Karen B. DeSalvo‚ MD‚ MPH‚ MSc Affiliations o Tulane University School of Medicine‚ Department of Internal Medicine (Block‚ DeSalvo)‚ New Orleans‚ Louisiana‚ USA • Abstract • Full Text • PDF • Images • References Background Environmental factors may contribute to the increasing prevalence of obesity‚ especially in black and low-income populations. In this paper‚ the geographic distribution of fast food restaurants is examined relative to neighborhood sociodemographics. Methods Using geographic
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Burger King: Selling Whoppers in Japan “International is where it’s at‚” said Ron Paul‚ a Technomic consultant. “The fast-food burger category is going to find its better growth opportunity overseas. We’re close to saturation in the United States. That’s why McDonald’s has been so aggressive in overseas markets.” That’s also why Burger King has to be so aggressive in Japan. McDonald’s entered the Japanese market 25 years ago and now has 2‚000 outlets there generating $2.5 billion in sales – that’s
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BACKGROUND Burger King History and success is a proof of excellent franchising and advertising strategies. The company starts in 1954 thanks to James McLamore and David Edgerton that have the idea of a fast-food store with always low prices. First in Miami‚ then this two entrepreneurial guys realize that advertising was the way to expand its business beyond Florida‚ with its first commercial on TV in 1958‚ when the television was in excellent popularity. With the product known by almost everyone
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identify and remove cause of defect and errors in business processes and manufacturing. Burger King is a company that needs to adopt Sigma into their strategic planning process because this will improve the company’s relationship with their consumer and help bring the company on the same level with McDonald’s. This paper will discuss why Six Sigma is the best methodology and why it should be incorporated into Burger King strategic planning process. Six Sigma is a disciplined‚ data-driven approach
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of fast food restaurants. With Burger King seeking to become more innovative and creative it would benefit the company in generating bigger profits and productivity; Burger King would stay competitive to survive the fast food industry. Vice president of Burger King Leo Leon keeps Burger King thriving over innovation with its new and improved French fries concentrating on upgrading menu items within the quick-service industry. It’s been since 1998 since Burger King has decided to innovate within their
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employees provided no feedback in terms of double-checking orders or communicating any delays that might occur. we did not see a manager present during our entire visit. Burger King • Burger King’s goals seemed quite clear. They want to individualize each customer’s order and provide the fastest service possible. • Burger King’s policy is to give the customer many choices and to accurately and quickly provide whatever the customer chooses. This policy is reflected in their slogan‚ Your
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January 29‚ 2013 Intro to Marketing Marketing Strategies Assignment * McDonald’s * Wendy’s * Burger King 1. What age group is each targeting? * For McDonald’s the age group the restaurant is targeting will be from anywhere to 24-38 with children. * For Wendy’s the age group the restaurant is targeting the 24 to 49 year age group. * For Burger King the age group is targeting will be more for everyone from children up to the age of 50 year of age or older.
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cientific management was a theory developed by Frederic Winslow Taylor(1856-1915) who was named “the father of scientific management”. Scientific management is a theory that indicates each worker should be trained in one specialized part only to simplify the jobs so they could perform at their best ability in order to increase productivity. After years of experiment and examining in the field of management‚ Taylor proposed four principles of scientific management. (Internet centre of management
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orporation T he first Burger King restaurant in M iami in t he mid-1950s featu red a w alk-up w indow‚ a limited m enu ( burgers a nd s hakes for 19~‚ s odas a nd fries for 1 0~)‚ a nd "your food rea dy b y t he time y ou’d p aid for it." As one early m anager r ecalled‚ " Our w indows faced front s o w e c ould see customers d riving in. With t he l imited m enu‚ w e p retty m uch k new w hat t hey’d o rder a nd w e’d have it ready." In the 19605 a nd 1970s‚ Burger King d eveloped an assembly-line
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For my social norm violation I decided to order Burger King’s and Wendy’s food at McDonald’s. I chose to break this social norm because‚ here in America‚ the majority of people know what type of food each fast food chain offers. For example‚ everyone knows that a Big Mac is from McDonald’s and a Whopper is from Burger King. I wanted to see the reaction I would get from the McDonald’s employees if I tried to order a Whopper and a baconator. So‚ I went to the McDonald’s on Weber at a time when it wasn’t
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