Essays on Happy Hour

4. Environmental Analysis 4.1. Operating Factors Some of the common goals in any restaurant regardless of size is the desire to make money, control food and labor cost and to retain employees . A restaurant is one of the toughest businesses to run successfully because of the long hours involved, the high turnover and the relatively low pay when compared to the number of hours. Therefore it is clear that human resource is a critical operating factor. An understanding of the nature of the market is also essential; factors like market saturation and market trends are critical to operating a ...

The business plan is, by definition, a crafted, action-oriented blueprint for a business in order to perform – and, for that matter, predict – routine and non-routine functions including, for example, operational, marketing, financial and management functions. Two primary reasons stand out for developing a business plan in a bar context: product (e.g. beverages and snacks) offering planning and competition analysis. The product offering planning reason refers to how a bar offers (and plans to offer) beverage products of value differentiated from similar products offered by competitors. The competition analysis reason for developing a business plan is, primarily, about appraising a ...

Team building is one of the most important activities that any organization can institute. Organizations or teams that involve the need to carry out team building exercises for the sake of bonding and help individuals jell together. The aim of team building is to ensure better working conditions or associations among individuals found in a given place. Without team building, organizations cannot ensure cohesion among its workers. It is important to note that team building does not apply only to organizations where workers are involved, but can cut across the board even in schools. The most important thing, however, is ...

We flew into the impressively-named Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport, which actually turned out to be larger than we’d expected, considering that Santa Clara has a population of around 120,000, although I suppose as this is more or less in the center of Silicon Valley it is a much-used destination. The airport actually has two terminals and is served by several major airlines. We’d chosen our starting point at Santana Row to be these pretty gardens on Olin Avenue, because this was just about the center of the complex of the 70 or so stores ...