Essays on Catering

Charlotte Supplements is a small-scale organization operating in Charlotte North Carolina (NC) selling over 6,000 products. The portfolio of the company includes supplements for vitamins, minerals, herbs, and sports edibles. Due to its scale, the company does not interact with the audience digitally regarding product information such as prices. Moreover, the company operates for a limited span each week (CS, 2017). The purpose of this paper is to propose a business model and a competitive strategy for overcoming this small-scale but a potential competition. The paper will explain the core concept of strategy briefly prior to the proposition. ...

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Technology advancement is a requirement for all public systems where users come in large numbers. One such critical functioning system is the Air Traffic Control system of the America. America’s Air Traffic Control (ATC) system had been running for the past 40 years and catering to the burgeoning traffic at the airports. At any given time in the United States, approximately 7000 aircraft are flying in the country’s airspace. The country’s air traffic system had been catering to the ever increasing demand. However, it ...

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CONTENTS I. Background3 II. St. Regis Mumbai: Strategy & Implementation: Overview...5 II.I. External Operation Environment: Opportunities & Threats6 II.II. Internal Operation Environment: Strengths & Weaknesses..7 II.III. SWOT Chart...8 III. St. Regis Mumbai Strategy: Evaluation..9 III.I. St. Regis Mumbai Strategy: Mission & Objectives9 III.II. St. Regis Mumbai Strategy: Business Model9 III.III. St. Regis Mumbai Strategy in Theory..10 III.IV. Recommendations11 IV. Conclusion..12

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St. Regis Mumbai: Strategy Implementation Analysis I. BACKGROUND St. Regis has a global presence of 58 hotels in four continents: North America, Africa, Asia and Europe in 23 countries ("Global St. Regis Hotel List," n.d.). St. Regis Mumbai, one of St. Regis's hotels ...

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Event management applies the use of the skills of project management to create and develop both small and large scale events that include a great deal of planning and logistics such as ceremonies, conferences, weddings, formal and informal parties among others. The field involves identifying the target audience, coming up with concepts that are related to the event and relating the technical aspects of the event beforehand. Event management is merged to serve as the marketing tool for the event being organized. In this case, event organizers devise the best methods they can employ to reach the target audience ...

Implementation of Information Technology in Healthcare Systems – Research Proposal

Abstract The objective of this paper is to present a proposed study about the implementation of Information Technology in Healthcare Systems. Specifically, the authors focused on the use of Management Information Systems (MIS). The research proposal focuses on obtaining evidences and insights about the potential use of information technology in the management of healthcare organizations. For the research approach and design, the proposed paper is to be a qualitative exploratory study. For this proposal, it has been found, based on the discussions about problem description, justification of the problem, and the preliminary review of related literatures, that there is ...

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Overall Analysis 3 SWOT Analysis 4 Marketing Mix 7 Financial Position 9 Conclusions 10 Recommendations 11

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Strategic Management at Café de Coral Holdings Introduction The food industry is a promising one with growth potential. This is even same in the case of the fast food industry. The concept of eating out has established itself all over. One reason for this is the fast-paced life of the modern world. People are becoming more adventurous in terms of trying out newer cuisines and constantly looking for variety. The Strategic Management of one such company, the Café de Coral Holdings Limited (Listed ...

Operations Plan for Wedding Management

Wedding Planning and Management business is part of an Event Management Business. Event Management business is gaining popularity because of the growing culture of getting better experiential service during celebration of any event as well as the willingness to spend on novel experiences. This paper discusses the operational plan of a Wedding Management start up business which pursues the mission of extending a memorable experience to its customers.

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

The Operation strategy outlines the plan for starting and developing the business in such a way that it aligns with the mission, vision and core values of the organization. An operations ...

“Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.” Russell’s quote has encouraged and inspired me to cherish every single day of my life and to prepare myself to make this world a beautiful place. The words recenter me in times of chaos and allow me to focus on things that truly matter. Moreover, thanks to my parents who both have Ph.D. degrees, I have always been interested in science and learning. Since an early age, I was interested in attending ...

INTRODUCTION

The South West (SW) Wedding Awards is the biggest event conducted each year throughout the Plymouth, United Kingdom (UK). The event caters number of wedding photographers, event management firms, wedding beauticians, and every contributor adding the value to an event. Our organization, Bell-Pickle Hospitality, is contracted for providing food and beverage services for the gala event. It is an opportunity for our company to serve the best audience with excellence and establish a goodwill. Our audience in the Plymouth gala event includes the wedding specialists, wedding organizers, and related wedding service providers. Since the purpose of this gala event ...

