Essays on Foodstuffs

A company that I think might be successful following a production orientation is McDonalds. The production oriented approach holds that all that a company makes is the focal point of attention by the managers (Blythe, 2014). Production orientation at McDonalds ignores the diversity of the needs by customers and generalizes them to one goal of producing a quality brand. McDonalds is the largest chain of Hamburger fast food restaurants. McDonalds has more than 36,500 outlets in countries (McDonalds Official Website). The production orientation is upheld since the foodstuffs offered at McDonalds are basically similar in all countries of ...

According to the American Institute of Nutrition, the intake of chocolate, tea and wine rich in flavonoid by elderly women and men is associated with high level of cognitive performance (Bhagwat, Haytowitz, and Holden 98). The study involved a total of 2031 participants who were aged between 70-74 years old. The series of cognitive tests were undertaken among the population which had consumed the flavonoid-rich foodstuffs and then their results were compared to those of the populations which had not consumed the flavonoid-rich foodstuffs (Nurk et al. 124). The findings showed that those who had consumed chocolate, tea and ...

What Is Food Security?

Various organizations define food insecurity differently while explaining the same phenomenon. According to The World Food Summit held in October 1996, “Food security exist when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy lifestyle” (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001, p. 4). It is important to note that the foregoing definition of food security focuses on the availability of food for everyone. This focus is because more people shifted from subsistence farming in favor of ...

Abstract

The topic of genetically modified organisms has attracted diverse opinions from the general public for some time. The question as to whether foodstuffs modified genetically can be fit or unfit for human consumption still remains a debatable issue. Currently, a given percentage of the world’s population believe that these foodstuffs are fit for consumption, however, the rest of the population highly detest them. As for that reason, whenever the topic of genetically modified organisms comes into context, diverse opinions emerge. Even though a significant population have all the reasons to ignore the genetically modified foodstuffs, they come with ...

Nutritional Intake of my Chosen Senior

My chosen senior is a widowed 63 year old woman, living alone in an urban setting, doesn’t have any diet related diseases or illness and isn’t under any prescribed medication. Her Carbohydrate intake is high, she consumes carbohydrates four out of seven days a week, her carbohydrate sources are brown rice, whole wheat pasta and potatoes. She consumes vitamin daily, she takes a glass or two of fresh fruit juice. Her calcium intake throughout the week is recommendable since she takes milk and dairy foods such as cheese, ghee and calcium fortified cereals. Generally, she has been ...

Introduction

Studies have shown that expectations regarding health effects of organic foodstuffs are the perhaps the strongest drives for consumer to purchase organic foods. However, these expectations lack solid scientific evidence. Various researches are being carried out to check the health value of organic products vis-à-vis the conventional produce and how organic food consumption has affected health biomarkers. Organic foods have become the benchmark of today’s debate over the value of grown with less additives and chemicals. While there are some health benefits in organic foods, the media has been time and again accused of hyping the benefits ...

The patient presented in this case suffers from metabolic syndrome. The metabolic syndrome is a cluster of health problems that is associated with the presence of obesity and tissues resistance to insulin. The metabolic syndrome is a condition that causes a myriad of problems in the body such that the body becomes incapable of maintaining the circulation of the useful energy molecules such as glucose and lipids in the right quantities in the bloodstream (Huang, 2009). Other associated disorders of metabolic syndrome include high blood pressure and dyslipidemia. The lipid problem is characterized by elevated levels of triglycerides and ...

Abstract

Obesity among young children is on the rising trajectory. Research journals about obesity focus on the causes of obesity and mitigating interventions for childhood obesity. According to the Center for Disease Control in the United States, obesity cases pose a health risk to children and thus there is need to prevent it. Medical practitioners in most health care centers are also worried with the increase of the cases of obesity among the young generation. Ebbelin, Pawlak & Ludwig, (2002) suggests that the increase in the cases of obesity has resulted in a high number of cardiovascular infections among the youths. ...

