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COMPARATIVE STUDY ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION TOWARDS

KFC AND MCDONALDS, CHENNAI
M.MONDURAILINGAM*, V.JEYASEELAN ** AND A.K.SUBRAMANI***
*
I YEAR M.B.A,
VEL TECH BUSINESS SCHOOL, VEL TECH UNIVERSITY,
AVADI, CHENNAI – 600062. TAMILNADU, INDIA.
**
I YEAR M.B.A,
AVADI, CHENNAI – 600062. TAMILNADU, INDIA.
***
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR,
AVADI, CHENNAI – 600062, TAMILNADU, INDIA.
ABSTRACT
The international market is flooded with various sectors and industries that involve products
of daily as well as occasional use for the consumers.In today’s competitive world, Service Quality
has become one of the most strategic tools for measuring customer satisfaction. The main objective
of the study is to compare customer satisfaction level towards KFC and McDonalds, Chennai.
Descriptive research is followed in this research. The universe of the population includes the
respondents who are the customers of KFC and McDonalds, located at Mogappair, Chennai. The
samples (i.e. sample size 50) were selected among the customers of KFC and McDonalds, located
at Chennai for this research. The major findings of the study are 22% of KFC customers and 18%
of McDonalds customers are not opined either positively or negatively with respect to the quality of
food. 18% of KFC customers and 12% of McDonald’s customers are not satisfied with price of the
food. 24% of KFC customers and 18% of McDonalds customers are satisfied with taste of the
food.Both the food giants have given each other immense competition in terms of customer
satisfaction, service quality and promotional strategies.
KEY WORDS: Customer satisfaction, Fast food industry, Food and beverage services,
Food retail chain, KFC, McDonald.
I. INTRODUCTION
Indian consumers’ lifestyle has immensely helped the fast food industry to mature and
expand over the last few years. Other reasons like rising number of nuclear families, exposure to
western cuisine and global media, growing number of working women - have had a substantial
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impact on the eating out trends and growth of the fast food industry. The industry experts consider
that the middle class young population, with high disposable income, will spend more on eating out
at chained fast food outlets. The demand for ready-to-eat packaged food is also expected to record
strong growth in the country.
In today’s competitive world, Service Quality has become one of the most strategic tools for
measuring customer satisfaction. Customer satisfaction is actually how customer evaluates the
ongoing performance (Gustafsson, Johnson and Roos, 2005). Customer satisfaction is very
important in today’s business world as the ability of a service provider to create high degree of
satisfaction is crucial for product differentiation and developing a strong relationship with
customers (Deng et al., 2009). Because of the above reasons the companies consider customer
satisfaction as very important element while devising their core strategies. Moreover, the concept of
customer satisfaction gained so much importance that American Customer Satisfaction Index
(ACSI) was developed.
II. COMPANY PROFILE

a) About McDonalds
The McDonalds restaurant concept was introduced in California by two brothers named
Dick and Mac McDonalds of Manchester. The business was founded in 1940 by these 2 brothers. It
is the world's largest fast food chain, selling primarily hamburgers, chicken, French fries and
carbonated drinks. It was later modified and expanded by their business partner, Ray Kroc who
later bought out the business of the McDonalds brothers and went on and found McDonald's
Corporation. Advertising has always played a key role in the development of the McDonald's
Corporation. Indeed, McDonald's ads have been some of the most identifiable over the years. In
1962, McDonald's introduced its now world-famous Golden Arches logo. A year later, the company
sold its billionth hamburger and introduced Ronald McDonald, a red-haired clown designed to
appeal to children. McDonald's restaurants are found in 120 countries and serve nearly 54 million
customers each day. Most of the McDonaldsrestaurants offers both counter services and home
deliveries up to certain distances. At the end of 2003 there were over 6oo McCafes worldwide.
b) About KFC
KFC (the name was originally aninitialsfor Kentucky Fried Chicken) is a fast food
restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, in
the United States. It is the world's second largest restaurant chain (as measured by sales)
after McDonald's, with 18,875 outlets in 118 countries and territories as of December 2013. The
company is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, a restaurant company that also owns the Pizza
Hut and Taco Bell chains. KFC was one of the first fast food chains to expand internationally,
opening outlets in Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Jamaica by the mid-1960s.
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, KFC experienced mixed fortunes domestically, as it went through
a series of changes in corporate ownership with little or no experience in the restaurant business. In
the early 1970. The chain has since expanded rapidly in China, which is now the company's single
largest market. PepsiCo spun off its restaurants division as Tricon Global Restaurants, which later
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changed its name to Yum! Brands. KFC's original product is pressure fried chicken pieces,
seasoned with Sanders' recipe of 11 herbs and spices. The constituents of the recipe represent a
notable trade secret. Larger portions of fried chicken are served in a cardboard "bucket," which has
become a well-known feature of the chain since it was first introduced by franchisee Pete Harman
In 1957. Since the early 1990s, KFC has expanded its menu to offer other chicken products such
as chicken fillet burgers and wraps, as well as salads and side dishes, such as French
fries and coleslaw, desserts, and soft drinks, the latter often supplied by PepsiCo. KFC is known for
the slogan "finger licking' good," which has since been replaced by "Nobody does chicken like
KFC" and "So good."
III. REVIEW OF LITERARTURE

