Restaurant Case Studies Samples For Students

Lamson v. Crater Lake Motors 216 Or.App. 355, 173 P.3d 1242 (2007)

Summary. A car dealer’s a sales manager disapproved of the tactics used by a third-party firm in conducting sales promotion for the company. The company terminated him when he refused to cooperate. He sued for wrongful discharge, but the Oregon SC ruled against him.

Personal and Legal Analysis. Despite allegations of deceptive trade practices, the Court found for the employer because it did not compel the employee to commit any unlawful activity.

Answers to End-of-Case Questions. (1) Lamson could sue for wrongful discharge on the grounds of whistle-blowing. The person involved in the illegal practice knows more about it than ...

Wendy’s Hamburgers

- Dave Thomas may be considered as an entrepreneur since he’s not only conducting business, but tried to transform new business idea into reality, creating new ways of earning cash. Despite skepticism of the bankers and financial people he created a new type of a product, having employed all his experience. The main feature making him an entrepreneur is that he tried to implement new idea which wasn’t considered to be successful and run all the risk by himself.
- The main success with the first Wendy’s restaurant may be attributed to its idea. The restaurant was ...

- Identification of the entities.
- Restaurants – general info about the restaurant
- Restaurants hours – working hours of the restaurant, in case restaurant will differentiate working hours some day.
- Worker
- Customer
- Menu item – what the restaurant serves;
- Menu item variation – to store data about different pizzas.
- Category – what category menu item belongs to
- Size – size of the menu item
- Type – type of menu item
- Topping – pizzas toppings
- Order – order of the customer.
- Definition of tables.
- ...

Executive Summary

Although Sunset Grill at Blue is experiencing a remarkable growth rate, managing demand during the peak periods such as weekends is still a major challenge. Customers have to wait for long to the extent that some resort to alternative restaurants. The management, therefore, is considering various ways of increasing service efficiency to reduce the queues and maintain its large customer base. After analyzing various options available, this study recommends that Sunset Grill at Blue should adopt a policy of hiring part-time workers and alternative services to help in enhancing service delivery and reducing the queuing time on weekends.

Background
Since its ...

What is the advantage of Darden each supply chain?

The Four supply chains discussed in Darden’s case are:
- Central distribution for small ware
- Fresh food
- Dry food
- World sea food
Darden uses four supply chains to reduce cost, gain competitive advantage and increase responsiveness to the customer requirements. The small ware supply chain is a distributor direct from the headquarters of the company to ensure that the best quality utensils are shipped to every restaurant. The restaurant has 11 different distribution centers throughout the country to provide quick delivery to each restaurant and manage quick response rate of customers. ...

Four Worlds Restaurant Case Study

Marketing strategy is an integral tool used by companies and organizations across the world to recognize and satisfy the requirements of all the customers of the product. The broad target market is broken down into smaller homogeneous groups that the company can effectively market its products. Four world market strategy is more inclined to the global cultural, historical inclinations of its customers. With the inclusion of the dishes of the major cities and the historical events in their menus ("Paris 1968", "Hong Kong 2036", "Cairo 30BC", and "Madras 1538"), they attract a wide customer base. The differentiated foods bring out ...

Implementing Solutions to Deal With Negative Comments from Customers in the Commercial Food Service Industry

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Implementing Solutions to Deal With Negative Comments from Customers in the Commercial Food Service Industry

a) What is the root cause(s) of the problems/issues occurring and what other factors contribute to them?
The possible root causes of the problems or issues occurring which initiating the negative responses from the customers of Harrington’s are the following: lack of communication amongst staff members; inadequate of inspection of surroundings and improper sanitation; and improper training which lead to lack of attention to detail and prohibiting the staff from anticipating the customers’ needs.
The possible ...

Ans 1)

The Acorn house restaurant is considered as a pioneer among all who introduced the concept of eco-friendly restaurant culture in the London City. Therefore, a sustainable approach is the primary selling point of the Acorn house restaurant as a whole. According to the case study, they came up with a mission to alter the ways people eat out and a great example for the existing and future restaurants to promote and transform the sustainable culture into the restaurant industry, as well as future hospitality experts. The restaurant started its operations by the year 2006 and in the city of London. All the restaurant products, ...

