...Dunkin’ Donuts Problems Rise ( 247wallst.com; September 15, 2011) Stock in Dunkin’ Brands (NASDAQ: DNKN) has soared 34% since an initial public offering in July at $19 a share, driven by investor optimism on the coffee and doughnut chain’s growth potential in markets beyond the East Coast. However, could a balance sheet weighted down with significant indebtedness prove an obstacle to an expansionary strategy dependent on new restaurant openings by franchisees? On August 1, the company sold 22.5 million shares of common stock in an IPO, resulting in net proceeds to the company of approximately $390.0 million, after deducting underwriter discounts and commissions. Unfortunately, little of these monies are available for working capital purposes, as $375.0 million went to retiring outstanding debt. Prior to the IPO, the private equity partners — Bain Capital, Carlyle Group and Thomas H. Lee Partners — rewarded themselves last November with $500 million disguised as dividend payments. Walking away with these jelly doughnuts added to an already onerous debt load. At second-quarter ending June 25, Dunkin’ owed almost $1.5 billion (due in November 2018); quarterly interest payments on this debt totaled $28.8 million — almost 47% of operating income. The asset side of Dunkin’s balance sheet is bloated too: 55% of total assets, or $1.7 billion, is nothing more than intangibles (like franchise “rights” and trade names). Additionally, strip out restricted cash of $73.6 million (escrowed...
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...Dunkin Donuts enter to Taiwan’s Market Content I. Introduction II. Body Dunkin Donuts background and history Dunkin Donuts enter to Taiwan Market Dunkin Donuts facing the biggest issue Dunkin Donuts Locking the strategy III. Conclusion Introduction: Dunkin Donuts is one of the biggest donuts and coffee shop around the United States. A lot of people in the States would purchase from Dunkin every single morning, because it faster with low prices. However, Dunkin Donuts are not successful in Taiwanese market. The store has been enter to Taiwan’s market twice but also leave the market , This research paper we would discussion why Dunkin Donut is successful in United States market but no the market in Taiwan. Dunkin Donuts background and history: Dunkin Donuts was established in Boston at 1950 and Bill Rosenberg was founder. The name of “Dunkin Donuts” has a really meaningful meaning on the back. In the early century, people think the best way to joy the donuts is to “Dunk” into the coffee. That the reason that Bill Rosenberg names the store as “Dunkin Donuts”, however Dunkin Donuts is not the first name that Rosenberg picked. According to Dunkin Donuts then and now, Molishever mention that “In 1948 he opened his first shop selling only these products. Originally called the "Open Kettle," the name was changed to Dunkin' Donuts in 1950. Located on a highway just outside Boston, it capitalized on another trend that Rosenberg had spotted-more and more...
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...Company Description Dunkin Donuts was founded in 1950 by William Rosenberg, an entrepreneur who is known as a “visionary” by success magazine, “the father of franchising as we know it today” by restaurant News, and is well known as one of the most influential and innovative individuals that the food service industry has even known” stated Alan Gould. [pic] Products and Services The Dunkin Donuts menu consists of a variety of different types of beverages ranging from hot, iced, frozen and your own brew at home drinks. Dunkin donuts also offers food fresh from the bakery which includes donuts, bagels, cookies, munchkins, danishes, muffins, and many other great choices. One great thing about Dunkin Donuts is their variety of foods and items, they Dunkin donuts franchise offers breakfast sandwiches on English muffins, croissants, bagels and wraps. The franchise offers breakfast sandwiches in the morning and also other types of sandwiches including chicken salad, ham and cheese and many other options during the later hours of the day. Markets Served (Geographical Area, Global Footprint) With 27 years of successful business the Dunkin Donuts franchise has become a globally known business which operates in over 30 different countries and has more than 6000 locations. Outside of the Unites States, there are 3,100 stores in 32 different countries. Some counties that the Dunkin Donuts franchise currently operates out of include but are not limited...
