International Journal of Business and Management Vol. 3‚ No. 11 The Business Strategy of Mcdonald’s Jing Han School of Economics‚ Yunnan University No.2Green lake north Road‚ Kun Ming‚ Yunnan 650031‚ China E-mail: hanjing0928@hotmail.com Abstract As one of the most successful fast food chain in the world‚ throughout the development of McDonald’s‚ we could easily identify many successful business strategy implementations. In this paper‚ I will discuss some critical business strategies
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Introduction McDonalds is the world’s largest chain of hamburger restaurants‚ currently it serves around 68 million customers per day in 119 countries. One of the countries that it has moved to more recently is China; it opened its first restaurant in Shenzhen in 1990. This report will explore the various aspects associated with the move of McDonalds to China‚ including; the culture difference‚ the growth strategy‚ the marketing strategy and the competition it has faced. McDonalds is an American
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response to your report and request regarding Merton’s financial performance and product mix‚ I have met with your controller‚ sales manager and production manager‚ and have provided a solution that will improve the company in these two areas. Using a systematic approach‚ I was able to analyze the current machine hours‚ standard costs‚ and overhead budget. My findings have allowed me to determine the best monthly product mix that will maximize Merton’s total monthly contribution. Furthermore‚ I have
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McDonald’s: Polishing the Golden Arches Generic & Functional Strategies Overall‚ McDonald’s tries to operate on a cost leadership basis by offering low-priced goods with higher profit margins. Most of the functional strategies adopted by McDonald’s correlate with this strategy of low cost. McDonald’s management strategy involves a primarily decentralized delegation of authority. The CEO is responsible for making all the large company decisions and designing the processes
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McDonalds - the 90th largest economy in the world - feeds about 1 percent of the world’s population a day. That’s 68 million people! It hires more than 1 million workers in the US per year and is the world’s largest toy distributer. McDonalds also created the Ronald McDonald House charity‚ which houses more than 6000 families a year in Australia alone. However‚ this Illinois-based company is undeniably threatening the ‘global village’. It is doing so in a lot of ways‚ including the damage it inflicts
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Promotion Mix • Personal Selling‚ Product‚ Sales Promotion The promotion mix was great going into the 21st century. There is not much personal selling in Krispy Kreme. Instead‚ customers come in with the brand awareness of the doughnuts. The store emphasizes its original glazed doughnuts but other than that not much personal selling goes on. Product giveaways are held at grand openings to improve knowledge of Krispy Kreme products. On certain occasions Krispy Kreme sells a special flavored doughnut
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The chain primarily sells fried chicken pieces and variations such as chicken burgers(chicken sandwiches [US]) and wraps‚ as well as side dishes such as French fries and coleslaw‚ desserts and soft drinks‚ often supplied by PepsiCo. Its most famous product is pressure fried chicken pieces‚ seasoned with Sanders’ "Original Recipe" of 11 herbs and spices. The exact nature of these ingredients are
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PART 1 COMPANY PROFILE 1.1 Name of the Company Chowking Food Corporation Chowking 1.2 Location of the Company (Head Office) 7/F Jollibee Center Building‚ San Miguel Avenue‚ Pasig City‚ Metro Manila 1.3 Location of Chowking 1.4 Background History of the Company Chowking (Chinese: 超群) is a Philippine-based chain that pioneered the Asian quick-service restaurant concept in the Philippines. The concept combines a Western fast-food service style with Chinese food. Chowking predominantly
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waste can be a challenging task. It is therefore‚ essential for various tools to be used in analyzing the information environment and the physical product. One of the most useful tools is referred to as process activity mapping. The major role of this tool is to identify productivity opportunities and lead time for both information flows and physical product flows (Lai‚
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McDonald’s Internal and External Stakeholders We will do task 1-4 as a class and you will do task 5 in pairs. It is impossible for any business to meet the demands of all its stakeholders - they invariably conflict. So what they must do is to find a way of prioritizing stakeholder demands and thus balancing out these competing requirements. This involves judgment. It can be argued that there is no scientific way of doing this‚ someone in the organization has to make a decision and this decision
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