- Introduction
The success of Levendary Cafe as it live today as one the most recognizable brand in the restaurant segment is with regards to the primary aspect of the organizations willingness to take risks and evolve the core concept of the restaurant in tune with the trends in a globalized economy.
Risk taking can be traced to the founder Howard Leventhal management decisions which resulted in the astounding success of the quick casual restaurant in an ever intense restaurant segment.
The main services provided which distinguished Levendary Café from other competitive brands are their menu that ...

Introduction

Top management professionals claim that the continued challenge among business executives in the present global environment is introduced by the art of human and humane-management and not technology. Organizations with the capability of attracting, developing and maintaining a diverse group have a better position in the future economic and strategic advantage. In order to maintain a competitive environment in business, a manager should balance firm’s available resources that are necessary in achieving profitability. Jay Morgan, who is the overall manager at Castle’s Family Restaurant, experiences a difficult task managing all the eight restaurants because they are located at different towns. In addition, ...

Introduction

Regardless of the type of organization, a veritable menagerie of processes must be completed in graceful precision to ensure the firm is able to maximize the efficiency of its value chain, and thusly, ensure maximization of its revenue generation activities. Importantly, there are a number of strategies that a firm can undertake to accomplish this efficiency in operations and revenue generations, yet the most basic and fundamental element of an organization to target for such achievements is through the firm’s process infrastructure. In particular, a firm generally facilitates operation through the development and implementation of specific processes, each with the goal of ...

Executive Summary

This report provides a discussion of the expansion options that are available to Porcini, Inc. as it embarks on the launch of a new restaurant chain called Pronto, which is aimed to provide travelers with quickly prepared meals that are of a higher quality than fast food. With the company lacking in financial resources, they can grow the restaurants either through a franchising or syndication approach. Each approach has its advantages and disadvantages, all of which are discussed in this report. A recommendation is also made as to which option would be more effective for Porcini’s expansion initiatives.

Background

Porcini’s, Inc. was a ...

Business Assessment- Case Study

INTRODUCTION
This case deals with the human resource aspect of Castle’s family restaurant. The family has eight restaurants in the northern California Region. These eight restaurants have around 300-340 employees. Most of the employees who work in these eight restaurants are hired on a part-time basis. Only 4 employees work on full time basis. Jay Morgan, who is the HR manager for Castle’s family restaurants, travels to each of these locations every week in order to handle functions such as scheduling, recruiting, hiring and answering queries for employees when needed. Apart from the HR functions, Jay Morgan ...

Operation management decision

The Hard Rock restaurant offers various services and foods that are American burgers and wings of chickens. Others include lobster tails and stuffed veal chops. The services that are provided are live music that management has put emphasis. This has been accompanied with accommodation redesigning that has contributed to taste change. Hand Rock has shown it is mighty through exhibition of rock like Eric Clapton a guitarist making the restaurant a roll memorabilia. This constitutes services and production designs that are applied in the cafe by the management in enhancing competitiveness in the sector.
Quality in the cafe has been ...

The concentration of a large population in cities and towns results from the organization of tertiary and secondary activities. When clustered together, these activities have more profitability compared to dispersion (Kuby). The new restaurants aim at providing pizzas, which replenish frequently. Since the pizza faces frequent purchasing from the communities, a restaurant can survive since people frequently buy at the locations instead of having to go to further places.
Large settlements require large threshold to support all the functions, but since the pizza business involves retailing low order goods, I would suggest a low threshold due to the regularity and frequency. ...

Authentic Mexican restaurantAnswer 1

Quality at this Mexican restaurant should be defined in terms of how fast customers sit, courtesy of waiters, time it takes to be served and food delicacy. These aspects make up the overall dining experience at this restaurant.

Answer 2

This Mexican Restaurant incurs several costs due to poor quality. The first cost is patrons’ delay in occupying seats. The other cost is waiting excessively for beverage and main meal service for patrons. In addition, there is a cost in terms of the excess time it takes for the cook to prepare a meal, owing to low quality ingredients.

Answer 3

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Business Benefits of Banning Smoking in Restaurants

Introduction
The ban on smoking is a designation that prohibits smoking tobacco and similar products under certain conditions. Different countries have different restrictions and penalties. Smoking ban may be declared owner of the premises or to the laws of the country.
The main objectives of the smoking ban are fire safety and protection of health smoking. For the rest, include preserving the purity of the premises and a great performance smoking employees.
Individual American cities and states have banned smoking in public places, such as bars, restaurants, offices. The ...

