The Influence of Brand Image and Service Quality on Customer Loyalty through Customer Satisfaction as a Mediating Variable in Fast Food Restaurants (A Study of McDonald's Fast Food Restaurant Customers)
This study is motivated by the phenomenon of rapid growth in the fast food restaurant industry and the decline in sales experienced by McDonald's, which has continued to decline from 2023 to 2024. The decline affecting the McDonald's brand may be due to the impact of internal factors, namely Customer Satisfaction, and external factors, namely Brand Image and Service Quality. This study aims to analyze the impact of Brand Image and Service Quality on Customer Loyalty through Customer Satisfaction in Fast Food Restaurants (A Study on McDonald's fast food Consumers). This is a quantitative study with a sample of 220 respondents who are at least 17 years old and have purchased McDonald's products at least three times. Data was collected by distributing an online questionnaire and analyzed using SMART-PLS with Path Analysis (SEM). The findings of this study show that Brand Image has no significant effect on Customer Loyalty, Brand Image has a significant effect on Customer Satisfaction. Service Quality has no significant effect on Customer Loyalty, Service Quality has a significant effect on Customer Satisfaction. Customer Satisfaction has a significant effect on Customer Loyalty. Customer Satisfaction has a significant effect indirectly mediating between Brand Image on Customer Loyalty and Customer Satisfaction has a significant effect indirectly mediating between Service Quality on Customer Loyalty for McDonalds consumers.