...Exercises Articles Articles: a/an Insert a or an if necessary. EXERCISE 1 1 My neighbour is . . . photographer; let's ask him for . . . advice about colour films. 2 We had . . . fish and . . . chips for . . . lunch. ~ That doesn't sound . . . very interesting lunch. 3 I had . . . very bad night; I didn't sleep . . . wink. 4 He is . . . vegetarian; you won't get . . . meat at his house. He'll give you . . . nut cutlet. ~Last time I had . . . nut cutlet I had . . . indigestion. 5 . . . travel agent would give you . . . information about . . . hotels. 6 We'd better go by . . . taxi—if we can get . . . taxi at such . . . hour as 2 a.m. 7 . . . person who suffers from . . . claustrophobia has . . . dread of being confined in . . . small space, and would always prefer . . . stairs to . . . lift. 8 Do you take . . . sugar in . . . coffee? ~ I used to, but now I'm on . . . diet. I'm trying to lose . . . weight. 9 . . . man suffering from . . . shock should not be given anything to drink. 10 You'll get . . . shock if you touch . . . live wire with that screwdriver. Why don't you get . . . screwdriver with . . . insulated handle? EXERCISE 2 11 It costs fifty-five and . . . half pence and I've only got . . . fifty pence piece. ~ You can pay by . . . cheque here. ~ But can I write . . . cheque for . . . fifty-five and . . . half pence? 12 . . . Mr Smith is . . . old customer and . . . honest man. ~ Why do you say that? Has he been accused of . . . dishonesty? 13 I'm not . . . wage-earner;...
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...what the company’s goals will be is important to choosing the right structure. Working at the establishment Village Inn I have grown fond to their structure of business which is a flat or also can be called simple organizational structure. This type of structure is designed to avoid beau racy and focus more on management and base line employees. They do this by being open to find resolutions to problems faster. Village Inn uses the simple organizational structure because it is a small business and only a few number of employees work at the company therefor it is more manageable for upper management to keep a close eye on the evaluation of the business. The second organization that I will be comparing is IHOP, the international house of pancakes. I personally have worked at both and have been able to evaluate what makes them so different yet so similar. To talk about IHOP first since it was the first restaurant that I worked for. Working there for six years really gave me an inside of a customer service company. Then moving to Village Inn I quickly realized that, that particular company had a really good idea of how to run a successful business. Grant it that IHOP is very successful also, what the difference was, what was their goal and how were they trying to achieve it. At both restaurants they actually sell very similar dishes that include breakfast, lunch and dinner, and some dishes were even named the same. Both of the restaurants have similar desert options that they try...
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...Food Product Proposal Group 4 Potato Pancake with Tuna Prepared for ;Women with Breast Cancer Prepared by: Ishola Azeezat Oluwatosin Nnagozie-Ochi Somgolibe December 16, 2013 Food Product Description p.3 Target Marketing Research Annotated Bibliography p.4 Product Name and Recipes Proposed for Development p.5 Works Cited p.6 Food Product Description Breast cancer is a leading disease in women now. It is a very serious issue that kills roughly 40,000 women a year in the United States. We are going to make a unique food that is aimed at attacking and helping many women with breast cancer. Some of the foods that fight the disease are; eggs, pomegranate, lentils, blueberries, walnuts, tuna, broccoli sprouts, mushrooms and ginger. Our product includes many of this foods and it will greatly help women with breast cancer. We are making a food product (Potato Tuna Pancake) that helps fight breast cancer in women. This product contains most of the nutrients that have been recommended by doctors to help women with breast cancer. Also, the food product has most of the nutrients needed by the body so not only will it fight the cancer but it will also make them stronger and not make them nutrition deficient. We believe many women with breast cancer will benefit...