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...Table of Content Executive Summary 3 Background 4 Dunkin’ Donuts (Dunkin’ Brands) 4 Starbucks Coffee (Starbucks Corporations) 4 Leader VS Follower 5 Financial Analysis 6 Liquidity Ratio Analysis 6 Debt Analysis 11 Profitability Analysis 13 Stock Investment Analysis 16 Non-Financial Analysis 20 SWOT Analysis 20 PEST Factor Analysis 23 Product Life Cycle Analysis 24 Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Analysis 25 Conclusions and Observations 27 References 29 Executive Summary People love to drink coffee. Coffee shops, independently owned or chains are every corner. Statistics show that people are taking more coffee every day. It is a very profitable business. Nowadays when people think of coffee and its related items, the word “Starbucks” immediately come to mind. Internationally, Starbucks has already become a very famous brand and many are trying to study the secret of its success. In the States, however, another company rivalry is competing with it quite well. Quite often, the Americans are taking preference to this over the Starbucks. The company that is being mentioned is Dunkin’ Donuts. It is without doubt that Dunkin’ Donuts will act as the follower in this industry. Starbucks, on the other hand, is acting the leader. This paper will try to study how the Dunkin’ Donuts are performing by making the benchmarking financial analysis against Starbucks. Financial ratios are prepared and analyzed to evaluate its performance. The study...
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...project which allowed us the opportunity of creating a proposal for a specific company. Due to the fact that Dunkin’ Donuts is already successful company with many loyal customers, our group decided to make your company the topic of our choosing. Because of the current success of the company, we realized that Dunkin’ Donuts already has an effective marketing strategy. Instead, we wanted to create another aspect to this current marketing strategy to take Dunkin’ Donuts to another level. We have spent a great deal of our semester researching your company and effective advertising methods. Because of this, we hope that you will find this proposal to be beneficial for the marketing department and could possibly incorporate it into your marketing strategy in the future. Since your company is very successful currently, we did not feel it was necessary to change any of the current marketing strategies and techniques. However, we do feel it is time to incorporate some new and young ideas. Through our research we noticed that Dunkin’ Donuts is lacking in the many college communities. As a result, we are concerned that college students will support companies that have a strong presence on campus. Because many people quickly become loyal customers after one positive experience, these students are likely to remain loyal to the companies on campus. This can potentially be a problem for Dunkin’ Donuts, but with the simple marketing campaign we have designed this problem could be resolved. As...
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...Marketing strategy is the mantra through which the company hopes to create customer value and achieve profitable customer relationships. A company’s heart beat can be measured by the sales it makes which by definition, is the amount of purchases made by customers. For this very reason, companies need to be customer centered. A market share is only captured by acquiring customers and maintaining them by delivering greater value. However, the customers are diverse individuals of different tastes and thus, it is required to divide the total customers in optimal segments that are expected to yield greatest results. This process involves, market segmentation, market targeting, differentiation and positioning. Market segmentation is dividing a market into distinct groups of buyers who have different needs, characteristics, or behaviors, and who might require separate products or marketing programs. For instance, a more modern, hip and artsy McDonald’s branch at Union Square in NYC would appeal to the Yuppie customers in the region as opposed to the average American taste that demands the plain and original McDonald’s feel as seen in a branch in White Plains. Market Targeting is the process of evaluating each market segment’s attractiveness and selecting one or more segments to enter. Market Targeting is the process of evaluating each market segment’s attractiveness and selecting one or more segments to enter. A company with limited resources might decide to serve only one or...
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...1. What does a Porter's Five Forces analysis reveal about the industry in which Dunkin' Donuts and Starbuck's compete and what are its strategic implications for Dunkin' Donuts? Dunkin Donuts Marketing Strategy: As a result of its social media strategy which is aimed at growing and maintaining a highly engaged global community of Dunkin Donuts. Dunkin Donuts is always evaluating new social media platforms where we can engage with our fans and celebrate how they are running on Dunkin. They are recently ventured into various mobile and location-based promotions, and they will continue to be an important part of our social media efforts in the future. It is important that their team continuously develop mobile programs to allow our guests to connect with the brand even more. These programs like our foursquare application are very exciting as they not only drive traffic to their restaurants, but they also encourage the guests to engage with the brand while actually inside a Dunkin Donuts restaurant. In the past they are conducted multiple highly engaging mobile and location-based social media programs via outlets such as Facebook and Foursquare. Conclusions: Our research from this study while Dunkin Donuts has a moderate consumer base it has far behind large competitions like Starbucks. Therefore if Dunkin Donuts become more convenient for customers, we believe Dunkin Donuts can attract more customers that usually purchase coffee at Starbucks. Also we can attract city convenience...
