California Pizza Kitchen Company Background: White-collar criminal defense attorneys Larry Flax and Rick Rosenfield in Beverly Hills, California created California Pizza Kitchen in 1985. Famously known for its hearth-baked barbecue-chicken pizza, the “designer pizza at off-the-rack prices” concept thrived. Over the last twenty years, the company has expanded into 213 locations in 28 states and 6 foreign countries. Although approximately 41% of the U.S. stores are located in California the business
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in "real time." Papa John’s International was founded in 1984 when John Schnatter delivered his first pizza. The company now has nearly 4,200 locations, with operations in all fifty states and thirty-five countries (About Papa John's). To separate themselves in a crowded pizza market Papa John’s has always stressed a higher-end product by touting their ingredients that results in a superior pizza. The company’s strengths include the aforementioned quality ingredients, as well as an internal commitment
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Compared to nationally owned pizza restaurants rivalry is high. o Compared to locally owned restaurants rivalry is high. • Threat of new entrants o Threat of new entrants from nationally owned pizza restaurants is high because they have the capital to open multiple units. o Threat of new entrants locally is low because of the high cost involved to open a new pizza restaurant. • Threat of substitutes o There are many choices for consumers to purchase pizza from locally owned to national
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“Papa John’s Pizza – Better Ingredients. Better Pizza.” This is the brand promise of Papa John’s International and the foundation of a careful mix of business strategies used to stand out from, and remain ahead of the competition. Papa John’s was established by a young entrepreneur that had the idea of creating a “better pizza” and with his passion and creativity, created “the third largest pizza company, with more than 2,800 pizza chain restaurants.” Papa John’s International, Reference for Business
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to open 200-300 stores per year they have to do something different. The pizza industry is very mature and becoming saturated so in order to gain a competitive advantage they have to differentiate themselves from others in the industry. Earnings and sales are much slower in industries that are mature than those industries that are emerging. The barriers to entry are very low for the pizza industry, anyone can open up a pizza place which will create a new competitor. Individuals have a lot of choices
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Firstly, Papa Johns’ focus on providing pizzas of superior quality to its customers has laid down the foundation for its success in the long run. Unlike its competitors who focused on cost reduction, Papa Johns focused on differentiating its pizzas. In fact, they were also able to prove in court that they used fresh and better ingredients in comparison to its competitors. This allowed Papa Johns to be rated number one in terms of customer satisfaction among all pizza chains in USA. Applying the VRIO framework
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My Favorite Food Background I love pizza since I was a kid. I remember my first experience when I ate pizza. My mother brought me a slice of Pizza when she got home from grocery. At that time I wondered about the pizza because it has triangle shape and like having a rubber on it. Soon after I ate pizza and tasted it I became love it. Here are some other reasons why I choose pizza for my favorite food: • First, Pizza is all season food. I can have it anytime I want whether in winter or summer and
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Papa John’s Pizza Analysis Executive Summary These recommendations will enable Papa John’s to increase their market share and grow their customer base. These recommendations are based upon in-depth analysis of the company’s dominant economic forces, macro-environment, The detailed findings, resulting from this analysis, are contained in the appendix that follows the recommendations. The appendix is comprised of seven exhibits, and these exhibits are referenced in the recommendations
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me to take out boxes I respectfully told him that I have work to do and wouldn’t be able to assist him. When I told him that I felt that I learned a lesson that I will take with me for the rest of my life. Working in a fast food restaurant such as Pizza Hut another form workplace of literacy you have to form teamwork. I was a familiar with other forms of teamwork, because I played high school football. Teamwork in the workplace was completely different though. There were some days when my manager
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February 24, 2014 30 Years of Papa’s Pizza It all started 30 years ago, when John “Papa” Schnatter crafted the idea to knock out a broom closet inside of his father’s tavern located in Jeffersonville, Indiana (Papa Johns International 1). After receiving a business degree from Ball State University and turning his father’s failing tavern around with an idea of pizza, Mr. Schnatter would wind up selling his beloved ’71 Camero for a $1600.00 investment towards pizza equipment. (Papa Johns International
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