Abstract

This naturalistic observation was carried out at a Starbucks coffee shop located at N Hill St, Los Angeles. The coffee shop is conspicuous from a distance because of the firm’s green colors and logo. People visit the coffee shop for food and drinks as well as to socialize or discuss or do business, as evidenced by the interactions witnessed during the naturalist observation exercise. This paper documents a vivid and detailed description of my time at the Los Angeles coffee shop for two hours each day at 8am beginning March 28th and ending March 29th 2016. Some of ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Ya Kun Kaya group had many goals and aims altogether. Firstly, the restaurant wanted to expand its cafeteria to the neighboring nations so as to increase its customer base. Secondly, the organization wanted to expand its supply chain on the products that they sell to all local and foreign clients. Thirdly, the hotel business was to push for the outsourcing of human resource personnel to boost their skills and manpower (Grant, 2003). In essence, the achievement of these plans had to come in handy with follow-up strategies. The tourists, locals, and the regular orders were given priorities by ...

A case study of Costco Wholesale Corporation

Background information This is an American membership-only warehouse that offers an array of products, currently; it is the largest membership-only Corporation in the United States and second largest retailer globally, after Walmart. Its headquarters are in Issaquah Washington in the United States of America. The store started operation in 1938 in Seattle, after that, it merged with Price Club in 1983 to form PriceCostco. However, in 1997, executive members from Price left the merger to venture in different but the related retail store, which led to dropping of the name Price in the PriceCostco as noted by Thompson (2010). ...

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Introduction

Food safety and quality originates with the hygienic conditions of food processing plants (factories) (Meritech, 2016). Moreover, according to Campden BRI (n.d.), food processing areas need to be adequately designed and be hygienically maintained through regular and thorough cleaning and disinfection. This hygiene and level of cleanliness is not limited to the plant’s structural specifications but also extends to routine activities of site cleaning and decontamination, optimization of clean and adequate air circulation and training of factory personnel (Campden BRI, n.d.). All these factors strive to achieve two of the most important goals of food ...

The Branding and Logos

Introduction The Restaurant is based next to Heathrow Airport in Central London. Many people in the big city of London embrace the advent of this new restaurant in the central town. Most of the Logo design is adopted for ease of clients to have a clear view of what is expected by the prospective customers. The plan is aimed at controlling the influx of clients who are either from arrivals at the Heathrow airport or the general staff working in the domain (Adamson et al. 28). The branding by the Jim & Jay is clearly showcased in the Logo model ...

An old person is one who can make a sound decision on key issues. He/she is a person who commands respect at all levels of the society. This definition is based on the fact that only a few people live for more than 80 years and most leaders i.e. presidents, special UN envoys, ambassadors, etc range between 50-75 years of age. This was the opinion of 57 years old man. In fact, most countries have a set minimum age below which you cannot hold a certain office, mostly 35 years. Different people have a wide range factors and physical appearances associated with ageing. Some will ...

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Restaurant overview Taco Bell, a fast food restaurants chain of the United States headquartered in Irvine, California, was founded by Glen Bell in 1962 at Downey, California. Taco Bell has its own subsidiary of Yam Brands Inc. The restaurant chain has its outlets all over the world including Canada, Australia, Mexico, and Japan. Taco Bell has earned reputation for serving an array of Tex- Mex cuisine linked foodstuffs including tacos, quesadillas, nachos, burritos, gordita, chalupas, and other specialty items. The restaurants food chain also presents a variety of “Value Menu” for its customers such as Fresco, Cantina Power Menu and ...

Introduction

Globalization has opened up borders and rendered it possible for globally competitive companies such as Khmer Foods Group (KFG) to leverage the best that this new reality presents. However, mounting global operations necessitates managing difficult geopolitical, regulatory and cultural challenges, which, fortunately for KFG, should not be a challenge, given the company’s long experience and high standards. This report gives a detailed account of Brazil’s business environment, and assessment of its suitability for KFG’s purposes. The report includes an analysis of the economic, political, legal, cultural and ethical factors relevant to KFG’s possible operations in the country, ...

The main purpose of this paper is to study and outline the behavior of college architectural students. Through this, the relationship that exists between the different forms of architecture and their subcultures will be thoroughly explored (Borden, 16). In essence, the students in the college do a lot of things for various reasons. This motivated me to try to learn and appreciate whatever they do in order to understand it better. It is so difficult to appreciate the endeavors that somebody may engage himself or herself in without having a close examination of the reasons, which lead them to do so. ...