Potential Threats facing Panera Bread

- Competition From Well Established Players in the Restaurant Industry
According to statistics related to consumer spending on food, U.S. consumers spend almost $1 billion eating at restaurants. However, the most astonishing fact is that more than 70 percent of the total consumption is recorded in three of the biggest players in the industry. The three big players include McDonald’s, Subway, and Starbucks Coffee. Therefore, the three give Panera Bread the greatest competition and this arises from the fact that they have been in existence for a very long period of time. The three have managed to attract ...

Shack ford and Goach Inc. et al v. the Town of Kennebunk et al
Facts of the Case: The plaintiff appeals the York County superior Court’s decision to order Kennebunk Zoning Board a permit to B & B Costal Enterprises to construct a deck on its roof of B and B Restaurant.
Procedural History: The case was first presented to Kennebunk zoning Board of Appeals on 10/06/82 to ascertain if the deck had met the requirements of the ordinance the case was later taken to the superior court in 1983. It ordered the Board to issue a permit to the ...

Irie Caribbean restaurant is located in the heart of Toronto’s Italy district. The restaurant was established by Leroy Morrison and Elgon Walker. The restaurant focuses on providing its clients with an authentic Caribbean experience ranging from the restaurant's décor to the menu. The restaurant is fully licensed and has a catering service which accounts for 9 percent of its total revenue(Jackson, 2014). Irie Restaurant has been experiencing a fall in its sales figures in the second year of operations making the goal of franchising the brand a distant dream for the two co-owners.
Decreasing sales figures ...

In this paper, the role of Joseph Dunn’s leadership at Ski Emporium and The Deli will be discussed. A good leader is the one who holds a prevailing and a dominating position. A good leader is capable of creating a stimulating visualization of the future and is able to encourage and motivate people to connect with that vision.
Since Joseph Dunn has created a company known as Dunn's Ski Emporium. The company is famous for their highly developed ski equipment and maintenance services. Dunn’s company provides reasonable prices to skiers. The speedy service offered by Dunn's sporting ...

Abstract

This article presents a discussion on the importance of management information systems in Bistro Cuisine, a restaurant operating in the city of Nairobi, Kenya. It will explain the role of information systems in the managerial function of planning, staffing, directing, and monitoring functions of management. It will describe management information system as a system of processes that provide information necessary to manage an organization effectively.

Modern technology has further made the result to management information systems in management imperative because of the changing environmental and circumstances. Finally, the article will make recommendations to public and private institutions on the importance of running ...

Question 1

Effective supply chain plays a critical role in a nosiness. It is worth noting that the Darden’s restaurant have focused on enhancing supply chain on achieving competitive advantage. Darden’s is a restaurant that has unique supply chains. The supply chain is streamlined towards the menu options provided by the restaurant. The restaurant has four supply chains. Each of the Darden’s supply chain has specific advantages. The first supply chain is the Darden Direct Distribution. The advantage is that it reduced the shipping prices of various small items. This is because a single warehouse has items that ...

Executive Summary

California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) is a chain of dining restaurants which offers a wide variety of foods. However, much of its focus is on its premium pizza sector. The company has a total of 248 restaurants. Under this chain several restaurants like California Pizza Kitchen, LA Food Show, and California Pizza Kitchen ASAP are found. Its operations are widely distributed in thirty states and also in 8 countries outside the US [California Pizza Kitchen (n.d.)]. This report is an in-depth analysis of the company’s operations, using the framework specified by the RBV model.

The model depends on the basic identification of a ...

Introduction

Creating overall viable plan for the development of the company requires thorough consideration of the peculiarities of business, strategy-friendly organizational structure and the ways to enhance employees’ engagement level, as well as proper management tools. For the purposes of this assignment I will research into above-mentioned issues with respect to elaborating on the overall business strategy for the enterprise under study. To make the discussion more practical I will view the organization as a problem-solving mechanism (Coperrider&Srivastva 149), and identify issues and the way to solve them for each of the questions of the case study

Organization structure

The business under study ...

The business, Farm Burger is a joint that serves burgers since April 2010. Jason Mann and George Frangos were the primary entrepreneurs of the business. The main objective of the business is to come up with a burger experience that is superlative and connects the producers and the consumers directly. This objective is however met by the main challenge, which is to have control on prices of beef products. The stakeholders of Farm Burger are the consumers and the producers which it helps to link together (Mok, Sparks, & Kadampully, 2013). The producers include the butchers, ranchers, and local farmers. ...

