The fast food, or quick service restaurant industry (QSR), represents approximately 200,000 restaurants and $155 billion in sales in the U.S. alone, they are one of the largest segments of the food industry (Hoovers, 2011). This segment of the restaurant industry is “highly competitive and fragmented… number, size and strength of competitors vary by region, market and even restaurant. All of these restaurants compete based on a number of factors, including taste, quality, speed of service, price and value, name recognition, restaurant location, customer service and the ambience and condition of each restaurant” (Chipotle, 2010).…
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The nature of the products and services provided in the restaurant industry are based on customer satisfaction with the food and services that each location provides. Providing a selection of delicious and well-presented food made with quality ingredients that are simple and good tasting is exactly what the customer wants. Most customers go to restaurants to meet with others socially in a friendly environment. Making sure the restaurant is clean, attractive, and the décor is consistent with the food and restaurant’s image and making sure the waiting staff knows that it is ok to allow customers to linger adds to the customer’s satisfaction in a restaurant. The restaurant industry is highly competitive in terms of price, service, location, and food quality and is often affected by changes in consumer trends, economic conditions, demographics, and the concerns about the nutritional content of the food.…
A market analysis shows that spending on meals away from home is substantial and growing. Within Arizona, 2004 sales are projected to grow 6.5% to $6.27 billon. As spending on meals away from home increases, a shift in the demand for quality and convenient options has been observed by the Economic Resource Service (ERS) of the US Department of Agriculture. They suggest that there is a trend toward meals with more variety and amenities usually associated with full-service restaurants. This trend provides a growing opportunity for a "full-service" meal provided by a professional in the convenience of the home. According to an Entrepreneur Magazine article by Paul and Sarah Edwards, today 's 24/7 lifestyle leads to busy people who love to have meals fixed for them in their own homes.…
Nando Parrado was an average Joe, always went with the flow. He didn't really have any strong leadership skills that is until, his plane, the fairchild, crashed in the Andes mountains. Nando changes drastically from the beginning of the story to the end. He goes from not speaking up to the leader who saves lives, gives hope and encouragement.…
This new service will minimize the number of people needed to handle food products, and reduce opportunity cost. It will minimize capacity issues that come along with in house safety regulations as well as allow the customer the choice of less human interaction while enjoying a meal whether they dine in or in their car. New ideas that reduce the risk to personal health issues, maintaining quality, and convenient service at affordable prices to customers makes the idea attractive.…
In “A Look at the Intersection of Fine Dining and Fast Food”, Brenda Falk discusses the differences and similarities in fast food and fine dining. Her main focus throughout the article is the new found overlap in these two dining techniques. She also seems to feel that soon these two dining techniques could easily become one known as “quick casual”. In this article she jumps around from point to point whether it be reasoning behind certain dining styles, types of changes in these styles, or how they affect each other. Her argument was based fully on fast food restaurants adopting ideas from fine dining restaurants .…
Volunteering and conscription both played very big roles in the lives of the British population during the war, and for a long time after it was over. The war itself had a huge impact on both society and the economy of Britain, so it is not surprising that volunteering and conscription both had a profound impact on the British people.…
All the restaurants over the world undergo many challenges. These challenges occur in different forms like political, social, economic as well as technological factors. These factors are very necessary to…
dining concepts such as the farm-to -table movement. To avoid being trampled in the rush towards…
• Lifestyles have become faster paced, and multitasking among work, home, and family responsibilities is common. This has driven people to seek easier ways of coping with the many demands on their time. Consequently, convenience has become a major factor when making consumption decisions. The challenge: How can you make your restaurant more accessible and time-efficient for your target clientele?…
They, and probably you, have been summoned here by a Twitter blast from the Kogi truck, a retrofitted catering van serving Korean short-rib tacos, kimchi dogs and other edible symbols of L.A.’s famous cross-cultural inclusiveness. Although seeming as a new idea, Los Angeles had actually already experience the blend of mobility and dining. The intersection between food and wheels has driven culture in L.A. since at least the 1930s, when the city was already famous for its drive-ins and roadside hash houses designed to look like coffee pots. Food trucks may be nothing new in the U.S. as it has been prevalent among every state, but in L.A., where on some afternoons they can be as thick on the freeway as taxicabs are on New York’s Sixth Avenue, they define the landscape. Trucks like Kogi represent mobility in a city that worships mobility; it is a vehicle that breaks down barriers of race, class and ethnicity; it is selling a social experience as much as it is selling Korean tacos. The experience. That is the best part about food trucks. I recall downloading a food truck app and tracking down The Grilled Cheese Truck for my…
I believe that meals in restaurants should be labeled. The reasons why I believe that meals should be labeled is because labeling meals don´t affect anybody, labeling meals may help people who have specific diets know what they are eating, but on the other hand, people like the idea of nutritional labeling but they don´t seem to be acting on it. Labeling meals don´t affect anyone.…
In New York City, there seems to be at least 3 different choices for places to eat at on every block. What is most freighting about this is that, in my opinion, even with so many restaurants on each block, there are still waiting lists to get into some of these restaurants and there are still lines of people waiting outside in the freezing weather so they can go inside and eat until they are stuffed to the gills. People in America have fallen in love with food, they are willing to pay $20 for a light lunch at a restaurant, just so long as it includes a appetizer and dessert.…
There are different types of restaurants, some of these are the local restaurants known as chop bars, bar and restaurants, hotel and restaurants, fast-food restaurants, fine-dining restaurants, theme restaurants and casual dining restaurants. Regardless of its types, restaurants tend to manage its operation through integration of people, data and technology into a system.…