Introduction S. Truett Cathy was a successful entrepreneur almost from birth. He started by selling Coca-Cola door to door, then magazines and newspapers, before finally entering the restaurant business. Several successful years later, he began working on a chicken sandwich for his restaurants and customer response was so great that Cathy knew he was on to something special. Cathy initially wanted to license the sales of the product to other restaurants, but saw that it could created quality control issues and damage to the Chick-fil-A brand. Therefore, Cathy developed a unique franchise opportunity that he deployed first to malls and then to stand alone stores based on his core values of conservatism, encouraging corporate social responsibility, and entrepreneurship (Cathy, 2013).
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.
Entrepreneurial Leadership: Five Guys Burgers: America's Fastest Growing Restaurant Chain Edward S. Bye Strayer University Contemporary Business Business 508 Dr. Hammad Elbedour October 21, 2013 Five Guys Burgers: America's Fastest Growing Restaurant Chain Background Experiencing turmoil during his childhood because of an absentee father, and after divorcing and remarrying, Jerry Murrell was motivated to start a family business which would keep his family close. His motivation was further enhanced when he and his wife challenged their sons to either start a business or go to college and the sons voted for starting a business. Murrell’s desire to have his family live nearby was successful, as he, his wife and all five sons not only live within 20 minutes of one another, but they all vacation together every summer, and all work for Five Guys. The five guys all found a way to work within their passions. Jim, 45, the oldest son, came up with the idea to franchise the privately owned company.
It kept the reality about everything real, no sugar coating anything. There was a lot of humor and modesty. The kids gave their own real opinion of the competition as well as their opinion of life and their surroundings. Such as, how kids would grow up if their parents were divorced, or if the parents didn’t care the kids would be out doing drugs and that is something they don’t want to do. From my opinion this movie over a whole was great.
Scott Roberts ENGL 1010-021 27 January 2015 Is This Where the Deep Pockets Get Fried? David Zinczenko in “Don’t Blame the Eater” argues that the fast food industry is the cause for “portly” children and not the lack of “personal responsibility”. He advocates for the overweight children because he was one; citing that fast food chains like “Burger King” and “Pizza Hut” were a household staple because of the bargain price. Zinczenko wrote how he was lucky to change his life by joining the Navy Reserve and became involved with a health magazine, both of which helped to change his lifestyle. He demonstrates his case by showing the growing trend in childhood obesity and health related expenses as a way to show the implications for a lack of
Is Junk Food Really Cheaper? I have experienced all of the fast food restaurants there are and I have noticed that throughout the past few years, there has been one thing that has changed drastically. Often sports teams may stop at MacDonald’s or Burger King on the way home from a sporting event, which is quite ironic, but it’s quick and easy and cheap—or so people may think. In, “Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?” Mark Bittman, claims that healthy food is actually cheaper than fast food. To help support his claim, Bittman uses many different rhetorical devices in his article.
After a hard day of work most people want a quick and easy dinner so they automatically think of eating out for the night. There are some who do blame Taco Bell and McDonalds because of their high fat foods. Parents are the ones responsible for what their kids eat in my eyes. They can help their family and themselves by bringing home more healthier food and "accept their role in fighting the problem"(Weintraub 11). When a family goes out to eat out at McDonalds, they buy meals that are extremely over portioned or "meals that can easily make up to half of their recommended daily intake of calories"(Brownlee 1).
It’s known as diet and exercise; you hear it all the time when talking about weight loss. It is really simple to blame the food industry on why so many more people are obese today, but what you eat is your decision and healthy food is available to everyone who is interested in eating healthy. Sometimes people have a hard time fitting a workout into their busy schedule. You can procrastinate a simple workout all you want, but it doesn’t take a lot to take the stairs instead of the elevator, take a fifteen minute walk every night, or to play an active game with your family. Instead of video games, encourage your children to play outside when it is warm and get them to have an active lifestyle.
February 1, 2013 Essay # 1 Once you hit that stunt, perfect each move and chant the cheers, everything else goes away. Being apart of a cheer leading team differs from other sports, you gain much more out of it. Respect is one lesson that I took from cheering, respect you coaches, team members, and the board. Trust is mother skill we gained in cheering, without trust in your stunt group everything could fall apart. Confidence is also another great role in cheer leading, when you look good you feel.
QUESTION 4 Discuss the skills and attributes of Sam Goodman. Discuss the skills that he needs. Why do you think he is having difficult time hiring employees that can perform up to his expectations? The skills and attributes of Sam Goodman are: a. Visionary: Goodman is a true visionary as it relates to his desire to develop a place to “hang out and eat a traditional sandwich which reminded him of home.” (page 213) b. Determination: He’s the epitome of undaunted determination to follow through on a dream.