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...Competitors Profile II. Industry Analysis A. External Factors B. Internal Factors III. Competitive Analysis: Porteu’s Five Model IV. Strategy Formulation A. Present B. Proposed C. Strategy Formulation Matrix V. Strategy Implementation A. Objectives B. Recommendation I. Introduction COMPANY PROFILE (History of Dunkin Donuts) Dunkin' Donuts is an American global doughnut company and coffeehouse chain based in Canton, Massachusetts, in Greater Boston. It was founded in 1950 by William Rosenberg in Quincy, Massachusetts. Since its founding, the company has grown to become one of the largest coffee and baked goods chains in the world, with more than 11,300 restaurants in 36 countries. The chain's products include doughnuts, bagels, other baked goods, and a wide variety of hot and iced beverages. The company primarily competes with Starbucks, as over half the company's business is in coffee sales, as well as with Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and Honey Dew Donuts. Before 1990, Dunkin' Donuts' primary competitor was Mister Donut, but in February of that year Mister Donut was acquired by Dunkin' Donuts' owner Allied-Lyons. After the acquisition of Mister Donut by Allied-Lyons, all Mister Donut stores in North America were offered the chance to change their name...
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...Dunkin Brands Group Inc., headquartered in Canton, MA is a leading franchisor of quick service restaurants, with more than 17,500 distribution points in 60 countries. Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin Robbins, which make up Dunkin Brands Group Inc., serve hot and cold coffee and baked goods as well as hard-serve ice cream. In this paper, Dunkin Brands Group Inc., will be analyzed by their current strategy, as well as its effectiveness, the company’s long-term objectives, organizational design of their strategy, top leadership bio’s, the culture of Dunkin’ Brands, their current risks, and their competitors in the domestic and international markets. Strategy is known as large-scale, future-oriented plans for interacting with the competitive environment to achieve company objectives (Pearce & Robinson, 2013). In the current economic situation, it may seem like Dunkin’ Brands would experience hardships since they sell treats that are not necessary in our everyday diets. With a fairly new CEO in 2009, Dunkin’ Brands didn’t seem to suffer the economic recession. Nigel Travis, was hired as CEO of Dunkin’ Brands in January of 2009. Coming from a four-year record of achieving excellent results at Papa John’s, Nigel Travis was set to do the same things at Dunkin Brands since they were successful at Papa John’s (Dunkin’s Donuts Press Kit, 2014). In economic hardships, opening more stores would seem a bit ridiculous for an organization, but that didn’t stop Nigel Travis one bit. He opened...
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...1. What does a Porter's Five Forces analysis reveal about the industry in which Dunkin' Donuts and Starbuck's compete and what are its strategic implications for Dunkin' Donuts? Answer: I think in this case, it reflects the level of rivalry among organizations in an industry, the potential for entry into an industry and the threat of substitute products. First, the Starbuck and Donuts they are all belongs to coffee market and they competing each other. And about the second factor, the Dunkin Donuts enter the coffee market is later than Starbuck, but more and more competitors enter this industry make the industry profits lower. Although there have a huge coffee market in the world each year, but there absolutely have some other new substitute products enter it. Such as Nescafe and McDonald's coffee. But in many consumers' heart, they just wish to buy only two types of coffee, regular and decaf. But only Dunkin' Donuts does. This represent its quality is high. This means the Dunkin' Donuts use niche strategy to earn a big potential market share. The strategic implication for Dunkin' Donuts is they need use some SWOT analysis to find some more profit space. 2. In what ways is Dunkin' Donuts presently using strategic alliances, and how could cooperative strategies further assist with its master plan for growth? Answer: Dunkin' Donuts often partners with a select group of retailers-such as Stop & Shop and Walmart. This activity has found another new market in those people...
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...analysis of Dunkin Donut as the study on internal and external environment of the company has carry out. Michael Porter’s Five Forces which include bargaining power of suppliers, bargaining power of customers, rivalry among competitors, threat of substitutes and threat of new entrants. The VRIO analysis is then done to assess the resources and capabilities of a company to determine their competitive potential; VRIO stands for Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and Organized to Exploit. After that, SWOT analysis also done to make an understanding on the strengths and weakness of the company and to identify the opportunities and threats for the company. 2.1 Michael Porter’s Five Forces 2.1.1 Bargaining Power of Suppliers Main suppliers in Dunkin’ Donuts are going to be food ingredients and more important is coffee. Bargaining power of supplier is low for Dunkin’ Donuts because there are not only one suppliers who supply breakfast items and coffee beans; and the supplier does not have much bargaining power as they typically will be in a contract. In 2012, Dunkin’ Donuts has sign long term supply chain agreement with National DCP (NDCP) which has bring benefits on providing long term agreement with company for the procurement and distribution of products; develop more streamlined system, consolidated cooperative board structure and greater consistency in supply and distribution service levels to all U.S restaurants (Leach, 2012). 2.1.2 Bargaining Power of Buyer Dunkin’ Donut customers...
