Rev. February 27‚ 1998 Burger King Corporation The first Burger King restaurant in Miami in the mid-1950s featured a walk-up window‚ a limited menu (burgers and shakes for 19¢‚ sodas and fries for 10¢)‚ and "your food ready by the time you ’d paid for it." As one early manager recalled‚ "Our windows faced front so we could see customers driving in. With the limited menu‚ we pretty much knew what they ’d order and we ’d have it ready." In the 1960s and 1970s‚ Burger King developed an assembly-line
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1. Resources: Burger King (BK) re-franchised almost all of its company-operated restaurants during 2013‚ bringing its business model to nearly 99% franchised and by the end of 2013‚ the company was left with only 52 company-operated restaurants. The advantage of the franchised model is that the company does not have to incur operating costs and can enjoy the royalties paid by the franchises. The margins for this type of model are very high‚ but it comes with number of disadvantages and risks
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Coca Cola in an effort to boost its revenues persuaded Burger King to run a campaign for its Frozen Coke. They were manipulating the market to have Burger King to run this campaign. Before taking on this initiative‚ Burger King wanted to do a test run. Richmond Va. was chosen as the area to run this trial. Coupons were given for a free Frozen Coke when a value meal was purchased. This method however proved to be a little slower than was expected. Only 700 meals were added with the coupons. Nearly
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Burger King Ethics Burger King has strived to have very good ethical practices installed into their system of business. Honesty‚ integrity and respect are very common goals in the restaurants of Burger King. Good business practices are audited often to insure the quality and respect of the management and employees are in order. These ethical practices begin in the management section of the company. Senior executives “partake in personalized videos about BKC’s gifts and conflict of interest policies
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Marketing and Product Objectives Over the next five-years the Target Corporation will increase sales focusing on two primary target markets‚ enhance the guest experience‚ and improve efficiencies. Target will look to expand their market share of the middle class consumer who is brand aware and engage in initiatives to expand their market of Hispanic Millennium consumers. Target Corporation will take advantage of its Expect More. Pay Less. ® brand promise to build brand awareness in the department
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History Burger King‚ often abbreviated as BK‚ is a global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants headquartered in unincorporated Miami-Dade County‚ Florida‚ United States. The company began in 1953 as Insta-Burger King‚ a Jacksonville‚ Florida-based restaurant chain. After Insta-Burger King ran into financial difficulties in 1954‚ its two Miami-based franchisees‚ David Edgerton and James McLamore‚ purchased the company and renamed it Burger King. Over the next half century‚ the company would change
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Burger King’s COMPANY PROFILE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Burger King was founded in 1954 by James McLamore and David Edgerton in Miami‚ Florida. In 1967‚ the founders sold the company to the Pillsbury Company‚ taking it from a small privately held franchised chain to a subsidiary of a large food conglomerate. In December 2002‚ Burger King was acquired by private equity funds controlled by TPG Capital‚ Bain Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs & Co. It completed a successful initial public offering in
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Case Study #6 Burger King and Crispin 1. What are Burger King’s communication objectives for its tar-get audience? In 2004‚ Burger King’s CEO Brad Blum realized that in order to compete with large chains like McDonald’s and Wendy’s‚ the company needed to market their product in ways that their target market would perceive better. The first set of commercials that Crispin produced for BK where targeted more towards the mainstream media in a series of offbeat ads that were a takeoff on the comedy
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The following is Media Strategy for Burger King. The Media Strategy explains how messages are delivered to consumers. It involves identifying the characteristics of the target audience‚ who should receive messages‚ and defining the characteristics of the media. The analysis consists of the following sections‚ completed by the proceeding team member: • Communications Objectives: • Target Audience: • Recommended Media & Rationale: • Other Communications Tools to Be Used & Description : • Continuity
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Burger King Client Brief Prepared For: KJFaubert Agency Kathryn Faubert MRK317MT 01 Nov‚ 2013 Marketing Information Market Profile (Background/Overview) Burger King is one of the largest fast food restaurants retailing chain. The company is recognized for its signature Whopper burgers‚ which are sold through more than 12‚512 restaurants globally (Quest to reverse slumping sales). Burger King has recently been overtaken by Wendy’s‚ losing its second place within
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