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MC DONALD’S
INTRODUCTION

•McDonald’s is the world's leading food
service retailer with more than 30,000
restaurants in 119 countries serving 47
million customers each day. It is one of the
world's most well-known and valuable
brands and holds a leading share in the
globally branded quick service restaurant
segment of the informal eating-out market in
virtually every country in which they do
business.
HISTORY

•   Richard and Maurice McDonald were pioneers of
    McDonald’s and the quick service restaurant industry. Ray
    Kroc was the founder of McDonald’s Corporation.
    McDonald’s success today is rooted in the work of all three.

•               In the late 1940s, Dick and Mac McDonald’s
    pioneers of McDonald’s were searching for a way to
    improve their little drive-in restaurant in San Bernardino,
    California, U.S.A.; they invented an entirely new concept
    based upon speed service, low prices, and big volumes.
    Word of its success spread quickly, in 1952 they had more
    than 300 franchising inquiries a month from all over the
    country. Joining of Ray Kroc in 1954, and foundation of the
    company that evolved into McDonald’s Corporation was
    the major turning point in the history of McDonald’s.
    McDonald’s is now the largest and best-known foodservice
    retailer.
MCDONALD’S INDIA

•   McDonald’s opened its doors in India in October
    1996. They have restaurants in Mumbai, Delhi,
    Pune, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Ludhiana, Jaipur,
    Noida Faridabad, Doraha, Manesar and
    Gurgaon.
•   McDonald’s in India is a 50-50 joint venture
    partnership between McDonald’s Corporation
    [USA] and two Indian businessmen. Amit Jatia’s
    company Hardcastle Restaurants Pvt. Ltd. owns
    and operates McDonald’s restaurants in Western
    India. While Connaught Plaza Restaurants Pvt.
    Ltd headed by Vikram Bakshi owns and operates
    the Northern operations.
BRANDING
   McDonald's      is    an   example  of   brand
    franchising.Being their own boss in return, the
    franchisee agrees to operate the restaurant in
    accordance with McDonald's standards of quality,
    service, cleanliness and value.
 
   The cooking processes in McDonald's restaurants
    are broken down into small, repetitive tasks,
    enabling the staff to become highly efficient and
    adept in all tasks.
 
   There is no need to develop the product or do
    expensive market research.
 It begins with working in a restaurant,
 wearing the staff uniform and learning
  everything from cooking and preparing food to
  serving customers and cleaning.
 
 It recognises that the success and profitability of
  McDonald's is inextricably linked to the success
  of the franchises.
 
 Benefit from national marketing carried out by
  McDonald's A brand is a name, term, sign,
  symbol or design, (or a combination of these)
  which identifies one organisation's products from
  those of its competitors.
CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
    ASPECT

•   Marketers need in-depth knowledge about the
    various dimensions which link consumer
    behavior. There is research required to find out
    the eating habits of people in a competitive
    context. McDonald’s found that a major chunk of
    its consumers decide to eat a few minutes before
    they make the purchase decisions and hence it is
    building small outlets in large supermarkets
    such as Wal-Mart and Home Depot. It is
    providing play areas to ensure a number of
    families visit its outlets with children.
INDIAN MARKET- OVERVIEW

•   “You can never penetrate the Indian market
    without making an effort to understand the
    country’s culture and mindset”,
•   Although ‘fast food’ is ingrained in the culinary
    culture of India, the passage of time has not
    really resulted in any sort of evolution in the
    manner in which our traditional fast-foods are
    prepared or served. It’s still very much a ’cottage
    industry’ with street vendors accounting for
    almost all the sales. One cannot imagine a day
    when the street-side ‘vada pav’, ‘chaat’ or
    ‘sendvitch’ stall in our cities will disappear. It’s
    such an integral part of who we are as Indians. .
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TARGET MARKET
SEGMENT

•   Segmentation strategy:
     The segmentation strategy of McDonald’s can be discussed
    under the following heads.
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•   Geography:
    Geographically McDonald’s seem to have categorized the
    entire Indian market as urban and rural markets. As a
    strategy for entering the Indian market McDonald’s appear to
    have adopted the segmentation at the micro level, by directing
    the entire focus towards only urban market. McDonald’s India
    as of today caters only to the urban population in India.
         There could be several reasons for this, like the rural
    eating habits, their affordability and traditional approach
    towards food.

