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McDonald’s Middle East Franchise reports a 3.4 percent surge in sales

McDonald’s has reported a 3.4 percent increase in sales in the Middle East and Africa, reflecting a year of strong worldwide growth in which the fast food giant served 60 million customers a day - two million more than in 2008. Growth in the MEA region was greater than that in the US, where sales rose by 2.6 percent. Turnover in Europe grew by 5.2 percent in 2009, far exceeding the average global rise in sales of 3.8 percent. News of the fast food giant’s increasing popularity is likely to raise some concern among professionals gathered at the Arab Health 2010 exhibition, which starts today.

Food Franchising In India

An overview of the food franchising industry in India.Entrepreneurs/Companies in the f&B segment seeking to expand their business across india could understand the demography.With the North of India leading the way followed by West India and then South india and lastly, eastern india it is interesting to see how these franchisors are spread.With a market size of $72 Billion and growth expected to be around 20$, it is a important segment to watch.Also international franchisors these indicators could be encouraging. Food, Education & Retail are leading the way to franchise expansions in India and other service concepts are catching up.Hence these are exciting times for franchisors,franchisees and franchise consultants and the entire franchise eco system. Franchise Development & Cohesive Expansion Sstrategy could get you started in india.

Taking the Fast Food Industry by Storm: McDonald’s Expands
“I was 52 years old,” recalled Kroc. “I had diabetes and incipient arthritis. I had lost my gall bladder and most of my thyroid gland in earlier campaigns, but I was convinced that the best was ahead of me.”

Lesson #1: Be A Visionary
Thomas didn’t just know how to cook a good hamburger; he single-handedly revolutionized the fast food industry. He didn’t want to be just another fast-food joint; he wanted to create the type of old-fashioned family restaurant that he had dined in so many times with his father and he wanted to serve quality food.

Lesson #2: Get Back To Basics
“It all comes back to the basics,” said Thomas. “Serve customers the best-tasting food at a good value in a clean, comfortable restaurant, and they'll keep coming back.”

Lesson #1: Take Your Business Seriously
“I believe in God, family, and McDonald's,” said Kroc. “And in the office, that order is reversed.”

Grinding Out Success: How Kroc Made McDonald’s A Golden Triumph
“We provide food that customers love, day after day after day,” said Kroc. “People just want more of it.”

Ray Kroc Fast Food
Ask anybody to name a fast food chain and chances are that nine out of the ten people you ask will say McDonald’s. Ask anybody to name someone who has changed the fast food industry more than anyone else, and chances are that Ray Kroc will also top that list.

Ray Kroc McDonalds
What would have happened had Ray Kroc never met the MacDonald brothers? How would the landscape of today’s fast food industry be different? The story of Ray Kroc and McDonald’s demonstrates how one idea can be turned into something completely different when it is placed in the hands of someone else.

Finger Lickin’ Good: Sanders Opens Kentucky Fried Chicken

In 1930, Sanders opened up a service station along U.S. 25, a busy highway which ran through Kentucky. It was not just a regular gas station. When people stopped to refill their gas tanks, Sanders made sure they refilled their stomachs as well. With home-cooked meals that his wife and children helped to prepare, Sanders’ first venture into the fast-food industry had begun. His station might have been simple, with only one table and six chairs, but it was a start.

Lesson #1: You Have To Get Yourself A Gimmick
If there was one thing that Sanders knew better than how to make a quick and mean fried chicken, it was how to sell himself. In the early days, Sanders understood that if he was going to make his small service station stand out from the rest, he would need something that was different from everyone else, something that nobody else could possibly have. The answer? Himself.

Lesson #3: Dedicate Yourself And Follow Through
“I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could,” Sanders once said. “And no hours, nor amount of labour, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me. And I have done that ever since, and I win by it. I know.”

Fast Food Fury: How DeLuca Created a Franchising Phenomenon
“What's happening to us is beyond whatever I imagined,” says DeLuca, looking back on his career. “If you told me 30 years ago that one day I'd be sitting in a Subway store in Russia, I'd have said you were crazy.” DeLuca went from being just another kid in Brooklyn to being at the top of an international fast food phenomenon. How did he do it?