Introduction

The most fundamental and essential aspect of economics is demand and supply. In any common marketplace, a commodity’s price is usually determined by its supply and demand. Demand refers to the quantity of a product or service desired by customers. Supply, on the other hand, refers to the amount of a product that the market is able to offer. As will be seen, the supply and demand are very dynamic and keep on changing from time due to a variety of factors. This essay seeks to explore some of the factors that have been influencing the demand and supply for food in ...

Introduction

TGI Friday has been a successful business entity in the market for the longest time now. There are key factors that have made the company experience the magnitude of success enjoyed over the years. While it is not every time that the company would make proper use of the marketing mix as a marketing strategy, TGI Friday has used the policies to penetrate the market (Dibb & Simkin, 1999 p.112). This has ensured significant progress in the organization. There are policies that have been used by the company with respect to market mix (Parasuraman, Grewal & Krishnan, 2007 p.4).

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Company Overview

Marks & Spencer is one of the leading retailers in the United Kingdom, well known for offering financial services, clothing and foodstuffs of superior quality. The company was formed in 1884, following the partnership of Michael Marks and Tom Spencer. Since its formation, the company has evolved, and continues to evolve, to be one of the largest retailers globally. Currently, the company operates more than 600 stores within the United Kingdom and over 200 others in more than 40 countries globally (Chislett, 2009). The rapid growth of the company is accredited to its visionary leadership, which has seen the company ...

We need food to charge our organism with useful substances and elements which then will be produced in energy – the motive basis of our life. The attitude to food is very important; the correct diet will help people to keep healthy during all lifetime, because it is better to live life being healthy, no matter how long it will be, than to suffer from illnesses connected with digestive system and caused by unhealthy food. Today, the choice of food is really huge: from different greasy spoons to luxurious restaurants and shops with organic food. Having such wide range ...

Essay 1: The nature of globalization

Globalization entails the process of integration that come as a result of interchange of products, views, ideas and cultural aspects. The economy all over the world has become global in recent times. For instance, international trade has been an important aspect in the economies of various countries all over the world. A good example here is Microsoft Company that relies heavily on international trade in order for them to reap huge benefits. The fact that their products are conveyed all over the world leads to huge sales for the company’s products. Another example is oil exports in Saudi ...

Even without globalization, modern production systems have rendered it difficult for individual consumers know where and how their food is produced and handled. Unlike in the past when people kept gardens or bought foods from their localities, consumers in the modern world consume foods that may have travelled thousands of miles and handled by tens of agents across the supply chain. In this case, optimal consumer decision-making is heavily hampered by information asymmetries. Individual consumers have neither the capacity nor the intention to fully ensure, or determine the safety of their food, which is why they not only need, ...

Currently the United States is exporting an unprecedented amount of food to China. China has purchasing power and is using it to increase trade between the two countries with respect to food. One of the big food items China is buying from the United States is American soybeans. The reason that China is buying up so much of the American soybean crop is that the Chinese want the soybeans to increase livestock yields as they shift their cultural food ways more toward Western eating paradigms that include a lot of milk, eggs, and meat. Interestingly, nutritionists and the medical community ...

Industrial Food makes many Diseases

As the world seeks to achieve food security, food production has been enhanced and technological methods are now used to develop methods of production, or serve as factors of production. This has led to several terms that are in common use today about food production. There has been regular debate on the viability and safety of naturally adjusted foods and organisms. This has further led to search of the food production processes and entirely the industrial processes that are involved in production of food; right from the raw sources to the finished product meant for consumption (Deiner, 2012). This ...

African-American Crops in America: An Overview

The wide range of food crops was directly brought from Africa throughout the transatlantic slave trade. These staple foods were eaten by enslaved African-American. The foods were blended with meat and fish, or with the palm oil. The meals used by the African-Americans comprised of black-eyed peas, okra, callaloo, seasoned with pepper and salt. Other food crops from the African continent included peanuts, sorghum, melon, watermelon, yams, and sesame. These harvests were incorporated into the mainstream American foodways and were a well-known major ingredient found in the original cookbooks written by local Southern Americans. All through the period, though, ...

