McDonalds Marketing techniques: Ansoff matrix – growth strategy

McDonalds Marketing techniques: Ansoff matrix – growth strategy.
Description:
a) Product development

Product development is an Ansoff matrix technique when a business will, change certain characteristics of an existing product to meet customer’s needs; they may call the changed product “new and improved” or may give it a new title all together. McDonalds has done this in the past in 2007 when they tried to develop a new burger called the “Big ocean burger” this was used to replace another fish based burger which was not selling as well. Within the first week the “big ocean burger” was not selling well and was taken off the menu in only a few months of its initiation.
B) Downsizing
Downsizing is when a business will fire some employees in order to make more space, or be able to focus on one place at a time. McDonalds has done this in November 2002 the business said that they wanted to close up to 175 restaurants and terminate up to 600 jobs and close down in three countries that were located in the middle east and northern America because it needed to get rid of some worldwide costs. But the consequences of this were that McDonalds missed its 2002 earnings forecast.
C) Making redundancies
Making a redundancy is when a company will fire an employee on the basis that they were not fulfilling their post properly, and want to get someone to replace them. McDonalds has done this because in 2011 over 1,000 employees were made redundant in Saudi Arabia because the company could not afford it, so they had to cut some employers.
D) Brand building
Brand building is when a business will enhance their brand by advertising directly and promoting it though event sponsorship. McDonalds does this by advertising everywhere possible, they have posters in the subway advertising cheaper prices and flyers on the bus about new products they have made.
E) Diversification
Diversification is when a business will begin by making a product or delivering a service in one market, but then moving into a new market altogether for example Nokia began by selling tires, but they went into selling mobile phones. McDonalds has begun this by selling toys in children’s happy meals they have begun to manufacture toys for children and sell them and make profit off of them.
Oxfarm – Marketing techniques: Ansoff matrix – growth strategy.
Description:
a) Product development
Oxfam does this but not with products with their services, with fair-trade they have begun spreading their businesses to different parts of the world such as Africa and India.
b) Market development
Oxfam does this by trying to develop with the private sector and working alongside them.