Franchises that Occupy a Unique Niche in the Marketplace-and in Consumers' Minds- Flourish

From fast food concepts to eco-friendly businesses, franchises that occupy a unique niche in the marketplace are flourishing. By offering products and services that people are passionate about, franchises like Wienerschnitzel, the world's largest hot dog chain, and Go Green Planters, an eco-conscious specialty plant products franchise, attract a loyal customer base. For aspiring business owners, such franchise brands provide the chance to own a business that boasts a built-in devoted audience and a strong brand identity.

Networking - Is This A Place For YOUR Future?

I first stumbled upon the concept called ‘network marketing’ when a friend of mine showed me a presentation in 2003 and I fell in love with the concept. Those explanations on the black board with links and circles to represent network marketing during the presentation opened my thoughts and eye to the future of the business. At that time I was working as a Manager in one of the largest German corporation. By then, I was in to the regular job for over 6 years.

Convenience is King- Franchises that Cater to the Needs of a Time-Crunched Society Prosper

Now that the school year is in full swing, the carefree days of summer have been replaced by jam-packed schedules and endless to-do lists. With more personal and professional responsibilities, extracurricular activities, household chores and errands, vying for people’s time, businesses that offer convenient services and time-saving solutions are experiencing increased demand. From residential cleaning franchises, to quick casual restaurants, Franchise Solutions’ business directory features numerous concepts that cater to the needs of today’s time-crunched consumers.

Sales Success: Do You Want Fries With That?

When you order a burger and the salesperson asks “Would you like fries with that,” you’ve experienced a marketing tactic called cross-selling. This strategy encourages customers to purchase additional products and services that are related to the item they are already buying. Cross-selling doesn’t just work with fast food; it’s also a highly effective technique for any type of sales. Here are a few ideas to help you achieve cross-selling success:

Step By Step Branding Is Your Company Logo Important Enough To Make Or Break Your Brand

Some people will tell you that your logo is everything when it comes to branding your business. However, that is not really true. A good logo is important, a great logo is even better; but neither one is even remotely vital to your success. Why? Because when all is said and done, a logo is a visual image that will remind people of your company. The greatest logo in the world will do nothing at all for your success if it just serves as a reminder of a company that people neither like or trust.

Franchising 101 - Finding Great Information
This article will provide the reader with a large number of resource alternatives to help in the better understanding of franchising.

Is franchising for you?
You need to be aware that franchising isn't for everybody. It involves a particular mind-set and attitude, like willingness to work to someone else's system. You therefore need to figure out if you want to take on a franchise - and whether you are able to do it.

Power of the Spoken Word
Solomon once wrote, "Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul and health to the bones." This article shares a small tale of how one heart reached out to another in an unlikely place. Leaders cannot underestimate the awesome influence that can be made by what one person says.

Making It Easy To Buy From You
How intelligent retail design and branding can lead to more sales

The Chicken Connoisseur: The Early Years of Chick-fil-A’s S. Truett Cathy

At a time when the hamburger was dominating America’s fast food industry, a young Samuel Truett Cathy had a different idea: why not a chicken sandwich? With that, in 1946, Cathy launched a restaurant called Dwarf Grill, which would in time morph into the Chick-fil-A chain of over 1,500 quick service restaurants that specializes in chicken dinners, and has become something of a cultural icon in the southern U.S.

New Opportunity from a Seasoned Industry

The most popular Franchises out there are Food Service businesses. From fast food, casual dining to upscale restaurants, most people looking for a business will almost always look at Food. Now food is a tough business (take it from someone who has been in the business). Long hours, high employee turnover, recession, competition are some of the factors that make the Food business tough, and are some of the factors why Food industry has a high rate of failure. Having said all that, I want to introduce you to a company that does not deal with most of these problems, and is in an Industry that is virtually recession proof and provides a service that every family in the United States and really the world needs and uses.

Don Quixote v Superman
In this world of fast food, fast cars, and speed dating, when did romance with Mr Darcy and tilting windmills with Don Quixote, gestures like opening doors, buying flowers, paying compliments fade into the background?

A Spectacular Sales Example of Something REALLY Stupid
Don't think your customers get excited about the unexcitable. Promotions are important to selling. Absolutely. But they have to be promotions that actually MEAN something to your customer. A promotion has to create a sense of urgency, a sense of excitement, momentum - a "Ooooooooooh - I'd LOVE that!" kind of feeling.

Entrepreneurs – Want To Increase Your Profits Without Increasing Your Costs?
Running a business is hard work, and you don’t always get back enough profit to compensate for the enormous amount of work that you undertake. So here are a few ideas on how to increase your profits.

