Burger King International MBA 6601 International Business By Wendy B. Machana Burger King International Burger King‚ previously known as InstaBurger King in 1954‚ is the world’s largest flame-broiled fast food restaurant chain (Daniels‚ Radebaugh & Sullivan‚ 2011). Burger Kings core competency lays in the way it cooks its burgers- by its flame broiled method as opposed to grills that fry and also the option that it offers its customers as to how they want their burgers (“have
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Marketing Strategies of Burger King in Introductory Stage . In 2008‚ Fortune magazine ranked Burger King Corp. among America ’s 1‚000 largest corporations and Ad Week named it one of the top three industry-changing advertisers within the last three decades. The Burger King Corporation moves proudly into the future with over 50 years of experience tucked safely under our belt. As a brand‚ our company has never been stronger. We ’ve got millions of customers‚ who we love to bits. And our Executive
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Introduction: James Lamore and David Edgerton in the year 1954‚ marked the beginning of Burger King restaurant in Miami‚ Florida which is widely known as Burger King Holdings‚ Inc. today (annualreports.com/company/2878). Over a period of time‚ Burger King became the household name in fast food industry and has bagged the second position in the fast food industry across the globe in the year 2010. Burger King expanded its operation to 12‚300 locations in 76 countries catering to over 11 million customers
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Introduction 1. History of Burger king Burger King was first started in 1954‚ it was found by James McLamore and David Edgerton in Miami‚ Florida. It has become one of the popular fast food chains in the world. They offer variety choice of hamburgers‚ dessert and drinks on the menu. 2.1 Strategic purpose (Sources: Lecture slide week 4) 2.1.1 Vision The vision of Burger King is “Offering reasonably priced quality food‚ served quickly‚ in attractive‚ clean surroundings.” (Burger King home page‚ N.D) In
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1. What are Burger King’s communication objectives for it’s target audience? Burger King’s target consumers already know about the product‚ and since the franchise is profitable‚ we can assume that the consumers also like it. Burger King’s communications objectives are to move its target consumers into at least the “Preference”‚ but preferably the “Conviction” stages of buying process. 2. With its focus on the "super fan"‚ does BK risk alienating other customers? What are the implications
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Analysis: Strengths - Advertising Campaign - Fast food- International distributor | Weaknesses - small target market- unhealthy environment | Opportunities - product improvement- branding | Threats - competitors (McDonald/Wendy’s)- health concern | Introduction: Over the years‚ Burger King has successfully grown simply through integrated marketing communication system. Today‚ Burger King is showing healthy profits‚ rising stock prices‚ and strong international growth. In past‚ BK’s advertising
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think of Burger King’s advertising tactics? Is it OK to attract new customers while alienating others? Is Burger King’s advertising ethical? Explain. The success of advertising is very often based on its ability to surprise or in BK’s case shock the viewer. I think that the goal of each organization is to maximize its profits. BK like all organizations had a particular target market segment which it wanted to cater to. Thus‚ its advertisements were meant to appeal to this target market‚ i.e. 18-34
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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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Page |1 Project Report On MARKET RESEARCH AND MARKET PENETRATION OF BUSINESS STANDARD WITH SUBMITTED BY‚ Poorna Page |2 Declaration I‚ Poorna hereby declare that the report on “summer training” entitled “Market Research and Market Penetration of Business Standard” is a result of my own work and indebtedness to work in publications‚ if any have been duly acknowledged. Place: Delhi Date: Signature Poorna Page |3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT During the perseverance of this
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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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