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Burger King which started of as a partnership organization between James Mclamore his partner David Edgerton in 1954 is now owned by a group of investors led by Texas Pacific Group, and this has been the case since 2002. Burger King does not only seek to maximize profits, but also customer satisfaction. Since it was just recently introduced in the Middle East and precisely in Egypt, one of its major objectives is to increase awareness to its new market.
Burger King started of with just one store in Miami, Florida. Today it runs over 11,000 branches and yet still seeking for more.
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Weaknesses: 1. Many consumers argue that Burger King tastes better than McDonalds, but lacks the latter 's polish, administrative strength and marketing muscle. 2. Failed advertising campaigns weren 't the only problem 's, they also had internal problems. Management lacked focus and direction and has struggled with marketing mix decisions. 3. Ads should have distinguished themselves from other ads by letting the people know that burger king isn 't just another standardized burger. 4. Burger King 's past advertising and corporate strategy failed because BK did the two biggest mistakes they could have done. First they don 't listen to the customer and second they don 't advertise their main product and maintain a target market. 5. Burger King 's prices are high compared to other competitors in the market in Egypt. 6. 90% of Chain is franchised making it harder for sweeping image changes
C. Opportunities: * International expansion, come to Egypt and other markets, such as Asia-Pacific and Indian subcontinent regional markets * Only serving a small percentage of the market, can be enlarged. * Growing dining-out market, can lead to higher sales, revenues & profits. * Believes that there are many other new ideas it’ll produce into new and existing markets.

D. Threats: 1. One major threat, as oppose to others, is McDonalds, for it is the first largest operator of fast food hamburger restaurants,

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