problems at the Lodge Bistro chain and suggestions for improvement. From: Tray Cray To: Patricia Lodge Cc: Brian King Date: 28th October 2012 Part 1 – word count 529 inc. titles Introduction The Lodge Bistro Chain has grown from a single café in 1989 to a chain of 25 identical restaurants across the south of England. These restaurants have been tightly controlled to ensure Managers conform to the single vision of the CEO Joyce Lodge. In 2010‚ Patricia Lodge took over as CEO
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$5‚500‚000 the new computed fair value became $9‚625‚000. This was level 2 categorization on the valuation hierarchy. The fair value of the lodge division was determined using a market approach. The fair value was expressed as a multiple of the current year revenue of $3‚028‚000. Research revealed that the mean multiple of the five mountain resort lodges sold in the Western United States within the last year was 3.75. After applying the
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These earth lodges were usually big enough to shelter up to seven families at a time. For example‚ “The Mandan Indians lived in settled villages of round earthen lodges. Mandan lodges were made from wooden frames covered with packed earth. When Mandan men went on hunting trips‚ they often used small buffalo-hide tepees as temporary shelter”(source A). This shows that the houses the Mandan people lived in were lodges made of earth and usually very large enough to
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America’s Foreign Policy Post WWI and Its Results Indisputably the United States failed to join the League of Nations‚ because the US senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles. Despite Wilson’s extensive 1919-1920 campaign to achieve Senate approval for the treaty‚ he failed in part because he did not attain consensus among the Democratic and Republican parties. When peace negotiations began in October‚ 1918‚ President Wilson Woodrow played a significant role. The focal point of his arguments
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playground aimed unashamedly at the world’s very wealthy. Celebrity sportspeople‚ Rock stars‚ World Leaders and Corporate Chief Executives and other world globe-trotters are the prime targets of this new tourism business developed by Lilybank Lodge. The lodge offers these exclusive niche segments the opportunity of a secluded holiday in a little known paradise. Guests‚ commonly under public scrutiny in their everyday lives‚ can escape such pressures at an idyllic retreat designed exclusively and
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Analysis of Characterization in "The Darkness Out There Analysis of Characterization in "The Darkness Out There" ‘The Darkness Out There’ and ‘The Withered Arm’ are both short stories. The characterization techniques they use are contrasting and similar. Each story is from a different time; ‘The Withered Arm’ being 19th century and ‘The Darkness Out There’ being 20th century. Thomas Hardy writes ‘The Withered Arm’ as a 3rd person narrative whereas Penelope Lively uses a mixture between 3rd and
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project. If turnover can be eliminated‚ Posada Amazonas could create a working team to ensure a smooth operation for the lodge. Problem: Posada Amazonas’ approach to integrating the lodge into the community and how it trains and prepares the commoners for their jobs needs to be reevaluated. Solution: Maintain and increase the commoners’ involvement and stake in the lodge. The commoners form an integral part of the community‚ although their customs and attitudes toward vary somewhat from those
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Book 1). Part (a) I believe the problems affecting The Lodge Bistro are: High staff turnover. Growing completion. Inconsistency in the approach of the managers. Conflicting Managers. Reduced spending by customers. Company Standards lowering. Dated Décor and Menu. Inexperienced staff. Low quality food being served. Custom Economic Climate. Part (b) I have used the concept STEEP to identify the problems at The Lodge Bistro. STEEP has five factors: Sociological. Technological
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A co-op store is a store which is owned and controlled by members of a cooperative‚ rather than a single store-owner or corporate entity. The cooperative tradition dates back to the 1700s in Great Britain‚ when workers began organizing in cooperatives in an attempt to get around usurious prices for basic goods‚ housing‚ and other services. Today‚ cooperative stores can be found all over the world‚ and some of these stores are extremely successful business entities. The idea behind a co-op store
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characters‚ Rhoda Brook‚ Farmer Lodge and Gertrude Lodge. Rhoda is a faded milkmaid and twelve years before the story is set Rhoda had an affair and fell pregnant with Farmer Lodge’s child. As he was of a higher class‚ Farmer Lodge soon abandoned Rhoda and his child. He is now newly wed to the more suited‚ Gertrude. Although Rhoda had never met the new bride‚ she carried a strong grudge against her. One night Rhoda had a supernatural vision of the young Mrs Lodge with “...features shockingly distorted
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