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Principles Of Marketing

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Author:Kotler, Philip, Armstrong, Gary (gary M.)

Publisher:Kotler, Philip, Armstrong, Gary (gary M.)

Chapter1: Marketing: Creating Customer Value And Engagement

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marketing officer, explained that the goal is to “create unique personalities for
our menu items by telling a story about each one.” Through the years, McDonald’s has created a number of successful marketing campaigns and slogans
such as “You Deserve a Break Today,” “It’s a Good Time
for the Great Taste of McDonald’s,” and “Food, Folks,
and Fun.” Its current campaign, “I’m Lovin’ It,” seems on
track to join the others by helping the company reach
record sales and growth despite difficult economic
times.

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1. What are McDonald’s core brand values? Have these
changed over the years?

2. McDonald’s did very well during the recession in the
late 2000s. With the economy turning around for the
better, should McDonald’s change its strategy? Why
or why not?

3. What risks do you feel McDonald’s will face going
forward ?

Transcribed Image Text:McDonald's is the world's leading hamburger fast-food chain, with over 32,000 restaurants in 118 countries. More than 75 percent of McDonald's restaurants are owned and operated by franchisees, which decreases the risk associated with expansion and ensures longterm tenants for the company. McDonald's serves 58 million people each day and promises a simple, easy, and enjoyable food experience for its customers. The history of the McDonald's Corporation dates back to 1955 when Ray Kroc, a multimixer salesman, franchised a hamburger restaurant from the McDonald brothers, named it McDonald's, and offered simple foods such as the famous 15 cent hamburger. Kroc helped design the building, which featured red and white sides and a single golden arch to attract local attention. Ten years later, 700 McDonald's restaurants existed around the country, and the brand was on its way to becoming a household name. During the 1960s and 1970s, Kroc led McDonald's growth domestically and internationally while pushing the importance of quality, service, cleanliness, and value. The menu expanded to include the Big Mac, Quarter Pounder, Happy Meal, Filet-O- Fish, and breakfast items like the Egg McMuffin. Kroc also understood early on that his core audience consisted of children and families. Therefore, he focused McDonald's advertising efforts at these groups and introduced Ronald McDonald in 1965 during a 60-second commercial. Soon, characters such as Grimace, the Hamburgler, and Mayor McCheese made their debut in McDonald's advertising campaigns and helped lure children into its restaurants for simple, good-tasting food, and a fun experience. It was also during this time that McDonald's created the Ronald McDonald House, which opened in 1974 to help children with leukemia. Since then, it has expanded into a global charity effort called Ronald McDonald House Charities that strives to improve children's lives, health, and well-being through three major programs: Ronald McDonald House, Ronald McDonald Family Room, and Ronald McDonald Care Mobile. McDonald's aggressively expanded overseas throughout the 1980s by adding locations throughout Europe, Asia, the Philippines, and Malaysia. This rapid expansion, however, led to many struggles during the 1990s and early 2000s. The company lost focus and direction, expanding by as many as 2,000 new restaurants a year. New employees weren't trained fast or well enough, all of which led to poor customer service and dirtier restaurants. New competitors popped up and the company acquired nonburger companies, Chipotle and Boston Market (which were eventually sold in 2006 and 2007). Consumer tastes changed, and new products like pizza, the Arch Deluxe, and deli sandwiches failed to connect with consumers, as did tweaks to the current menu including multiple changes to the Big Mac

special sauce. Jim Skinner, McDonald's chief executive
explained, "We got distracted from the most important thing:
hot, high-quality food at a great value at the speed and
convenience of McDonald's." In 2003, McDonald's
implemented a strategic effort called the "Plan to Win." The
framework, which still exists today, helped McDonald's
restaurants refocus on offering a better, higher-quality consumer
experience rather than a quick and cheap fast-food option. The
Plan to Win "playbook" provided strategic insight on how to
improve on the company's 5 Ps people, products, promotions,
price, and place-yet allowed local restaurants to adapt to
different environments and cul
es. For example, McDonald's
introduced a Bacon Roll breakfast sandwich in the United
Kingdom, a premium M burger in France, and an egg, tomato,
and pepper McPuff in China. Prices also varied slightly across
the United States to better reflect different tastes in different
regions. Some food changes that helped turn the company
around included offering more chicken options as beef
consumption started to decline, selling milk in a bottle instead of
a carton, and removing "Super Size" options after the
documentary Super Size Me targeted McDonald's and its link to
obesity. McDonald's responded to health trends and began
offering premium salads as well as apple slices instead of French
fries in Happy Meals as well as all-white-meat McNuggets.
While many of the healthier options targeted moms and held a
premium price, McDonald's introduced the $1 menu at the same
time, which targeted the lower-income bracket and teenagers.
Other responses included improving drive-thru servicesince 60
percent of McDonald's U.S. business came from drive-thrus,
introducing more snack options, and refurbishing restaurants
with leather seats, warmer paint colors, and flat-screen TVs.
Initial results were staggering; from 2003 to 2006, the stock
price increased 170 percent. Sales continued to increase through
the late 2000s and topped $23.5 billion in 2008, making
McDonald's one of only two companies in the Dow Jones
Industrial Average whose share price rose in 2008. McDonald's
continued to flourish in 2009, led by its premium Angus burgers
and its McCafé coffee line, which directly targeted competitors
like Starbucks with less expensive specialty coffee drinks.
McDonald's also launched a worldwide repackaging effort as a
result of intense consumer research. The new packaging aimed
to accomplish several tasks, including teaching consumers about
McDonald's health consciousness and building awareness of its
use of locally grown produce. It included bold text and full-color
photographs of real ingredients like potatoes on French fry
packaging and vegetables, cheese, and cooking utensils on
hamburger packaging. Mary Dillon, McDonald's global chief

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