Exceptional business sense and taking risks has gotten Acres where she is today. She took a huge leap of faith by deciding to start a business. Acres will have to face more uncertainties when she decides the future for Mrs. Acres Homemade Pies. The following options are available to her: Expand her current location. Move production to a larger location. Partner with one of two expansive companies. (Bethel University, 2012). One of the companies is a frozen pie company and the other is a breakfast chain. Expanding the current location or moving to a larger facility isn't a terrible idea, though it has the possibility of stretching resources thin. In the present facility, Acres would have to expand the actual building. In either scenario she'll have …show more content…
They also proposed limited involvement on her part. This could be good or bad. She could potentially profit while not having to work, but the product could suffer without her attention to detail. I could be wrong, but how many people eat pie for breakfast anyway? In my personal opinion, I would recommend Acres join with the national frozen pie company. The company wants to sell her pies to a national supermarket chain (Bethel University, 2012). The company would continue to use the original recipe and name. Acres' close supervision is what made it a success and the company wishes to maintain her guidance without the stress of having to manage. It seems to me, a national supermarket chain would also reach the most customers. This option seems to offer the biggest reward with the smallest risk. Mrs. Acres Homemade Pies looks to have a promising future regardless of how Acres chooses to expand. The fact that national chains are asking for her business proves that she has a remarkable business sense. Business expansion is full of uncertainties but Acres has demonstrated her ability to make the right
Stephen Boos has worked in the food service industry for over 30 years. He started as a bus person and subsequently trained as a chef’s apprentice. Steve’s mother believed that a college education was something that everyone should receive. She felt that a college degree was a good investment in Steve’s future. In 1976 at his mother’s insistence, Boos moved to Northeastern Ohio to attend Kent State University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration. After graduation, Steve began working for East Park Restaurant as a line cook. Using his education as a foundation, Steve made a point to learn everything he could about running a restaurant, from cutting meat to the bi-weekly food and beverage orders. His versatility, keen business sense, and ability to control costs resulted in Steve’s promotion to General Manager, as role he has held since 1995.
Kudler Fine Foods is a store unlike any in the grocery industry. Kudler Fine Foods represents a store that could possibly spark a new era within the grocery world. The owner of Kudler Fine Foods, Kathy Kudler, has watched her dream of owning and operating a grocery store that specializes in fine quality food grow within a short period of time. The success of Kudler Fine Foods can be attributed to the innovative ideas, effective leadership, and organizational structure. The overall mission of Kudler Fine Food's "is to provide our customers the finest in selected foodstuffs, wines, and related needs in an unparallel consumer environment. Our selections coupled with our experienced, helpful and knowledgeable staff, merge to offer each customer a delightful and pleasing shopping outing" (Apollo Group, 2003). Kudler has managed to maintain its mission statement by providing its customers with the best and as a result the company has flourished. "Kathy considers one of her key responsibilities to be that of identification of new gourmet items that can be offered in her stores (Apollo Group, 2003)." Therefore, Kathy is considering plans to contract with local growers of organic produce to yet obtain the best in quality products for her consumers and take her business to the next step. If Kathy makes the decision to contract with local growers then changes could be introduced into the company's overall structural organization. Each aspect of Kudler Fine Food's organizational structure from basic business process to the supply chain and quality control process will be affected by the formation of a contractual relationship with local organic growers.
Maria was considering a large bulk order of a cookie production, competitor buyouts and the strain of meeting cookie demand and operating as a profitable entity. Maria has to make a decision to:
Starting out with over approximately 60 people, the Specialty Cheese has increased its cheese making capabilities and has doubled in employee size within the last five years. The Company is made of skilled and certified cheese makers. Since the company is stationed in Wisconsin, it has at least one major advantage over some of its competition that are in other states. The company receives its milk daily from over 60 local dairy farmers verses importing it from across the state or elsewhere. The money that is saved from shipping costs on milk seems to be reinvested back into the company. They have established a great reputation by winning awards for their products. They take pride in producing new varieties of cheese, producing ethnic traditions from around the world, and improving the quality of their existing cheeses.
