Advertising of fast food keeps costumers wanting more and more. Anytime costumers see the satisfying sandwich, instantly their mouth waters for the taste of it. Local grocery stores and convenient shops have ads and coupons from the local fast food franchises. The coupons increase the costumers appeal to the restaurant because of a possible discount and full belly. The situation is very ironic because the grocery stores with nutritious food advocates for fast food restaurants that are, in context, competing with their sales.
Panera’s focus is offering their customers with better than their rivals, making the dining experience so attractive to their customers will pass up their competitors in outlets of other easy casual restaurants to dine at the nearest Panera Bread A strategic issues is substitutes and threats of substitutes in Panera Bread Company’s distinctive competencies, their menu. Panera’s menu is being substituted by new rivals. New restaurant chains, in fast-casual and other categories are becoming more competitively fierce and are drawing customers by imitating Panera’s menus at a lower cost. Panera Bread has several external factors which may affect the company, such as climate, inflation rates, unemployment level, and wage levels. Climate can have a dramatic effect on Panera Bread.
* Meets the desire of Paul Livoria * Additional revenue source ( appendix 4) * Increasing franchising trend, 70% of restaurants in Dawkins are franchises * Takes advantage of population growth and high family disposal income in Dawkins * A strong motive for franchise managers to make their restaurants as profitable as possible * An opportunity to improve menu base on local demand, shared innovative ideas and success stories among franchisees that can help strengthened growth Cons * Risk of losing sandwich quality as managers might not comply to standard procedures or invest in people or maintenance * Additional cost of finding and monitoring company managers * In case of failure to comply to franchise agreement, terminating the contract can be costly and difficult * Increasing strict quality heath control in Dawkins and risk of losing franchises that do not adhere to these quality
In addition, Brownlee claims that the reason of fast-food restaurants work is by marketing. She provides the enough evidence to believe that advertisers try to persuade the society in order to make people go to eat at the fast-food restaurants. Furthermore, Brownlee asserts that even if restaurants provide more food for less money, they still making an appropriate profit. Additionally, she addresses the fact that the society prefers upgrade their meals just for a few extra cents, but the Americans do not realize they are earning more calories than they should consume. She argues that companies are the only responsible for people becoming obese because they provide a lot of food just for a little of money probably because companies have found out that big meals produce big profits.
Marketing Research Rochelle Woods MKT/421 April 2, 2012 Ricci Rizzo Marketing Research The original vision of Kudler Finer Foods was to be a one stop gourmet food store. As a result Mrs. Kudler’s vision, Kudler Finer Foods growth continues to manifest. Mrs. Kudler built an expanding entity having direct control on customer service, all orders for the business and hiring. Known for her kindness and generosity to employees, this has allowed Kudler Finer Foods to prosper. Kudler Fine Foods (KFF) began as the dream of a local entrepreneur and has in the most part been successful.
1. Analysis of Boston Chicken with Porter’s Five Forces Model: Rivalry among existing firms: Boston Chicken suffers a high level of competition in the fast food industry. Its main competitors include McDonald’s, KFC, Burger King and Hardee’s. As a “home meal replacement,” Boston Chicken also competes with local pizzerias and sandwich shops. Threat of new entrants: The threat of new entrants is high.
Based in the southern United States, both of these restaurants are extremely well known, and the similarities they have are part of the reason. Yes, Applebee’s and Chili’s have their differences, but let’s look at how similar they are. Chili’s and Applebee’s are both household names in America, and the reason is branding. They spend millions of dollars to make sure patrons know their products.
Chicken is the main product that is served on their menus which many prefer over beef. As far as customer service, Chick-Fil-a’s staff focuses on being swift and attentive. When the chain opens a new restaurant, it goes out its way to find customers in the area. Regualars at other locations and people who stop by the construction site eager about the opening get invited to a special dinner night before the official opening. Unlike Mcdonalds, Chick-fil-a serves the crowd a free dinner,10 coupons for free meals.
They then will be able to sell healthier and safer poultry to all of their competitors. Analyze corporate-level and business-level strategy Chick-fil-A’s mission statement is: “Be America’s best quick service restaurant” (Farfan, 2013). This mission statement is similar to every other fast food restaurant in America. However, its purpose is different than all other fast food restaurants. Chick-fil-A’s purpose is: “To glorify God by being a faithful steward in all that is entrusted to us.
* Computerized Point of Sale system is top of the line * Strong supply chain – Leader in casual dining seafood category for distribution. Certified suppliers direct to restaurants through overnight deliveries. * Over 690 restaurants in N.A. | Weaknesses: * Outdated restaurants * No clear vision of who their customers are * Perception of food safety | Opportunities: * Expand product line (broaden food items and wine selection) * Expand or target new customer base; increasing profits * Expand geographic reach (ie: Europe, Asia-Pacific) | Threats: * Supply Chain pressure due to high cost of seafood * Economic state; causing more consumers to eat at home * Aquaculture * Intense competition in category | CURRENT MARKETING PLAN When Kim Lopdrup recognized the need to improve their positioning; a three phased plan was launched immediately. This plan was developed to improve the Red Lobster brand and focused on