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...ESSAY Slew My absence here for the past days, unlike the not a few times I went on a hiatus before, was not because of some complications I’ve gotten myself entangled into but because I found it more and more difficult to secure even a mere thirty minutes to reflect and write my thoughts down. My weekdays are jam-packed with responsibilities at work and my studies; my Saturdays, woefully, are barely spared. Fortunately, however, because of some levels of criminality in me that I have successfully kept in latency, in between breaks (or classes), I’d clandestinely let go of my unexpressed resentment, happiness, frustrations, ennui, and sadness on pieces of papers that I always keep. I think that by writing them down I am purging myself of excess emotions that do nothing but keep me from accomplishing my tasks, or violence that I would, in very rare cases, manifest, although not completely because I am a good citizen of the state. Silence, in addition to rest, has also become impossibly elusive; in fact, it is beginning to have that illicit feeling to it whenever I get hold of it in especially rare and fleeting cases, such as when I am sitting on a toilet bowl or when I am beginning to sleep and having REM. Either the metro drowns me in ceaseless, diaphanous noise, or I hear the monotonous sound of my voice, which can be very irritating at times, but quite often, as among narcissists of my kind, I’d find myself listening to its cadence, quality, and idiosyncrasy with furtive...
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...Related Literature and Studies A. Related Literature Pancakes are ancient food. The word pancakes appears in print as early as 1430. Pancakes may have been around since Neolithic humans domesticated einkorn wheat, ground it into flour mixed with bird’s egg and goat’s milk and poured the batter on a heated rock. It happened before there were pans and long before ovens. The ancient cooks dropped a little gruel on a hot rock of campfire, resulting in thin cakes that were tastier than plain gruel or cakes cooked directly in the embers of the fire. Perhaps because of this ancient lineage, pancakes are associated with rituals in many countries – Shrove Tuesday, Candlemas, and Chanukah to name a few. From these rudimentary beginnings sprang a vast array of bread and pancakes, but the two were originally the same. The ancient Greeks used griddles to cook a flat loaf drizzled with honey called ‘kreion’ and cakes of soft cheese. The Romans as revealed in the cookbook by Apicius made dishes similar to modern pancakes. Medieval pancakes, frequently made form barley or rye and lacking leavening, were relatively heavy affairs. They were quite different from contemporary fluffy or tender versions. Pancake Day is another name for Shrive Tuesday, from the custom of eating pancakes on this day, still generally observed. Shrive is an old Saxon word, of which shrove is a corruption and signifies confession. The custom of dining on pancakes on Shrove Tuesday is Roman Catholic origin that on the...
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...Parent Company | IHOP (International House Of Pancakes) DineEquity | Category | Breakfast Foods chain | Sector | Restaurants | Tagline/ Slogan | Everything you love about breakfast | USP | World famous pancakes | STP | Segment | Pancake and breakfast lovers | Target Group | People of all ages | Positioning | Affordable, everyday dining experience with warm and friendly service | SWOT Analysis | Strengths | 1. High brand recognition and recall 2. 1500+ stores in Americas; and a few international locations in middle east. 3. Signature pancakes 4. Wide variety of breakfast, lunch and dinner dishes5. Affordable across income segments6. Licensed to sell breakfast products under IHOP at HOME7. The company has over 30,000+ people who are employed | Weaknesses | 1. Quality control issues across franchises 2. Limited lunch and dinner menu 3. Limited brand recall as compared to global food chains | Opportunities | 1. Global expansion especially in the emerging economies 2. Expansion by acquisition of smaller brands 3. Improve menu for lunch and dinner | Threats | 1. Competitive category by similar players 2. Smaller breakfast places offering better service 3. Health risks of consuming pancakes | Competition | Competitors | 1. Denny’s 2. Perkins 3. Waffle House | Description: Higher competition might be possible. Created: February 2016 Modified: July 2016 This free SWOT analysis shows strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. We cover...
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...Pancakes & Syrup Facts Maple Corporation is a manufacturer of breakfast products. Maple sells its products to wholesale distributors and directly to large retail chains. Maple's Real Maple brand table syrup is very popular due to its high content of real maple syrup. To boost sales of its pancake batter mix, Maple Corporation conditions the sale of its table syrup on the buyer's agreement to buy Maple's pancake mix. To get its customers to cooperate with this arrangement, Maple gives an extra 5% trade discount for each syrup/mix transaction. The pancake batter mix is not as popular as the syrup, causing retailers to experience oversupplies of mix. To induce customers to buy the oversupply, retailers are having to offer deep discounts on the mix. Legal Reasoning: What type of arrangement is this? What law applies? What are the elements of the law? Is the Maple Corporation arrangement legal in your opinion? Why? This is an example of a Tying Arrangement – an agreement between a buyer and a seller under which the buyer of a specific product or service is obligated to purchase additional products or services from the seller. The antitrust law applies in this situation, due to the fact that the law restricts business practices that are considered to be monopolistic or which restrain interstate commerce. This law consists of two acts – the Sherman Act, and the Clayton Act. The Sherman Act declares illegal every contract, combination or conspiracy in restraint...