Introduction

The concept of changing mindset transcends to both the personal perspective of every individuals to shift from career to entrepreneurship and the organizational perspective of shifting into a learning organization. Furthermore, the concept of changing mindset will be elaborated by analyzing a case study and the article by Seddon and O’Donnovan (2010). In he first part, the changing mindset was demonstrated by the case of Andy who successfully established a small business instead of staying in his career. It is apparent from the case that changing from career into a small business entrepreneur can be a challenge, but ...

The Meaning of Consumption Activities in Daily Life

The theory of consumption is one of the fundamental disciplines of microeconomics. It explores the economic decisions, especially in the area of consumption by private economic agents. The behavior of the consumer (buyer) in the market economy is based on the theory of demand (consumer behavior theory), which is based on how and how our needs are converted into a certain amount of demand; how from a variety of benefits we choose what suits us. Consumer behavior is the process of formation of the market demand of buyers offering a choice of benefits taking into account the existing price. ...

1. Overview of your organization and the industry in which it operates a. Include your strategic goals, vision, and mission and any brand values or ‘slogans’ that the organization uses internally/ externally The name of the company is Nutritious Food Company, operating in the foods and beverages industry. The company was established in the year 2005 and comprises of six branches located in six major towns of the State of American Arab Emirate. The objective of the company is to provide food and catering services, offering both traditional and modern foods. The company also offers catering services for occasions ...

Analysis of the Chipotle Mexican Grill Service

Introduction The purpose of this assignment is to conduct a multifaceted and complete analysis of the service, provided by the Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant, operating in direct customer service in own physical space as well as catering. To narrow down this analysis and due to the limitation of the personal experience only to direct customer service in the restaurant, this document will look specifically at this aspect of the business. To better understand the proposition of the restaurant it is important to look at its business model. Founded in Delaware in 1993, today the organization operates over 2000 restaurants ...

7. Objectives Product/Service: Bring the menu up to 4.8 score in the next three months.

Pricing: Formulate a plan to make portion sizes proportionate to price without comprising on quality. Pricing: Review the current list of ingredients that are regularly used and identify means to reduce cost. This should be done in the next 60 days. Place: With the help of an interior fit-out firm, review the layout of the restaurant and determine whether an open kitchen/grill/mini-prep station can be installed in a place where patrons can see the cooks in action. Set up meeting in the next 14 ...

Introduction

As one of the fastest growing markets within the leisure industry, cruise tourism bridges the gaps between exploration and comfort, providing an alternative way for individuals to envisage the world around them. Due to its increase in popularity, the cruise industry has had to adapt to trends in consumer needs; balancing luxury, exploration and expectation in order to create a unified package that can compete with rival companies within the cruise industry. Focusing on the Viking cruise company specifically, this case study shall illustrate how companies within the cruise industry perform when adapting to pressures and demands by consumers ...

4. Environmental Analysis 4.1. Operating Factors Some of the common goals in any restaurant regardless of size is the desire to make money, control food and labor cost and to retain employees . A restaurant is one of the toughest businesses to run successfully because of the long hours involved, the high turnover and the relatively low pay when compared to the number of hours. Therefore it is clear that human resource is a critical operating factor. An understanding of the nature of the market is also essential; factors like market saturation and market trends are critical to operating a ...

In the light of working towards a healthier prosperous nation, United Healthcare group has initiated efforts geared at ensuring that it offers a comprehensive medical cover for all the American citizens, catering for over 70 million people worldwide (United Healthcare, 2016). The United Healthcare group works at ensuring that patients have quick access to the various health practitioners across the nation which ends up being life changing. The institution collaborates with different organizations to make sure that they have a functional cover for their employees. Further, there is an individualized medical scheme for the people who may lack employer ...

Business Plan for a Proposed Three Star Category Hotel in Auckland

Business Plan for a Proposed Three Star Category Hotel in Auckland

Executive Summary

The present paper proposes analyses and presents a business venture in the form of a 3 star category 70 room hotel Business. The business is projected as low cost and high value proposition to the mid to upper scale business and leisure clients. It is found that the business is capable of recovering its 5 year working capital costs within a span of 2 years and 2 months thus an early operational breakeven is likely. Annual revenue of $1,609,650 at 70% occupancy and $90 ADR (Average ...

