that ... As the owner of a restaurant, I have to pay very close attention to pricing in an effort to ensure a steady flow of customers and to build profitability. The type of restaurant I own can be classified and ‘Mid-tier’ and is seen as a as a luxury as opposed to a necessity coupled, in addition because of the ubiquitous availability of similar restaurants i.e., substitutes the items I offer in the restaurant can be classified as elastic. If there is any type of price increase on a meal,
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Food Service Training Karen Hill 01/20/2015 NS205 Kaplan University Introduction Today I will be discussing how to train a new employee in a restaurant. I will also discuss why training is important, as well as what type of training is sufficient. There are many different types of training methods some use technology, other use books, and hands on training. After reading my food service training discussion you will know how to properly train your employees. Training employees profoundly is
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DILEMMA GM591 December 12, 2010 Introduction The franchise restaurant sector in the business market is a huge part of our economy. Names like KFC, Taco Bell, McDonald’s, Burger King and Pizza Hut are very common in people’s everyday lives. One of the most popular and fastest growing businesses in this area amongst the names mentioned above is the Subway restaurant franchise. Subway is the world's largest submarine sandwich restaurant chain with more than 34,000 locations around the world. Subway
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Kelly Smithson Professor Rose English 15 17 April 2013 Improving Food Safety in Restaurants Atul Gawande is a surgeon, writer, and public health researcher. His current research is centered on improving performance in surgery, childbirth, and care of the terminally ill. He wrote an article in 2004 titled “The Bell Curve” It is about the need for improving health care for patients diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. In the article he made claims about treatment centers for cystic fibrosis being extremely
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change clothes. Within this paper we are going to look at the overview of those changes and just exactly what makes this industry tic. We will discuss the challenges involved in managing restaurant operations that are specific to my state, as well as how I would address those challenges. Such challenges to the restaurant industry may include regulatory issues, social concerns, competitive issues, and / or demographic and geographic issues. I am also going to determine the impact of computerization on
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Introduction In essence, this report will comprise three parts: first it will provide a definition of linear programming and its uses, second it will evaluate the critical path analysis and networking planning but also how the critical path can be applied or is used in an organization and finally it will explain the various operations planning and control issues that company faces. Task 1- (A.C.:3.1.) Explain linear programming and it uses. According to slack et all (2013 ) linear programming
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ON THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT KFC AND MCDONALD’S’: First we talk about KFC; it is one of the world's most popular fast food restaurant chains in the world founded by Colonel Harland Sanders in 1930. Every day, more than 12 million customers are served at KFC restaurants in 109 countries and territories around the world. KFC operates more than 15,000 restaurants around the world today. KFC rules the roost when it comes to serving chicken. One of the world's largest fast-food chains, the company
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can spend years deciding the type of business or corporation, which suits their goals best. The following paragraphs contain example scenarios of bar and restaurant, extermination, and construction businesses. Each scenario will be broken down regarding the business entity, taxation and which laws and regulations best suited for each business. Restaurant/Bar Scenario The first case is two individuals, Lou and Jose, who plan to open a sports bar and restaurant. Their hope is to have clients
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created the cheesecakes recipes on her own and would supply various restaurants. In 1971 her and her husband moved to Los Angles to see if they would do better with the restaurant there. They struggled for years and then in 1975 Evelyn decided to open the business into a large bakery, which allowed Evelyn to create a variety of different cheesecakes. Evelyn son David opened up a restaurant in Beverly Hills call “Cheesecake Factory Restaurant” that served large portions of food and had various choices of
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In year 2015, there are 616,008 restaurants in America. Out of those 616,008 restaurants, 50,000 of them are fast food chains. The average wait time for a fast food restaurant is 219 seconds, which is about three minutes and 39 seconds. No wonder one out of four americans eat fast food every day, it’s so convenient! Not only is fast and convenient, it’s also very cheap. Most fast food restaurants have a dollar menu. But do you ever wonder what could possibly be in those hamburgers that make it only
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