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...Analysis: Ho: u1=u2=u3=u4 Ha: u item1=u item2=u item 3=………=u item 20 Anova: Two-Factor Without Replication | | | | | | | | | SUMMARY | Count | Sum | Average | Variance | | Milk | 4 | 10.53 | 2.6325 | 0.017492 | | Cheese | 4 | 11.26 | 2.815 | 0.789167 | | whipped Cream | 4 | 8.03 | 2.0075 | 0.197092 | | Gallon of Ice Cream | 4 | 22.46 | 5.615 | 0.229167 | | Eggs | 4 | 9.32 | 2.33 | 0.3984 | | Butter | 4 | 10.57 | 2.6425 | 0.192358 | | Bread | 4 | 7.04 | 1.76 | 1.961533 | | Pancake Mix | 4 | 17.46 | 4.365 | 14.08917 | | Corn Flakes | 4 | 9.47 | 2.3675 | 1.223358 | | Bag of Flour | 4 | 14.84 | 3.71 | 8.3936 | | Peanut Butter | 4 | 11.67 | 2.9175 | 0.539692 | | Maple Syrup | 4 | 8.54 | 2.135 | 0.406767 | | Potato Chips | 4 | 11.49 | 2.8725 | 0.555025 | | Salad Dressing | 4 | 6.36 | 1.59 | 0.186667 | | Box of Pasta | 4 | 4.73 | 1.1825 | 0.025425 | | Lettuce | 4 | 5.35 | 1.3375 | 0.113025 | | 1 pound of Tomato | 4 | 3.55 | 0.8875 | 0.021358 | | Bag of Potatoes | 4 | 6.26 | 1.565 | 0.089167 | | Package of Turkey | 4 | 15.96 | 3.99 | 2 | | Orange Juice | 4 | 14.38 | 3.595 | 1.925367 | | | | | | | | REAMS | 20 | 66.75 | 3.3375 | 4.150514 | | WALMART | 20 | 53.16 | 2.658 | 2.965606 | | SMITH | 20 | 44.79 | 2.2395 | 1.763889 | | HORMONE | 20 | 44.57 | 2.2285 | 1.130519 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ANOVA | | | | | | | Source of Variation | SS | df | MS | F | P-value |...
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...Pancake Recipe: In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. In a separate bowl whisk together the egg, milk, and melted butter. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and then pour in the egg mixture, all at once, and stir (with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon) just until combined. The batter should have some small lumps. (Do not over mix the batter or the pancakes will be tough.)Heat a frying pan or griddle over medium high heat until a few sprinkles of water dropped on the pan or griddle splatter. Adjust the temperature as needed. Can also use an electric griddle with the temperature set at 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Using a piece of paper towel or a pastry brush, lightly brush the pan with melted butter or oil (or spray with a non stick vegetable spray.)Using a small ladle or scoop, pour about 1/4 cup (60 ml) of pancake batter onto the hot pan, spacing the pancakes a few inches apart. When the bottoms of the pancakes are brown and bubbles start to appear on the top surfaces of the pancakes (2-3 minutes), turn over. Cook until lightly browned (about 1-2 minutes).Repeat with remaining batter, brushing the pan with melted butter or oil between batches.Serve immediately with butter and maple syrup.Makes about 8 - 4 inch (10 cm) pancakes. Serves 3-4 people.For Blueberry Pancakes: Sprinkle fresh or frozen blueberries (prefer wild blueberries) on the tops of the pancakes just as bubbles start to appear on the top surface of the frying...
