...Eat at My Restaurant - Cash Flow Cash is vitally important in the business world. Without it, no firm will survive fowor long. Consequently, understanding a company’s cash inflows and cash outflows is critical for investors. The statement of cash flows provides a revealing examination of these flows, i.e. how a company makes and spends their cash. Furthermore, the cash flow ratios that can be computed from the statement of cash flow can be very telling. The case study entitled, “Eat at M Restaurant - Cash Flow” analyzes several cash flow ratios of three restaurant companies. The statement of cash flows classifies cash receipts and cash payments into operating, investing, and financing activities. However, with consideration to the long-term profitability of a company, the net cash provided by operating activities may be the most significant. Essentially, it is the amount of cash generated by the company from its main operations. These funds not only fund the business, but also keep the company alive when times are tough in the investing and financing world. Therefore, from an investor’s standpoint, it is imperative that cash flow from operations represents a substantial portion of a company’s profits or net income. The first restaurant company examined, Yum Brands, Inc., experienced a sharp decline in their operating cash flow/current maturities of long-term debt and current notes payable. This ratio indicates a firm’s ability to meet the current maturities...
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...Consequently, understanding a company’s cash inflows and cash outflows is critical for investors. The statement of cash flows provides a revealing examination of these flows, i.e. how a company makes and spends their cash. Furthermore, the cash flow ratios that can be computed from the statement of cash flow can be very telling. The case study entitled, “Eat at M Restaurant - Cash Flow” analyzes several cash flow ratios of three restaurant companies. The statement of cash flows classifies cash receipts and cash payments into operating, investing, and financing activities. However, with consideration to the long-term profitability of a company, the net cash provided by operating activities may be the most significant. Essentially, it is the amount of cash generated by the company from its main operations. These funds not only fund the business, but also keep the company alive when times are tough in the investing and financing world. Therefore, from an investor’s standpoint, it is imperative that cash flow from operations represents a substantial portion of a company’s profits or net income. The first restaurant company examined, Yum Brands, Inc., experienced a sharp decline in their operating cash flow/current maturities of long-term debt and current notes payable. This ratio indicates a firm’s ability to meet the current maturities of debt. The higher the ratio, the better the firm’s ability is to meet current maturities of debt (Gibson, 2013). However, Yum Brands...
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...Everyone would have a place which has their special memory. This place could be a coffee shop, a restaurant, a museum, a shopping mall, a house, a park or somewhere else. As for me, this place is my family’s restaurant. The restaurant is not big, but makes people whoever goes there feel sweet and warm. It has my hometown’s traditional kind of Chinese food. It’s not a normal restaurant having the uncomfortable chairs and normal looking decorations. It is like a castle full of happiness which made people who went there feel like they were in the heaven. Yeah! I believe that it has the most delicious food on the world. My only interest which builds up by this restaurant is eating. Whenever I go into there, my bad mood would completely go away. I could eat whatever I want to eat there without paying anything. First, you could not believe that it is a restaurant. It seems like people’s living room on the first floor. When you go to the second floor, you would feel like it is your own dining room. The third floor is kind of like people’s bedroom but with no bed in it. The wallpapers made you warm, happy and also could make you calm down. It really makes people feel like home. Whenever I feel tired I would go to the corner of the first floor, lie on the sofa, turn on the TV, and have some hot and sour soup. Great! Second, when you go there, you could smell every kind of Chinese food you could come up with. You would think that is weird, but actually it is not. These smells make you...
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...Fast Food Approachability I have spent quarter of my life in a miserable condition. I really feel distressed when I remember my past days. When I was in a refugee camp, one of the organizations distributed rice as a main food. Being a refugee, I did not have proper clothes to wear, a house to live in, and food to eat. I did not have any other options than to eat rice. I ate rice for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Because of rice, I was able to survive. Therefore, the need of rice has become my want and desire. It does not matter what I eat, I don’t feel I am full until I eat rice. Rice can only make me satisfied, happy, and satiated; after coming to the U.S the environment change and I felt like now I get everything that I didn’t have when I was in my country. But as time pass I learned, America is the fastest moving country in fast food eating. People tend to eat outside of the house. This is one of the main factors that cause obesity. There are lots of reasons that people choose to eat processed foods. Today in our society, time is one of the biggest issues on their schedules because the people in here are always busy working or engaging in some sort of activities. For example, work, college and their personal time consume a lot of time on a daily basis. Besides those activities, all these fast food restaurants, good taste of fast or processed food, and less time to prepare processed food are making people lazy and they ignore to cook at home. It will even be better if at...
