Dominos pizza - Failures and key success factors
Case study - 8 pages - Management
With beginning of the year 1960, the pizza pie registered such an obsession in the USA that many specialized chains were created in order to answer the requests. The first Dominos Pizza opened in 1960 in the State of Michigan. In order to meet the needs of its customers, the students of the...
KFC : analysis of its Global Operations
Market study - 7 pages - Business strategy
"KFC, Known as Kentucky Fried Chicken is based out of Louisville, Kentucky, US. Harland Sanders came up with the idea of Fried Chicken in 1930 and the company was incorporate in 1952. Even after his death in 1980, Colonel Sanders continue to remain a major part of the promotions and advertising...
Consumer behavior- McDonald's
Case study - 15 pages - Services marketing
If a loyal customer is asked why he always patronizes a certain fast-food restaurant, he will probably not be able to give you an answer right away. However, if you probe further, you will more or less find some reasons behind this behavior pattern, also known a consumer behavior. The term...
Strategy Analysis on the gambling industry with the example of MGM Mirage
Thesis - 64 pages - Business strategy
We selected the gambling industry as a group because we thought it would be interesting, challenging and because the industry has recently felt a new impulse with the internet. The gambling industry is not one of the most recent industries though, and to understand it fully we decided to analyse...
The CRM strategy of McDonald's
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
Among the fast food chains across the world, McDonald's is quite popular . Started in the early 1950s, the chain has grown regularly until the late 1980s with more than 5200 restaurants in the United States. At present, there are more than 30 000 restaurants located in about 110...
Essential departments in a hotel
Tutorials/exercises - 34 pages - Management
The past, present and the future of the hospitality industry are closely linked. Today's lodging and restaurants are the result of many centuries of social and cultural evolution. Comfortable and sanitary lodging was once considered the exclusive privilege of the wealthy. But with the...
PESTEL Analysis - McDonald's
Case study - 5 pages - Services marketing
In 1940 brothers Dick and Mac McDonald opened their first McDonald's Bar-B-Q restaurant in California. Featuring a typical drive-in-style menu and offering a carhop service. In 1948 the brothers closed briefly to make some alterations when they opened in December of that same year,...
McDonald's: Strategic challenge and SWOT analysis
Thesis - 30 pages - Business strategy
In the 90s, the firm had to cope with a number of challenges: The microwave oven, increasing health consciousness and competition. In 1999, as Jack Greenberg took over the reins of the firm, the situation was complicated due to competition between fast-food giants. McDonald's timelines: 1937:...
Internationalization strategy of the Accor group
Thesis - 25 pages - Business strategy
Accor is one of the major French groups to have an international base, and is distinguished by a remarkable internationalization strategy. The main ambition is to ensure the continued growth of the business and ensure its sustainability. What then are the strengths and weaknesses of Accor which...
Economics assignment
Case study - 5 pages - Economy general
There are many restaurants in the city providing significantly differentiated menus and are currently generating profits. Depict in a diagram showing the profit maximising equilibrium for such a typical restaurant. Will this typical restaurant maintain profits in the...
McDonald's commitment to their communities
Thesis - 7 pages - Business strategy
McDonald's has been for many decades the leading global food service retailer in the world. 30 000 restaurants have been implemented over 119 countries since the creation of the first restaurant in California sixty years ago. McDonald's employees serve about 50 million people per...
Technical and Architectural Study - The Market Hall in Rotterdam, a Hybrid Market - The Mixing of Functions at a Building Scale
Case study - 6 pages - Architecture
After five years of work, the city of Rotterdam inaugurated in October 2014, the first covered market of the Netherlands which cost 175 million euros. Located in the city centre and close to Blaak Railway Station, the Market Hall is part of the renovation project of this historic district. Our...
Cultural differences in international marketing: Where's the beef? McDonald's sells hamburgers in a Hindu country
Essay - 3 pages - Services marketing
The first McDonald's restaurant opened on 15th April 1955 in Des Plaines, Illinois, U.S.A. and after 50 years down the line, the company is the world's largest food service system with more than 30,000 restaurants in 100 countries, serving more than 46 million customers every...
The fast food industry
Thesis - 2 pages - Services marketing
Fast food restaurants represent one of the largest segments of the food industry with more than 500,000 restaurants implanted all over the world and their number does not stop growing, particularly in industrialized countries. Fast foods are characterized with a short time of...
Pho Pasteur: Drawing in Emersonians and Bostonians
Essay - 3 pages - Arts and art history
It is quite popular among various social groups to have a favorite place to go for gastronomical options. A spot that encapsulates a comforting and familiar atmosphere, and that provides cuisine that is enjoyed and loved by those who flock to it. In Boston, it seems that there would be an endless...