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...Swot Analysis “IHOP restaurants is known for their signature pancakes, omelet ted and other breakfast specialties, IHOP restaurants through the day and evening and offer a broad array of lunch dinner and snack item as well”. The company relies on the experiences and feedback that the company receive from the client every time that customer eat at their restaurant. Our company was establish in 1958 and is rapidly growing and this increase demonstrate the work that we had done during all this year, and as our gratuity we want to create specialties breakfast for our client which is breakfast image that will personality the pancake or waffle in which the customer decide such as personal picture, family, kid, friend and animal picture too. The strengths that our company had is our values which are Integrity, Excellence, Innovation, Accountability, Inclusion, Trust, Community. The company also values and recognize the diversity of our workforce whether is race, gender, age, religious,culture, ethnicity, sexual orientation, veterans statues, or physical disability. Another strengths that the restaurant have is green initiatives such as energy saving products such as devices that automatically turn off lights, heating, ventilation, air condition controls that coordinate with kitchen equipment to maximize efficiency, solar reflective windows and much more. The opportunities that our company offer is to keep growing international by more than 99 percent of IHOP restaurant owned...
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...*So far all the routes is based on google maps (avoid highways), might be longer/shorter based on the Destination. Gathering Point: Foon Yew JB Route 1: Stulang – Pontian (estimated journey 58.1km) Via = Jalan Skudai – Lebuhraya Skudai Google Maps - https://www.google.com.my/maps/dir/Foon+Yew+High+School,+59+Jalan+Ibrahim+Sultan,+80300+Johor+Bahru,+Johor/Sam+Huat+Hotel,+No+4,+1st+Floor,+Jalan+Johor,+Batu+36,+Pontian+District,+JH/@1.5268682,103.5317546,12z/data=!4m17!4m16!1m5!1m1!1s0x31da1326242ac24d:0x8770183a6a394c5f!2m2!1d103.779079!2d1.467402!1m5!1m1!1s0x31d0a29d5ad57eff:0xd62aa4ae6f258c4d!2m2!1d103.392487!2d1.478943!2m2!1b1!2b1!3e0 Destination: Sam Huat Hotel Route 2: Pontian – Batu Pahat (estimated journey 73.6km) Via = J115 – J118 – 5 Google Maps - https://www.google.com.my/maps/dir/1.845992,102.938158/Pontian/@1.7199452,103.03691,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m17!4m16!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d103.1385212!2d1.6827854!3s0x31d0f30e9c6df82d:0x316f45a604874eae!1m5!1m1!1s0x31d0984a58d8b9f1:0x4897b76a9e674838!2m2!1d103.4049445!2d1.5926338!2m2!1b1!2b1!3e0 Route 3: Batu Pahat – Muar Town (estimated journey 51.6km) Via = 5 – J31 Google Maps- https://www.google.com.my/maps/dir/1.845992,102.938158/Muar+town,+Johor/@1.9407736,102.7027416,11z/data=!4m12!4m11!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x31d1b8efc454c54d:0xd9dff43901f2e6dc!2m2!1d102.5690918!2d2.039272!2m2!1b1!2b1!3e0 Route 4: Muar – Melaka Jonker Street (estimated Journey 45.7km) Via = 5 – 19 Google Maps - https://www.google.com.my/maps/dir/Muar+town...
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...“Course” SHEET METAL DIE DESIGN Submitted by: Zia Mustafa 1 Contents INTRODUCTION TO DIE DESIGN .............................................................................. 6 1.1 DIE OR PRESS TOOL: ............................................................................................. 6 1.2 DIE BLOCK: ............................................................................................................ 7 1.3 PUNCH: .................................................................................................................... 7 1.4 TYPE OF DIES: ........................................................................................................ 8 1.4.1 BLANKING DIE ................................................................................................ 8 1.4.2 BENDING DIE .................................................................................................. 8 1.4.3 FORMING DIE .................................................................................................. 9 1.4.4 DRAW DIE ........................................................................................................ 9 1.4.5 PIERCING DIE .................................................................................................. 9 1.4.6 TRIMMING DIE .............................................................................................. 10 1.4.7 COMPOUND DIE ..............................................................................