Communication tools

There are various digital marketing tools that a brand can use to reach its target market with information about the overall brand as well as specific products. The platforms provide means of providing varying content including videos, pictures and written details on the products. With that, the Chipotle marketing campaign will entail the use of various platforms to deliver different content to the target segments in ways that are captivating and capable of catching the audience attention. In that respect, the following is a summary of the digital platforms through which the brand will reach the target market across ...

Compass Group plc

Compass Group plc is a multinational company dealing with contract food service, support management, cleaning management and property management. It is a British multinational company with headquarter located in the compass house along Chertsey Surrey. Compass Group Company is the largest contract food service organization in the world. The company operates in more than fifty countries across the entire world. The company offers different food services in different locations and institutions such as the hospitals, cultural venues, offshore oil platforms, major sports, schools, offices, mining camps and various universities. The company has several shares and is very active in ...

This paper will compare two local restaurants in San Diego, California that specialize in the Mexican food industry that is native to Southern California due to the proximity to Mexico. The restaurants chosen will be El Indio and Old Town Mexican Café. The reason that these two restaurants have been chosen is that they are known as San Diego’s best restaurants for Mexican food that are publicized to many tourists visiting the area. Additionally, these restaurants have been chosen because strategically they were in the same position of turning a landmark restaurant into an establishment that was going ...

Executive Summary

The report is designed to develop the strategic marketing plan for Vertical Horizon Company for its coming three years. The company was founded in 2003 in New Zealand,and it offers adventurous services. The major activities of the company include Team building, Training of leadership, camping, camps for children, adventurous activities, Family get-togethers and reunions, parties, events and celebrations and Catering, Venue and accommodation services. Based on the situation analysis, strength and weaknesses of Vertical Horizon are found along with the future opportunities and threats to the company. Keeping the analysis in mind, the three marketing objectives are designed ...

Many a time have people heard about politicians who do plenty of talking. However, verbal rhetoric is only meaningful when backed by actual deeds aimed at the improvement of what politicians oversee, which is society and its welfare. The incumbent Senate President of New Jersey, Stephen Sweeney is one of such politicians who may be said to utilize his legislative authority to its limit. He has showed his aptitude in areas, such as education, property ownership, taxation, healthcare, and the protection of different social categories. Of course, as with other prominent politicians, however renowned, Sweeney has made some controversial ...

1. Introduction Marketing refers to the set of all the strategies utilized for the purpose of promoting or selling the services of any company. It always plays a key role in the success of all types of small, medium and large sizes of businesses. And, without the shadow of any doubt, the success of a marketing strategy heavily depends on how well it is planned and implemented, and how accurately it addresses the needs of the target audience for a business (Kotler & Armstrong, 2006).The current paper aims to analyze the marketing strategy of two different airline companies i.e. ...

PERSONAL FINANCE INVESTMENT IN QATAR: INVESTING QR 1000000

Abstract This article describes a personal finance project which entails the investment of QR 1000000 in a short time frame, from 1 March to 27 May 2016. We first define personal finance and establish the five steps of a personal financial planning process, which entails: (1) assessment of the individual’s financial situation; (2) determination of the individual’s financial goals; (3) creation and details of the financial plan, based upon the determined goals; (4) execution of the aforementioned plan; (5) monitoring and reassessment of the plan. For each one of the five stages, we carry out the required ...

Introduction

Pacific World Singapore Pvt. Ltd, human resource function, continuous to be critical department and remains as the core staff in ensuring successful accomplishment of its mission. Operating in tourism and hospitality sector, Pacific World Singapore Pvt. Ltd has many employees from different regions and culture making its strongest team of tourism and catering attendants. The employees consist of 1800 travel agencies, and countless incoming agencies along other technical and other operations employees. Pacific World Singapore Pvt. Ltd deals with diverse culture and different category of clients from all over the world. The success of the company is highly depended ...

Industry Case Study Report

Industry Case Study Report

Abstract

The world has become increasingly mobile or that is what the statistics shows us. The number of tourists across the world has been rising all through the years barring a few occasions like post 9/11 in 2001 and during the global recession period of 2008-2010. The latest data shows that the international tourist arrivals have increased by 4 % to reach a record 1.2 billion tourist arrivals in 2015 . Almost all the major markets exhibited positive results and is it is expected to upkeep the momentum in 2016 as well. New Zealand also continued to show ...

