Development and Analysis of Two Mini Case Studies Taurus Parker December 18, 2012 Professor Mozinski Business412 Business Policy DeVry University Development and Analysis of Two Mini Case Studies This is a SWOT analysis of McDonald’s and Burger King, they will be followed by a cross-case analysis of the two mini case studies. The information in these cases will be based on the growth of the two companies and their sales. McDonald’s SWOT Analysis McDonald’s is the second largest food chain
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Burger King Worldwide Inc. (BKW) operates and franchises fast food hamburger restaurants under the Burger King brand name. The Burger King restaurants offer flam-grilled hamburgers, chicken, and other specialty sandwiches, French fries, soft drinks, and other food products. As of August 2014, it operates about 14,000 locations worldwide. Burger King Worldwide Inc. also franchises and operates its restaurants under Hungry Jacks brand in Australia. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code
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morning, New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) starts its regular trading with a slow picks of shares in primary stocks. At 09.35, investors start buying Burger King and Tim Hortons stocks, surges to its best high price of $32.40(19.5% ) and $74.72 (18.9% ) per share. Behind this high drama in floor of NYSE, there was a one of the key announcement rocked. Burger King Worldwide Inc., an American based fast food chain and Tim Hortons Inc., Canadian based coffee and doughnut chain combined announced news of
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morning, New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) starts its regular trading with a slow picks of shares in primary stocks. At 09.35, investors start buying Burger King and Tim Hortons stocks, surges to its best high price of $32.40(19.5% ) and $74.72 (18.9% ) per share. Behind this high drama in floor of NYSE, there was a one of the key announcement rocked. Burger King Worldwide Inc., an American based fast food chain and Tim Hortons Inc., Canadian based coffee and doughnut chain combined announced news of
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The influence culture has on the success of an International Franchise: The case of McDonalds in East Asia and The Americas. Executive Summary In the last six decades, the significance of franchises worldwide has grown to such a large extent that many successful high street shops as well as restaurants have a link to franchising. This dissertation is going to discuss the means by which an international franchise can become successful through the incorporation of cultural adaptations in
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Burger King is a worldwide and one of the leading chains of hamburger fast food restaurants with its headquarters in Miami, Florida in the US. The corporation started as a franchise restaurant chain, called Insta-Burger King over half a century ago. After two years of operation, the firm faced some financial difficulties and was bought by its franchisees and renamed Burger King. Currently the company is the world's biggest flame broiled fast food restaurant chain. Last year statistics indicated
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changes in customer tastes and preferences being reflected in competitive strategies in the industry? The restaurant industry is a mature, heavily segmented one from fine dining to fast food. This would indicate that the established restaurant chains – Burger King and Wendy’s specifically – are failing to come across with these customer preferences in their competitive strategies, opening the door to non-typical competitors. Starbucks food offerings are pre-packaged salads and sandwiches, and a small offering
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franchise the corporation was already selling its 100 millionth burger. The franchise has now became a successful global fast food restaurant that sells a variety of items and has a unique philosophy that Ray Kroc envisioned with building this franchise which was “To Build a restaurant system that would be famous for food of consistently high quality and uniform methods of preparation”(McDonald’s Corporation 2009). He wanted, “To serve burgers, buns, fried and beverages that tasted just the same in Alaska
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Burger King – Are They The True Leader of the Fast Food Industry? Barriers to success exist for every company regardless of how big or small they are. How a company strategizes for and responds to these barriers will determine the positioning of the company within the industry and its overall existence. To indentify potential barriers, a company must first formulate its key strategies for growth. A company can then examine itself internally and externally to identify barriers that may
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that have been going head to head for almost 60 years are McDonald’s and Burger King. McDonald’s was founded in San Bernardino, California by Dick and Mac McDonald and was then reestablished by Ray Kroc in 1955(Nation’s Restaurant News, 2005, p. 2). Burger King was founded in Miami, Florida by James W. McLamore and Dave Edgerton in 1954(Carlino, 1996, para. 2). Both restaurants both sell a lot of the same things to include burgers, fries and shakes, but culturally they are different. McDonald’s mass
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