It is no secret that Americans generally enjoy fast food and chicken. In fact, each year the average American eats approximately seventy-three and a half pounds of chicken (2011, June 19). So how well do two of the most successful chicken-based fast food restaurants compare in convenience, quality, and variety? A comparison must be made between Chick-fil-a and Zaxby’s to find out.
Chick-Fil-A vs Chipotle: Which one is better? Many people lately have been raving over Chipotle, and Chick Fil-a lately. I have always thought to myself what is so great about these two food chains. Many people like Chipotle, and then there a a lot of people that love Chick-Fil-A.
• For essay 2 I will be comparing fast food restaurants. I will be comparing Chick-Fil-A and McDonald’s. If I give every detail I can and can’t meet the word count then I will compare another fast food chain. • The criteria I will be using to evaluate these restaurants are as follows the quality of the service, the price of the items and the quality and taste of the food.
McDonald’s and Chick-fil-A are fast-food restaurants that offer similar menu choices, but have different amenities and environment. McDonald’s was founded in Des Plaines, Illinois in 1955 by Ray Kroc and Richard Macdonald; and the company currently has approximately 14,146 U.S. locations. Chick-fil-A is a chicken sandwiches chain, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The Chick-fil-A’s franchise has more than 2,200 stores across the United States. Both restaurants chains have sandwiches, wraps and breakfast meals.
Competition exists in most industries, and it is considerably fierce in the restaurant business. This is especially true for the focus of this paper, Panera Bread, and the specific restaurant market it operates within, “Fast Casual”. According to the balance, Fast Casual offers the ease and convenience of fast food but with a more inviting sit-down atmosphere. As evidenced by Panera’s explosive growth since its inception, their execution has helped define the Fast-Casual concept.
Nowadays, the number of coffee drinkers are increasing. As the demand for coffee grows, the number of coffee chains is also increasing. Of that, the representative coffee chains in North America are Starbucks and Tim Hortons. Starbucks has the highest brand awareness amongst the world coffee chains. It started in Seattle, the United State in 1971.
Starbucks is currently the largest coffee company in the world, with more than 24,000 locations in 70 different countries. Starbuck’s popularity, image and intelligent market strategies has gained them access into many different countries and economies. Although their expansion into most countries is successful, the attempt for Australia’s economy failed. This was displayed in 2008 when Starbucks shut down 73% of their stores, only leaving 26 stores left in Australia. For Starbucks integration into Australia, demographic, social and cultural forces are the most influential macro – environmental factors.
Panera Bread: Ethical Competitive Analysis Panera Bread is presently a recognized as a leader in the fast-casual type of the restaurant industry. However, despite its status, Panera Bread should understand the potential new entrants in the industry by conducting a competitive analysis of the fast-casual sector. The company can conduct an ethical and appropriate analysis by studying major and successful players in the restaurant sector currently dealing in unrelated food products. These companies are probable entrants in the market since they may attempt to introduce new product channels to boost their profits.
Political • Growing demand and supply shortage has increased world coffee prices. • Favorable advantage to accessing raw material through supplier relationships. • Fair-trade practices include its Coffee and Farmers Equity (C.A.F.E.) program among other fair trade policies and agreements. • Starbucks adheres to local, national and international government laws and policies and tightly control labour practices, avoiding scrutiny and negative imagery from being a large corporation. Economic • High industry sensitivity to the macroeconomic factors affecting disposable income, a main industry driver.
Strong brand identification or high capital requirements can minimize the threat for competitors. As a brand Starbucks holds very strong reputation in the market. For people Starbucks is like second home as when they get tired of being home or workplace they can sip a coffee there and feel relaxed, which can relate in a bad manner for the new entrants. For Starbucks the threat of new entrants is modest as they have their own standards that are very high to compete with by the other firm. Locally there are many other coffee shops that are developing.
It is the long-term self-interest of Starbucks. Conclusion In conclusion, Starbucks only concern and goal is to generate profit. Thus, to achieve their goal, Starbucks is selfishly putting the small coffee retailers out of business to gain more profit and disregarding the effect that it could cause to the various stakeholders.
Calm coffee 's customers can easy change choose to substitutes because there are many substitutes in the market, such as soft drink or other special beverage from restaurants, and instant and bottled beverages and other goods from grocery stores. The cost of shifting to substitutes is lower because Calm coffee 's customers do not need to spend more cost for the shifting process. In addition, many of these substitutes cost less than Calm coffee products like soft drink or bottle drink. Thus, based on this part of the Five Forces analysis, Calm coffee must consider the threat of substitutes as the top-priority concerns. The threat of new entrants of the 5 Forces analysis model shows that new entrants have obvious but not intense effect on Calm Coffee’s business.
Starbucks was founded in 1971. They have 18.850 stores in more than 40 countries which makes them the first coffee specialty retailer in the world. They operate most of their stores having only 50 franchises (as of 2017) as to keep strict control over quality. The success of Starbucks is based on their unique value proposition. They offer customer the finest coffee produced by themselves, with strong commitment on creating a global social impact, served in stores that promote a welcoming and warmth sphere where everyone can feel “like home”.
Module Name: Strategic Management. Module Number: BAM 6002 Module Tutor: Hans Joerg Stoeckl Assignment Done By: Shoaib Baig STARBUCKS… Introduction Starbucks Corporation, an American organization established in 1971 in Seattle, WA, is a chief roaster, advertiser and retailer of strength espresso around world. Starbucks has around 182,000 representatives over 19,767 organization worked & authorized stores in 62 nations. Their item blend incorporates simmered and carefully assembled high quality/premium evaluated espressos, a mixture of new nourishment things and different drinks.
STARBUCKS SINGAPORE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Originated in United States (US), Starbucks selected Singapore as the third international market to expand its business in 1996. It offers all-embracing products of coffee, handcrafted beverages, light food, merchandise and consumer products as well as an exclusive Starbucks experience to the customers. Starbucks Singapore prides itself on the 100th store expansion in 2014 (Priscilla, 2014). The company is staying ahead in the Singapore coffee chain industry, yet it is facing numerous emerging challenges in the global competitive environment.
