McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD ) has been outperforming the market this year and recently set a new all-time high. A SWOT analysis – a look at strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats – can help assess whether the fast food giant can keep the growth on a high-calorie diet. Strengths: McDonald’s has successfully rolled out new items like coffees‚ smoothies‚ and Angus burgers‚ expanding the range of menu choices. With a strong product offering‚ the company has grown income throughout the recession
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Case Study PROMAPP’S ONLINE PROCESSES DELIVER WINNING FORMULA FOR McDONALD’S HR Balancing the human resources requirements of 152 restaurants across the country is now a whole lot easier for McDonald’s Restaurants New Zealand thanks to the recent adoption of Promapp – a unique online process management solution. The Auckland-based human resources team of McDonald’s deals with the daily people needs of the organisation and its 9‚000 employees nationwide. This includes providing HR support and guidance
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Teens and Jobs In the essay‚ “Working at McDonald’s‚” Amitai Etzioni talks about his belief that working‚ especially at fast food chain restaurants can be bad for teenagers. Working‚ for teenagers under some circumstances can be bad for them but sometimes its good depending on the daily schedule of whomever is working. If the teen is still in school‚ working is bound to affect their involvement and attendance in negative ways. Though it’s true that while working you gain on the job experience
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HISTORY OF MC DONALD Dick and Mac Mcdonald were two brothers who started the McDonald’s brand in California after moving their hotdog stand to San Bernadino from Monrovia Airport. After realizing that hamburgers were their most popular product‚ the brothers reinvented their restaurant using their Speedee Service System in 1948. It was a concept that created a production line of hamburgers that were made before being ordered. This concept pioneered the fast food industry and was in complete contrast
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McDonalds: A Case Study Case Study: Mcdonalds McDonalds is widely considered the “king” of fast food restaurants. Started as one restaurant in 1955 by Ray Kroc‚ McDonalds is now a worldwide chain offering everything from a traditional hamburger to Frappuccino’s and everything in between. The McDonalds website states” Ray Kroc wanted to build a restaurant system that would be famous for food of consistently high quality and uniform methods of preparation. He wanted
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Case Study #1 McDonalds’s “Senior’s” 08/07/2011 McDonalds “Seniors” Restaurant Bridgett Bowen is the owner of a McDonalds restaurant that is open to public but recently the main clientele of the Bowens restaurant has been seniors. She would like to develop a marketing strategy that addresses the needs of her senior citizen patrons and also the regular everyday customer. However‚ she is looking for additional recommendations to improve her marketing
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MCDONALD’S LEADERSHIP PRACTICES McDonald’s: a name synonymous with fast food‚ quality and innovation. McDonald’s is known worldwide for its Golden Arches symbol and its mascot‚ Ronald McDonald. Two brothers from Southern California‚ Dick and Maurice McDonald‚ started operating a hot dog/hamburger stand at the Monrovia Airport. Eventually outgrowing that location‚ they moved the stand to San Bernadino. Realizing that hamburgers were their most popular product‚ the brothers reinvented their
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PRICING STRATEGIES Global pricing is one of the most critical and complex issues that McDonald’s faces since price is the only marketing mix instruments that create revenues while all other elements entail costs. A multinational company such as McDonald’s also faces the challenges of how to coordinate their pricing across different countries because of the fact that a company’s global pricing policy may make or break its overseas expansion efforts. In this case‚ McDonald’s is using Value-Pricing
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that were in hospital care? Look no further than the Ronald McDonald house. People often find themselves in need of a way to have shelter while their child/family member receives care. People often opt for hotels‚ not realizing that there may be a place not far along that provides the type of shelter and care most illness/tragedy stricken families look for. Initially‚ a successful charity requires successful partners. The Ronald McDonald House Charity (RMDC) has sponsors from some of the most successful
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competitors. Business Week Magazine even ranked McDonald’s as "one of the ten most recognized brands in the world"‚ a position that creates significant opportunities for the company. An important strength that continues to have the most dramatic impact on McDonalds is their top level management. Even though this is classified an as internal strength‚ McDonald’s has capitalized on a management style that helps to infuse a strong culture. A dynamic aspect of the McDonald’s culture is the willingness to innovate
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