Mcdonald's Food And Beverage Industry Case Study

Introduction
The company selected for this research is McDonald’s Australia Holdings, a patented public company in Australia. The company specializes in food and beverage products such as burgers, coffee, sandwiches, McCafe beverages, and soft drinks, among others. The primary activity of the company, which generates most of its revenues from food and beverage services, entails establishing and operating a chain of family restaurants that offer quick services throughout Australia. While the company owns and runs a smaller number of the McDonald’s Australia Holdings’ restaurants, a larger number of the restaurants is owned and ran by franchisees, who shell out the company’s service fees and rent (Buchan, 2012). The 2013 annual revenue of the

The social forces that have an influence on the company’s products include by ethical and social orientations relating to the safety of their products, together with changes in meal intake behaviors and increasing nutrition and health awareness. In terms of technology, McDonald’s Australia Holdings’ food and beverage products are influenced by the levels of technology advancement in their quality and quantity per unit time of production. Through partnerships, the company is able to gain adopt technology that leads to flexibility, opportunities to gain new expertise and prowess, and novel technological knowhow and simplified consolidation and divestiture processes.
The Primary and Secondary Target Markets for Mcdonald’s Australia Holdings
The primary market for McDonald’s Australia Holdings comprises of direct consumers of the food and beverage products within the Australian public, while the secondary market for the company comprises of the Australian stock exchange market.
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