Case Study Report McDonald ’s BACKGROUND: Brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald founders of McDonald ’s Corporation grew from a single drive-in restaurant in San Bernardino‚ California in 1948 to the largest food service organization in the world. In 1955 Ray Kroc opened firs McDonald ’s in Des Plaines‚ Illinois and became exclusive franchising agent for the company. By 1991 McDonald ’s owned $13 billion of fast-food industry‚ operating 12‚400 restaurants in 59 countries (Ezine). The company
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company name is McDonald’s Corporation. McDonald’s is the world ’s largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants‚ worldwide‚ serving around 68 million customers daily in 119 countries and counting. McDonalds was founded May 14‚ 1940 in San Bernardino‚ California by brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald. The focus of McDonald’s at the time was their “Speedee Service System"‚ they did this by introducing an assembly line style kitchen‚ which speed and ensured maximum efficiency. Then in 1954‚ 52 year
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luckily succeeded‚ but only one became the world’s largest and most profitable in the fast food industry. That company is McDonalds. The question though however is how McDonalds separated itself from companies like Wendy’s and Burger King to become the world’s most successful fast food restaurant. How did McDonalds start as one restaurant in 1948 to become today’s largest fast food chain in the world? 1 McDonalds surpassed its competition with innovative thinking in restaurant management and operations
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KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) INTRODUCTION: KFC is a fast food restaurant chain headquartered in Louisville‚ Kentucky‚ United States‚ which specializes in fried chicken. An "American icon"‚ it is the world’s largest fried chicken chain and the second largest restaurant chain overall after McDonald’s‚ with over 17‚000 outlets in 105 countries and territories as of December 2011. KFC was founded by Harland Sanders‚ who began selling fried chicken from his roadside restaurant in Corbin‚ Kentucky during
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BACKGROUND American restaurant chains have been opening their doors more and more during the last five years. Wherever you go‚ if you are traveling in your car in Caracas City‚ you can see McDonalds‚ Bennigan’s‚ Chili’s‚ Pizza Hut and Burger King. McDonald’s is one of the world’s biggest food service retailers which every day serves 50 million customers in 119 countries across the world through 30‚000 restaurant outlets. McDonald’s opened its door in India in October 1996 in Vasant Vihar a colony
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Marketing Management 3-4:30 Current Issues Paper McDonald’s‚ What Does It Mean to You? McDonald’s Corporation has held a prominent position in the fast-food market for much of its existence. A person would be hard pressed to find consumers who would not readily recognize the famous golden arches‚ as the company has expanded its market globally. However‚ as global consumer tastes shift to a more heath-conscious public which cares less about "super sizing" and more about "slenderizing"
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When you think of Mcdonalds‚ do you just think of a local burger joint‚ or do think of a worldwide selling brand? Mcdonalds originally started as a drive through in California‚ but now is a globally known fast food chain. This now famous burger joint spread to other countries by tourists being fascinated with the food and the franchise trading tips and tricks on how to make the perfect BigMac. Mcdonalds has changed the lives of countless people around the world by simply giving them a
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Unit Two Paper What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the words “golden arches?” McDonalds should be your answer and it is very clear why people get this question right. Not only is McDonalds everywhere‚ but is also an Americanized icon that has become known all across the world. This fast food empire has been growing rapidly ever since the first franchise was opened on April 15‚ 1955 in Des Plaines‚ Illinois. Ray Kroc‚ a local salesman who helped the McDonald brothers open up
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Kingston-type ware or also known as surrey white-wares were very common from the 13th to the 16th centuries and were made of white-firing‚ sandy clay‚ tempered with rounded quartz sand. All Kingston-type wares are wheel-thrown‚ apart from a few forms that were slab-built. However‚ it was not until the end of the 11th century that local potters began to use and experiment with applying glaze to their wares. By the end of the 12th century‚ most ceramic industries in the London area had applied glazes
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EMPLOYMENT The next critical issue is Employment. We see employment as an issue because McDonalds though it employs over a million people has gotten a bad reputation as an employer. This is because employees are seen as expendable and made to work long hours for low wages and under bad conditions. They are hired to do task that require them to follow already set exact programs that tell them when to do every task. This means there is very little room for individualism and still building (2)
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