Overview of the Health Problem

Food consumers require nutritional information of every item appearing on the menu board. Such information is essential in creating awareness of what the consumers take from certain food thus able to make better choices in restaurants. Senate Bill (SB) 120 addresses the problem affecting approximately thirty eight million people residing in California State (Henderson, et al 2010). As the most populous state with modern living standards, it is the duty of the lawmakers in this state to ensure they protect the health interests of residents. To ensure that restaurants adhere to the provisions of public health policy in California, ...

Question 1a

Three of the website’s strengths are its content, the integration of social media on the website, and the online ordering capability. In particular, the site is rich in content that any web user, whether a potential customer or business partner, would easily find the information they need. Information is also available in various formats such as text, image, and video format. The text information provides web users with just about everything they need to know. The images also provide the users with information as the images allow users to get an idea of the kinds of food they can ...

MEMORANDUM

Re: Proposed changes in the marketing strategies.
Recommendation:
Avail the opportunities optimistically and with sustainability.
Increase market share of Bakery Segment.
For Dinner segment, come up with innovative ideas for the food items, ambiance of restaurants, and services in the restaurants.
Come up with new and unique food menus frequently.
Opportunities Available
Panera Bread (PB) designs its strategy in such way that its brand becomes the best for selling fresh bread. Panera Bread is also popular as a casual restaurant with fast food. It provides high-quality food in a distinctive dining environment. The company managed to design extensive differentiation ...

Executive summary of the case

The case study starts with a brief history of Mc Donald’s; how it came into being. McDonald’s “competency center” in each country uses their acquired to knowledge to innovate and develop strategies for growth of the company. The case focuses on the company’s Switzerland strategy. In 2001, McDonald’s diversified into hotel industry in Switzerland by setting up two hotels in Zurich and Lully. The hotels were operated under the brand name of "Golden Arch Hotel”. They were positioned as 4 stared hotels that were highly modern and technologically advanced in terms of interiors of the hotel ( ...

Part I: Questions

Question 1: The four core tools for service excellence delivery include taking care of the employee needs simultaneously. This could include provision of good and right training for employees, providing employees with a good compensation that is proportionate with the work done, retention of employees through provision of job security and lastly hiring the right employees to do the right job based on their skills. All these components must be implemented simultaneously. These could be illustrated as below:

Question 2: A service philosophy is the

According to Hoffman and Bateson (2001), a service philosophy is the definition of the services that the customer is purchasing from a restaurant or a ...

American Flatbread Company was founded in 1989 by George Schenk and his partner, Chris Mintz. The company operated as a company until 1997 when Mintz moved to Colorado. George Schenk came up with the flatbread concept in 1985 while working at Tucker Hill Restaurant, the place where passion for cooking with wood was rekindled, and he built an outdoor oven. He turned Tuesdays night to Flatbread Nights (Schenk americanflatbread.com), this concept was later expanded to include retail and wholesale which forms the basis for the present model of franchise restaurant. By the year 2004, George Schenk controlled a 4.5 million dollar ...

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Market Opportunity Analysis

Market profile
Arkadia’s tourist industry is anchored in its historical attractions with a thriving tourist traffic of 5 million a year or 6% of its population per month. Its hospitality sector also serves its formidable business sector by hosting various conferences throughout the year.
Assuming that each tourist would be spending US$1,000 per trip, that would amount to US$5 billion annual revenue. There are 20 large companies who at the least will hold 2 conferences per year with an average spend of US$10,000 per event. That would amount to US$ ...

Lowell Bray, The Plaintiff, filed an appeal in the Douglas County District Court asking for damages for injuries protracted when he skidded on ice on defendant's grounds. In its adjusted answer, the defendant, Kate Inc on behalf of Stockade Restaurant & Lounge, denied the petition's allegations and alleged that plaintiff was contributory negligent in failing to keep a proper lookout and in walking in such a manner that he lost his balance. It additionally claimed that plaintiff willingly presumed the risk of whatever hazardous condition existed.

Evidence presented by the plaintiff at trial illustrated that the Millard area in Douglas County, ...