McDonald's and KFC - Recipes for Success in China
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
To analyze China's attractiveness for both companies in late 1980s, we will first analyze the market opportunities. When KFC and McDonald's tried to enter the Chinese market in 1980, the country was an emerging one. Like an emerging country, China presented lots of opportunities. The growth was,...
McDonalds - Strategic audit
Thesis - 5 pages - Business strategy
The case time setting is the year 2007. Headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, McDonald's common stock is publicly-traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol MCD. The mission statement: to be the world's best quick service restaurant (2). Being the best means providing...
Markets and the Evian strategy
Case study - 32 pages - Services marketing
The bottled water market is dominated by two large companies: Danone and Nestle. But they themselves act as umbrella companies that include numerous different brands. Currently, Nestle is the largest, as it owns Perrier-Vittel SA, which is composed of a greater number of brands than Danone.But if...
SWOT Analysis - Accor group
Case study - 15 pages - Services marketing
France is considered as a popular tourist destination in the world and thus tourism occupies an important place in the French economy. Due to its interdependence with tourism, this study will emphasize on one of the leading French hotels: the Accor group.This group mainly specializes in hotels...
Strategic Management Analysis Starbucks Corporation
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
With restaurant operators facing intense competition every dawn, coupled with rising costs attributed to factors of production, there exists not a room left for strategic errors in the sector. Contrary to the thought of start-up restaurateurs, operating in the food service industry demands...
McDonald's and the McCafe Coffee Initiative: A presentation
Presentation - 20 pages - Business strategy
McDonald Canada opened in 1976, after a decade of operating in Untied States. McDonald Canada was the first McDonald restaurant to be opened outside the United States. McDonald Canada has 1200 locations throughout the country and 70% of them are owned by franchisees. Company's success is...
International marketing: "McDonald's and Obesity"
Case study - 7 pages - Services marketing
Around one million people in the world are affected by the scourge of obesity in the world. This figure is twice more than the rate at which it was 10 years ago and many doctors worry that this could further increase. Many attribute this rise in weight to the massive presence of fast foods in the...
Strategic analysis of Starbucks Coffee
Case study - 22 pages - Business strategy
Starbucks is a multinational chain of coffee shops and restaurants and is known as the coffee shop. The first store was opened in 1971 in Seattle. The idea emanated from three teachers: Jerry Baldin, Zev Siegel and Gordon Bowker. Starbucks is named after the character that appeared in...
A detailed project on bakeries and associated products
Thesis - 40 pages - Management
The catering industry is a combination of production and service, which must be fully coordinated to attain degree of efficiency. While amicable relations in a factory are of no small importance, in the catering industry they are vital. The demands of the consumer are much more immediate and...
The case study of Ikea
Case study - 32 pages - Services marketing
There are a wide range of questions such as: How to choose the location of a shop, how to organize the shelves, which products to choose, how to attract customers to its point of sale, before venturing on a business. Understanding the distribution business is not easy. The specialists in the...
Key elements required to open a hotel
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
A hotel is an establishment providing accommodation catering to a clientele who temporary ask for short stays. A hotel is considered seasonal when it is opened up to nine months a year for one or more seasons. In 2006, the French hotel accommodation (awarded by the stars) has further reduced...
Subway - UK Operations
Market study - 10 pages - Business strategy
Subway, an American restaurant franchise that primarily sells submarine sandwiches and salads, opened operations in the UK in 1996. In 2001, the company reached the 50th store mark and by 2010 it had become UK's most successful seller overtaking its chief fast food rival McDonalds in the...
Preparing Mughlai Gravy
Thesis - 27 pages - Journalism
The hospitality industry includes all establishments that provide food and beverage service to the public. It offers a wide range of jobs and careers which very according to the style of services in each establishment. For example, the tasks performed in a fast food outlet differ greatly from...
Marketing strategy of McDonald's fast-food chain
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
"It is all that I like" is the tagline for the McDonald's in France. McDonald's is probably the most famous fast-food firm in the world. McDonald's has more than 30,000 restaurants in the world and a gain of more than 20 billion in their turnover. However, in France,...
Domino's Pizza: A case study in organizational evolution
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
In the early 1900's the Pizza was introduced in the United Sates. This was because there where a huge number of Italian immigrants who introduced the Pizza to the country. The pizza industry grew even more after the World War Second when the GI's returned of the US from Italy. At that time pizza...