Introduction

Arguably, the best option for feeding the burgeoning global population remains genetically modified (GM) food because of their pest resistant, disease resistant, and cold tolerant plant characteristics providing a proactive means for feeding the six billion and growing numbers of people worldwide. Pragmatically, taking this view on the argument according to Bharathan, Chandrashekaran, May, and Bryant (2002) who explain, "Projections for population growth and food production suggest that food production has to increase at an average of 1.5% per year to postpone a major food crisis until after 2030" add to the critical issue of assuaging world hunger. Developing countries thus, ...

Research Paper – Human changing eating habits to save the world

Earth as a planet faces different kind of risks which pose a great danger to the continued survival of mankind and other living organisms. These risks range from various accidents including heavenly body’s collisions, threat of alien’s invasion which is speculated, leak of nuclear materials which has been experienced in various countries and the global warming effect which is evidently taking place and threatening earth among many other dangers. One danger that has over the time been a threat to the continued human survival and is lightly noticed is the human eating habits. Humans being are the greatest omnivorous and ...

Sustenance means sustaining life and nourishing the body. What we eat and drink is called sustenance, and from these, our bodies get energy for bodily activities. Its important to understand which kind of elements our bodies need, and to be able to know which kind of food to get these elements from. For example, nutritive meals are essential for people who engage in hard activities, while light and digestible meals are recommended for people who don’t do physical work. Americans generally have poor eating methods which negatively impacts on their health. Elements contained in food have a development ...

Abstract

Spain is located in southwestern Europe and its capital city is Madrid. The main religion is Spain is Christianity. The country uses Euros as its currency for transactions. The country has a rich culture that has made the country be the leading tourist destination globally. In doing business, the Spaniards prefer to engage in business with people they know and trust. They adhere strictly to time and businesses are contacted formally. Spain has a parliamentary monarchy system, which is embedded in the constitution that was enacted in 1978. The government and political system is stable and provides an ample business environment ...

The business being managed in this case is a retail store which sells a variety of products to the clients. As the manager of this retail store, am aware that this business entails performance of various processes which are done continuously by different staff members. The workflow in the retail store is commenced by purchasing, handling of inventory, customer service and accounting. The purchasing duty is handled by the manager; this involves a stock taking of the current stock and then placing the desirable order to the suppliers. This shall be done regularly as at when the reorder level is reached. Handling ...

Major Issues in the Stella Liebeck’s Case and in the Successive Incidents

The major issue in the cases presented against McDonald’s is that customers suffered bodily and psychological harm from consuming their foodstuffs. For instance, in Stella Liebeck’s case she accuses McDonald’s of “gross negligence”, and selling “unreasonably dangerous” coffee that was “defectively manufactured”. Stella stayed in hospital for eight days and spent three weeks recuperating after suffering third-degree burns from a coffee cup bought from McDonald’s. Through her lawyer, Reed Morgan, Stella wanted to be compensated $ 100,000 for medical expenses and McDonald’s fined triple that amount in punitive damages. As the case went on trial, ...

Food is a basic need not only to human beings, but also to all living organisms. It is through food that humans acquire the necessary nutrients that are crucial in maintaining and fostering their development and growth. In this respect, food safety falls in the category of vital docket that command inevitable consideration. A population can be easily wiped out through poisoning of food to be consumed. The increase in population calls for increased food production, which intern has culminated to eruption of ample food processing industries (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010). These industries need to be regulated, ...

No other event looms over modern Irish history like the Great Potato Famine, a human catastrophe of unimaginable proportions. Its impact is still felt today in a country where 1.5 million people died from starvation and disease and millions more were forced to emigrate to all corners of the globe in a desperate bid to survive. The cause of the disaster, the infestation that destroyed Ireland’s staple food crop, is well known. But debate over the availability of calorific alternatives and the culpability of the British government and landed aristocracy has produced disagreement ever since over what might have been done ...

In the current era companies venturing in the beverage industry are facing various impediments in the achievement of quality standards in some of their products. This is due to the complexity of the process of formulating effective strategies which go hand in hand with the client’s demands. This implies that companies have to be creative in crafting their quality plans to ensure they accomplish their organization’s sustainability objectives. This is necessary to ensure that cases of food poisoning and other unwanted substances do not occur in the products. The allegations reported in Belgium regarding the Coca Cola ...