Benihana: Products and Services

Benihana is a Japanese restaurant chain operating in Japan. A few years ago, the management has decided to expand their products and services in the United States. The opening, although challenging, later on turned out to be a huge success, thanks to the features and qualities that made Benihana restaurants stand out among other restaurants and fast-food chains in a rather volatile and highly competitive food and food services market. Benihana has been known for its Japanese-style steaks, which after a few years of operation in the west, turned out to be very much liked by Americans and Europeans, despite their different taste ...

Executive Summary

Organizations operate in an environment that is highly uncertain and that is largely beyond their control. Environmental analysis not only feeds the marketing process but is the backbone of any planning process of an organization (Comeford and Callaghan , nd). For any organization to have successful business strategies it is imperative for the external environment to be analyzed. This paper will therefore explore the environmental factors that affect the business operations of the California Pizza Chicken-USA, hereinafter referred to as the CPK. To conduct the external environmental analysis the paper will explore the macro- environment (PEST analysis) and the micro-environment ( ...

Strengths:

■ The cash flow of the family is positive; the total income is 122,782 USD per year, and the total outcome is 116,024. The net cash flow per year is 6,758 USD.
■ Both Chris and Grace are economically productive. Both are professionals and invest in the education of their sons. That will guarantee a good economic performance in the present and future.
■ The family is the owner of business. Although they are employees, the business gives to the family an increasing positive cash flow.

Weakness:

■ They don't have almost any asset that generates positive cash flow except ...

REAL ESTAST CONTRACTSeller: Robert Riddell3310 Gilbert DriveLiberty, Texas 75007Buyer: Billy Wayne Johnson2244 Shady TrailLiberty, Texas 75007Property: 635 Wishbone StreetTallulah, Texas 75007Earnest Money: $10,000 Cash delivered to the Title Company upon full execution.Title Company/Escrow Agent: Eastland Title Company535 State AveLiberty, Texas 75007FOR TEN DOLLARS AND OTHER GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, THE RECEIPT AND SUFFICIENCY OF WHICH ARE HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGED, THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE AS FOLLOWS:1. Seller agrees to sell to Buyer and Buyer agrees to buy from Seller the Property for a purchase price of $124,000 ($175,000) to be payable at closing which shall occur on the first ...

Question 1

American express issues its cards directly to their customers and also deals directly with the businesses that accept its cards. This is as opposed to Visa and MasterCard that issue their cards through banks and also uses the services of banks such as Chase Bank and Bank of America to deal with the merchants. This strategy has given American Express a unique opportunity to be able to deal with customers’ complaints as they have access to the transactions and also to the merchants that offer their cardholders services, something that Visa and MasterCard cannot do since they have no direct ...

MacDonald’s earnings for the quarter of 2012 were beyond the expectation of many but the company was well aware that it will continue to face challenges in the coming years. In the year 2012, the world’s largest restaurant chain reported the greatest in nine years as a result of the turbulent global economy. This slide in performance was a big surprise to money investors who had keenly noted the firm’s robust performance for nine years from the year 2003 with the net effect being an increase in profitability as well as the stock price for the ...

1. How would you summarize the case and its key findings?

The mini case describes the current situation in Burger King and the recent challenges that the company had to face over the past years. It starts by outlining the milestones of Burger King’s history and describing their business model as well as emphasises the unique selling propositions of the company, such as product customization, innovative menu and restaurant design. The case further describes the quick service restaurant industry that Burger King operates in, discusses major trends in consumer preferences and in related legislation as well as shows Burger King’s position vis-a-vis its competitors. In particular, the comparison ...

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The Oakes hotel is a popular hotel of Canada that has recently revamped its structure and paraphernalia with outstanding refurbishment. The Oakes hotel offers a combination of best comforts and traditions to meet the towering standards of other Grand hotels and competitors. The hotel management proudly presents newly refurbished top class Falls-view suites and rooms, equipped with modern lodging and catering facilities, as an added feature. The elegant, modern steel and glass building highlighted with a newly made 21-storey tower and two top class elevators. The high-speed glass enclosed design elevators provide a modern enchanting look to the customers. The lobby area ...

Management

McDonalds in Asia
- Introduction
McDonald’s is easily among the most recognized brands in the world with branches stretched across seven continents and still expanding. However for a business such as McDonald’s, overseeing thousands of branches and the task of ensuring the efficiency of all the stores in closely adhering to quality standards is astronomical. The fast food giant has branches licensed to franchisees in China, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Japan, Thailand, and among others. The case study encompasses the crucial elements that that are directly attributed to the McDonald’s operations in Asia and ...

