Nicholas Mustico Case Study Amy’s Bread Case Study Questions 1. Who are the main players (name and position)? The main Player in this is Amy Scherber and she is the manager and owner. Another main character is Toy Kim Dupree and he is Amy’s assistant manager. 2. In what business or businesses and industry or industries is the company operating? Amy’s bread is in the business of selling bread products both wholesale and retail. They sell primarily to high quality restaurants‚ hotels and food
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I never realized how much my perspective on going to college would change after getting my first job at Panera Bread a few years ago. I always knew I wanted to go to college but I never understood the importance until getting my first low-skilled job which was at Panera Bread. Like many kids my age‚ the summer of turning seventeen was when I decided to get my first job. I now had a driver’s license and a car that my grandpa helped me buy‚ so naturally‚ my working middle-class parents wanted me to
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Merchandising BUMT4450: Winter 2015 Brooke Elliott‚ Devon Maley‚ and Trixie Zarate CURRENT SITUATION Current Performance Highlights • Q4 2014 Company-owned comparable net bakerycafe sales up 3.3% • Q4 2014 Company-owned comparable net bakerycafe transactions up 1.3% • During FY 2014‚ 114 new bakery-cafes opened system-wide Strategic Posture • Mission: “A Loaf of bread in every arm” CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Board of Directors • Seven Members • Three Board Committees Top Management Ronald Shaich Founder
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Due to current economic conditions‚ Bread for the City has reached out and helped so many of the citizens of DC. George has risen maintained a consistent growth pattern; and effectively operating the business. Such success is attributed to decisions made by him and his talented work team. George has made a commitment to excellence that supersedes that of most businesses; illustrated through the achievement of national recognitions for Bread for the City. Bread for the City truly is an information
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bring everyone in the community together; my family has always helped others. All these events have made me who I am today. All the experiences in my life have lead me to be detail oriented‚ punctual‚ and a very hard worker. The environment of Panera bread is amazing and the customers that it attracts are happy and nice. This environment is this way because of the way employees interact with the customers. When I go into work I am happy to be there and ready to help anyone who comes in. I believe
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Founder‚ Chairman of the Board and co-CEO and William “Bill” Moreton‚ President and co-CEO. In March 2012‚ to signify their partnership and shared commitment to Panera‚ the company announced that Ron Shaich and Bill Moreton would share the title of CEO. Shaich is directing a range of long term innovation and strategic initiatives for the company. The additional members of Panera’s Leadership Team are: • Charles “Chuck” J. Chapman‚ III – Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer •
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Case # 5 Panera Bread Company 1. What is Panera Bread’s strategy? Which of the four generic competitive strategies discussed in Chapter 3 most closely fit the competitive approach that Panera Bread is taking? What specific kind of competitive advantage is Panera Bread trying to achieve? Driving concept: to provide a premium specialty bakery and café experience to urban workers and suburban dwellers. Generic: Broad differentiation strategy. Competitive advantage: striving to build a
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Case Study 1 Question 1: How can Second Life provide value to businesses that use it? Answer: There are some main values that Second Life can bring to businesses that use it is: Firstly‚ firms can use Second Life to advertise and marketing their brands for millions of users of Second Life. Especially‚ this is a very good way for small and new businesses when they want to built up their brands because using Second Life or other virtual world can reduce the cost of advertising and easier to attend
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Honesty Testing Case Dressler‚ G. (2008) Honesty Testing at Carter Cleaning Company Jennifer Carter‚ president of the Carter Cleaning Centers‚ and her father have what the latter describes as an easy but hard job when it comes to screening job applicants. It is easy because for two important jobs – the people who actually do the pressing and those who do the cleaning-spotting – the applicants are easily screened with about 20 minutes of on-the-job testing. As with typists‚ as Jennifer points
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Case Study Questions 1. Who are the main players (name and position)? Amy Scherber - owner and founder of Amy’s Bread Toy Kim Dupree – manager of Amy’s Bread who is very involved in day to day operations and decision making and is also very trusted by Amy. 2. In what business or businesses and industry or industries is the company operating? Amy’s Bread is a specialty bread and pasty store. They specialize in handmade baked goods and are a wholesale supplier to many of New York’s prominent
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