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...How often do you eat in a Restaurant? How often do you eat in a Restaurant? Once a weekTwice a weekOnce a month | Other (please specify) | . When going to a Restaurant which criteria are important for you (1-6, 1 being most important) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Restaurant Concept | | | | | | | Dinning Environment | | | | | | | Food Quality | | | | | | | Service | | | | | | | Price | | | | | | | Convenience | | | | | | | Other (please specify) 9. What style of Restaurant would you prefer? What style of Restaurant would you prefer? TraditionalHomeyModern | Mixed Traditional and ModernI don’t mind | What Time you prefer to visit a Restaurant? What Time you prefer to visit a Restaurant? Breakfast (9am – 11am)Lunch (12pm – 4pm)Dinner (7pm – 12pm) | Other (please specify) | How would you prefer the food to be Served? How would you prefer the food to be Served? Simple | Crafted | Flavorful | Is it important for you to know where and how food is being Grown? Is it important for you to know where and how food is being Grown? Yes | No | Is it important to you to know what goes into Making the food? Is it important to you to know what goes into Making the food? Yes | No | How much normally do you Spend for dinner in a Restaurant? How much normally do you Spend for dinner in a Restaurant? QR 60~ QR 150 per headQR 150~ QR 200 per headQR 200~ QR 250 per head | QR 250~ QR 300 per headOver QR 300 per head | Do...
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...People may have two choices to eat, either they go out to fast food stands or restaurants, or they prepare food at home, whatever suitable to them. In my case I prefer to go out to eat, as it is easy to get, it saves my time, and I can try variety of interesting food of different countries. Being a working person, with all day long office work and driving long way, it becomes difficult to do all preparation for making food. For me easy way to get food is restaurant, where I can get prepared food at home or office by just ordering on phone, Along with that another comfort is, that when ever I have to eat together with my so many friends, I can always go to a restaurant, otherwise it’s difficult to prepare food at home for so many people and don’t get time to talk and having fun. So I always find it a easier way to eat out, apart from that It make my other outdoor activities possible because I don’t have to bother about food wherever I go, to any fun place or theater or traveling, restaurants are always there throughout city and it becomes easy every time to get food whenever and whenever I need according to other activities. Besides that I can save a lot of time by getting food from restaurant as, I don’t have to go for vegetables and grocery shopping, I don’t need to clean, cut and fry food and do a lot kitchen work , doing dishes etc., instead I can get fresh food delivered in minutes. Along with that when I eat at restaurant I have more time to do other things...
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...Since I was 6 years old I have loved going to Bonefish Grill. On my 6th birthday, there was a horrible snow storm that canceled my family's reservation to a faraway restaurant. We had to stay local and had a few options. When we were driving we saw Bonefish, and decided to try it out. At first, I was sad because we didn't get to go to the restaurant I wanted to, but I was soon filled with joy when I discovered how great the service, food, and interior design was in Bonefish. I even got a chance to color on the table cloths! After eating at your restaurant not only had my birthday become extra special, but I also knew that my family and I had found a special place to eat and enjoy each other's company. Ever since that day, I have loved coming...
