Case #33 California Pizza Kitchen Synopsis and Objectives This case examines the question of financial leverage at California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) in July 2007. With a highly profitable business and an aversion to debt‚ CPK management is considering a debt-financed stock buyback program. The case is intended to provide an introduction to the Modigliani-Miller capital structure irrelevance propositions and the concept of debt tax shields. With the background of a pizza company‚ the case provides
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Executive Summary Pizza hut is the multinational company which is operating in United States‚ Philippines‚ Malaysia and many others countries. Pizza Hut (corporately known as Pizza Hut‚ Inc.) is an American restaurant chain and international franchise that offers different styles of pizza along with side dishes including pasta‚ buffalo wings‚ breadsticks‚ and garlic bread. Pizza Hut is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands‚ Inc. (The world’s largest restaurant company) with approximately 34‚000 restaurants
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Online pizza ordering system is a web based application which allows pizza to be ordered online. This web site gives us information about pizza. The ordering system provides the user with three tabs: one for customizing pizzas‚ one for side orders‚ and one for delivery details. Customers can switch to any tab any time. When they are done with filling in all information regarding their order they can complete the order to send it to the pizzeria. There are 2 types of users who can order for pizza online
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Domino’s Pizza Introduction: This report is going to be based upon Domino’s Pizza‚ a franchised organisation derived in Michigan‚ USA. This report will firstly give a brief overview of the history of Domino’s; it will then establish and explain the micro and macro factors that affect Domino’s and their effects on the business. It will also contain a strategy which would allow Domino’s to adapt and thrive in its ever changing environment; the report will give details explaining which external
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California Pizza Kitchen Chris Schroeder FI 602: Financial Strategy and Valuation Fang Chen September 21‚ 2012 Introduction In July of 2007‚ California Pizza Kitchen (CPK)‚ a casual dining pizzeria started in California by co-owners Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax‚ was faced with the decision to invest in a stock repurchase program. Led by Chief Financial Officer Susan Collyns‚ the financial team of CPK was reviewing the preliminary results for the second quarter to determine if the stock
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example‚ they found out that their marketing mix elements has to vary depending on what country they were in. Another example of a marketing mix element that needed some change was when they were opening their franchise in Japan. Granted all the pizzas look the same but some of the toppings are not accepted in other cultures. In Japan‚ they did not know what pepperoni was. They thought it was a type of pepper‚ and when they found out it was a type of meat; they were a little discouraged because
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Pizza Store Layout Simulation University of Phoenix Introduction The concept of the learning curve is a powerful tool and is applicable to all learning processes. In this simulation I became the manager and ran the Pizza store hoping to produce a better process for the amount of time a customer waits for their order. The goal of my job was to apply the learning curve concepts to test the alternative against the current process of the Pizza store. I will explain and provide information
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To. Adrian Grose-Hodge ------------------------------------------------- Course Title. English Pre-Sessional Summer Course‚ 2010 ------------------------------------------------- Title. BACKGROUND HISTORY AND SWOT ANALYSIS OF PIZZA HUT
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PROFILE Pizza Hut is one of the flagship brands of Yum! Brands‚ Inc.‚ which also has KFC‚ Taco Bell‚ A&W and Long John Silver’s under its umbrella. Pizza Hut is the world’s largest pizza chain with over 12‚500 restaurants across 91 countries In India‚ Pizza Hut has 137 restaurants across 36 cities‚ including Delhi‚ Mumbai‚ Bangalore‚ Chennai‚ Kolkata‚ Hyderabad‚ Pune‚ and Chandigarh amongst others. Yum! is in the process of opening Pizza Hut restaurants at many more locations to service a larger
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Preparatory Questions for California Pizza Kitchen 1. In what ways can Susan Collins facilitate the cusses of CPK? 2. Using the scenarios in case Exhibit 9‚ what roles does leverage play in affecting the return on equity (ROE) for CPK? What about the cost of capital? a. Leverage increases Beta for the firm since debt to equity ratio increases from unlevered beta. We use 10 year Treasury bond as our risk free rate and for market risk premium we use current prime lending rate for June 2007
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