...TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive summary……………………………………………………………………………….2-3 BRAND / COMPANY HISTORY AND BACKGROUND 3-5 SWOT ANALYSIS 5-6 ANALYSIS OF COMPETITION………………………………………………………………………..6-8 RECOMMENDATIONS………………………………………………………………………………..8-11 CLOSING SUMMARY………………………………………………………………………………..11-12 BIBLIOGRAPHY………………………………………………………………………………………....13 STATEMENT OF TRUTH ………………………………………………………………………………14 Red Lobster Executive Summary: In 1968, Bill Darden and his team opened the first Red Lobster restaurant in Lakeland, Florida. Red Lobster is one of the largest casual chain restaurants in the world. The restaurant experienced much success, and in 1970 it was acquired by General Mills. In 1983, Red Lobster expanded internationally into Canada. In 1995, General Mills separated Red Lobster brand from the General Mills Restaurant Group and launched Darden Restaurants, Inc. The brand struggled throughout the following years due to the opening of competitive chains. Red Lobster experienced declining sales through the early 2000’s, due to faster dining options, such as Chipotle and Panera Bread. Currently, there are 705 locations worldwide, in countries such as United States, Canada, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Mexico, and Japan. Unfortunately, Red Lobster is currently struggling from an identity crisis. Customers do not understand if the chain is supposed to be fast-casual, fine dining, or casual dining. The décor and atmosphere are very casual...
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...| 2011 | | Tian Gong Fujitsu | [BUSINESS PLAN FOR TIAN GONG Hotel] | [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] | Table of contents A. Executive Summary B. Statement of Purpose C. Name and legal structure D. Description of the business E. Description of the concept, licenses, and lease F. Market analysis and strategy G. Hotel Room Configuration, Food service menus, Beverage Menus, and Pricing H. Advertising and promotional campaign I. Conclusions and Summary Works Cited A. Executive Summary Tian Gong Inn. will centrally locate in the heart of the exclusive Gold Coast at the intersection of Goethe Street and North State Parkway. Within walking distance to the shopping and restaurants on the Magnificent Mile and Michigan Avenue, the nightlife on Rush Street, Lincoln Park and the beaches of Lake Michigan. Just a short distance to Millennium Park, museums and cultural centers, and the Loop business district. Tian Gong will provide 285 spacious and oversized guest rooms and suites are individually furnished with integrity, taste and superb functionality. It will attract more and more upper class customer as well as many of the foreigners, specially more and more Chinese business traveler, because this hotel will use traditional Chinese decorate...
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...LobXprt Where consider the quality Prepared For : Name Designation : Mr.Md. Shahinur Sobhan : Lecturer Department of Business Administration Name of the institute : Dhaka City College. Prepared By : Sl. No 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Name ID Ismat Jahan Senjuti Md. Asim Shadab SK. Rajibul Hasan Mahamuda Akter Asaduzzaman Md.Hasan Imam 135 165 125 149 145 159 Section: B Batch: 7th Session: 2004-2005 Group: 7 B.B.A. Dhaka City College 2|Page Letter of Transmittal August 20, 2009 Mr.Md. Shahinur Sobhan Department of Business Administration Dhaka City College Bangladesh Subject: Submission of Feasibility study of LobXprt. Dear Sir, We have the honor to state that My Project report is submitted to you for your kind supervision. Under shade of Feasibility Study we have collected data from various sources which were unknown to us in past but now we can realize the importance of a Project feasibility study and its implication in the present and future growth of one’s career. We would like to draw your attention that we are worked with our utmost sincerity to prepare this report. We, therefore, request you to kindly grant the feasibility study of “LobXprt”. Thanking you in anticipation. Sincerely yours Name Ismat Jahan Senjuti Md. Asim Shadab SK. Rajibul Hasan Mahamuda Akter Asaduzzaman Md.Hasan Imam ID 135 165 125 149 145 159 BBA, 7th Batch Section: B Dhaka City College. 3|Page Acknowledgement We are expressing gratitude to Almighty, the Merciful and the Benevolent Allah for...