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...There are about 160,000 fast food restaurants in the United States. 50,000,000 americans are served at these restaurants everyday. Wendy’s was founded in 1969 in Columbus Ohio by Dave Thomas. It then moved to Dublin Ohio on January 29, 2006. It got the name Wendy’s from Dave Thomas, he named the restaurant after his eight year old daughter,whose nickname was Wendy. My claim is that Wendy’s is one of the healthier fast food restaurants for these reasons, you don’t eat as many calories as you would at other fast food restaurants, you don’t eat that much total fat after eating there, and you have left over calories and fat that you can eat at other meals. Yet other people claim that you shouldn’t eat at fast food restaurants because most of their food may sound healthy but isn’t and eating there can use up all or most of your calories and total fat intake. Even though they may have foods that have high fat and calorie content some fast food places don’t, they have healthy alternatives like wraps and salads. For example, at Wendy’s they offer garden side salads which have 210 calories and 13 grams of fat. They also have grilled chicken wraps that have 270 calories and 10 grams of fat....
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...September 2010 Not Your Typical Fast Food Restaurant When you first look think of McDonald’s, you probably think of just a place to pick up a quick, cheep meal. In some cases, this is true. McDonalds is one of the most widely known and popular fast food restaurants around the world. It may not be a place for a romantic date, but there are not too many places you can go have a dinner with your family with the bill coming out to be under twenty dollars. Sure the food may be unhealthy, but it is the cheapest and most efficient route to satisfying your appetite. This may be why McDonald’s has become such a powerful food chain. But after visiting I realized the many different features that make this restaurant so attracting to people. Around lunchtime at noon, I walked across the parking lot, I noticed the drive through was packed with people just waiting to get their meals and get on the road. So I walked inside the doors of the McDonald’s, passed the cashier, and took a seat in one of the booths in the dining area. The booths were big and comfortable and they were all along walls of the dining area. This area was designated for people that wanted to sit down and enjoy their meals. People are spread out around the tables and booths far enough to where they are not invading other peoples conversations. The dining area was never crowded but never seemed to be empty either. People come in to order, sit down and eat, and maybe hang out before they leave. Davis...
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...In David Zinczenko’s article “Don’t blame the eater” Zinczenko agrees to the children who have sued fast food restaurants for making them fat. The author also claims those fast foods restaurants are increasing diabetes to children. He said that “In 1994, 5 percent of childhood cases were obesity-related, or Type 2, diabetes according to the National Institutes of Health, in now a day, type 2 diabetes accounts for at least 30 percent” to suppose his writing. The author blamed fast food restaurants for making some children fat and sick. But In other hand, it is also the eater’s fault because everyone knows that McDonald, KFC, Taco Bell or pizza are unhealthy to eat even though they are cheap, delicate and fast, even the kinder garden children...
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...grab you a bite to eat and eat it somewhere and start eating. 2. What kinds of restaurants are included in the dining and the eating market? The kinds of restaurants that are included in the dining restaurants would be fast food or fancy restaurants. For example McDonalds, Jack in the box, subway, Chili’s etc… Any place you can seat down and have a meal with your friend, wife, husband is a dining any to grab and go is eating. 3. What are the growth concepts in the dining market and the eating market? The growth concepts in the dining market and eating market are more customers, better service, high ratings. 4. Do you agree or disagree that quick service is a part of the American lifestyle? Yes I do agree that quick service is the American lifestyle because people are always on the go to work or wherever it is that they are going but you don’t see people actually sitting down enjoying a meal unless there having a family visit, dinner or actually have time to enjoy. 5. What is the outlook for fast-causal restaurant? The outlook for fast-casual restaurants are a god outlook because its fast and easy to order and grab your food on the go. 6. How are midscale restaurants different from QSR’s? How are they similar? A Midscale restaurant is different from QSR because a midscale restaurant would sit you down and serve you a drink than ask what you would like to eat. A QSR is when you order your food than leave the restaurant to go...
