Running head: PROBLEM SOLUTION: KUDLER FINE FOODS Problem Solution: Kudler Fine Foods University of Phoenix MGT/521 Management Problem Solution: Kudler Fine Foods Kudler Fine Foods is a premier gourmet grocery store for shoppers searching to buy the finest meats, produce, cheeses and wine. Kathy and the company’s management need to take a step back to analyze the stores’ strengths and weaknesses to ensure success in any future expansion plans. Situation Analysis Issue and Opportunity Identification Kudler Fine Foods has several issues they should address in their stores before implementing any expansion plans as outlined in Table 1. One issue is 12% of perishable goods being thrown away or donated to charity
i“Food Connection” In his essay, “Food Connections”, David Suzuki highlights the different ways food is produced and consumed through out the world, as well as the separation of man from the natural world. The major issues brought up include the ways people of first world nations have become desensitized to the natural origin of the products they consume, the loss of a sense of connection with the natural planet, and a stark comparison of markets in third world countries to that of ours. Eating is an everyday activity that we as humans engage in at least 3-4 times a day, and not including those dreaded late night cravings for cake and cold pizza. We live in a world where the variety of food that is readily available to us is staggering, to the point where one can enjoy a French breakfast and top it off with an English lunch; we have the world on our plate. We have become accustomed to a standard of perfection with how our food looks and tastes that we do not stop for a moment and think of where it comes from, its natural origin.
An automated ordering system will help with this issue, as well. Having qualified people in positions such as the baker, wine steward and butcher, are essential to the core values of Kudler Fine Foods. Having to pay them, does make the payroll higher, but it is a cost, that this business will have to pay. Having these people is one reason customers shop there, for the advice, and interaction these people provide. Qualified in store experts, is something that sets this business apart from other stores.
The matrix structure combines the functional and product departmental strategy approach. It implements the functional departmentalization strategy for administration purposes, and the product departmentalization strategy for its individual grocery stores. The functional strategy allows the company to separate the workers and the work in departments of their specific areas of expertise. This lowers the cost of operation by reducing the possibility of work duplication and also pairs workers of similar training, experience, and communication. The product departmentalization strategy of the grocery stores works to streamline the operation of each gourmet specialty department.
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
A customer could prepare multiple dinners in the same time that it would take the customer to prepare one dinner at home, while eliminating having the clean one’s kitchen. Each of the cooking nights could comprise a different theme to reach a much larger market. Importance of Competitive Intelligence and Analysis Continually to improve Kudler’s marketing strategies and tactics, the organization must concentrate efforts on the competitive intelligence and analysis. To have success against the competition, an organization must be astute to the competitor. How can an organization attempt to be competitive within a market, if the organization is unaware of the competition?
Using the table below, prepare a standardised work document that suggests ways to eliminate variance for a chosen process where you work. Alternatively, choose one of the following processes: [4.2] * Safe preparation of food at a fast food restaurant * Operating a supply lift in a supermarket * Locking up an office for the weekend Your standardised work document should include factors such as: * Types of material used * Description of the process (inputs/outputs) * How work flows * Layout of the area * People involved * Kind of actions that occur * Time taken * Any tools used. Work process document | Name: Standardised Work Document | Work process: Locking up the office for the weekend
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. Pita Pit Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho-based Pita Pit USA,
Every living organism needs food and lots of it to survive and grow in this world. Supermarkets are usually the main center of obtaining anything and everything a person needs in order to cook and eat food. Since everyone needs food, the supermarket is a place where many different people come for the same thing; food. In John Updike’s short story “A&P” and Judith Ortiz Cofer’s poem “The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica” the people are both in supermarkets but for various reasons and in very different settings. The imagery used by both authors display how they view life at their point in time.
Jeffrey Kung Mrs. L Writing 1 7 October 2013 Cooking with Costco Costco Wholesale is a massive warehouse where many Americans shop at to get their daily supplies and other products. The warehouse has a wide variety of useful products ranging from suitcases to bounce houses to televisions to lobsters. Although the warehouse offers so much variety to its customer’s, there is a bad side to it as well known as the Costco effect. Costco also has quite a few restrictions. Besides their restrictions, Costco also do not have equal quality treatment of all of their food products.