Fresh dough is made daily for the pizza, breadsticks, and dessert pizzas. References Jennings, L. (2013, September 9). Papa Murphy’s debuts new restaurant design. Retrieved April 16, 2015, from Nation's Restaurant News: http://nrn.com/fast-casual/papa-murphy-s-debuts-new-restaurant-design News, I. (2013, March 1).
By understanding a few things about the Kudler Fine Foods’ it will help determine the best method of expansion. CEO of Kudler Fine Foods, Kathy Kudler welcomes company growth. Kathy Kudler’s original vision was to create a one stop gourmet food store. Kudler Fine Foods’ is a gourmet grocery store both respected and well-known for providing specialty foods for its clients’. Presently, Kudler Fine Foods’ has three 8,000 square feet stores in the California metropolitan area.
Differentiating Between Market Structures in Kudler Tanesha Wilson ECO/365 September 26, 2013 James Karakos Differentiating Between Market Structures in Kudler Kathy Kudler, owner of Kudler Fine Foods recently hired Solutions Consulting to perform a market analysis of the company and review the company’s current competitive strategies. After completing the analysis and reviewing the competitive strategies the company currently uses, Solutions Consulting will make recommendations regarding ways Kathy Kudler can maximize her company’s profits. Kudler Fine Foods is an upscale gourmet food store offering the finest selection of domestic and imported pastries, produce, wines, and more (Kudler Fine Foods, 2013). The products at Kudler
Pizza Hut offers delivery and carry out like Papa Johns, but they also have a full service dining area. Pizza Hut offers a lunch buffet consisting of pizza, pasta, and a full salad bar. Pizza Huts salad bar is open from open until close. Pizza Hut offers a variety of fountain drinks and alcoholic beverages when you dine in. In my opinion, Pizza Hut offers a much superior dining experience.
Assignment 1: Making Decisions Based on Demand and Forecasting ECO 550 – Managerial Economics and Globalization Thursdays (6:00-10:00PM) November 24, 2013 The Pizza Company is considering entering the marketplace in your community. Using this output, we can derive estimated regression line for demand for pizza as; determine that Price (P) = $175, Competitor Price (CP) = $250, Advertisement (A) = $325, Income (I) = $95 Q= 128,832.2 – 19,876 * (P) + 15,467.94 * (CP) + 0.260701 * (A) + 8.780403 * (I) Q= 128,832.2 – 19,876 * 175 + 15,467.64 * 250 + 0.260701 * 325 + 8.780403 * 95 Q= 108,956.2 * 15,642.64 * 250.26 * 333.78 * 95 Q= 518,361.1 Coefficient of determination (or R- square) = 0.977914223. This means 97.79% of the variation
Kudler has created a niche market. Kudler uses innovation and customer-oriented strategies aimed at the bargaining power of customers, the threat of substitute products or services and industry rivalry by offering products and services for customers that go beyond other food stores. Kudler offers foods from around the world including making available any specialty items that customers might request; they have initiated a frequent shopper awards program and offer cooking classes that persuade customers to shop with
The business objective is to maximize profits by offering the best quality products selections at competitive prices around. Kathy Kulder was the vice-president of Marketing for a large defense contractor. From her traveling constantly and the pressures of her job, Kathy looked for other opportunities. Relieving her stress, she began cooking gourmet foods. While doing that, she realizes there was an opportunity to open an upscale food shop in La Jolla.
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.
Panera Bread has achieved many great things as a company and for the community with their charity work, and this should be mentioned in the vision statement. Their mission statement needs to focus on their current goals of growth and profitability. Strategic and Financial Objectives According to the case, management’s long-term objective and strategic intent was to make Panera Bread a nationally recognized brand name and to be the dominant restaurant operator in upscale, quick-service dining. Panera’s growth strategy was to capitalize on their market potential by opening both company-owned and franchised Panera Bread locations as fast was prudent, and to continue doing so throughout the recession. Competition Panera Bread’s menu, store design and ambiance, and unit
Assignment #1 | CITM 601 | | | | Jessica Padron | 1/21/2013 | | BSB, Inc., The Pizza Wars Come to Campus 1. Does BSB, Inc., enjoy any competitive advantages or core competencies? BSB does enjoy of certain core competencies that help the company overcome the environmental changes. Workforce: BSBs workforce is a core competency because they were flexible when Renee Kershaw made the decision to expand the menu at the grill to include pizzas. The existing workforce was trained to make pizzas and work the new equipment.