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...entirely normal fish. However, when it is removed from the water, it collapses into a slimy blob. This slimy blob is “familiar” when we look at photos of the blobfish. If you search, “Blobfish in water”, you will see pictures of fish. These fish don’t look very blobby, but indeed they are blobfish as well. Another important characteristic of blobfish is the fact that they have no muscles. They are invertebrates or animals without backbones. However, blobfish are strong enough to eat. They do not go to new territory and search for food; instead, they eat whatever floats into their mouth usually some crustaceans. Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, and barnacles. Without muscles, though, blobfish can only open up their mouth a small bit to consume food. Their mouth is very odd-shaped, like a grim frown, so, as you can imagine, it would be hard to open it. There is a very logical theory about life expectancy in blobfish: 130 years. This hypothesis was formed when scientists discovered how long the average deep-sea fish lives. The length of their lives usually ranges somewhere around 130 years, so that is the background behind the hypothesis of a blobfish’s lifespan. Of course, nobody has confirmed that that is the correct answer; it is simply an educated guess. The female lays thousands of eggs at once and stays near them until they hatch, creating a nest...
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...Taco Bell in Japan (Round Two Japan, will this time be a Fiesta or Siesta?) By Phillip Smith As a child, growing up on the West Coast of America, Taco Bell, was as common as McDonalds, with locations in every neighborhood. Its classic chicken quesadilla and bean burrito were staples of my college diet and I could not imagine a fast-food landscape without the spicy taco-sauce. Although, since moving to Japan in 2005, I’ve had to settle for eating Taco Bell only when traveling outside of Japan. That being said, every other major US fast-food chain seems to be serving its notable favorites in the land of the Rising Sun. For example, McDonalds operates over 3,100 units (Inagaki, 2015), Kentucky Fried Chicken has 1165 locations (Yum!’s, 2015) and Starbucks has 1117 (Loxcel, 2015); but where is Taco Bell? On 21 April, 2015, the multinational fast-food chain answered back with its launch into the Japan market with a new location in Shibuya, Tokyo. This is not Taco Bell’s first launch in Japan. Back in the late 1980’s it opened stores in two markets, Tokyo and Nagoya (Matayoshi, 2015). A few years later in the early 1990s, they closed all the Japan operations, abandoning the country. Will the second attempt be different? How will marketing play a role in its success? Did they invest in market research to gain insight in the lay of the land? How will its competitive environment contrast its first attempt to penetrate the Japan market? What type of competitive strategies...
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...Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 Introduction/Statement of Purpose ................................................................................................... 1 COMPANY DESCRIPTION 3 Location ............................................................................................................................................... 3 Capitalization ...................................................................................................................................... 3 BUSINESS CONCEPT 4 Concept Description and Statement .................................................................................................. 4 Sample Menu ....................................................................................................................................... 6 Design/Layouts .................................................................................................................................... 7 MANAGEMENT TEAM 8 Owner/Operator – Harry Stevens ..................................................................................................... 8 General Manager – Linda Jones........................................................................................................ 8 Kitchen Manager – Steven King ........................................................................................................ 9 Management Agreements ....................................................
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...Killings Analysis Style and Technique “Killings,” one of Dubus’s best-known and most respected stories, was the basis for the film In the Bedroom (2001). Although the story revolves around passion and violence, Dubus tells the tale in a flat, calm way. The first two acts of violence are dropped into the story unexpectedly and without emotion. The story opens with Frank’s funeral, then moves on to the conversation between Willis and Matt about how Matt wishes he could kill the man who murdered his son, but the reader does not know who killed Frank, how, or why. Next, in a long descriptive paragraph, Richard is introduced. He is first connected to Frank by the flat opening line of the next paragraph: “One night he beat Frank.” Only then does the reader learn about Mary Ann, and Matt’s and Ruth’s differing feelings about her. In a lovely, lyrical scene, Mary Ann joins the Fowlers for a barbeque after a day at the beach. Matt’s love for his son is mixed with a wistful attraction to Mary Ann. She is beautiful, but Matt sees in her eyes a sadness and pain that he and his family have been spared, and he wishes he could help and comfort her. The next paragraph starts with, “Richard Strout shot Frank in front of the children.” Such jarring shifts of mood are used to emphasize how quickly life can turn from sunny to violent and how swiftly the good things in life can be taken away. The story’s point of view is that of the limited omniscient narrator. The reader sees the events through...
