McDonald’s is the largest fast food restaurant chain in the United States and represent the largest restaurant company in the world, both in terms of customer served and revenue generated. In 2014 IBISWorld market research estimated MCD held an 18.6 % of market share of the entire global fast food industry; Burger King in at just 4.6%.
Under franchising visionary Ray Kroc, McDonald 's became the world 's premier food brand by selling the rights to operate a McDonald 's store. With this model, MCD keeps overhead costs down and lets local owners deal with individual units, while food costs remain low and service remains fast for a culture increasingly on the go.
As a low-cost provider, McDonald’s offers products that are relatively cheaper
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The company also uses broad differentiation as a supporting strategy. This secondary strategy involves developing the business and its products to make them distinct from competitors. McDonald’s applies the broad differentiation strategy in one of their product line. For example, McDonald’s introduce the McCafé products line, in this strategy McDonald enables to get customer during off peak hours.
Vertical integration is also one of the strategic objective linked to McDonald’s cost-leadership strategy. For example, McDonald’s owns facilities that produce standardized mixtures of ingredients. Also, cost minimization is a financial objective based on the cost leadership strategy. In addition, product innovation is related to McDonald’s broad differentiation generic strategy.
Product Development. McDonald’s uses product development as a supporting strategy for growth. In applying this growth strategy, McDonald’s develops new products over time, such as new McCafé products. These new products may be variations of existing products, or entirely new products. The strategic objective for this strategy is to capture more consumers by attracting them to new products. This strategy agrees with McDonald’s broad differentiation generic strategy in terms of new products that make the company
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‘Insta-broiler’ a device competitive in making burgers and technological advancements in the same gave it a competitive advantage.
Product Development – Burger King differentiates its product by innovative product. Diversify/widen product mix to address current product mix limits
The Burger King Flame broiled burger is not easy to imitate. Burger Kings Have It Your Ways is among the top thing that differentiates it and one of the core strength from its competitors. At burger King, consumer are given more food and service choices.
Personalization coupled with fast and efficient service make dining experience at burger King unique. The introduction of the new veggie burger open a new segment of market that cater for vegetarian and such effort make BK one of the vegetarian like restaurant.
Burger king takes pride in its ability to provide personalized product to ensure they can reach all level of consumer. Some product from double patties to children applesauce and juices to veggie burger, so they can interact with all kind and level of