McDonalds works within the quick service industry, where they have a differentiated position (Mantkelow, 2014). Although low price is a starting point for firms in the industry, McDonald's is not the lowest-price competitor in the business. They try to use branding as a means of creating differentiation for their products, many of which have trademarks for their own (i.e. Big Mac, Quarter Pounder, McCafe). The company's strategy therefore relies heavily on a two-pronged approach: Spend heavily on marketing and invest in cost-saving measures on the operations and supply chain side.
With a unified product/service operation worldwide, McDonalds operates with a geographic organizational structure -- USA, Europe, APMEA, Canada/Latin America, overlaid by Corporate, which has divisions for HR, Finance, Global Marketing, Legal, Operations and "Chief Restaurant Officer." This allows the company to focus on adapting the product/service offering to the individual local contexts while maintaining a high level of brand consistency around the world. That combination of consistency and local adaptability is essential to maintaining the strength of the McDonalds brand. A recent shift in branding strategy began to allow for adaptations only in products, with the brand receiving more universal treatment, the result being universal slogans to create a high level of brand consistency based on simple consumer responses to the brand (Interbrand, 2014).
Slide Three: In 2009, McDonalds remains a leader in the QSR industry. The company is experiencing growth during recessionary times, possibly as a result of consumers trading down. This highlights the power of McDonalds' brand position, but reflects poorly on its ability to trade up in good economic times. The company's financials remain strong -- it had poor translation effects on its income statement, but most of those operating profits were reinvested in local markets, so this was not a transaction-level forex exposure. This view is bolstered by steady revenue and profit growth recorded over the past few years, noting that only translation effects hurt this growth...
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