Strategies of Burgers’ Smokehouse I. One must have some focuses to make the company thrive. a. The family- oriented focus concerns treating its employees like siblings. Burgers’ Smokehouse is a culture, they want to treat their employees and customers like a family. They do this through customs and rituals. The customs consist of giving their employees a free t-shirt once a year and free items at Christmas such as a cooler filled with meat products. The rituals involve the flower fund and other happenings. The flower fund is money that Burgers’ Smokehouse receive through recycling soda cans. They use this money to purchase flowers for funerals services or employees who are sick. They have even helped purchase airline tickets for a person to …show more content…
Customer and people oriented revolves around helping those in need outside the company’s infrastructure. Burgers’ Smokehouse collects things and ships them to people, not only customers in need. The company is collecting and non- perishable food, sanitary items, and water to give to the people who have suffered from Hurricane Harvey. I am sure they will do this also for Hurricane Irma. This is what makes the culture of Burgers’ Smokehouse outstanding. They try to make people feel loved and the managers (even though they are rich) can be talked to just like a brother or sister. II. Flexibility deals with changes in specialized roles, policies, and procedures to make things work out better. a. Structural Frame relates to the specialized roles and policies of Burgers’ Smokehouse (Bolman & Deal, n.d.). Each employee is assigned a certain role in a certain area of the company. This could consist of hanging hams, cutting ham, slicing bacon, packaging the products, palletizing the products, and taking out the trash (bones, paper, plastic covers, bad vacuum bags, broke boxes [recycled] in the designated …show more content…
Each person will wear certain items depending on where they work. Usually everyone wears a smock (different colors for different departments) and a hair net (white or blue [The ‘Blue Room’]). Face shields, aprons, bone cutting gloves, coats (for cold areas) are some other items that are worn at the company. Everyone must wash their hands in the wash room and then sanitize their hands and boots in the walk-through station. There are people that sharpen the knives and certain colored handle ones are used for different jobs. Packaging (how many in a box and the box) and labels (barcode, nutritional information, lot numbers, and product/ company name) vary from item to item. The equipment has procedures to run them and clean
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.
Chipotle Mexican grill has transformed the way people think about fast-food through delivering exceptional Mexican dining experiences to its guests and providing a simple menu of organic ingredients, quick service and at a low cost. More than just a great experience, they have created a lifestyle where people have the pleasure of eating good and healthy.
The McDonalds Company has come to the limelight as one of the fast foods outlet causing health problems to the young people. The youngsters have taken the matter to the judiciary to contest for justice. They have also engaged the media which has publicized the company in that respect. Nonetheless, it is not McDonalds Company alone. The writer confesses that he once dealt in that venture and is remorseful about the woes bedeviling McDonalds.
Flexibility is important of firms an operation that enables it to react to their customers quickly and efficiently. Some companies use they two types of flexibility: the customization or the volume flexibility. Customization is usually the ability to satisfy the unique needs of each customer by changing products or services design, with different features, or making them look unique. Primark’s uses both operations. To satisfy their customers need. While volume flexibility is the ability to quicken the rate of their productions to handle large variations in demand.it is usually important for operations. Both companies use both operations.
The Santa Fe Grill is a relatively new Mexican restaurant that was started by two former business students from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. The idea sparked after the two roommates who were both interested in pursuing entrepreneurial interests decided that a Mexican restaurant in their city would be highly successful. While taking an entrepreneur class at the University, the plan for the business began coming together. Their main focus was to create a restaurant that would feature the freshest ingredients, as well as a lively atmosphere, cutting edge advertising and marketing, plus exceptional service for customers. (Research Methods, Pg. 19) By doing so, the students hoped that they could fulfill their dreams of ownership.
OPPORTUNITIES: McDonalds has many opportunities to change its look, menu, and customer service. McDonald’s started building newer building incorporating the arch, along with more modern furnishings. The menu has changed by adding more breakfast items and introducing the McCafe in certain areas.
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Flexibility in the economy can be defined in numerous ways. According to Sennett to be flexible is to be able to adapt to changing circumstances and not to be broken by them. This idea of being able to adapt to changing circumstances can be applied quite easily to the economy and how we as a society or individual have to be accommodating and willing to change and roll with the punches. A few elements pertaining to flexibility are drifting, taking risks and possible failure. In order to be flexible you have to acknowledge that the three elements mentioned are possibilities upon which one might stumble. After all to get anywhere in this world, you have to be ready and willing to adapt to any circumstance in order to get by.
Flexibility in the workplace should be a benefit for the employee as well as the employer. According to Christensen, “Having flexibility in the workplace will ultimately lead to better morale, increase retention, and become an effective tool for recruitment.” (Christensen, 2005) Flexibility is an important factor toward overall workplace success. As mentioned by Christensen not only is this a great tool for companies to use for recruitment and retention, but improving diversity in the organization. Flexibility means taking a varied approach to the old way things are done. Some examples, changing work hours, location of where the work is done and restructure of the job. The traditional Monday thru Friday, nine to five work design is no longer the norm. Having a flexible work structure allows an organization to modify schedules for employees which in turn gives the employee opportunity to balance work and life. By doing this...
China is a strategically important market for Burger Fuel as it has all the ingredients which Burger Fuel wants in its target markets. The main competitors of foreign players for Burger fuel are Mc Donalds, Burger King, KFC are intense and it should be compete with them. It means the more opportunities are creating in china for the Quick service restaurant that will be expanded. Such situation is better as it encourages continuous innovation. The targeted market of China economy is highly emerging now which also control the world 's economy now. It has not so long history to open China market for the foreigner. Currently, the market penetration of fast food are very low which is about 8.7% of chicken fast food and 3.1% of
Ben & Jerry’s has always been focused on the communities in which they serve. In the UK, they have a bus that travels through the streets during festivals selling ice cream. The profits gained are used to support charitable causes in the local community such as “Childline” and “Trees for Cities”.
Wegmans food market which is ranked number 5 on the list is a family owned grocery chain where family health is very important. Wegmans is proud to say with more than 2,000 workers that all of its employees have enrolled in a free smoking cessation program since 2009. Wegmans has also started a 24/7 health hotline. In Wegmans mission statement the company want to make sure that the planet is safe for our future kids and grandchildren, so Wegmans take steps by as a company learning new ways to reduce, reuse and recycle our resources and the missi...
In 1982, Jim Disbrow and Scott Lowery had recently moved to Columbus, Ohio after living in Buffalo, New York and found themselves craving the authentic, Buffalo, New York-style chicken wings they’d grown to love. The problem was that they were nowhere to be found in their new city of Columbus. The two friends decided to take matters into their own hands and created their own signature sauce recipe to satisfy their craving. Jim and Scott’s signature wings began drumming p great demand and the pair opened up their first restaurant, “Buffalo Wild Wings & Weck” near the campus of The Ohio State University. The restaurant was a hit with college students and since then has developed a fanatical following across the
Burger King’s core competency is fast food restaurant franchises specializing in made to order, flame-broiled hamburger sandwiches, particularly the “Whopper”. Using the strategy of industrial organization to capture market share Burger King offers a similar product (hamburgers) in a different way (flame-broiled). This strategy of product differentiation is part of the firm conduct category that Burger King uses to set itself apart from its competitors. In order to compete with its fast food competitors Burger King accentuates its core competencies in its marketing and product strategies, thereby leveraging market share.
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