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...Technological Barriers 16 2.9 Technological Barriers that impact the deployment of wave energy 17 3.0 Tidal Stream Technologies 21 3.1 Horizontal Axis Turbines 21 3.2 Vertical Axis Turbines 22 3.3 Reciprocating devices (oscillating hydrofoils) 22 3.4 Venturi Effect Tidal Stream Devices 23 3.5 Economic Appraisal: 24 3.6 Non Technological Barriers – Socio-Economic & Environmental Impacts: 27 3.7 Technological Barriers that impact the deployment of Tidal Stream energy. 29 3.8 Grid Integration: 30 3.8.1 Grid connection charges 30 3.8.2 Connection Charges. 30 3.9 Grid Connection. 30 3.9.1 Technological Barriers for Tidal Stream 31 3.10 Research and Development for future Irish Energy Strategies:. 37 4.0 Summary 41 5.0 Conclusion 41 5.1 Wave Energy: 42 5.2 Tidal Stream: 42 Bibliography 46 1.0 Introduction The aim of this report is to critically review the socio-economic and environmental impacts associated with Ocean Energy Technologies. The author begins the review by providing some examples of Wave Energy Conversion devices and then selects one type in which the impacts are discussed and critically examined in an Irish context. An economic appraisal is provided on the WEC and then the technical and non-technical barriers to the development of WEC’s are provided, using Irish, British and international...
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...LECTURE 1 THE KHOISAN AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT Introduction: Khoisan are historically the earliest inhabitants of Southern Africa. They dominated Southern Africa for hundreds of years before the arrival of the Bantu groups. Archaeological evidence obtained from sites on the West Coast such as Kasteelberg show occupation by herders between 1600 and 1800 years ago, ie around 200-400AD They owed to a great extent their livelihood to the natural environment conditions which obtained. This is demonstrated by the fact that they derived the three basic fundamentals of life; food, shelter and clothing from the flora and fauna of the region. The San They were referred to as hunter-gatherers. [Bushmen by whites; Twa by Xhosa, Roa by Sotho and San by Khoikhoi] They occupied the mountainous, plateau and coastal areas of Southern Africa as evidenced by their paintings on rocks and cave walls throughout the sub-continent. They were neither herders nor agriculturalists, so they depended on hunting and gathering. [ie they survived on what the environment provided] Archaeological evidence has proven that the San might have made meat an important part of their diet before the invention of projectile weapons. How was this possible without weapons? The San killed newly born or sick animals Ran down animals Scavenging They drove large animals over cliffs or into swamps and then slaughtered them. Meat was thus an important part of their diet from time immemorial. As their Stone Age technology improved...
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...Environment, Livelihood and Traffic a) Protected Species Endangered by Illegal Tree Felling b) Impact on the Livelihood of Local Communities c) The Impact of Additional Traffic – Congestion in South Mumbai d) Increase in Road Traffic a Source of Pollution 16 17 20 20 22 Undesirability of the Project for the City’s Well Being a) Impact due to Blockage of the Mithi River b) Financial Viability and Absence of Realistic Projections of Cost Recovery c) Problems with the Planning and Implementation of the Project 23 23 24 26 Part 3: Alternatives Part 4: Conclusions and Recommendations Part 5: Annexures Annexure Annexure Annexure Annexure Annexure Annexure I II III IV V VI : : : : : : Table of Abbreviations Chronology of Events Summary of the Depositions Maps of the Project Official Invitations Sent and Replies Received Bibliography 29 31 33 33 34 36 49 51 54 Members of the Tribunal: Justice R. A. Jahagirdar graduated from Elphinstone College, Mumbai and did his M.A. in Economics from the school of Economics and Sociology. Later...
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...International Markets Bureau MARKET ANALYSIS REPORT | AUGUST 2011 Foodservice Profile Malaysia Source: Shutterstock Foodservice Profile Malaysia EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Malaysia is a developing economy located in Southeast Asia. It is ideally located for export business to Indonesia, China and India, and will likely benefit from the strong economic growth predicted for these countries in the coming years. Malaysia also has a young population and increasing wealth of its own. Because of these factors, Malaysia is poised to become a major consumer of agri-food and seafood products in the near future. This growing demand for agri-food and seafood products, as well as the changing demographics and culture of the country, will likely spur growth in an already fastgrowing consumer foodservice industry. While there exist significant differences among Malaysian demographics (Malaysia is culturally diverse), there remain some common themes. Malaysia as a whole is becoming more urban, and remains characterized by a young and growing workforce. The leading sectors in the Malaysian consumer foodservice industry are the café/bar segment, the full-service restaurant segment and the fast food segment. These three segments of the foodservice market account for over half of sales in both value and volume terms. However, there are opportunities to be found in the smaller sectors of the market as well. Malaysia has a strong tourism industry and this is reflected in the large number of...
