: Means part completed Means NEED to complete Call tech support for help Submit a copy of your Career Plan. • Team Exercise Organizational Planning / SWOT Analysis PepsiCo •Identify the company’s internal and external stakeholders. PepsiCo’s internal stakeholders are any employees‚ board members‚ and any volunteers. This would encompass every employee from the delivery driver‚ to the CEO and Board Member- Indra Nooyi
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Case Problem Analysis STARBUCKS BACKGROUND OF THE CASE Time Frame The case happened back in the 90’s where a lot of coffee shop is being operated in the business industry; one of this is the Starbucks a very well-known coffee shop nowadays. The Starbucks coffee maintained its clients or customers due of the new technique in marketing mix and to evaluate the kind of coffee and tea they were offered by the customers. The management also offered a promotional campaign by
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I SWOT Starbucks Strengths Starbucks owns the most recognizable brand in the specialty coffee business‚ and the Starbucks experience is an irreplaceable differentiating factor. Howard Shultz‚ founder and chairman of Starbucks is the barista to the world. Shultz has practically invented specialized coffee as a mass product‚ his leadership and innovative vision are very valuable assets. The company has a loyal customer base willing to pay premium prices for Starbucks products. Store location is
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SWOT This is used to help focus activities into areas of strength and where the greatest opportunities lie. This is used to identify the dangers that take the form of weaknesses and both internal and external threats. The four attributes of SWOT analysis: Strengths - What are the advantages? What is currently done well? (e.g. key area of best-performing activities of your company) Weaknesses - What could be improved? What is done badly? (e.g. key area where you are performing poorly) Opportunities
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follows‚ we shall examine the case of Starbucks and we shall analyze the organization’s business environment by using the concepts of PESTLE‚ SWOT analysis and Porter’s Five Forces analysis and how the most influential forces impact Starbucks’ strategies and shape its operations. Starbucks – Company Profile Starbucks was founded in 1971 with a single store in Pike Place Market in Seattle‚ USA which was a retailer of coffee bean‚ tea and spices. Today‚ Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in
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Birkbeck‚ University of London Starbucks in the us: too much coffee spilling all over? Coursework - Essay Starbucks in the us: too much coffee spilling all over? Coursework - Essay Table of Contents I. SUMMARY1 II. CASE STUDY ANALYSIS 1 i. STRATEGIC POSITIONING AND MARKETING MIX1 ii. PORTER’S FIVE FORCES2 iii. SWOT ANALYSIS3 iv. EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL FORCES – PEST ANALYSIS3 III. CONCLUSIONS4 IV. REFERENCES5 I. II. SUMMARY Starbucks dates back from 1971 and is based
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