Schlosser E. (2001) pointed out the most frequently reported reasons for eating at fast-food
restaurants were fast food is quickly served. Laroche and Parsa (2000) found that that people decide
to choose fast food restaurant because they like the taste and prefer instant satisfaction of their taste
buds. Fast food restaurant include a wide range of quick and fast service, brands and take only short
period to serve it. Consumer make their choice of brands in multi brand situation is one of least
understood yet important phenomenon in the marketing of Quick Service Restaurant - Fast Food
Restaurant. French SA et al, (2001) pointed out that visiting fast food restaurant is to spent time
with family and friends. Drewnowski and Spectre, (2000) contends that one of the factor that
influences consumption of fast food is by socio-economic status. There is a difference between
people who have high income with people who is have low income. Usually people with low
economic status prefer roadside stalls which are inexpensive; hygiene is not a criterion for them.
Agnes K.Y. Law, Y.V. Hui, Xiande Zhao, (2004) have studied on “Modeling repurchase
frequency and customer satisfaction for fast food outlets”. In this study, the relationships between
customer satisfactions; repurchase frequency, waiting time and other service quality factors in fast
food outlets are modeled. Results shows that waiting time, staff attitude, food quality and food
variety all significantly affect customer satisfaction.
Ronald Gilbert, Cleopatra Veloutsou, Mark M.H. Goode, Luiz Moutinho, (2004) have
studied on “Measuring customer satisfaction in the fast food industry: a cross-national approach”.
This study provides a cross-cultural comparison of service satisfaction of fast food establishments
in four English-speaking countries. It is based on data collected from customers of five globally-
franchised fast-food chains, using a previously developed service satisfaction instrument. The study
reveals two empirically derived, cross-cultural fast-food customer satisfaction dimensions:
satisfaction with the personal service and satisfaction with the service setting.
Monika J.A. Schröder and Morven G. McEachern, (2005) have studied on “Fast foods and
ethical consumer value: a focus on McDonald’s and KFC”. This paper aims to investigate the effect
of communicating corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives to young consumers in the UK
on their fast-food purchasing with reference to McDonald’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC).
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Most respondents (82 per cent) regularly purchased fast food from one of the companies; purchases
were mostly impulsive (57 per cent) or routine (26 per cent), suggesting relatively low-level
involvement in each case. Four factors were isolated, together explaining 52 per cent of the variance
in fast food purchasing behaviour. They were brand value, nutritional value, ethical value and food
quality.
Sandeep Singh Chib (2012),in his paper analyzed the customer satisfaction level related to
KFC and McDonald. It aims at knowing which of the companies (KFC or McDonald) is doing
better in terms of service quality and also to know which of the companies (KFC or McDonald) is
having more overall customer satisfaction. The researchers have used self-administered
questionnaire which is having two sections. First section comprises of statements related to
customer satisfaction, derived from Customer Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8, C. Clifford
Attkisson 1979) and American Satisfaction Customer Index (ASCI, University of Michigan 1944).
The second section comprises of statements related to service quality, derived from SERVQUAL
statements to collect primary data. The investigator has used ANOVA (Univariate), Descriptive
Statistics, correlation and regression, KMO and Bartlett Test and Factor Analysis in order to
achieve the research objective. The study reveals that KFC was having better service quality and
overall customer satisfaction as compared to McDonald. This paper offers suggestions for adoption
of customer satisfaction techniques pertaining to Fast food Industry. Finally, the scope for further
research also spelt out concisely.
Vanishree, M, and Shanthi, L (2013), in their paper discussed about customer awareness and
satisfaction towards KFC in Coimbatore. The demand for ready-to-eat packaged food is also
expected to record strong growth in the country. After the liberalization policy that came in force in
1991, fast food industry has grown in India as multinational fast food providers have set up their
business either jointly with Indian partners or independently. In 1995, Kentucky Fried Chicken
(KFC) also entered the Indian market and opened its outlet in Delhi. With changing life style and
aggressive marketing by fast food outlets, fast food is also becoming popular in small towns;
therefore, success of existing fast food outlets and entry of more is inevitable. Hence, the researcher
has chosen this area for the study. Tools like descriptive analysis, chi square analysis and average
rank analysis are tested to identify the awareness and satisfaction level of KFC customers.
Kinnarry Thakkar and Mrunmayee R.Thatte (2014), in their study attempted to study the
consumer’ perception about two important food franchise, McDonalds and KFC. The study is an
explorative study based on primary data collected from 150 respondents in Thane city through a
structured questionnaire. Various factors like variety of food items, quality, taste, ingredients etc.
are analyzed to study consumer perception about food franchise. The study revealed that price of
the food items affect the frequency of visits to food outlets.
IV. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