Seller: Robert Riddell

3310 Gilbert Drive

Liberty, Texas 75007

Buyer: Billy Wayne Johnson
2244 Shady Trail
Liberty, Texas 75007

Property: A. LAND: Lots 2 & 3, Block B, First Liberty Subdivision

635 Wishbone Street

Tallulah, Texas 75007

*Recorded in vol. 18, page 28 of the Real Property Records, Cinco County, Texas

B. IMPROVEMENT: A small building attached to the above-described property

Earnest Money: $10,000 Cash to be delivered by the Buyer to the Title Company upon full execution and within two days after the effectivity of this contract. Failure of the Buyer to do so will render him in default.
535 State Ave
FOR TEN DOLLARS AND OTHER GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, THE RECEIPT AND SUFFICIENCY OF WHICH ARE HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGED, THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE ...

The greatest challenge for many business investments is how to maximize profit through improvement of management operations. This assignment will focus on the restaurant operations management through software simulation with the main purpose of maximizing sales per hour hence high profit. The simulation is conducted during both peak and non-peak times in order to get the best analysis of the differences in variations. The analysis is also based on customer service on batch and non-batch modes of processes.
Let us look at the batch mode during peak hours. In this case, customers are programmed to enter in to ...

Five Guys’ Philosophy

The Five Guys’ philosophy centers on a value for money concept, which is “focused on a limited menu with quality, award-winning foods” (DataMonitor, 2010, p. 1). More specifically, Five guys’ burgers are a bit more expensive than their competitors, such as McDonald’s, Wendy’s, and Burger King, but the price discrepancy is compensated for by better quality, that is, Five Guys uses better quality beef, and they also cook their food in peanut oil (Weise, 2011), which would be healthier than regular oil. They also don’t have a freezer, which means that everything is made-to-order and even their fries are hand-cut ( ...

Logistics Planning and System Design

Is Subway's effort aimed at "greening" the supply chain compatible with "bottom line" objectives? (Explain)
First, greening is defined as the path that companies take in order to arrive at a certain level of benefits. Subway took the same path to green in its supply chain strategies. Their scope of green strategy includes an idea that going green encompasses going beyond reducing carbon footprints in order to contribute to zero environmental degradation. In order achieve that goal. Subway has to rethink their purchasing and logistical strategies since the company delivers and outsource all the components for the products they ...

Mental health

Introduction
One of the main branches of psychology is mental assessment. This part of psychology calls for numerous observations and ability to relate a certain behavior or response to a set of responses to comprehensively understand the mental status of a person (http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/excerpts/hicks_50.pdf).

It usually involves careful observation of any possible or visible cue that might give a clue to the mental status a person, a lot of careful questioning and taking of notes as well as mental history of the person under observation. It also calls for human behavior understanding and causes of the various types of mental ailments (http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/excerpts/hicks_50.pdf).

Assessment procedure

This involves analysis ...

Assume you are preparing the customer satisfaction questionnaire. What types of questions would you include? Prepare five questions that you would ask.

What is the state of the restaurant and its surrounding environments as concerns cleanliness and hygiene?

Are the portions of food served right as per the customers’ feedback?
How well are the staffs working there gloomed?
Are the general services of the restaurant well rated by the customers?
Do customers have to queue or wait for a long time to be served?
What types of questions would you ask the waiters?
What category of people normally eats from the restaurant?
What are the terms used to describe the ...

Castore v Tutto Bene Rest. Inc. (2010 NY Slip Op 07695 [77 AD3d 599]).

Plaintiff: Emmy Castore, Appellant
Defendant: Tutto Bene Restaurant Inc., dba Chelsea Restaurant, Respondent.

Procedural History:

Castore brought suit in the Civil Branch of the Supreme Court, New York County. The plaintiff sought damages for injuries she sustained as the result of a slip and fall that occurred on Defendant’s premises. The defendant moved for summary judgment to dismiss the complaint. The motion was granted unanimously by the Supreme Court. The case was then brought before the Appellate Court, First Division.

Facts:

The plaintiff contended that the defendant ...

The most important element of Kroc’s strategy was a concept of uniformity. Thanks to his experience in sales, Kroc recognized the significance of uniform standards. His strategy guaranteed that customers of McDonald’s all over the country could anticipate receiving the meal of same size and quality in different restaurants and these expectations would be met by McDonald’s franchisees, no matter where they were located. In order to achieve this ideal of uniformity, Kroc developed standards of operation, trained franchisees and monitored all McDonald’s outlets to ensure that they met these standards. In addition, Kroc’s ...

