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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The Cyprus Journal of Sciences The Journal of Americanos College Editor Charalambos Louca Americanos College Joseph S. Joseph‚ University of Cyprus‚ Cyprus Kalliope Agapiou-Josephides‚ University of Cyprus‚ Cyprus Krassimira Ilieva‚ Bulgarian Academy of Sciences‚ Sofia‚ Bulgaria Leonidas A. Phylactou‚ Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics‚ Cyprus Marianna Sigala‚ University of the Aegean‚ Greece Mary Koutselini-Ioannidou‚ University of Cyprus‚ Cyprus Mary Vaxevanidou‚ Patras Greek Open University
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utilizes an excellent operations strategy in order to gain a larger market share and increase value to the shareholders. The corporation specifically focuses on speed‚ standardization‚ quality‚ and affordability. McDonalds has moved ahead of the competition by focusing on these factors. McDonald’s competes on three main bases‚ such as speed‚ affordability‚ and standardization‚ mainly to make their customers happy. Through extensive market research and surveys‚ the organization discovered that its customers
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McDonald has been a well-known and valuable brand for over half a century. The company’s mission and vision is striving to be the world’s best quick service restaurant and formalizing their beliefs into “People‚ Vision‚ and People Promise”. “Quality‚ Service‚ Cleanliness and Value” also became the company’s motto. The company’s first McDonald store was built “in 1940 by the original McDonald brothers‚ Dick and Mac. Later in 1954‚ Ray Kroc became the first official franchisee appointed by Dick and
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As we have already hit the mental and physical aspects of the people. Now we walked into how they messed up the economy by their plan called “Buying on Margin.” Buying on margin was the engine for the stock market in the 1920’s. It helped fuel people to start investing and purchasing stocks. People felt this was some sort of cheat code to help solve their financial problems. To them it was like‚ figuring out how to time travel and erase World War I. It was known as a “Buy now‚ Pay later” concept
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[pic] Mc Donald’s [pic] [pic] Marketing Mix (i.e.) 7 P’s [pic] Product [pic] A Product is any article‚ which a manufacturer can sell in open market. A Product has the capacity to satisfy human Wants. This creates Demand and facilitates marketing. The Product Mix includes the following variables: Product line and Range The various product line and range are as follow: • Style‚ Shape‚ Design‚ color
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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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at the press releases of the last six months of McDonalds as a company. We also checked their latest annual report. The most remarkable change that McDonalds went through in the last six months was a combination of: change of work method and reorganization. On this 40th anniversary of the first Earth Day‚ McDonald’s is officially launching their “2010 Best of Global Green and 2010 Best of Sustainable Supply”. We think everybody knows that McDonalds has a responsibility to continuously improve their
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marble arch in London? Suzhou’s Gate of the Orient? Wrong! Surely‚ the most famous arch in the world is the beautiful golden arch of the McDonald’s ‘M’! McDonald’s was founded in the United States of America in 1940 when brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald stated a humble barbecue restaurant. In that short space of time this small-town BBQ joint has taken over the world: now McDonald’s serves around 68 million customers daily in 119 different countries. That’s almost every country in the world! The
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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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