...be untilized…………………………13 Part III. Conclusions and Recommendations ITEM1 Conclusions………………………………………………………......18 ITEM2 Recommendations……………………………………………………21 Part IV. Key Next Steps………………………………………………………......22 Part V. APPENDIX……………………………………………………..................23 Part I. ITEM 1. Introduction Analysis McDonald’s McDonald’s, the most famous restaurant in the world, ranked No. 6 and No. 186 for Forbes’s “Valuable Brands” and “Global 2000”. In 1940, McDonald brothers, Dick and Mac, began an undertaking in San Bernardino. They were famous for offering food quickly and drivethru window to their consumers, then Kroc bought the world rights in 1961, and there are more than 100 countries include the United States, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa, over 35,000 restaurants around the world, serving nearly 70 million people everyday. As McDonald’s proclaims, the “most successful food service organization in the world”, limited choice, quick service and clean restaurants are three tips to serve to consumers in every stores, and quality, cleanliness and uniformity are the basis of its brand. According to the tips, the restaurants offer a substantially uniform menu with slight variations to suit local consumer’s tastes. Today, there are 8 category in McDonald’s menu: Burgers &...
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...Restaurants: Do Healthy Menus Mean Positive Financial Performance? A Case Study of Chipotle Mexican Grill An honors thesis presented to the Department of Accounting, University at Albany, State University of New York in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation from The Honors College. Cara N. Veneziano Research Advisor: Raymond K. Van Ness, Ph.D. May, 2013 Abstract The purpose of this study is to assess the consequences of offering healthy menus versus providing historically popular fast foods. Healthier foods are better for society and being able to understand how serving healthier menus will impact the financial performance of a company is crucial. I focus my attention on Chipotle Mexican Grill since it has been making a concerted effort to provide healthier foods. I have selected McDonald’s Corporation as a benchmark comparison. My specific investigative question is: Does a healthier menu translate into greater profits. My study begins with a comparison of Chipotle and McDonald’s meal options and ingredients in order to assess the overall health of their menus. This comparison revealed that Chipotle clearly had a healthier menu. Succeeding the menu comparisons, a financial analysis was performed on Chipotle and McDonald’s. The results of this study found that Chipotle, the healthier company, performed better in terms of Share Price, Stock Volatility, and Liquidity. The findings indicate that McDonald’s, the unhealthier firm, performed...
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...Pellichino Starbucks |2 Table of Contents Section I Environmental Profile ........................................................................ 5 Current Environment .............................................................. 5 Future Environment ................................................................ 11 Assessment of Relevancy ...................................................... 13 Section II Industry Profile .................................................................................. 14 Historical Performance ...................................................................... 14 Fast Food Industry.................................................................. 14 Coffee and Snack Shop Industry ............................................ 17 Projected Performance...................................................................... 17 Fast Food Industry.................................................................. 18 Porter’s Five Forces .......................................................................... 19 Rivalry Among Competitors .................................................... 20 Potential Entry of New Competitors ........................................ 25 Potential Development of Substitute Products........................ 31 Bargaining Power of Buyers ................................................... 33 Bargaining Power of Suppliers ............................................... 35 Summary ....................................
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...EFSA-Q-2008-379) Issued on 29 January 2009 WORKING GROUP MEMBERS Ivano De Noni, Richard J. FitzGerald, Hannu J. T. Korhonen, Yves Le Roux, Chris T. Livesey, Inga Thorsdottir, Daniel Tomé, Renger Witkamp. 1 For citation purposes: Scientific Report of EFSA prepared by a DATEX Working Group on the potential health impact of β-casomorphins and related peptides. EFSA Scientific Report (2009) 231, 1-107 © European Food Safety Authority, 2009 Review of the potential health impact of β-casomorphins and related peptides SUMMARY Proteins are a very diverse family of large organic compounds involved in many important biological processes. Following their enzymatic hydrolysis during food processing or digestion, proteins may release fragments from their primary amino acid sequence. These fragments are called peptides, and many of them are known to be physiologically active. The possible beneficial effects of bioactive peptides have attracted increasing interest in recent years. On the other hand, there are also reports suggesting that some food-derived peptides might adversely affect human health. Among these, β-casomorphin-7 (BCM7), a peptide sequence present in the milk protein β-casein, has been suggested to contribute to an increased risk for certain non-communicable diseases, such as autism, cardiovascular diseases and type I diabetes. Some literature reports have proposed possible mechanistic explanations for such associations Recognising the alleged negative...
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...The New Astrology by SUZANNE WHITE Copyright © 1986 Suzanne White. All rights reserved. 2 Dedication book is dedicated to my mother, Elva Louise McMullen Hoskins, who is gone from this world, but who would have been happy to share this page with my courageous kids, April Daisy White and Autumn Lee White; my brothers, George, Peter and John Hoskins; my niece Pamela Potenza; and my loyal friends Kitti Weissberger, Val Paul Pierotti, Stan Albro, Nathaniel Webster, Jean Valère Pignal, Roselyne Viéllard, Michael Armani, Joseph Stoddart, Couquite Hoffenberg, Jean Louis Besson, Mary Lee Castellani, Paula Alba, Marguerite and Paulette Ratier, Ted and Joan Zimmermann, Scott Weiss, Miekle Blossom, Ina Dellera, Gloria Jones, Marina Vann, Richard and Shiela Lukins, Tony Lees-Johnson, Jane Russell, Jerry and Barbara Littlefield, Michele and Mark Princi, Molly Friedrich, Consuelo and Dick Baehr, Linda Grey, Clarissa and Ed Watson, Francine and John Pascal, Johnny Romero, Lawrence Grant, Irma Kurtz, Gene Dye, Phyllis and Dan Elstein, Richard Klein, Irma Pride Home, Sally Helgesen, Sylvie de la Rochefoucauld, Ann Kennerly, David Barclay, John Laupheimer, Yvon Lebihan, Bernard Aubin, Dédé Laqua, Wolfgang Paul, Maria José Desa, Juliette Boisriveaud, Anne Lavaur, and all the others who so dauntlessly stuck by me when I was at my baldest and most afraid. Thanks, of course, to my loving doctors: James Gaston, Richard Cooper, Yves Decroix, Jean-Claude Durand, Michel Soussaline and...
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...Leadership Learnings From Bloggers 2008 Edition Leadership Learnings from Bloggers 2008 Edition Released February 2009 Aggregated and produced by Exponential Media, a Division of Exponential Network Leadership Learnings from Bloggers is a collection of blog posts on leadership from over 20 national leaders / bloggers. Disclaimer In selecting the 20+ bloggers for this resource, we choose leaders with experience on the front lines. However, Exponential Network makes no warranties or representations regarding the accuracy, validity or originality of each blogger’s content. Exponential Network is serving as an aggregator of leading bloggers and does not necessarily agree with the opinions and beliefs represented in individual posts. We’ve attempted to include their content verbatim from their web sites except for obvious typographical errors. Statement of Copyright The individual posts in this eBook are the copyright of each author. These authors have agreed to make the aggregation of these posts available free of charge via this eBook. The following conditions apply to the use of this free eBook resource: Share. Just as the authors are sharing this eBook with you, you may copy, distribute and transmit the work to others. Attribution. You must attribute the work in the manner specified by each blog post author (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). Noncommercial. You may not use this work for commercial purposes for financial...
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