McDonald’s The business began in 1940‚ with a restaurant opened by brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald at 1398 North E Street at West 14th Street in San Bernardino‚ California. Their introduction of the "Speedee Service System" in 1948 furthered the principles of the modern fast-food restaurant that the White Castle hamburger chain had already put into practice more than two decades earlier. The original mascot of McDonald’s was a man with a chef’s hat on top of a hamburger shaped head whose
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Strategic Hospitality Management -University of West London- Module Leader: Terry McCusker Student ID: 21239704 Business bits: Burger King Burger King Worldwide Inc. reported the third quarter situation this morning. What has happened to profits comparing to last year? In the third quarter of this year‚ the reports are showing a profit of $68.2 million or 19% a share comparing to $6.6 million or 2% a share‚ an year earlier. Beside this‚ the per-share earnings rose
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Burger King vs. McDonald’s Burger King and McDonald’s are two of the most popular fast food restaurants and have been in competition for years. Both of the restaurants have been in business for over 50 years‚ though Burger King was started before McDonald’s. Burger King was established in 1953 as Insta-Burger based in Florida. The company ran into financial issues and was bought out by David Edgerton and James McLamore in 1954‚ and the name was then changed to Burger King and a year later‚ the king
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In Burger King‚ the Supreme Court held that Florida had specific jurisdiction over Rudzewicz’s because he had purposefully availed himself to Florida by ‘purposefully directing his efforts towards the state’. See Id. at 476. Id. at 487. Rudzewicz and a partner‚ both residents of Michigan‚ had purchased a Burger King franchise through Burger King Corp’s Michigan office. Id. at 466. Rudzewicz was unable to keep up with the monthly payments and Burger King Corp brought suit in their home state
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Crushes Burger King Year After Year After Year by Marcus Sheridan I love talking about food. And I love talking about business. Even better‚ most of the people that read this blog share these same passions and so today I’m going to deviate a little from the norm and have a little fun analyzing two household names that we’ve all grown up experiencing quite a bit of:McDonald’s and Burger King. The other day‚ as I was standing at a gas station I looked out to see a McDonald’s and Burger King on opposite
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work on one of the following 3 cases. The due date of the report is Monday Dec 7th‚ 5pm. Submit your case study report in an MS Word file to me by e-mail. Case 1: Burger King Write a brief (3-5 pages) report to discuss the followings. 1. What are the major operational differences between McDonald’s (McD) and Burger King (BK)? 2. How do these differences relate to each company’s method of competing in the marketplace? 3. What implications do these differences have for the management
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Burger King: Promoting a Food Fight Questions: 1. What are Burger King’s communication objectives for its targeted audience? 2. With its focus on the “super fan” does BK risk alienating other customers? What are the implications of this? 3. Why is viral or buzz marketing effective? Analyze the design of the Subservient Chicken Web site’s message‚ including content‚ structure‚ and format. What can you conclude from this analysis? 4. Do the TV and viral elements of BK’s campaigns work well together
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Burger King’s grand strategyWhat are grand strategies? Grand strategies are comprehensive‚ long term plan of essential actions by which a firm plans to achieve its major objectives. Key factors of this strategy may include market‚ product‚ and organization development through acquisition‚ divestiture‚ diversification‚ joint ventures‚ or strategy alliances. There are three types of company implementing grand strategies‚ growth strategy‚ stability strategy and defensive strategy. Our company ‘Burger
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For years‚ McDonald’s and Burger King (BK) have been the world’s two largest and most successful fast food chains. Both have battled out all these years over their operational differences which form the core of their corporate culture. The “Doing It All For You” (McDonald’s) vs. “Having It Your Way” (BK’s) stems from their respective production methods. McDonald’s “Made to Stock” vs. BK’s “Made to Order” also originate from the differences in their respective processes. Exhibits 1 and 2 show the
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Situation Audit Since 1954‚ McDonald’s has seemed to be invincible. They have demonstrated consistent quality throughout thousands of restaurants. McDonald’s has enforced operational standards effectively that controlled service‚ cleanliness‚ and other operating processes. They have consistently hired friendly employees that contributed to customer satisfaction. And they successfully focused upon a specific target market for over forty-two years‚ the family. McDonald’s has maintained an unremitting
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