With the development of the society rhythm, the fast food has become necessary industry for people's life. U.S. fast food companies are now franchised in over 100 countries. In the U.S. there are over 200,000 fast food restaurants. Revenue has grown from $6 billion in 1970 to $160 billion last year, an 8.6% annualized rate. The 50 largest companies are hold more than 25% the revenue in the industry (Hoovers, 2013).
Jay Morgan also utilizes an excel spreadsheet to perform payroll functions and prints the payroll checks, all of which are very time consuming. Due to the rather large size of the company and the number of locations the HR department would benefit by utilizing a Human Resource Information System (HRIS). This type of system would have the ability to streamline staffing, employee relations, and payroll. BUSINESS ASSESSMENT Castle Family Restaurant is a medium to large size business in the restaurant industry employing approximately 300-340 employees. The business currently has eight restaurant locations in the California area to which Jay Morgan acts as operations manager and HR manager.
EEOC Case of Racial Discrimination against DHL The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s role in this lawsuit was to act on behalf of the black drivers who believed that they had been treated unfairly. After receiving more than 20 complaints of discrimination, the EEOC conducted an administrative investigation to discover if segregation or other discrimination had taken place (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2010). After the investigation was performed, the EEOC helped the African American employees try to reach a settlement. DHL and the men could not reach an agreement, therefore, on behalf of the federal government, the EEOC helped to process the charges and pursue litigation.
Beatrice Foods had taken over the company after Rudolph’s death in 1973. He had successfully expanded Krispy Kreme to more than 100 locations. However, the decisions that he made to introduce other products, cut costs by changing the appearance of the stores and substituting cheaper ingredients had caused the business to drop. In 1998, Scott Livengood had became CEO and as a chairman of Krispy Kreme. He is the person that took the company into initial public offering (IPO) in April 2000 and made it the largest IPO during that time.
Darden’s direct competitors in the full-service restaurant industry include Brinker International Inc. who owns, operates, or franchises 1,689 restaurants including Chili’s Grill & Bar, On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina, and Maggiano’s Little Italy. DineEquity, Inc., another strong competitor, operates 3,400 restaurants under the names Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar and International House of Pancakes. YahooFinance ranked Darden as third strongest leader in market capitalization in the restaurant industry, with
In 1971, it had more than 200 units. In 1976 there were 621 Long John Silvers in operation, 262 were owned directly by Jerico and 359 were franchised. In 1999 the owner of A&W Restaurants bought out Long John Silvers and created Yorkshire Global. (What else does Yorkshire Global consist of?) In 1930 Harland Sanders opened his first restaurant (restaurant name?).
Philosophy To be recognized as a company that responsibly serves our guests, franchisees, employees, communities, business partners, and the interests of our planet. Financial Health At the end of fiscal year 2012, Dunkin' Brands' nearly 100 percent franchised business model included more than 10,400 Dunkin' Donuts restaurants and nearly 7,000 Baskin-Robbins restaurants. For the full-year 2012, the company had franchisee-reported sales of approximately $8.8 billion. Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. is headquartered in Canton, Mass. The Company's website is located at
In the case of Windham, this continuous subsidizing has forced them to maximize our line of credit from the bank, straining our relationship with them The HHC set out strict guidelines requiring all of its franchises to have a standard restaurant design, menu, suppliers, uniforms and signage. Based on our sales projections, they built the larger format restaurant and took out an $881,000 loan to cover all restaurant costs. In the first year of operations, Windham’s average monthly sales were only 79 per cent of those of the local area of dominant influence. This percentage dropped to 75 per cent in 2001. Unfortunately, Windham has not yet shown an improvement in sales in 2001.
This unyielding expansion led the Corporation to open 23,000 McDonald's restaurants in 110 countries in 1994, producing $3.4 billion in annual revenues. In addition, McDonald's opens a new restaurant every three hours. (www.mcdonalds ) Wal-Mart was founded in 1962 and opened its first store in Arkansas. Wal-Mart serves customers and members more than 200 million times per week at more than 8,838 retail units under 55 different banners in 15 countries. Wal-Mart boasts 2010 sales of $405 billion, and Wal-Mart employs 2.1 million associates worldwide.
The restaurant provides essential food and beverage services to the middle income customers. The restaurant has 680 restaurants in the United States alone and it also operates all over the world. There are more than 40,000 corporate and franchise team members. Ruby Tuesday owned and operated restaurants are concentrated primarily in the Southeast, Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest of the United States, which