His success enabled him to launch the Wolfgang Puck Companies which includes the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group, Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, Inc. and Wolfgang Puck Catering. The Wolfgang Puck Companies encompasses over 20 fine dining restaurants, premium catering services, more than 80 Wolfgang Puck Express operations, and kitchen and food merchandise, including cookbooks and canned foods. He is the official caterer for the Academy Awards Governors Ball, and has parlayed his celebrity into acting; his credits include Frasier, a recurring role as himself on Las Vegas and a cameo appearance on The Weather Man. He also appeared as himself on Iron Chef America: Battle of the Masters, as well as Cooking Class with Wolfgang Puck on The Food Network, and in an American Idol
Running head: Pricing and Communications Strategies 1 Pricing and Communications Strategies for the Southern Point on the Chesapeake Bay Keisha R. Walker Professor Yolanda Humphries Marketing 402: Strategic Market Pricing November 4, 2013 The Southern Point on the Chesapeake is a casual dining restaurant and bar located in Chick’s Beach, a Virginia Beach community. The restaurant is owned and operated by four sisters. Two are professionally certified in the culinary arts, one in business administration and the other in business law. Additionally there are 5 full-time and 6 part-time staff members. The Chick’s Beach area is known to the owners as a second home in spending summers here with their grandparents.
Implementing Management Information System for Small Restaurant Business Yuetkei Wong Managerial Applications of Information Technology – MIS 535 DeVry University, Keller Graduate School of Management June, 2015 Table of Content Abstract ………………………………………………………………………………..3 Company Background …………………………………………………………………3 Business Problems ……………………………………………………………………..4 High Level Approach …………………………………………………………………..5 Benefits of Solving Problem ……………………………………………………………7 Business and Technical Approach ……………………………………………………...9 Business Process Changes …………………………………………………………….10 Technology and Business Practices ……………………………………………………11 Conclusion ……………………………………………………………………………..13 High-level Implementation Plan ……………………………………………………….13
o Analyze how the vision, mission, and values guide the organization’s strategic direction. o Evaluate how the organization addresses customer needs and critique how they achieve competitive advantage. BUS 475 - Week 3 - Strategic Plan, Part II: SWOTT Analysis Individual Assignment: Strategic Plan, Part II: SWOTT Analysis Conduct an internal and external environmental analysis for your proposed business. Discuss with your Learning Team the forces and trends below that must be taken into consideration while developing a strategic plan. Given today’s business environment and each Learning Team members’ selected business idea, provide a list of the lessons learned from your Learning Team’s discussion for each of the items listed below.
Castle’s Family Restaurant Business Plan: Stage III Wendy Carter DeVry University Human Resource Information HRM340 Table of Contents Castle’s Family Restaurant Business Plan: Stage III 1 Wendy Carter 1 DeVry University 1 Human Resource Information HRM340 1 Executive Summary 4 Introduction 5 Company Review 5 Purpose of Job Analysis 5 Business Analysis 8 HRIS Type/Comparison 11 HRIS Vendor Recommendation 14 Conclusion 15 References 16 Works Cited 16 Executive Summary The purpose of this paper and report is to take a look at and analyze the operation functions of The Castle Family Restaurant with an outlook toward improving the daily operations of all eight restaurants. The other goal for this report is to suggest an HRIS system for potential changes that if implemented will potentially increase its functionality, profitability and growth. Introduction We want to implement an HRIS system while creating job placement for an HR position in seven of our eight family restaurants. Create an appropriately sized Public Service entails the establishment of human capacity that is sufficient in numbers and adequately balanced between managerial, professional and lower skilled staff and that addresses the distribution of capacity across spheres and sectors. Human resource related information can support planning and show trends in the use of leave, performance, incentives, training and disciplinary cases.
My Evaluation of Texas Roadhouse Restaurant ENGL135 My Evaluation of the Texas Roadhouse Restaurant I am going to give an evaluation of one of my favorite restaurants, which is Texas Roadhouse. I have been a customer with this restaurant since I went there with some friends for a holiday gathering. Some of the evaluation discussions that I will cover are: presentation of the restaurant, friendliness of the staff and last but not least, the food. I would like to start off my evaluation by the presentation of the restaurant, which covers appearance. The first impression is the best impression as a customer.
IPO Project –Chipotle Mexican Grill, About company Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. and its subsidiaries has operated 1,084 restaurants in the United States, two in Toronto, Canada and one in London, England till December 31, 2010.Over the past five years, company has experienced grown up greatly and substantially, and expect to their big rally of 2011, new openings between 135 and 145 restaurants are expected to operate in 2011. Chipotle is working to change the way people think about and eat fast food by looking to fine-dining restaurants for inspiration. Chipotle use high quality ingredients, classic cooking methods to make good tasting food, have top performing people to take care of each customer, and make restaurants operationally
Castle’s Family Restaurant Business Plan: Stage I Franco Pacheco HRM-340 Prof. Ficken Devry University January 8, 2013 INTRODUCTION We have been approached by Mr. Jay Morgan, the Operation and Human Resources Manager for Castle Family Restaurants; an eight restaurant chain with approximately 300-400 employees, located in Northern California. Mr. Morgan travels each week to each of the eight restaurants to perform his functional payroll responsibilities, oversee and manage employee’s functions. Mr. Morgan would like to reduce his travel time mainly due to the gasoline increasing costs. We as a Human Resources Consultant can help Mr. Morgan to improve his HR tasks in order to eliminate some of his traveling time allowing him to do part of his HR tasks from his office. BUSINESS ASSESSMENT Mr. Morgan is the Human Resources Manager for Castle’s Family Restaurant based in Northern California, which has
Cat Cora is a well known Chef to most. She was born on April 3, 1967 in Jackson, Mississippi and raised in a Greek community. Both her grandfather and father were restaurateurs. When Cora was 15, she brought a business plan to her father and grandfather, knowing they could help her. Cora was inspired by Julia Child, Barbara Tropp, M.F.K.
Grill 54 July 8, 2011 Grill 54 On July 3, 2011 my family and I were looking to go out to eat and to find something new from the normal and usual restaurants, like Outback, Chili’s, and Longhorn that we go to all the time. We heard of this new restaurant that just recently opened called Grill 54, from what we read they offer a wide verity of dishes. I wanted to stay at a budget of about $50 plus gratuity for a family of five. So we decided to try the restaurant and see if it is something that we could enjoy and would be a restaurant that we would frequent. Having a family of five with kids ranging from ages 1 to 11 it is not easy to choose a restaurant that everybody will like something.