In the documentary Reel Injun by Neil Diamond it talks about how Native Americans are discriminated against in modern and early America. It shows how discrimination affects the natives in multiple ways, some feel as if they are unwanted on America and don’t exist. Also in the poem In Response to Executive Order 9066: All Americans of Japanese Descent Must Report to Relocation Centers by Dwight Okita and the letters and reports regarding Japanese internment by Various authors shows how the Japanese were discriminated against for their heritage and background. Also, how that discrimination separated families and made the Japanese feel as if they were unwanted in America. Finally in the book Breakfast at Sally’s by Richard LeMieux it tells a true
Fast food nation is divided into two sections: "The American Way", which brings forth the beginnings of the Fast Food Nation within the context of after World war two America; and "Meat and Potatoes", which examines the specific mechanizations of the fast-food industry, including the chemical flavoring of the food, the production of cattle and chickens, the working conditions of beef industry, the dangers of eating this kind of meat, and the international prospect of fast food as an American cultural export to the rest of the world.
Thompson, Arthur A. "Panera Bread Company in 2012 Pursuing Growth in a Weak Economy." Thompson, Peteraf, Gamble, Strickland. Crafting & Executing Strategy. New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2014. C-96-C-113.
Marilyn has considered trying to write a cookbook as a way to put her company name more out there. On top of that the cookbook would feature some recipes that included her products. Cowgirl Chocolates would then need to make a decision if they believe having a cookbook would possibly increase sales. Something else they should consider is the possibility of doing more marketing as an addition during holiday seasons. Most other companies in the holiday seasons see a rise in sales, but unfortunately Cowgirl Chocolates does not seem too. To help with this issue marketing strategy it should be explored.
...hasnt happened yet it would be very benacfial for her compnay. She works well alone and it has gotten her very far a a young estetician. her customers are great and expanding her services would also wrk in her favor and allow her regualars to try something new. Advestising could help her company grow but it might not help since she is the only one performing services.
A problem dealing with human resources is occurring at Food Chain Supermarket. Walter Jackson a black employee who had complained that black employees were being passed over for promotions in favor of white employees who had less experience in the work field related to the job confronted Thomas L. Rutherford the human resource director for Food Chain Supermarket. Rutherford began to investigate the claims Walter Jackson had. The company did not want to deal discriminatory lawsuit.
Kristens Cookie Company case offers the business start-up idea which is based on the concept of production of freshly baked custom made cookies at order using available set or resources (labor, energy, ingredients, mixer, tray, utensils, and oven), and selling them at affordable prices on campus to the fellow students four hours each night. To analyze key operations parameters and propose recommendations for business improvement or expansion it is necessary to define process and activities, their throughput time, as well as to identify system capacity and its bottlenecks if any. “Both trade and academic journals have reported cases in which companies have achieved operational excellence by means of focused process improvement and effective management and scheduling of constrained resources” (Gupta, Chahal, Kaur, & Sharma, 2010, p.864).
Throughout the past five years, BuckStar has accumulated excess capital and now needs to put it to good use. There are two plans that can accomplish this: adding products to the menu, expanding store hours and renovating the current stores or a one-year expansion process of 1,500 stores into Canada. Our main goals of these plans are to increase profit and maintain a workable supply chain. The plan that is most beneficial to our company is plan one, as it will be advantageous to begin selling donuts in our stores and to expand our hours. This plan is a much safer choice, as we will not be expanding into a new foreign country.
For my diet analysis I am not proud to explain the foods I have been consuming by what I have learned so far this year within this class. With all the fast foods and fatty foods that I am trying to convert into energy that I need for my body to work to its fullest. The problem is that with the bad decisions of a fast food product that is just processed animal parts that are contaminated with different preserved liquids and fluids the companies inject to the animal that allows it to grow faster, but not so healthy as fast food companies project. On Monday consuming 1852 calories, for breakfast I ate a egg, cheese and bacon sandwich. Two hamburgers from McDonalds for lunch and two tacos from Taco Bell. For Monday I went over on my limit
The name of the business is “Cultural Delights” which is a bakery that creates various kinds of desserts from different cultures or from different parts of the world. The desserts would be America, Asian, Arabian and Mexican. The specialty of this bakery is that it would emphasize the handmade gourmet desserts in a casual environment. The unique selling point of the business is to watch dessert preparation in front of the customers.
The main challenge is to determine how Panera Bread can continue to achieve high growth rates in the future. Panera Bread is operating in an extremely high competitive restaurant market which forces the company to improve and to grow steadily for staying profitable. The company’s mission statement of putting “a loaf of bread in every arm” is just underlying Panera’s commitment for growing. They are now in a good financial situation and facing growth rates of up to 20% per year in a niche market that has a great growth potential. In the next 7 years the fast-casual market is expected to grow by 500% in sales to a total of $30 billion.