What is Franchising

In its most simple definition, a Franchise is a business opportunity that allows the Franchisee (possibly you) to start your business by legally using someone else's (the Franchisor's) expertise, ideas, and processes. In some cases, this means also having the right to use the Franchisor's established name and branding, as well as their already-tested business model. In other cases, this means the right to resell (or distribute) a Franchisor's product.

Increase Sales By Dropping the Excuses, Now!
Are you sales not where you want them to be? Are you finding yourself making reasons why sales are down? Have you considered those reasons are really excuses in disguise?

RELATIONSHIP SELLING PART I (BUYING VERSUS BEING SOLD)

Do not sell products, services or commodities. Just establish strong relationships with clients and achieve the coveted status of a trusted advisor. Then, your clients will elect to buy services and/or products from you. Never try to sell them. I know that this sounds deceptively simple. Almost as if one could just sit around and wait for things to happen. Establishing and maintaining trusted client relationships without trying to sell them anything, requires a lot of patience and a constant struggle against the temptation to start selling.

Are Customer Satisfaction Surveys a Waste of Money

Customer satisfaction surveys are definitely in! Regardless of where you go or what you buy, the chances are that you will be asked to fill in a form to indicate your level of satisfaction with the product or service. Hotels, restaurants, fast food outlets, car rental companies and motor dealerships are all on the bandwagon. And we customers should be pleased that our suppliers are taking such a laudable interest in our welfare. With all this focus on customers, one would expect to observe a huge outbreak of brilliant customer service and awesome products in the marketplace. Sadly, this isn’t the case. My Mercedes dealership is still the same ineffectual, unreliable, unresponsive clod he was three years ago. All the surveys and irritating telephone calls have not made one iota of difference. So what is the problem?

A Research Report: Good Reasons for Buying a Franchise Business
A question asked to a panel of entrepreneurs was : Did you eventually get bored of being someone else’s employee? Were you thinking of starting your own business that was successful without requiring starting it from scratch?

Is Bad Customer Service Killing Your Business
It’s time to beat the old bad customer service drum again. I know, I’m sick of beating the drum, too, but as long as bad customer service runs rampant through so many businesses I feel it is my entrepreneurial duty to bring it to your attention. So grab a pew and prepare to listen to the sermon I’ve preached before:

Franchises Offer Shortcuts But Not Control
Franchising can be a great way to start a business career, but you should make sure you're not just trading one job for another. Unless you plan on being an absentee owner, which I highly discourage, you are going to be working in the business just as an employee would, so be sure the business you choose doesn't turn your lifelong dream into a never-ending nightmare.

Favorite Small Business Franchises You Didn't Know About
Are you looking for a unique franchise? Niche market franchises have the potential to earn big profits due to the fact that there will be plenty of repeat business and very little competition.

The PR Journey
Starting a public relations campaign is just that, a start. Don’t think you’ve learned all there is to know in a couple of months. Also, beware of the well meaning PR know-it-alls. Set a direction and stick to it.

Think it, Believe it and Lose it - Easily!
With the media’s recent focus on weight gain, it’s no wonder that much individual attention is being drawn towards the numbers on the scale. But is it working? With each passing year, the statistics tell a tale of the increasing number of overweight people across the nation. Daily, the news reports phrases like “obesity trend”, “childhood obesity” and “fast food epidemic.”

‘Aggressive’ is not a 4 letter word
Aggressive Marketing and Selling is the key to selling success in your fierce competitive market

What Does Good Service Mean… To You? To Your Customer?
Try this short experiment. It may be an eye opener for you, and you may get surprised: Have everyone in your organization write a 25 word explanation of “What is Good Service.” You may be surprised.

Key Steps to Buying a Fast Food Franchise
There's no doubt that investing in a fast food franchise could be a lucrative decision – fast food franchising is, after all, a $125 billion dollar a year industry. However, buying a fast food franchise requires a lot of hard work.

Headlines, Headlines, Headlines
What makes for a good headline? Anything that will make them read on. You only have about seven or eight words to work with, so it can take some time to come up with the right one.

HOW TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE LISTENED TO
In order to be listened to, we need to become listeners ourselves.