Primary Objective:
To compare customer satisfaction level towards KFC and McDonalds, Chennai.
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Secondary Objectives:
To identify the relationship between demographic variables and factors of customer
satisfaction towards KFC and McDonalds.
To compare the satisfaction level of KFC and McDonalds customers.
To access the user satisfaction towards service, Hygienic, Advertisement, delivery of the
products.
VRESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Descriptive research is followed in this research. The universe of the population includes the
respondents who are the customers of KFC and McDonalds, located at Mogappair, Chennai. The
samples (i.e. sample size 50) were selected among the customers of KFC and McDonalds, located
at Chennai for this research. The samples were chosen from the population, by using Convenience
sampling technique (i.e. Non-probability sampling technique), because the exact population size is
unknown and the accessibility of the customer is difficult. Survey method of data collection was
used in this research. The primary data were collected using structured questionnaire.
VIDATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

1. FREQUENCY ANALYSIS:
Descriptive statistics is used to describe the nature of the population. In this part of analysis,
descriptive statistics tools such as frequency table, cross tabulation, mean and standard deviation
were used to analyze the data.
Table 1 Frequency table –Classification of the respondents based on demographic variables

S.No Particulars Frequency Percent
Gender Group
1 Male 28 56.0
2 Female 22 44.0
Qualification Group
1 S.S.L.C/H.S.E 10 20.0
2 U.G 20 40.0
3 P.G 15 30.0
4 Others 5 10.0
Occupation Group
1 Student 10 20.0
2 Employee 23 46.0
3 Self Employed/ Business 14 28.0
4 Others 3 6.0
(Source: Primary Data)
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From the above table 1, it is inferred majority(56%) of respondents are male and the
remaining (44%) are female. 30% of the respondents are PG Qualified. 46% of respondents are
employed.
Table 2. Frequency table- Personal details
S.No Particulars Frequency Percent
Type of Food consumption
1 Vegetarian 2 4.0
2 Non vegetarian 48 96.0
Accompanied person to the restaurant
1 Family 4 8.0
2 Friend 36 72.0
3 Alone 5 10.0
4 Others 5 10.0
Table 2 presents that, most (96%) of the respondents are non-vegetarian. Majority (72%) of respondents are
accompanying friends to visit KFC or McDonalds.
2. CROSS TABULATION
Table 3. Cross tabulation for Overall satisfaction towards KFC and McDonalds* Type of
food consumption
Type of food consumption
Type of food consumption Total
Vegetarian Non vegetarian
Highly dissatisfied 0 3 3
Overall
Dissatisfied 0 1 1
satisfaction
Neutral 0 12 12
KFC towards
Satisfied 0 4 4
KFC
Highly satisfied 0 5 5
Total 0 25 25
