Analysis Of Starbucks And Dunkin ' Donuts

With most of the world basically running on coffee, you have more and more different places to buy your coffee every day. Trying to narrow down your options to find the best coffee can seem like a nightmare. The two main and most popular coffee corporations to choose from would be Dunkin’ Donuts and Starbucks. When choosing a specific location from the two places for your coffee needs there are things to consider such as: price, quality and convenience. I, a 4-6 cups of coffee a day drinker,have had coffee from both places, and have become what you could call, a coffee expert.

The previous company I work for was one of the Dunkin Donut Franchisees which is operating a great number of stores across states. The Leadership consists of CFO, director, and bookkeepers. Bookkeepers report to the director, or they directly report to CFO if it is necessary. During the work practices, employees do see the leadership’s confusion and conflicts reflect on their work. However, employees must comply with bosses’ decisions.

This study gives a brief review of the U.S. and international coffee shop industry. The coffee industry includes 20,000 stores with combined revenue of $11 billion. Approximately 20

Starbucks Corporation is an American global coffee company and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world, with 20,366 stores in 61 countries, including 13,123 in the United States, 1,299 in Canada, 977 in Japan, 793 in the United Kingdom, 732 in China, 473 in South Korea, 363 in Mexico, 282 in Taiwan, 204 in the Philippines, and 164 in Thailand.

1.From the annual reports you previewed, what is the company's corporate strategy? What are their company goals and were they successful in achieving those goals? Please list the company of the annual report you previewed.

rable general economic conditions in the markets in which they operate that adversely affect consumer spending;

Accounting helps to measure an organizations activities, process data into reports, and translate the results to decision makers. Financial statements and reports help to present the company to the public in financial terms. The information on these data statements can used to evaluate the company through vertical and horizontal analysis. Vertical analysis is the proportional analysis of a financial statement. Normally, vertical analysis is done with a financial statement over a period of time. When using vertical analysis, a line item on a financial statement is listed as a percentage of another item (Harrison, 2015). A horizontal analysis is the comparison of information or ratios over a series of reporting periods. Horizontal analysis helps investors and analysts to control how a company has grown over time. Analysts and investors could use horizontal analysis to compare a company's growth rates in relation to its competitors and industry.

Coffee has become a significant part of lifestyle of numerous people. Starbucks has opened its first coffee shop in in Seattle, Washington, USA in 1971 (“About Starbucks,” 2014). The Starbucks is very popular today and has more than 6,000 locations in over 30 countries. In addition to coffee and espresso drinks, people now enjoy Tazo tea and Frappuccino (“About Starbucks,” 2014). The main target of Starbucks is to be the consumer’s favorite coffee shop. The globalization of the businesses increases competition in the food and beverage industries. Starbucks is the most successful and competitive coffee chain on the market. The aggressive strategies of expansion pushed the competitors such as McDonalds or Dunkin Donuts

The context change in form that Starbucks found itself competing with smaller chains that resembled its former pre-expansion model with competitors focusing in creating symbolic-expressive value and fast food restaurants that had started to offer specialty coffee with more aggressive advertisement at a lower cost. The competitive context changed for Starbucks because it’s focus in mass distribution channels and its retail footprint strategy stated its product within a standard performance product value; this affected the value perception of the product.

As a part of the South, sweet tea is a staple here. My nana's sweet tea, however, will always be near and dear to my heart. Sure, it's just a tea bag, water, and sugar, but it's so much more than that. It's like comfort. After a long day of hard work, it's so sweet to come in a have a glass of nan's sweet tea. Now, don't get me wrong, store-bought sweet tea is just fine as well. If I am away from home then I'll buy some. Although, it just couldn't compare to my grandma's. If I ever have the choice it will always be nans just because of pure comfort.

Waking up with to a full night of sleep was the best feeling in the world. I had no coffee nightmares and no headaches. I even woke up before my alarm sounded. I got the girls off to school and started my day of cleaning since I was off today. I cleaned the entire house, washed clothes, and went grocery shopping. I really felt like myself again. Again, No headache, no anxiety attack, no stomach pain, and no constant thoughts of coffee. However, the only times I thought about coffee was when I drove by a Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts. Just as quickly as I passed by the restaurant the thought quickly left my mind. I was too new beginnings. I was continuing to talk to my friend and my co-workers. They each texted and called me to check

Starbucks financial statements were analyzed for the fiscal year ended September 27, 2015. Like all public companies, annual and quarterly financial statements are required to allow regulators and other interested parties to analyze the financial status and management decision making of the company. This analysis focuses on the results of Starbucks most recent published annual report containing their balance sheets, statement of earnings and cash flows. These statements will be analyzed against the results of one of its competitors, Dunkin Donuts, to investigate how the two companies compare to each other. It was noted that Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts do not have corresponding fiscal year ends. The data therefore is not directly comparable since the reports do not reflect the same time period of data but should provide additional insight. The paper will attempt to provide a brief analysis of Starbucks operations in terms of its liquidity, leverage, activity, profitability and growth ratios used by analysts in the industry.

Starbucks, the leader of the Beverage Industry is known by its franchises around the world. Therefore it has known as a global company in Beverage Industry. This part of essay will indicate company’s external environment via PESTEL analysis. To understand how political, economical, social, technological, environmental and legal issues can affect company’s external environment.

Starbucks is one of the strongest companies in the world for its financial resources. The company is strong enough to produce the funds internally for its operations. The financial resources and financial ability of the company can be analyzed by assessing its financial statements.

Starbucks Corporation, generally known, as Starbucks Coffee is the leading retailer and a brand of world’s forte coffee in the world, with more than 15,000 retail locations in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific Rim, wherever in this world where premium quality coffee is in demand. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world ahead of UK rival Costa Coffee, with 20737 stores in 63 countries and territories, including 11910 in the United States, 1496 in China, 1442 in Canada, 1052 in Japan and 772 in the United Kingdom. The first Starbucks was open in 1970. The name was inspired from Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, a definitive American novel regarding the 19th century whaling industry. The nautical name matches seamlessly for a store that imports the world’s finest coffees to the cold thirsty people of Seattle. In May 1998, Starbucks have finally successfully entered the European market through its acquirement of 65 Coffee Company stores initially originated from Seattle in the UK. Both companies shared a common culture, focusing on a great commitment to customized coffee, similar company values and a mutual respect.