Revealed: Secrets That Most Advertising Agencies And Sale Reps Hope You Never Discover

Most businesses choose advertising venues recommended by their advertising agency, or base their decision on which media representative shows up on that day. They are often sold the worst kind of advertising because it matters more to the agency how much the seller will get in commission, not how effective the ad is for the buyer. If you are looking for fast food readily available over the counter, there is always a McDonalds or KFC just around the corner. Like the truly great restaurants, you will need some skills and guidance to find the most effective and affordable advertising venues. These venues aren’t openly promoted, no commission is paid out, and there are no sale representatives.

The End of Cheap Food
What my visit to Panera Breads says about the future.

The dollar is the draw
We often use money as a draw for employees. The question that really needs to be asked is: Is that really what will draw the right employee to your door?

Factors to Consider Before Choosing a Franchise
Choosing the right franchising category is of utmost importance. You have to make sure that there’s enough demand for the service/product. Also, try to learn about the level of competition in that category.

The PR Headline Game
When it comes to your press release a strong, effective headline is the name of the game.

How to Make Money Fast
This Article Describes Ways That One Can Come Up With Some Cash In A Hurry If They Are In Need.

Franchising Offers a New Career Path
The present economic situation of the country is forcing many to restart their career as a franchisee. But before taking the plunge, thoroughly research the market, have a good financial plan and take your family into consideration. Then, your business will stand the test of time and set you on a new career path.

Make the Most of the Franchisee/Franchisor Relationship
A healthy relationship between the franchisor and franchisee is essential in running a franchising business successfully and the relationship rests on mutual trust and good communication.

Franchisee/Franchisor Relationship Requires Mutual Trust, Respect
Trust is the foundation of any good franchisor/franchisee relationship. The franchisee is entrusting his livelihood to the franchisor. The franchisor, in turn, is trusting the franchisee to protect the reputation of the franchise brand.

What does it take to create career satisfaction and life fulfillment?
Many are always asking me what are the simple tips to creating career satisfaction and life fulfillment? My experience tells me there are five important factors necessary to creating these realities.

Instant Work Life Balance Recovery Strategies for Busy People
Have you ever experienced making silly mistakes when you are tired and lack concentration? That can put you even more behind schedule and add even more pressure. The tendency is to then work even harder with less physical, mental and emotional resources. It is a recipe for disaster and can wreak havoc with any plan for a healthy work life balance. Here is what to do

Work-Life Balance Tips for Busy People - your starting point
This article offers compelling reasons why work-life balance is crucial for busy people and the dangers faced if this issue is ignored. The article will serve as a starting point and contains a real life story (perhaps similar to yours), statistics from the USA to Australia and finishes with a relevant and personal question.

What Kind Of Car Are You?
Learn more about your co-workers with this easy question.

Up-Selling - Do you want Fries with that Burger?
Up-selling your services is a great way to increase business. This article explains the up-selling process. It compares up-selling with cross-selling and explains how and when to use both.

Burger King Franchise

In 1954, James McLamore and David Edgerton opened up their first Burger King restaurant in Miami, Florida, selling just hamburgers and milkshakes. Today, with a much expanded menu that includes breakfast items and salads, the company has more than 11,400 restaurants around the world. Roughly 10,400 of these are franchises, operating in over 60 countries, and serving 15.7 million customers every day. If you are interested in the food service industry, a Burger King franchise could be the way to go for you. But, there are some things you should know first.

Restaurant Franchise

Quick! I say ‘franchise’, you say…McDonald’s? Well, despite the vast array of franchise possibilities out there, it is nonetheless true that when most people hear the word franchise, they think of food. That is thanks in large part to the amazing success that many fast food giants have had in growing by franchising. And, despite the increase in franchising throughout many different industries, buying a restaurant franchise still remains one of the most promising opportunities out there today.

Lesson #2: Figure Out How To Whet The Nation’s Appetite
Within the industry, Sanders had come to be respected as a great marketer not just because his own face was plastered around the country. Rather, Sanders understood food and he understood what it would take to whet the nation’s appetite for his food. He was thus able to come up with a number of unique strategies for enticing customers to try his fast-food franchise.

Healthy Diet
There is a direct link between the food we consume and the effectiveness of how the brain operates. A healthy diet with the right sort of foods can help to minimize the negative effects of ADHD. In contrast, an unhealthy diet including fast food and food packed with sugars and additives can exacerbate ADHD symptoms.

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