Overall Dissatisfied 0 2 2
satisfaction Neutral 0 13 13
McDonalds towards Satisfied 1 6 7
McDonalds Highly satisfied 1 4 3
Total 2 25 25
Dissatisfied 0 3 3
Overall
Neutral 0 25 25
Total satisfaction
Satisfied 1 10 11
Total 2 48 50
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Table 3 presents that, only 4% respondents are vegetarians, and that too they are the
customers of McDonalds, these two customers are satisfied with McDonalds. In Non-vegetarians
category, out of 96% of respondents, 48% are the customers of KFC and another 48% of are
McDonalds.Out of Non-vegetarians. 16% of respondents from KFC are satisfied and 22% of
respondents are satisfied in overall manner.
Table 4.Cross tabulation - Customer Satisfaction towards the KFC and McDonalds
Fast food Restaurant Total in
S.No Particulars
KFC in % McDonalds in % %
Once a week 8 4 12
Frequency of Once in 2 Weeks 22 26 48
1
Visit Once in a month 18 16 34
Once in 6 months 2 4 6
Family 2 8 8
Accompanying
2 Friend 38 34 72
person
Alone 10 10 20
Average Below Rs. 100 0 4 4

3 expenses in a Rs. 100 to Rs. 500 16 24 40
visit Above Rs. 500 34 22 56
Dissatisfied 18 12 30
4 Price of food Neutral 10 18 28
Satisfied 20 14 34
Dissatisfied 4 8 12
5 Quality of food Neutral 22 18 40
Satisfied 22 20 42
Dissatisfied 4 4 8
6 Taste of food Neutral 16 22 38
Satisfied 24 18 42
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Dissatisfied 0 2 2
Freshness of
7 Neutral 24 28 52
the food
Satisfied 12 14 26
Dissatisfied 4 0 4
Preparation
8 Neutral 24 30 54
Time of KFC
Satisfied 18 16 34
Dissatisfied 12 0 12
Variety of
9 Neutral 12 24 36
foods
Satisfied 24 26 50
Dissatisfied 6 0 6
Hospitality of
10 Neutral 18 16 34
the staff
Satisfied 18 28 46
Dissatisfied 8 0 8
Environment of
11 Neutral 12 10 22
KFC
Satisfied 22 32 54
Dissatisfied 2 0 2
Advertisement
12 Neutral 14 10 24
attractiveness
Satisfied 16 26 42
Attractive
Dissatisfied 2 0 2
13 advertisement
Neutral 14 10 24
of KFC
Satisfied 16 26 42
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Dissatisfied 0 0 0
Home delivery
14 Neutral 20 22 42
of food
Satisfied 20 18 38
KFC 18 8 26
Favourite
15 McDonalds 12 14 26
restaurant
Both 20 28 48
Overall
Dissatisfied 2 4 6
satisfaction
16 Neutral 26 24 50
towards
Satisfied 8 14 22
restaurant
inference:
From the above table 4, it is inferred that the 48% of respondents visit KFC or McDonalds
once in two weeks. Majority (72%) of respondents visit KFC or McDonalds with their friends. 40%
of customers spends between Rs.100 and Rs.500 in KFC or McDonalds restaurants. 22% of KFC
customers and 18% of McDonalds customers are not opined either positively or negatively with
respect to the quality of food. 18% of KFC customers and 12% of McDonalds customers are not
satisfied with price of the food. 24% of KFC customers and 18% of McDonalds customers are
satisfied with taste of the food.
3. INDEPENDENT SAMPLE T-TEST:

