Noodles And Company Business Analysis

If you are ever thinking of dining at the restaurant Noodles and Company, you might want to consider going elsewhere. Although it is not the worst restaurant in Waterloo, it is definitely not one of the best. Noodles and Company was founded in 1995 by Aaron Kennedy in Broomfield, California. Aaron Kennedy felt there were not enough restaurants that served noodle dishes, so he set out to create his own. The restaurant currently has 510 locations in 39 states. Although I cannot see how, the company has earned multiple awards, one being FORBES Magazine’s, The 100 Most Trustworthy Companies in America (Noodles and Company). While I was there, I was able to evaluate their atmosphere, menu setup, service, the variety they offer to their customers,
Each dish varied slightly in price, around seven to eight dollars, but it depended on what portion size you decided on, small or regular. Small, of course, was cheaper, but still came with a lot of food. I got the small option, and the friends I was with purchased the regular. After we had finished our meals and were still full from the amount of food we had consumed, even though it was not delightful. One does get the amount of food that they pay for.
Presumably, Aaron Kennedy had tried to make the atmosphere as nice as the food portion to price ratio, but his attempt fell flat. The lighting in the front of the restaurant was dim, but it was satisfactory, it did not impair my ability to see. In the back, however, the absence of light was so extreme, it felt less like a restaurant and more like a cave. The place was packed to the point where it was full of noisy background chatter. On top of that, the company thought it was a good idea to play weird techno music, at distractingly loud levels, over top of the already rowdy
The ones who were not fortunate enough to receive a place to eat were left waiting for a table to open up so they could simply sit down. Most were able to find a table by the time their food was ready, only because the time it took for one to actually get their food was outrageously long. It took exactly 18 minutes and 43 seconds for us to receive the food we had ordered, which I would not think of as unreasonable if we were not at a place that labeled themselves as a fast-casual restaurant. The worst part was when two other customers who had ordered after us received their food first, but it is not like they had anywhere to sit! When our food finally arrived, the worker who dropped it off said nothing, gave us a rather sour look, and left without a word of apology. Simply put, nothing about the service there was fast, or very casual