Case Study of J D Wetherspoon Plc

Alliance and Join Venture play important roles in its operation. In 2000, it acquired the Lloyds pub chain consisting 10 pubs. Since then, it has developed the Lloyds Number One brand and greatly increased the number of outlets. These bars have much stronger entertainment element.

Social factors often look at the cultural aspects and include health consciousness, population growth rate, age

The following section I discuss the following: form government, living standards, labor market conditions, the orderliness of leadership and succession, culture and demographic characteristics of the population, integration with international economic systems and security risk.

Whitbread operates with two SIC Codes, 55100 - Hotels and similar accommodation and 56101 - Licensed restaurants. Whitbread is seeing significant change in its service environment as the traditional boundaries are shifting with customers expecting more from hospitality centers but with intensifying price competition from both new and established competitors. This change is being driven by evolving customer needs, and the emergence of new pressures from political and social trends. 1.1.1 Ongoing Investment Figure 1.1: premierinn.com Bookings The proper need of fulfilling customers rising needs is always apparent in the hospitality sector.

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Environmental factors: this includes How people’s perception and reaction to environmental issues which affect the business activities. To get a good perception by the people Sainsbury can invest their money in reducing carbon footprint and increasing energy efficiency. By doing this corporate social responsibility Sainsbury would be also able get a better public image as a result they would be able to get more and more customer. And it is very important to do business ethically as customers gain attention of those retailers, therefore Sainsbury can sell more organic product and treat animals ethically. Legal factors: legal factors includes Employment law, Health and Safety, Taxation both corporate and consumer, other regulations, International

Born in 1997, Diageo was a product of merger between Guinness and Grand Metropolitan. Guinness and Grand Metropolitan were also products of mergers. Guinness acquired Distillers in 1986 and Grand Metropolitan had expanded from its roots as a hotel business into spirits, Pillsbury, Burger King and various pubs.

Diageo, a British multinational alcoholic beverage company, established in December 1997, is the world’s leading premium drinks company which manages ‘global priority brands’ such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Guinness, Captain Morgan, J&B etc. (DEO 20-F (2007)). Initially, the target markets for Diageo were mostly the developed countries where it provided for scale efficiencies in production, selling and marketing. The global branding strategy of Diageo for these target markets has been ‘premiumization’ and dissemination of best practices in business operations in order to serve its customers in the best possible way. The higher-end premium brands range from $35 to $150 for a liter and as the price goes up the product becomes limited edition product which attracts the wealthy consumers. Diageo’s business enjoyed steady growth and high returns on invested capital via business in developed economies but by 2004 many of these markets were saturated and profits started to decline. During this period, Diageo saw an opportunity to expand itself in the emerging markets and targeted African countries like Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana.

It also includes social factors like Low unemployment, clean, healthy environment, high job control, adequate income and wealth, affordable, available education and health services,

The political analysis must include the impact of local and national government, and the international situation. The Economic analysis needs to investigate the influences of the stock market and

Political factors are the goods that the government provide which includes goods and services that may influence the economy. Thomson should know about the government policy of their country which includes their goods and services, which the government provide to Thomson.

Political Factors: It refers to the stability of the political environment and the attitudes of political parties or movements. This may manifest in government influence on public sector organisational policies, or government

Q1) what are the contributing factors that led to the ban of alcohol and shisha in Singapore?

3.Poor infrastructure- The roads are not well maintained, lack of electricity in rural areas due to which production level has fell.

Because Diageo applied a high quality brand which was not affordable by the majority of the customers in Africa “It’s actually more about keeping a brand locally relevant and keeping the costs down. That’s something we’re not used to.” (Evans, (2015, July 30), para.19)