McDonald’s Corporation April Hahnfeld Analyst July 18, 2010 HOLD • Threat of Competition: High • Threat of New Entrants: High • Threat of Substitution: Low-Moderate • Power of Suppliers: Low • Power of Buyers: Low • Best profit margin in the industry • Moderate Leverage • Good dividend yield and earnings growth • Attractive per-share earnings growth due to large share repurchases • Significant internal exposure and shareholder focus • Commodity cost risks • Extremely competitive industry
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franchise agreement 6 III. The Mcdonald’s strategy 7 a. A specific strategy 7 b. Advantages of being a McDonald’s franchisee 9 Conclusion 10 Annex 11 Sources 13 “McDonald’s doesn’t confer success on anyone. It takes guts and staying power to make it with one of our restaurants. A total commitment of personal time and energy is the most important thing. You must be willing to work hard and concentrate exclusively on the challenge of operating that restaurant.” Ray Kroc: American businessman
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McDonald's Operation in South Africa A Case Study Abstract: The case focuses on the strategies adopted by the world's leading fast food restaurant chain, McDonalds Corporation (McDonald's) in South Africa. McDonald's opened its first restaurant in South Africa in November 1995. Today McDonald's operates 170 restaurants in nine of South Africa's provinces-Gauteng, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Free State, Northern Province, North West and Northern Cape. In March 2011
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Introduction Strategies are important for all businesses, regardless of the products or services that they offer. Through strategic management and operations, companies are able to integrate new and effective means of running their respective businesses. In turn, these strategies results in an increased profit of sales, stable market position and greater levels of customer loyalty. In the fast food industry, businesses such as McDonald’s must establish certain business and marketing strategies. Primarily
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|11 | | |Organizational structures |13 | | |CRM Strategies used by McDonald’s |13 | | |Recommendations |19
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of five stores by 1978, founding what we see today as Jollibee Foods Corp. 1. How was Jollibee able to build its dominant position in fast food in the Philippines? What are the sources of competitive advantage was it able to develop against McDonalds in its home market? There were several contributing factors in Jollibee’s rise to a dominant position in the Philippines fast food market. Because they were already doing business in the food industry, the entry barrier was low in making the shift
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Introduction McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 68 million customers daily in 119 countries. McDonald's operates over 34,000 restaurants worldwide, employing more than 1.7 million people. Although it has consistently outperformed its rivals, McDonald’s is facing same pressures from global economy and rising ingredient costs that are squeezing the entire industry. Focusing on its core brand, McDonald's began divesting
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January 2nd 2011, they have 17,009 stores worldwide operating in more than 50 different countries. Their products include coffee, hand crafted beverages, merchandise and fresh food. Within the speciality coffee industry there are many companies. Some of Starbucks competitors include 7-Eleven, Dunkin Donuts, Caribou Coffee and McDonalds which are all USA based. In the UK Starbucks main competitors would be Costa Coffee, Café Nero and McDonalds. On top of these big competitors there are countless
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Financial Research Report Thomas C. Page Bassam Ali Hamdan Fin534 March 7, 2016 When reviewing some of the best performing stocks in the business world, they all have one thing in common – a tremendous brand. A company with a strong brand name like McDonald’s Corporation means a lot in the retail sector and investing in a highly-admired brand that offers an easy-to-understand, fairly straightforward company is a good business decision. Not only is McDonald’s a popular brand name
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international markets is known as globalization. The ability to trade and operate in international markets has increased the profits and overall net income of these multinational corporations. McDonalds, Exxon and Wal-Mart are among many global companies that have been able to increase their revenues by operating in international markets. Wal-Mart’s international ventures accounts for 20.1% of their total revenue which is estimated at $60 billion annually. The purpose of this paper is to select a company
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