HYPOTHESIS 1
Null Hypothesis:
There is no significant difference between Vegetarian and Non-vegetarian respondents with respect
to the factors of customer satisfaction towards KFC and McDonalds.
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Table 5. Independent sample t test for significant difference between vegetarian and non-
vegetarian with respect to preference towards food items of KFC and McDonalds.
Overall satisfaction tvalue p value
Dissatisfied
Dissatisfied
Satisfied
Satisfied
Neutral
Highly
Highly
Type of food preferred
3.539 0.472
Vegetarian 0 0 0 1 1
Non vegetarian 3 3 25 10 7
Total 3 3 25 11 8
Inference:
Table 5 depicts that, p value is 0.472, which is greater than 0.05, so null hypothesis is
accepted and alternative hypothesis is rejected at 5% level of significance. Hence it is concluded
that there is no significant difference between vegetarian and non-vegetarian respondents with
respect to preference towards food items of KFC and McDonalds
.
ONE-WAY ANOVA TEST
HYPOTHESIS 2
Null Hypothesis: There is nosignificant difference between qualification of the respondents and the
customer perception towards price, quality and tasteof the food with regard to McDonalds and KFC
products.\
Table 6. One-way ANOVA for significant difference between qualification of the respondents
and the customer perception towards price, quality and taste of the food with regard to
McDonalds and KFC products
Particulars F value p value
Between Groups
Price Within Groups .944 0.427
Total
Between Groups
Quality Within Groups 1.233 0.308
Total
Between Groups
Taste Within Groups 2.102 0.113
Total
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Inference:
The table 6 shows that, the p value is greater than 0.05 for all the factors of customer
satisfaction, so the null hypothesis is accepted and alternative hypothesis is rejected at 5% level of
significance. Hence it is concluded that there is no significant difference between qualification of
the respondents and the customer perception towards price, quality and taste of the food with regard
to McDonalds and KFC products.
VII. DISCUSSIONS:
 The customers are mostly satisfied towards the price, quality and taste of KFC products.
According to Hygiene, Preparation time, Nature of product and hospitality McDonalds was
prepared much.
 There is no significant relation between vegetarian and non-vegetarian respondents to prefer the
product of KFC and McDonalds.
 There is no relation between qualification of the respondents and the price, quality and taste of
McDonalds and KFC products.
 48% of respondents visit KFC or McDonalds once in two weeks. Majority (72%) of
respondents visit KFC or McDonalds with their friends. 40% of customers spends between
Rs.100 and Rs.500 in KFC or McDonalds restaurants.
 22% of KFC customers and 18% of McDonalds customers are not opined either positively or
negatively with respect to the quality of food. 18% of KFC customers and 12% of McDonalds
customers are not satisfied with price of the food. 24% of KFC customers and 18% of
McDonalds customers are satisfied with taste of the food.
VIII. IMPLICATIONS:
 From the survey we come to know that the number of customers were fond of non-veg
products of both KFC and McDonalds. So, importance of products were given only to non-veg
customers.
 From the above point we come to know that only non-veg products are mostly sold so by
introducing new varieties in veg will attract the veg customer and it will increase the number of
customers
 Though KFC is an international product, the price of their products were nominal to the people
according to the region. But McDonalds have common for all region so if the price level is
modified McDonalds also can reach level of KFC
 If the method of delivering products of McDonalds should be revised to increase the number of
customer.
 The fast food giants may open exclusive vegetarian food restaurant to attract vegetarian
customers with more variety on vegetarian foods.
IX. CONCLUSION:
In India fast food market is strongly dominated by these 2 brands. But when it comes to comparing
these two brands the following study brings us to a conclusion that as far as market presence and
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brand value is concerned McDonalds has definitely provide a point for themselves. But KFC who
re-entered in 2003 has shown a rapid progress and no wonder if in the coming year KFC overtakes
McDonalds in the Indian market share. Both the food giants have given each other immense
competition in terms of customer satisfaction, service quality and promotional strategies.
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Communications, Pearson, 2012 Edition.
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O'Shaughnessy Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan Released: 2013 MacMillan
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VIDATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

Table 1 Frequency table –Classification of the respondents based on demographic variables

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