By the early 1970s, the company expanded throughout the Southeast, establishing Red Lobster as the leader among seafood and casual dining restaurants. "Our biggest competition back then was the kitchen stove," said Joe Lee, a key member of that early crew who later went on to become CEO and chairman, leading the company through much of its growth. Today, there are more than 680 Red Lobster locations in the United States and Canada. Their reputation as seafood experts is known worldwide. It is evident that Americans choose Red Lobster over other casual seafood dining restaurants due to their reasonably priced menu selections, restaurant cleanliness, and exceptional customer service.
I use to think the salads were healthy but it sometimes have more calories and fat as other meals. 2. Describe the unhealthiest meal that you have created from the fast food restaurant using the nutritional value of menu items. a. Name the restaurant and then, write a nutritional analysis of the meal you have created (explain all of the nutrients found in the meal like carbs, protein, fat, and some essential vitamins and minerals) The fast food restaurant I chose is McDonalds.
Panera’s focus is offering their customers with better than their rivals, making the dining experience so attractive to their customers will pass up their competitors in outlets of other easy casual restaurants to dine at the nearest Panera Bread A strategic issues is substitutes and threats of substitutes in Panera Bread Company’s distinctive competencies, their menu. Panera’s menu is being substituted by new rivals. New restaurant chains, in fast-casual and other categories are becoming more competitively fierce and are drawing customers by imitating Panera’s menus at a lower cost. Panera Bread has several external factors which may affect the company, such as climate, inflation rates, unemployment level, and wage levels. Climate can have a dramatic effect on Panera Bread.
During the pick days the restaurant is unable to accommodate all the customers do to the limited sitting capacity. * Food is the major source of revenue, 70% of all sells, 25% wine and liquor, 5% dessert and coffees. * Average customer spends around 40 dollars and this number is down from 50 dollars in last two years due to economy slow down. * 30% of customers are returning on regular basis, the 70% are tourist and business travelers from hotel across the street. * Most of the customers come from middle class, with no specific age group, or race, they value good, freshly made food as main reason for coming back, as well as fair price and good service.
Unlike McDonald’s, at the completion of each transaction, you will not hear a “Thank you” or a “See you next time” but these classy words: “My pleasure”. This response is just another of the examples of the superior service you will receive at Chick-fil-A. Normally you would expect to hear those words at a much finer and more elegant dine-in restaurant. Just by the simplicity of saying those words, the image the restaurant portrays is immediately changed. Dan Cathy is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Chick-fil-A.
Over the course of years new items would be added to the menu; however the original Chick-fil-A sandwich would always be the leading sandwich. Since 1967 Chick-fil-A has become the second largest quick service restaurant in the United States. Currently, there are over one thousand seven hundred locations in thirty nine states. In 2012 sales reached four point six billion dollars, this was a fourteen percent increase since 2011. Chick-fil-A’s SWOT analysis Strengths *Established in the United States *1700 locations in 39 states *Successful advertising slogan: “Eat morchicken” *Well known for its chicken sandwich and other chicken products.
Of course, each place serves them with their own special touch, but it all turns out indulgingly delicious. Furthermore, both restaurants have equally priced dishes, which is incredibly low compared to the amount of food on each plate. Even the same type of complimentary peppermint comes with the check at both locations. Each restaurant carries its own unique properties, but they also serve the same range of customers that enjoy each visit. Although The Front Porch Café and Cuevas Bistro are local favorites, the Front Porch Café turns out to be on top because of its wide variety of entrees, professionally trained staff, and soothing environment.
Franchising in the United States began in 1999, and Pita Pit Inc. was formed. The first U.S. store opened in Syracuse, New York, and the second in Moscow, Idaho. In April 2005, Pita Pit Inc. was acquired by Pita Pit USA, Inc. and the Pita Pit concept now boasts nearly 300 stores in North America. The Pita Pit connects healthy food with people seeking alternatives to the typical fast food choices. Its motto is “fresh thinking – healthy eating,” featuring a menu based on the customer’s choice of grilled meats, fresh vegetables, zesty sauces, and a pita rolled into a unique and convenient package.
What propels this exquisite need for such delicious food? Well all the exercise of course! As author Peter Fish put it, “The more I exercise, the more I can eat!” And the food is in no way unhealthy (for oneself), they make sure to use the most organic and handpicked ingredients they can conjure, and all this fancy dining is offered in a town of only 100,000 people (Knowlton). Brassy Texas journalist Molly Ivins once wrote that people in Boulder, Colorado, want "to bring humankind up to a level of perfection that is almost [in] lunatic defiance of everybody else's tendency to let things go to hell”
Competition also exists in the fast-casual restaurant segment, primarily on taste, quality and the freshness of the menu items and the ambience and condition of each restaurant. And what is the performance of Chipotle and fast-casual segment in the whole industry? According to the recently released Technomic report of the top 500 largest U.S. restaurant chains, fast casual concepts hold seven out of the top 10 positions, with Five Guys leading the way. In total, the top 10 fastest-growing chains' sales accounted for $7.8 billion, an 18 percent increase over