The document discusses Papa John's operations in China. It performs a PESTEL analysis of the Chinese market, finding opportunities in economic growth but also threats such as pollution. It analyzes Papa John's using the VRINE framework, identifying valuable operating systems and recommending improving franchisee selection and differentiating their brand. It concludes by recommending slowing expansion pace and increasing advertising.
3. Background PESTEL VRINE Recommendation References
Introduction
• Papa john’s is the third largest take-out and pizza
delivery restaurant chain in the world with
headquarters in Jeffersontown, Kentucky.
• Brand slogan: Better Ingredients. Better Pizza.
• Papa john’s was founded by John Schnatter at age of
22 and the first papa john’s store was opened in 1985
• Internationally, there are over 4,600 Papa John's
establishments, including over 3,200 in the U.S. and
the remainder spread among 34 other countries. In
china, Papa john’s has more than 200 brunches, and
this country became the biggest market of Papa
john’s outside the United States
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Political
• Political environment is stable
• In 2004, trade agreement with WTO to
encourage the development of the tertiary
industry including fast-food industry
• In 2010, “Notice on further improving the
food industry”
• Pointed the significance of developing food
industry.
• “National food industry development plan”
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Economic
• China’s economy is developing greatly,
which is the world’s no.2 economy
• Suffered from Severe economic
condition since 2008
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Economic
• Chinese disposable income per capita
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Economic
• National Bureau of Statistics of China:
January-October in 2015, Chinese food
industry revenue reached 2.6246 trillion RMB,
increased by 11.8% compared to same time
in 2014.
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Sociocultural
• Trend of having western fast food——
pizza become a popular food
• More and more Chinese people tend to
go to restaurants rather than cooking by
themselves
• Chinese people like to dine in rather than
take out
• Chinese cities are crowded
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Technological
• The development of Internet:
• Social media (weibo, wechat, etc.)
• Online order
• App (Experience sharing app like
Dazhongdianping, etc.)
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Environmental
• Pollution of food packaging is severe
• Green packaging and environmental
friendly processes became popular.
• Save water and energy in stores is
important
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Legal
• In 2009, Implement the new “Food safety
law”
• In 2015, the revised version of the “Food
safety law”
• Government enhanced the monitor and
control of the food industry.
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Effective Operating System
• Commissary System and Domestic QC Centre
System
Valuable? • High quality pizza with fresh ingredients
• Economies and efficiencies of scale
Rare? • Scarce
• Equally (or more) effective operating system not very
common
Inimitable &
Non-
substitutable?
• Difficult and costly to imitate
• Almost inimitable for small companies in the industry
• No patents or copyrights
Exploitable? • Well-organized to exploit the system
• Long presence in market and established relations with
suppliers
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Arenas
Current Situation:
• Food industry: western food, pizza
• Market segments: young people
• Geographic area: Chinese market
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Vehicles
Current Situation:
• Some franchised stores are explored to
the expired ingredient and Husi rotted-
meat scandal in China
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Vehicles
Recommendation
• Use high quality franchisee:
• Choose franchisee under specific rules:
Lowest net capital, current asset, cash
flow and previous performance
• More monitor and control on individual
stores
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Differentiators
Current Situation:
• Papa John’s dose not express its
differentiators to Chinese customers and
can not compete with rivals effectively
Recommendation:
• Set the image of high quality pizza in
Chinese market
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Staging and Pacing
Current Situation:
• Planned to open 20 more stores per year.
In recent two years, more than 60 stores
closed down.
Recommendation:
• Slow down the pace of expansion
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Economic Logic
• Cost side: Remain the same
• Revenue side:
• Advertising:
• 1. Cooperate with search engine like
Baidu
• 2. Social media like weibo and wechat
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25. Background PESTEL VRINE Recommendation References
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Since 2008, affected by the global economic recession, Chinese economy has been facing a severe condition. However, the bad influence of the global economy has not changed the normal path of the development of Chinese economy. The national economy continue to move in the expected direction of macro regulation and control , Chinese economy has maintained stable growth. The IMF forecasts that China will continue to be the largest contributor to global GDP growth from 2014 to 2015. The IMF predicts China will contribute 24% to the growth of the world economy in 2015; 2% more than the United States*.And the national bureau of statistics of China has published the data, which indicated that from January to October in 2015, Chinese catering industry revenue reached 2.6246 trillion RMB, increased by 11.8% compared to the same time in 2014. That means Chinese economic condition is beneficial for the catering industry to develop and grow.