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...Home or at Restaurants All the people in the world like food, and they always eat every day such as, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Everybody has special or different ways to eat or prepare food, and the favorite place to eat food. Some people prefer to eat at restaurants, other people prefer to prepare and eat food at home. I prefer to eat at home for two reasons that are the health and comfortable. First, I often prepare the food and eat at home because eating at home is healthier than eating at restaurants. When you cook or prepare a meal in your home, you can add some great value at your meal. For example, you can make a special meal by choosing healthy food that includes Vitamins and Carbohydrates. I mean, you can control and choose what kind of food you like to eat. On the other hand, eating at restaurants is not healthy because the restaurants are not responsible for your health, and they don’t care about your health. For example, eating food at restaurants has high fat and bacteria. Second, when you eat at your home, you feel comfortable. You can do anything as you like. For example, when I decide to eat at your home; you can eat lying or standing. On the other hand, at restaurants you can’t feel comfortable because everybody watches you, and you can’t speak or laugh loudly because it is public space. In sum, I think every person from every country or city has a different way to eat food. I often enjoy preparing and cooking food, so I like to eat at my...
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...Not Your Typical Fast Food Restaurant Looking at a McDonald’s, many people probably think of it as just a decent place to pick up a quick, cheap meal. In some cases, this is true. McDonald’s is one of the most widely known and popular fast food restaurants around the world. However, McDonald’s can be a satisfying meal to grab on the go or even to relax and enjoy some people watching. This type of place is perfect to find many different kinds of people to observe. This may not be a place for a romantic date. However, there are not too many places you can go have a dinner with your family with the bill coming out to be under twenty dollars. Sure most of the food may be unhealthy, but it is the cheapest and most efficient route to satisfying your appetite. This may be why McDonald’s has become such a powerful food chain. But after visiting the Oxford McDonald’s, I realized the many different features that make this restaurant so attracting to people. Around lunchtime, I walked across the parking lot, and I noticed the drive through was packed with people just waiting to get their meals and get on the road. I walked inside the doors of the McDonald’s, passed the cashier, and took a seat in one of the booths in the dining area. The booths were big and comfortable and they were all along walls of the dining area. This area was designated for people that wanted to sit down and enjoy their meals. People...
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...friend, eating a romantic meal while on a date or celebrating some special event with a party at a restaurant are all things we enjoy doing. Even so, there are few people who eat out all the time and eating at home has many points in its favor. It is cheaper to eat at home. It is healthier to eat at home and it is usually much more comfortable. For me, there is no doubt that I prefer eating at home. Firstly, eating at home is much less expensive than eating in a restaurant. Obviously, when we eat at home we do the preparation, cooking and serving of the food ourselves and, therefore, do not need to pay the labor costs of cook, waiter and other restaurant staff. Similarly, we have no other overheads to pay for such as restaurant rent and high utility bills. A further cost saving is that we shop for the ingredients of our home-cooked meals ourselves and can choose those which are cheaper in price. Secondly, eating at home is much better for our health and general wellbeing than dining outside. At home, when cooking for ourselves, we can ensure that what goes into our meals is not bad for us. We can control the amount of oil we use. We can control the amount of salt we use and we can balance our diet to suit our own individual needs. When we eat at a restaurant, none of these things are possible. At home we can also cook just enough food to satisfy us. In a restaurant we are often given too much or too little food on our plate. Finally, eating at home is much...
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...what or how they eat. But where they eat is also important. Nowadays, people are too busy with school and work. So, most of the people think that it is more comfortable to eating out than eating at home. But in my point of view, I’d still prefer eating at home than eating out. First, your family know what you eat. I meant that if you have allergy with something or you can’t eat specific thing like spicy, your family know that and they can put that out in your dish. But if you’re in a restaurant even if you told the waiter to put out, most of them usually don’t listen to what you say. So when the dish come out and you can’t eat it, it will be a waste of money. Second, the food at home is much cheaper than the food at the restaurant. For example, if you eat a bowl of Pho at a restaurant, it will cost about 30000 dong at least. But if you buy the ingredients and make it your own it will be way more cheaper about 10000 dong. The reason of this is because the restaurant has to pay extra fees like the worker’s salary, restaurant’s renting, etc. And because they have to cut down the fee to make more profit so the food might no be as healthy as the food you make at home A survey in US show that a family can save up to 2000 dollars a year by reducing the times of eating at a restaurant. And helping your mom with the food is also fun thing to do. Third, that your family knows your taste. Somebody like to eat fried egg with onion, some like to eat with tomatoes. Because...
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