Science‚ LtdOxford‚ UKFSTFood Service Technology1471-5732Blackwell Publishing Ltd‚ 20055••2334Original ArticleCulture and performanceT. Øgaard‚ S. Larsen & E. Marnburg Peer review Organizational culture and performance – evidence from the fast food restaurant industry Torvald Øgaard‚* Svein Larsen*† and Einar Marnburg* *The Norwegian School of Hotel Management‚ Stavanger University‚ Stavanger‚ Norway; †Department of Psychosocial Science‚ University of Bergen‚ Bergen‚ Norway Abstract Correspondence:
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Joe fast food changes 10/21/2012 2nd draft All the fast food companies nowadays always want to know that how to attract more customers to their company‚ and how to makes more profit. Make some changes to make customers happy is the most important thing. Changing the taste of food based on the region‚ reducing the amount of fat and calories in food‚ and increasing worker’s salary are the three changes I would make. Choosing the taste of food in the region could bring back more
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Improved Fast Decoupled Power Flow R. Eid‚ S. W. Georges and R. A. Jabr Notre-Dame University‚ sgeorges@ndu.edu.lb Abstract This paper presents an Improved Fast Decoupled Power Flow Method (IFDPFM) based on different strategies of updating the voltage angle (δ) and the bus voltage (V) in each iteration. This method was tested on many IEEE bus test systems. When compared with the Newton-Raphson and with the classical Fast Decoupled methods‚ the IFDPFM resulted in large computing savings (in
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Fast Food and Obesity Obesity is a medical disorder in which body fat has gathered to such an extent that it may have a negative effect on the overall health condition of a person. People are classified as obese when their Body Mass Index (BMI) measurement is greater than thirty Kg / m2‚ or their weight is twenty percent greater than normal weight (Obesity‚ WebMD). America has blamed genetics and fast food as the cause of overweight and obesity for many years‚ the fact is that it is not a "cause"
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"Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser One doesn’t need to be a Rhodes scholar to figure out that Eric Schlosser‚ in his book Fast Food Nation‚ has a bone to pick with the way America eats. The name of the book alone‚ carrying with it cultural baggage‚ reveals that he is not a fan of the great American hamburger. If you read the book‚ though‚ you will realize that he’s not half as much against the french fries that often go with that burger‚ although he’s no particular fan of those‚ either. Schlosser
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Olive Garden Italian Restaurant‚ Ruby Tuesday‚ and Hard Times Café represent three franchise-operated‚ chain restaurants in the DC metropolitan area. This paper examines the organizational goals‚ authority structure‚ field research‚ customer seating patterns‚ technology‚ organizational structure‚ operational logistics‚ research limitations and team recommendations. The Olive Garden Italian Restaurant located is located Bowie‚ MD and is a franchised restaurant which was established in 1992 by Bill
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Background………………………………………………..………………3 3. Business Analysis…………………………………………………….………………4 a. Profitability Ratios……………………………………………..……………..4 b. Liquidity Ratios………………………………………………..……………..6 c. Leverage Ratios……………………………………………………………....7 d. Activity Ratios………………………………………………………………..9 e. Shareholders’ Return Ratios………………………………………………….9 f. Contribution Analysis………………………………………………………10 g. DuPont Model of Financial Analysis...……………………….……………10 h. Break-even Analysis……………………………………….……………….11 4. Summary ………………
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Fast food advertisements should be not banned during television shows for children (Argument Points and their brief explanation) ARGUMENT POINTS 1. Junk food advertising does not force parents to buy the food Just because junk food is advertised does not mean that parents should buy it for their children or give their children the money to buy it. It is important to recognise that parents have the final say‚ and also are ultimately responsible for what their children eat. We should place greater
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frozen French fries. Today Simplot’s Company is one of the three leading competing distributors. “French Fries‚” their unique taste does not stem from the type of potato that McDonalds buy‚ but by the technology that processes them‚ as well as‚ the restaurant equipment that fries them. The taste is determined by the cooking oil‚ which consists of‚ 7% cottonseed oil and 93%‚ Beef Tallow which contains more saturated beef fat per ounce than a McDonald’s hamburger. In 1990 McDonalds was ordered to switch
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Setting up a fast food joint in India (Feasibility Report) Prepared By: Alankar MBA – International Business Indian Institute of Foreign Trade‚ Delhi Introduction Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly. While any meal with low preparation time can be considered to be fast food‚ typically the term refers to food sold in a restaurant or store with low quality preparation and served to the customer in a packaged form for take-out/take-away. Also
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