•   Demography:
     Demographically the McDonald’s appears to have segmented
    its market on the following parameters.
•   Income level:
•   in a market like India where a significant proportion of India’s
    population lies in the lower income bracket, the price of the products
    becomes very critical. Now the challenge was to provide quality
    products at prices affordable to urban masses.
•   The pricing of the products is done keeping in mind the wants of the
    middle class and the upper middle class, the income category which
    has grown at a very significant pace over the past few years. For
    example, the chain has a product called Mc Aloo tikki costing Rs:20/,
    which caters mainly to the student community whose pockets are not
    broad enough
•   Age:
•   The earlier strategy of the McDonald’s was to segment the market on
    the basis of the age, by catering mainly to the kids and youth.
    However, now they are trying to blur this segmentation and focus on
    the all age groups.
•   Family:
•   McDonald’s is now targeting the entire family by offering various
    incentives packed product schemes like “family meals” at a very
    competitive price
 Psychographical
 A parent with two children Visits McDonald’s to
        give thechildren a treat.
 Children Want to visit McDonald’s as it is a

   fun place to eat.
 A business customer Visits McDonald’s during
  the day as service is quick, the food tastes
   great and can be eaten in the
  car without affecting a busy work
   schedule.
 Teenagers Are attracted by the Saver
BEHAVIOURAL
•   Occasions:
    Under this segmentation the McDonald’s has classified
    customers on the basis of the frequency of their visits, into
    regular and occasional customers. Now, to maximise the
    cluster of regular customers they are coming up with ad lines
    like “BAHAANA KYA HAI” so that the customers don’t look
    for a special occasion to visit the outlet.
•   Current position in the Indian market:
•   However in spite of adopting all of the above segmentation
    and marketing strategies hard realities do exists.Nine years
    after the big mac first set up in India, the burger gaint has yet
    to make a rupee as net profit. It hopes to break even in a year
    or two. In India a Mac store typically takes between 5 to 7
    years to break even. Part of the reason for its long break even
    period has to do with the investments required per store in
    terms of equipment and infrastructure. Much of the process
    control equipment that allows Mac to dish out burgers and
    other orders within its super fast time has to be imported.
ESSENCE OF MARKETING

   Functional         Product
POSITIONING
   Positioning
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   In adapting the General Market positioning of “America’s favorite fries”
    for the Hispanic customer, it was determined to stress not only the
    irresistibility and superiority of McDonald’s fries (“They are the best
    anywhere, you can’t resist them”), but to add an element of family
    inclusivity; to stress that they are everyone’s favorite:
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   “Favored by ‘big ones’ (adults) and ‘little ones’ (kids)”.
   McDonald’s wanted to revitalize the perceived superiority of their world
    famous fries while simultaneously blunting aggressive com-petitive efforts
    by Burger King. [Burger King had just begun market testing “new and
    improved” French fries.] To help accomplish this, McDonald’s decided to
    use their partnership with the NBA as the strategic “platform” for a
    special fries advertising effort. As such, the positioning in the General
    Market evolved to “America’s favorite Guys enjoy America’s favorite fries!”
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PRICING
           STRATEGY


   A look at McDonald’s menu indicates that Co. has
    targeted mass market in India .All or most of the
    products have been priced in such a way that average
    Indian consumer can afford to enjoy fast food with
    family .This strategy has been dictated by the
 
•   Vegetarian Rs.
•   Happy Meal 55/70/93
•   McAloo Tikki       20.00
•   McVeggie     39.50
•   Paneer Salsa Wrap 49.50
•   Non Vegetarian
•   Happy Meal 70/93
•   Chicken McGrill    20.00
•   Filet-O-Fish 53.00
•   Chicken Maharaja Mac       63.00
•   Starters
•   Veg Pizza McPuff   20.00
•   Large Fries 38.50
•   Others
•   McShakes 28/39/50.50
•   Condiment/Topping      5.50
•   Economy Treat (Burger & Fries)
•   For 2     109.00
•   For 4     199.00
•   Family Value Meal
•   Burgers, Fries, Happy Meal and Small Coke
        199.00
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•   McDonald’s pricing strategy can be further analyzed under following heads:
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•   Product Line Pricing:
•   McDonald’s offers a range of products and pricing reflects the benefits of the
    range. So one can order just a Coke or a Coke with a Burger at additional
    price.
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•   Product Bundle Pricing:
•   McDonald’s combines several products in the same package .For example one
    can buy a McAloo Tikki alone or one can exercise various other options which
    give the customer a range of products in a single basket.
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•   Promotional Pricing:
•   Discounting a combination of products as one product is also a strategy which
    McDonald’s follows. McDonald’s clubs three or four products together as one
    and price of this new one will be lesser than the sum total of individual
    product.
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•   Value Pricing:
•   McDonald’s has realized that Indian market is a price conscious market and
    this has forced McDonald’s to provide value products. Examples are economy
    meal and value meal served by McDonald’s in India.
PROMOTION AND
    COMMUNICATION
    STRATEGIES

•   Promotion is a key ingredient in marketing campaigns, consisting of
    diverse collection of incentive tools, mostly short term, design to
    stimulate quicker or greater purchase of particular product or
    services by consumer.


•   Communication is a means to convey the message to the
    consumers. The consumer tends to remember just one thing from any
    communication about the product -- one strong claim, or one strong
    concept. Unique communications that are simple enough to make a
    connection with the consumers create excitement about your brand.
    Strong communication concepts are the foundation for success of a
    product. In an environment of ever increasing clutter, the message
    can't afford to go unnoticed. "A strong product concept along with a
    commitment to establish your brand through good communication"
    generates positive attention and that's crucial to succeed in the
    marketplace.
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