Is the U.S Southern Border patrol Effective?

Abstract The primary role of the United States border patrol is to detect and prevent illegal aliens from getting into the country. Furthermore, it also plays a big role in preventing human trafficking. All kinds of people with ill intentions do find their way into America. Such individuals are a threat to the security of American citizens. They participate in acts such as smuggling, robberies, homicides and murder cases. In fact, a significant portion of the prison population in America is composed of illegal immigrants. Moreover, these people become a burden to the government since they increase capital expenditures ...

Project Plan for Elaine's Catering

Elaine’s Catering kitchen renovation project will be carried out in three phases and several other sub-phases under the main phases. The division of the project in phases is to ensure that everything is done in the order in which it is supposed to be done and that there is no wastage of resources.

Planning and Designing

The first phase of this project will involve planning and design of the kitchen. It is in this phase that the materials that are required for the project will be identified. Any changes in the design of the kitchen will also be made in this ...

Irie Caribbean restaurant is located in the heart of Toronto’s Italy district. The restaurant was established by Leroy Morrison and Elgon Walker. The restaurant focuses on providing its clients with an authentic Caribbean experience ranging from the restaurant's décor to the menu. The restaurant is fully licensed and has a catering service which accounts for 9 percent of its total revenue(Jackson, 2014). Irie Restaurant has been experiencing a fall in its sales figures in the second year of operations making the goal of franchising the brand a distant dream for the two co-owners. Decreasing sales figures ...

Business Plan

Executive Summary 3 1.0 Introduction 4 2.0 Operations plan 5 2.1 Location and facilities 5 2.2 Business processes 6 2.3 Distribution and outsourcing 9 3.0 Organizational plan 10 3.1 Management 11 3.2 Mission 12 3.3 Purpose 13 3.4 Vision 13 3.5 Legal structure 13 3.6 Organizational chart 14 4.0 Marketing plan 16 4.1 Price 16 4.2 Product 17 4.3 Place 19 4.4 Promotion 20 5.0 Financial plan 21 6.0 Growth plan 22 7.0 Contingency and harvest strategy 23 8.0 Timeline to launch the plan 25 9.0 References 28 10.0 Appendices 29

Executive summary

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Business Startup Proposal

Delicious and healthy food on time Summary Time Food is an Asian food restaurant that is totally committed to providing its customers with healthy diets. The restaurant is also committed to ensuring that all the guests get professional, courteous, and quick services. As a leading food eatery in the region, we will continuously ensure that the food we serve to our customers meets highest standards of seasonality, freshness, and quality.

Team

Time Food’s management team comprises a chief operating officer, a catering manager, and a marketing manager. The chief operating officer has a master’s degree in management and ...

1.0 Statement of the problem The concern is brought about by the decreasing revenues of their business as evident in the preceding year of operation. Sales have dwindled over time due to decreased demand for services at the restaurant. Morrison observes that there has been a significant decrease in lunch demands and an overall reduction of sales revenues. Morrison also observes that despite the restaurant offering three services, the takeout, and catering programs have a very minimal share of revenues at about 9% each which is troubling given the fact that the two services are very popular in the ...

Introduction

Staffing issues in nursing that occur because of the growing shortage of nurses and huge budget cuts has been an ongoing concern for a long period (American Nursing Association, 2013). Registered nurses have acknowledged that the issue has led to longer working hours for nurses as they take care of sick patients. The situation puts both the safety of patient and nurses at risk. This has brought the need for adequate staffing levels to achieve the optimal nurse to patient ration that is now a national priority. The projected outcome of safe staffing include; reduced medication errors, a decrease ...

Nestlé: Global Marketing Strategy

Company Overview

Nestlé is a global company since inception. Founded in 1866 as Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co. ("Key dates, n.d.), Nestlé has grown into world's leading nutrition, health and wellness company. This expansion has not been limited to geographical presence in six continents but has, significantly, included by a rarely matched expansion in product portfolio. In so doing, Nestlé has introduced common household brands and/or renovated her business model over her long (and ongoing journey) as to enhance her market positioning globally and, not least, create unrivaled added-value for customers, partner and government stakeholders and communities ...