Faced by waste and operational variability, food services operators are taking up from industrial manufactures by relating lean production methods to their peculiar processes. Lean performances seek to recover merchandise and amenity excellence while concurrently sinking waste and work costs. For nourishment amenity, operatives, the supplementary trick is to interweave such efforts as to create customer loyalty. For one producer, efforts to create consumer loyalty means handling unpredictable demand, excessive errors rates, and time the consumer spends waiting. The operator mapped his changes in demand to highlight fluctuations, introduce a self-service counter, and redesign the kitchen and food preparation procedures ...

Globalization is the increased trade between countries. It involves increased interdependence between economies resulting from the reduced barriers of trade. Globalization has both negative and positive impacts of various groups of people in the world. This research paper will evaluate the effects of globalization in Azerbaijan which is the capital city of Baku. There are both positive and negative effects that this research paper will evaluate. The city like any other part of the world has benefited from the provision of a variety of goods and services. With globalization, manufactured goods from various parts of the world have managed ...

Germany and its economic standing

Germany is the largest and the most populous country in the European Union and it is one of the main political powers in the region. The country exists within its present borders from 1989 after the unification of the East and West parts of Germany. The population of Germany in July 2012 was 81,305,856 people, and 43.62 million (2011 estimate) belong to the labour force. In 2011 the country registered an unemployment rate of 6% according to the International Labor Organization, while Germany’s Federal Employment Agency reported an annual unemployment of 7.1% for 2011. Almost two ...

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Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Literature review 2.1 Definition of GM products and foods. 2.2 Historical development of GM Foods. 2.2.1 Bioengineering and agriculture. 2.2.2 Biopharming. 2.3 GM food regulation and legislation

2.3.1 Production regulations

2.3.2 Import regulations

2.3.3 Labeling requirements 2.3.3.1 Article 8 Regulation (EC) 258/97. 2.3.3.2 Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003: Traceability and labeling. 2.3.3.2.1 “May contain GMO” labels. 2.3.3.2.2 “Does not contain GMO” labels 2.4 Risk assessment of GM ...

1. Introduction

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2010), nearly one billion people suffered from hunger in 2010, representing nearly 16% of the population of developing countries. At the same time, the world population is growing and global warming threatens the production of crops. Profound changes are needed in the way that food production and food consumption are perceived, or the world may face mass starvation. Genetically modified (GM) technology has been found capable of feeding the world but there are concerns regarding its safety (Moseley 2002, Carpenter 2010). Consumer acceptance of GM foods in the ...

Introduction

Japan is one of the biggest world economies like the United States, China, and Great Britain. It is actually the 60th largest country in the world (McCargo, p. 8). It has a total area of 377,835 km2. (p. 8). Japan is an Asian country that counts China, North Korea, South Korea, and Russia as its closest neighbors. It is an archipelago which is composed of 6,852 islands (McCargo, p. 8). Its four major and largest islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku. All these consist about 97% of its total land area. Its total population as of 2010 ...

1. Introduction

1.1 Perception of GM foods in the UK According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2010), nearly one billion people suffered from hunger in 2010, representing nearly 16% of the population of developing countries. At the same time, the world population is growing and global warming threatens the production of crops. Profound changes are needed in the way that food production and food consumption are perceived, or the world may face mass starvation. Genetically modified (GM) technology has been found capable of feeding the world but there are concerns regarding its safety (Moseley 2002, ...

Question One: Remote Environment

McDonald shares its stories of growth right from the moment when Ray Kroc began the franchising and leasing trademark in 1955 (Ruggless, 1998). The company having developed a loyal domestic reputation among the folks saw a quick growth in the industry through diversification in the foods they served. For instance, Ruggless (1998) notes that the divesting model of the company change from ordinary production of hamburgers to serving of other fast foods like salads, coffee, fruity juices, crisps and other foodstuffs that were in high demand from the consumer base. There was also the idea of collecting royalties of the members ...

Organic foods are food stuffs that are produced under natural conditions that retain the biodiversity of the environment. This system of farming avoids the use of agricultural components such as fertilizers, drugs, pesticides, genetically modified organisms, preservatives and additives for preservation. Organic agriculture utilizes organic fertilizers and biological ways of controlling pests. Compared to the cost of conventional foods, organic foods are slightly more expensive compared to conventional foodstuffs. In this article, Kerri Matsumoto explores the cost of organic foods as compared to ordinary food by visiting two grocery stores: Rainbow Market, a private food store selling organic food ...