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...IHOP U—Captive Audience Team Rooty, Tooty, Fresh, ‘n’ Fruity® and JM Umberto Poddigue Lior Lewensztain Alex Whitt Ryan Gregston J.M. Shin IHOP—Universities MKTG 615.11 4/14/10 Pepperdine University 2 Table of Contents Executive Summary Team Members Captive Audience Analysis Situation Analysis On the nature of Captivity Static Captivity Dynamic Captivity The Focus Industry Analysis Market Drivers Price Importance of Breakfast Commute Time Market Trends Market Size and Growth Implications Customer Analysis 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 12 13 IHOP—Universities MKTG 615.11 4/14/10 Pepperdine University 3 The Aramark Survey Demographic Trend The 18-24 Year Old Paradox Alcohol Market Demographics/Geographics Local Market Variants Attitudes and Behaviors Market Behaviors Market Needs Market Segmentation Competitive Analysis Implications SWOT Analysis Financial Objectives Marketing Strategies Target Markets On Campus Locations Mobile Trucks Why Mobile Catering? Positioning Marketing Mix Product 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 15 16 16 17 17 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 IHOP—Universities MKTG 615.11 4/14/10 Pepperdine University 4 Service Strategy Costs Pricing Strategy Promotional Strategy Distribution Financials On Campus Locations Mobile Food Trucks Sales Forecast Implementation Personalization at On Campus Locations 24/7...
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...International Economic Relations International Economic Relations International House of Pancakes International House of Pancakes Export analysis: From USA to Czech Republic Export analysis: From USA to Czech Republic Authors: Barbora Nykodýmová Helena Leszczynska Preet Singh Authors: Barbora Nykodýmová Helena Leszczynska Preet Singh Delivery date: 2011, May 26 Delivery date: 2011, May 26 Table of Contents Internal Analysis (USA) 3 External Analysis (Czech Republic) 4 Macroeconomic Factors 4 Economic Structure 4 Political Legal Structure 6 Demographic Aspects 7 Socio-cultural Factors 10 Technological Level/Factors 11 Geographic Aspects and Distribution Structure 11 Product Analysis on the Export Market 13 Potential Buyer Analysis 13 Competitive Analysis 13 Product 15 Price 16 Distribution 16 Communication 17 Other Aspects 18 Conclusion 19 List of Sources 20 Appendices 22 Internal Analysis (USA) External Analysis (Czech Republic) Macroeconomic Factors Economic Structure Own experience with the market: Two from three members of group are citizens from Czech Republic; so own experience is strong enough. Gross National Product (GNP): In Czech Republic to measure value is used gross domestic product. GNP is not measured. So GDP as a value of all final goods and services produced within a country in certain period. In 2010 annual increment in GDP was positive, except in 2009 was negative, last 5 years was...
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...4 Secondary Targets 4 Marketing Mix 4 Price 4 Promotion 4 Distribution 4 Product 5 MANAGEMENT PLAN 5 Operations Standards 5 Personnel Standards 5 S.W.O.T. Analysis 6 Strengths 6 Weaknesses 6 Opportunities 6 Threats 6 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS 7 Financial Future 7 Budget 7 Cash Collections 7 Cash Paid for Expenses 7 Net Cash Flow From Operations 7 Net Cash for Period 8 THE DEAL 8 40 / 60 8 Conclusion 9 Deal of a Lifetime 9 References 10 APPENDIX A 12 APPENDIX A 13 Market Analysis 13 APPENDIX B 31 APPENDIX B 32 Competition Analysis 32 UNION STREET CAFE 33 DEE’S DINER INTERVIEW 34 BOB EVANS INTERVIEW 35 APPENDIX C 36 APPENDIX C 37 Locations 37 LOCATIONS 38 APPENDIX D 40 APPENDIX D 41 Financial Spreadsheets 41 APPENDIX E APPENDIX E 53 APPENDIX E 54 Insurance 54 ULTRAFLEX PACKAGE POLICY 54 APPENDIX F 64 APPENDIX F 65 ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS 65 APPENDIX G 92 APPENDIX G 93 TAX FORMS 93 APPENDIX H 117 APPENDIX H 118 CORPORATE INFORMATION 118 HISTORY 118 APPENDIX I 119 APPENDIX I 120 FRANCHISE INFORMATION 121 FRANCHISE PROGRAMS 121 APPENDIX J 127...
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