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...Introduction Over the last two years I have managing a successful Dunkin’ donuts store in the Midwest for an owner that owns 20 Dunkin’ donuts stores. . The owner has taken note of my managing skills and because of this I have recently been promoted to district manager. As a new district manager of five new locations. It will be my job to operate, structure, and staff these new locations. I will also look for potential ways to grow the Dunkin’ donuts brand, be a valuable member in the surrounding communities, provide excellent service to our customers, and provide a great place for our employees to work. It will also be my responsibility to live up to the mission statement that the founder William Rosenberg put into place when he opened his first Dunkin’ donuts store. That mission statement is, “We strive to be recognized as a company that responsibly serves our guests, franchisees, employees, communities, business partners and the interests of our planet”. (http://www.dunkinbrands.com/responsibility). The purpose of this paper in to show how I will setup the new five locations. It will show how important the job design, Organizational Design, Recruiting, Selection, Training and Performance Appraisals are to creating and running a successful business. Job Design To be able to run an efficient Dunkin’s donuts store, I will first will need to design the Organizational structure. This will allow me to put the right people and their skills into positions that suit...
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...Dunkin’ Donuts: Betting Dollars on Donuts Force 1-Competitiors, Force 2-New Entrants, Force 3-Suppliers, Force 4-Customers, Force 5-Substitutes.” (Exploring Management). According to Porter’s first force, we should take a look at Dunkin’ Donuts competitors. Their top competitor is obviously Starbucks, followed by Krispy Kreme and McDonalds. “But many who have struggled to compete with Starbucks have had to do so with limited resources or only a few franchises. Not so with Dunkin’ Donuts, whose parent brand, Dunkin’ Brands, also owns Baskin-Robbins.” (Exploring Management). Dunkin’ Donuts and Starbucks are in a tough rivalry, but Dunkin’ Donuts is holding their ground and trying to come out victorious. The second Force is based on the new entrants in the coffee and donuts community. This could cause some decline in Dunkin’ Donuts business, but after everything settles in I think that they will continue to be on top and smoke their competition with their uniqueness. As long as their customers are perfedctedsdfasdfsadfasdf, the business owners and employees will be happy. Customers will keep coming back if they have a good experience with this business and they’ll buy more products and recommend them to their friends. Which brings in more money for the happy owners. The fifth and final force are the substitutes used. SUBSTITUTES!“Although Dunkin’ Donuts often partners with a select group of grocery retailers-such as Stop & Shop and Wal-Mart- to create a store-within-a-store...
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...Case Study: Opening Your New Dunkin Donuts Locations Shannon E. Willis Ashford University Introduction A district manager has many different responsibilities. These responsibilities range from participating in the day to day operations of the business to carrying out the key aspects of the company's goals set forth in the business plan. When a district manager is assigned to n area that includes a group of start up franchises these responsibilities are magnified. District managers are directly responsible for hiring training and overseeing these new teams. They are also responsible for the ordering receiving and control of the initial inventory. Starting a new franchise has added responsibilities including job and organizational design, staffing selection and recruiting as well as introducing and implementing a training and performance appraisal model and ensuring it is carried out. Job Design Job design aims to cut down on job dissatisfaction and employee disconnection by reducing the repetitive and mechanical tasks. Companies implement job design to attempt to increase productivity levels, satisfaction and motivation in employees. Job analysis, job description, and job specification are the three standard approaches to job design (Baack, Reilly, & Minnick, 2014). Job Analysis Job analysis is the process that follows position identification and building...
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...Dunkin Donuts District Manager Dunkin’ Donuts Joe Schmoe MGT 330: Management for Organizations Prof. Frances Marvel March 11, 2014 Dunkin Donuts As a district manager, many responsibilities come with the job. District management is responsible for virtually all the operations in the company with respect to the business goals that have been set out in the company plan. This is especially the case when the district assigned is a group of new area start-ups. District managers are responsible for the allocation of resources, hiring, training and managing teams. The roles of a district manager starting new Dunkin’ Donuts locations are no different yet they include the responsibility for a smooth start. These added responsibilities include job design, organizational design, staffing functions such as recruiting and selection, as well as the implementation of a training and performance appraisal processes. Job Design Job design aims to reduce job dissatisfaction and employee alienation by means of repetitive and mechanistic tasks. Organizations attempt to increase productivity levels, satisfaction and motivation to employees through job design. Job analysis, job description, and job specification are the three standard approaches to job design (Baack, Reilly, & Minnick, 2014). Job Analysis Job Analysis is a process, which is followed right after position identification and position building in an organization chart. It is the first step in the process of hiring...
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