Insurable interest

Jeff had an insurable interest in the building at the time of the loss. Jeff owns the building and stores its inventory as well as operating a restaurant in the building. When fire destroyed the building, Jeff suffers a financial loss including the loss of revenue from the restaurant business. Therefore, he has an insurable interest in the building.
Richard does not have an insurable interest in the building at the time of the loss. A person can only have an insurable interest in a property if the loss or damage to the property results in a financial loss ...

Porter’s Five Model application for Chipotle

The model is used by different companies to make their products as diverse as possible for the market. To ensure that the goods and services sold are one of a kind. Threats of substitutions is a challenge as the food market has changed over the years with many cuisines being created by other franchises. The availability of options such as Asian food makes options more diverse. The company, therefore, needs to keep being creative to ensure they maintain their clients.
The new entrants make the company interested in making sure they keep up with research for the sake of ...

Market structures Franchise firms are granted the rights to operate their businesses in particular locations. They include companies dealing with fast foods, automobiles, financial services, cleaning and other products. The MacDonald’s is one of the largest franchise firms operating in the restaurant industry. The company deals in fast foods, with over 35000 branches worldwide. The firm, just like any other businesses is faced with stiff competition, but it has remained in the company due to the business strategies it employs to beat the competition. It advertises its products on the billboards, television, radio, newspapers, and it is involved ...

Abstract

This case study will examine the challenges that the Porcini Inc Company is undergoing and conduct a study on the possible changes meant for implementation to meet the competition that is being brought forth by the rival fast food restaurants. This paper will also identify the changes that should be initiated to improve on the company’s growth through an increase in the number of sales which will be achieved through identifying the gaps that need to be filled in order to achieve the desired success. Recommendations will also be highlighted in relation to the changes that need to be ...

Answer 1

Corporate social responsibility is a management strategy where companies integrate social and environmental concerns into their business operations. The company tries to integrate itself into the society. It tries to bring people together and even to improve their living standards at all levels. By launching the plate4plate initiative in 2011, the company donated a plate of food to the developing world for every plate sold at Zambrero. It, therefore, shows that the company is trying to integrate itself to society of the developing world. The company, through this initiative saw a donation of 1 million plates to the developing countries. It acted ...

Identify the problem

Megan Slake is the mother of eight year old Nancy Slake. Nancy was raped in the past. Megan feels sure that her neighbor was the culprit but not enough proof was collected to achieve a conviction. At a restaurant with her husband one evening Megan sees her former neighbor. The next day Megan learns that the former neighbor was accused of murdering his wife at the same time Megan knows he was at the restaurant. Therefore he could not have committed the murder. (a) Megan could keep quiet about his location at the time of the murder. Or (b) she could speak up ...

- At P.F. Chang’s, leadership is synonym with delivering excellent customer service and Rick Federico, the Chairman of the company is promoting a leadership by example model, wherein the employees must follow the leads of the more experienced workers for knowing how to make the customers of the restaurant feel great about their choice and come visit the place again. This leadership trait, that Federico possesses, is visible in the employees’ behavior, as they are becoming excellent servers watching their more experienced colleagues at work, or being encouraged and properly trained by their direct coordinators.
Positive energy is ...

Summer 2013

Module One
Product or consumer involvement refers to the level of information processing or degree of importance that a consumer attaches to a product. The level of involvement significantly affects the consumer behavior (Krishna, 2007). Consumers tend to get highly involved in the purchase process when purchasing more expensive products, but they may not show the same level of involvement for cheaper products. For example, a 2013 GMC Yukon XL is an expensive product, which results into higher consumer involvement. However, some products such as toothpaste are products that consumers buy regularly with minimal thought or effort because they do not ...

Analysis of some Stories in “The Best of Lady Churchill Rosebud’s Wristlet”

- What familiar restaurant forms the basis for the setting of this story? What details make this clear to you?
Egghead’s restaurant forms the basis for the setting of this story. This is so because the restaurant bears the décor of the Wizard of Oz which features prominently in the story ‘Heartland” by Karen Joy Fowler.
- What popular film is referenced by the final images of the story? How do these allusions function to establish the story as something other than realism?
The popular film referenced Wizard of Oz. The allusions in the ...