Once the food is delivered and all the extra requests of the guests have been fulfilled, the server then steps away from the table, allowing time to eat and have conversation without being overly interruptive. An occasional check back by the server to see how everyone is doing is the most interruption created until leftovers are boxed and the check is
The restaurant needs 9 to 12 day servers and 13 to 16 night servers Friday thru Sunday. The server job is to serve the guest and meet his or her need accordingly. On a daily Red Lobster needs 1 to 2 bussers on duty. The busser is responsible for bussing, cleaning, and resetting tables. This location needs 2 to 3 bartenders Monday thru Thursday and 4 to 5 bartenders Friday thru Sunday.
I sometimes is at my booth for maybe 5-10 minutes before the waiter acknowledges that I am there and come to see if we want to start out with some drinks. After the waiter gets our order and brings us our food, he is nowhere to be found. They do not know whether we are satisfied or not. They just walk off and I do not see them until they think that we are finished and ready for the bill. When I look on the menu, the way they have their food displayed is great.
The franchise we plan on opening is the Qdoba Mexican Grill. Our restaurant will be opened in the Fruitland area located by the Wal-Mart, Texas Roadhouse, and Uno’s. Qdoba is the largest franchised fast-casual Mexican restaurant company. Qdoba was first opened in 1995 when two men imported the San Francisco style burrito to Colorado. The restaurant immediately won over customers and critics with their unique flavors and fresh ingredients.
Mrs. Kudler recognizes the importance of word of mouth promotion, which re-enforces the idea of in store gatherings and cooking classes. Over time, the organization will increase profitability if these events are positive and properly promoted. This is best done when attempting to increase the customer’s value chain. Catering and the Local Growers Both the catering service and direct buying from local growers will potentially increase profit for Kudler Fine Foods. Making good use of real estate (using the in store kitchen for catering cooking) and improving efficiency/lowering cost (agile inventory system) gives the organization a competitive advantage in the gourmet food industry.
Unlike Mcdonalds, Chick-fil-a serves the crowd a free dinner,10 coupons for free meals. This shows a lot of genorousity and a great appeal to fast food fans. For the past two years , the Atlanta-based chain was named “best drive-through in America” by the quick-service resturaurant trade. (QSR MAG) The employees at Chick-fil-a strive to complete orders within 90 seconds in the drive through window and 60 seconds at the counter. Some might find it appealing how Chick-fil-a shares corporate values such as all locations being closed on Sunday,as a day of rest and worship.
To start, I would like to be a hostess. Meeting and greeting, helping to organize the seating and reservations of the guests as they come in, ensuring they are comfortable and knowing I had some part in it, is a job that would make me happy. I would also like to be a manager after I have learned the basics and trained thoroughly, of course. Overseeing the daily activities of the restaurant and success of the business is a position that I would like to have one day. Working in this segment of the industry, I am sure to feel a sense of accomplishment after each day knowing that individuals left happy and satisfied and I played a big part in
IPO Project –Chipotle Mexican Grill, About company Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. and its subsidiaries has operated 1,084 restaurants in the United States, two in Toronto, Canada and one in London, England till December 31, 2010.Over the past five years, company has experienced grown up greatly and substantially, and expect to their big rally of 2011, new openings between 135 and 145 restaurants are expected to operate in 2011. Chipotle is working to change the way people think about and eat fast food by looking to fine-dining restaurants for inspiration. Chipotle use high quality ingredients, classic cooking methods to make good tasting food, have top performing people to take care of each customer, and make restaurants operationally
With the trends of healthy eating becoming more prominent in the marketplace, Chipotle has an advantage with their ability to provide the consumer with fresher products than their competition. Another strength of Chipotle is that they have a tendency to promote personnel from within the company. This allows the company to maintain their high standards by retaining employees who are knowledgeable about the product and expectations of the company and their customers. Ells stated that “we can teach people how to run a Chipotle…but you can’t teach someone how to be polite and hospitable and high-energy and smart and ambitious and curious and happy and respectful and honest and presentable and conscientious and motivated and infectiously enthusiastic” (Huffingtonpost.com). This prompted Monty Moran, co-CEO, to develop the “restaurateur program” which gives employees the ability to advance quickly through the ranks of the company.
The Paradiso has been open for 35 year it has 6 locations. The Paradiso is very nice it has a Mexican theme and the restaurant looks like it came out of a Mexican magazine. There facility is very clean and very well cared for. The Paradiso has a bar separate from the restaurant. Beth’s office is through the kitchen in the back of the store.