Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Introduction
Filipino people really love to eat. Even if you go around the world, you
still look for a good food that can fulfil your eating needs whether its breakfast,
occasion, there are foods in the table and every member of the family start to
interact with each other while consuming their food. Family bonding, friends
hangouts, meetings in the offices and company, or any occasion, there will
always be a food to share with. These may be some of the reasons why there
There are many fast food restaurants in the world, but only one is
number one. McDonald’s has been consistently at the very top of all fast food
chains for a very long time. What made McDonald’s so successful was the
philosophy Ray Kroc developed, which was food that is over the highest quality,
location maintains high standards of cleanliness, and the last principle Kroc
created was value (Learn Languages Guide, 2017). As cited from McDonald’s
Fast Food Marketing Essay (2013), McDonalds Fast Food Company is among
the largest food service retail corporation. Known for its hot and fresh fries,
2
way to eat and drink. Our worldwide operations are aligned around a global
On the other hand, marketing mix refers to the set of actions, or tactics,
that a company uses to promote its brand or product in the market. The 4Ps
that make up a typical marketing mix are Price, Product, Promotion and Place.
All the elements of the marketing mix influence each other. They make up the
business plan for a company and if handled right, can give it great success
(Coleman, 2018).
two interrelated components of a marketing strategy, the other one being the
target market. It is more popularly referred to as the 4P's (Product, Price, Place
to satisfy a target group better than its competition. The marketing mix strategy
is choosing and implementing the best possible course of action to attain the
3
advantage.
Barangay Labuin, Santa Cruz, Laguna. The price of the products being offered
by the business establishment starts from fifteen pesos (e.g., ice cream cone),
the amount of the food ordered increases depending on the meal demanded
promotes their business offerings using the social media and photo
advertisement posted in and outside of the building. They also offer seasonal
This study aims to determine the effect of the marketing mix to the
towards McDonald's in Barangay Labuin, Santa Cruz, Laguna. The results will
satisfaction in terms of service and product quality of the business entity. The
Campus to gather enough data to support this research. The success of this
Theoretical Framework
Marketing Mix', which made the term "marketing mix" popular. In this article, he
explains how he first began using this term in the late 1940's after James
display, servicing, physical handling, and fact finding analysis. These are now
McCarthy. The four P's of marketing mix includes product, place, promotion
Services Marketing, the first prospect of extending the marketing mix took place
the 4P’s model. Taken collectively, the papers presented at that conference
indicate that service marketers were thinking about a revision to the general
Booms and Bitner (1987) proposed a model of 7P’s, comprising the original
marketing mix 4Ps is product, which means that the business should focus on
the development of features so that products has the unique selling point which
was further confirmed by Philip Kotler in 1967. Price means that the business
Place requires the company does not directly selling to consumers but rather
focus on training of dealers and the establishment of sales networks. And the
concentrate on the Product, Price, Promotion and Place for its new product.
question of degree. Providing quality products and services is all about meeting
Balanced Scorecard.
become a key element of business strategy. The four key steps for successful
6
customer, communicating the value to target market, and making it easy for the
strategies. Each element, product, place, price and promotion all contribute to
the satisfaction of customers which is one of the essential factors for the
company's success.
Conceptual Framework
paradigm above.
The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of Marketing Mix
1.1 Product;
1.2 Price;
1.4 Promotion?
Hypothesis
Barangay Labuin Santa Cruz, Laguna Branch. These respondents were taken
from the population of three hundred thirty-four (334) Grade 12 Senior High
Customers. The proposed study will help the customers to evaluate the
awareness for the managers of how customers see and experience the service
and products produced. And also to further lead the personnel to give
customers the right service and product that they actually paid for.
businessmen managing the branch hear the feedbacks of their loyal customers
provided. The study will also let them oversee the possible problems, and these
the future researchers. It may help to develop their thesis and improve this
study as well.
Definition of Terms
To understand and clarify the terms used in the study, the following are
hereby defined:
satisfied with the foods and services provided by the fast food restaurant chain.
said fast food restaurant chain that is acceptable to consumers. It is also the
determinant that the business must consider in preparing their product or food
Product. Refers to the food offered by the fast food restaurant chain.
Place. The location of the fast food restaurant chain where customers
Price. Refers to the value or cost of the product or food offered by the