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.................................................3 Organization Philosophy and Practices ..........................................................................5 Organizational Structure .................................................................................................6 Human Resource Management .......................................................................................7 Analysis of Target Markets.............................................................................................8 Analysis of Marketing Mix...........................................................................................10 Financial Statements and Analysis of Financial Data...................................................12 Summary of Firm’s Strengths and Weaknesses............................................................15 Implications for Strategy Development ........................................................................17 Environment.......................................................................................................................18 Economic Conditions and...
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...Coastal Resources Management, Policy and Planning In Bangladesh Md. Masudur Rahman, Zubair Ahmed Chowdhury and Md. Nasir Uddin Sada Department of Fisheries Bangladesh Rahman M.M, Z.A Chowdhury and M.N.U Sada. 2003. Coastal resources management, policy and planning in Bangladesh, p. 689 - 756. In G. Silvestre, L. Garces, I. Stobutzki, M. Ahmed, R.A. Valmonte-Santos, C. Luna, L. Lachica-Aliño, P. Munro, V. Christensen and D. Pauly (eds.) Assessment, Management and Future Directions for Coastal Fisheries in Asian Countries. WorldFish Center Conference Proceeding 67, 1 120 p. Abstract This paper reviews the coastal fishery resources of Bangladesh emphasizing the coastal environment, capture fisheries and management issues relative to the sector. Bangladesh’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers an area of about 166 000 km2. This area has abundant natural resources such as fish, shrimps, crabs and other marine products. Shrimp and fish trawling is the most important economic activity in this area. The fishery sector makes a significant contribution to the national economy in terms of foreign exchange, income generation and employment. It is very important in nutrition, especially in providing animal protein. In 1997 - 99, the marine fisheries sector contributed 22% of the total fishery production of 1 373 000 t. However, the resources are being destroyed in many ways. The fisheries resources have declined and fishers are getting poorer. The decline is partly due to estuarine...
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... Distribution has become more efficient and professional in major cities, but remains problematic elsewhere. Education and training in the use of new products is needed all along the value chain. Competition from other nations and domestic substitution is fierce. Includes PSD Changes: No Includes Trade Matrix: Yes Annual Report Beijing ATO [CH4] [CH] Table of Contents Part I. MARKET SUMMARY 3 A. Market Overview 3 B. Market Drivers 4 C. SWOT Analysis for US Food Products 6 Part II: ROAD MAP FOR MARKET ENTRY 6 A. Market Structure 6 1. Target Population 6 2. Distribution 7 B. Entry Strategy 9 1. Overview 9 2. Marketing, Sales and Education 10 3. Establishing the Supply Channel 11 4. Protect Your Intellectual Property Rights 11 5. Entry Tips 11 C. Sub-sector Profiles 12 1. Hotels and Resorts 12 2. Restaurants 13 3. Fast Food 13 4. Institutional Food Service 13 Part III: COMPETITION 15 Part IV: BEST PRODUCT PROSPECTS 17 Part V: Post Contact and Additional Resources 19 Part I. MARKET SUMMARY A....
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... Contents Executive summary 5 1. Introduction 8 2. Value chain analysis 9 2.1. The general value chain concept 9 2.2. The value chain concept applied to fisheries and aquaculture 11 2.3. Conclusions about using the value chain analysis 14 3. The international seafood industry and Africa’s place in it 16 3.1. African seafood exports and imports 18 3.2. Main destinations 20 3.3. Imports 21 3.4. Value addition in Africa 21 4. Studies where value chain analysis has been used 22 4.1. Revenue distribution through the seafood value chain 23 4.2. Lake Victoria Nile perch fishery, Tanzania 25 4.3. Pelagic fishery in Morocco 32 4.4. Value addition opportunities in the Namibian seafood industry 38 4.5. Ugandan Nile perch quality management and certification 41 4.6. The Kenya capture fisheries value chain 45 4.7. Nigerian domestic catfish production 50 4.8. Gender analysis of aquaculture value chain in Nigeria and Vietnam 54 4.9. Private sector applications of value chain analysis 60 5. On-going value chain analysis studies 68 5.1. Value chain analysis of international fish trade and food security 68 5.2. Ghana: Value Chain and Cost Earnings Analysis 69 6. Example from Asia: Analysis of the fishery sector in Sri Lanka 70 6.1. Value chain summary 71 6.2. Production 71 6.3. Ownership and collective action 72 6.4. Fisheries value chain structure and dynamics...
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