Marketing Strategies Adopted by McDonald's and Consumer Perception Towards Fast-Food

SummaryMarketing mix.
Over the past few years the Indian economy has* To understand consumer perception and to find
undergone drastic changes- changes that have hadbuyer behavior towards fast food.
the market flooded with multinationals and a variety* To Compare Service quality of Competitors
of products. There has been a sudden upsurge in thevis-à-vis McDonalds
Indian industry and exponential growth in specific* To find out the ways by which McDonald's can
industries. Today's companies work in a war zone ofimprove upon its service quality and bring more
rapidly changing competitors, technological advances,satisfaction to customers and thus add value to its
new laws, managed trade policies and diminishingbottom line.
customer loyalty.Conclusions
In today's world of cutthroat fierce competition,* McDonald takes the share on this attribute by
customer satisfaction is very essential to not onlyproviding the customer with fast and friendly
exist but also to excel in the market. Today's marketservices.
is enormously more complex. Henceforth, to survive* At McDonald we get your order usually within
in the market, the company not only needs to60-90 seconds from the time it is placed. Providing
maximize its profit but also needs to satisfy itsthe customer fast and friendly services is the
customers and should try to build upon from there.philosophy of McDonald's. This is the big advantage
The project title "Marketing strategies andMcDonald's is having over the other restaurants.
International Business strategies adopted by* The customer satisfaction levels are better than
McDonald's" is the analysis of the service Quality levelthe other competitors McDonald's is having. If we
of fast food industry. This project involves thecompare the space management Nirula's is having
service level provided by McDonald's and itsbetter space management than McDonald and Pizza
competitors. The survey was conducted so as toHut.
analyze the service quality prevailing in the current* The advantage McDonald having over the other
industry and the improvement that can be maderestaurant is I) Ambiance ii) Employee behavior iii)
upon it.Cleanliness and iv) Price.
Market research study has been conducted in order* There is a price and service quality factor today,
to bring out the picture of service quality that existswhich the customer is looking for. It is giving an edge
in this industry and the difference in service qualityto McDonald's over Nirulas and Pizza Hut.
that exists in the market. Like what are theLimitations of Study
customer's preferences about the hospitality provided1. Certain limitations were inherent with this project
by the fast food industry.work.
After this a comprehensive and comparative analysis2. 100% response rate was not found from the
has been made and conclusion has been maderespondents. Some extent of biasness was found
keeping in mind the detailed analysis of the findings,because of Brand loyalty while answering the
which has been collected through the marketquestions.
research.3. Potential biases such as reluctance of consumers,
Research Objectiveexecutives etc.
The primary objective of study was Marketing4. Lack of interest of the respondent was one of
Strategies adopted by "Mc Donald's". This objective isthe major problems.
supported by four secondary objectives, achieving5. The Geographic extent of this study was limited to
them will lead to the fulfillment of primary objective.the Delhi market only.
They include:6. The research only tries to present a bird eye view
* To understand the marketing strategy ofof the entire gamut of Indian Small appliances Market.
McDonalds with respect to targeting, positioning and