This rejuvenation of Whitbread meant focusing on expanding its hotels and restaurants businesses and was unrelenting in its changes with the disposal of household names such as Pizza Hut and Cafe Rouge whilst promoting its now more popular chains as Costa Coffee, Premier Inn and Beefeater and Brewers. By studying the tone of today’s market and clientele, I will outline future directions Whitbread in its unceasing dominance of the British market can take. 1.1 Analyse the scale, scope and diversity of the hospitality industry The hospitality industry is one of the fastest growing professional sectors, employing over 1.8 million people in the United Kingdom alone, and 1 in 10 people worldwide. This provides an enormous scope for those wishing for a job in the industry, with so many jobs available within, and huge opportunities for work in other sectors. Gauging the scope, examining and identifying key information for the sole purpose of boosting business intelligence and using the studies to show the company’s own and other failings, strengths, operations major products and services, their histories, competition and among many others growth opportunities.
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).
However the positive effect of a recession for Tesco is that a lot of customers eat out less and eat more at home which give Tesco an opportunity to increase their output and come up with cheaper alternative meals to getting a takeaway or going to a restaurants. Competing Technology I think the use of technology has made Tesco a top competitor in the market. They have capitalised on the use of online shopping and provide a delivery service through their website www.tesco.com, this is very useful for people who may not have time to go to the shops they can simply order everything they want online. Also I think that the ageing population would also find online shopping more convenient if they were able to assess and utilize the website. Tesco have also set up their own mobile service which is growing in popularity.
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
A Community within Shopping Centers In “The Mall as Refuge,” author George Lewis analyzes the distinction between manufactured communities and shopper's social behaviors. The author includes that the attendance at malls increases due to plazas hosting restaurants, arcades, movie theatres, department stores, and even professional services; legal, medical, and optical aids. The author emphasizes how the strip mall sets a comfortable and convenient place for shoppers, which allows an illusion of a community for consumers. Lewis describes that although outlet malls comfort shoppers, unwanted crowds of browsers enjoy spending time at the shopping mall specifying that the elderly and teenagers comprise the major groups. The author claims “in a word, the regional shopping mall has become a kind of civic center, a point of attraction for millions of Americans, whether they choose to buy something there regularly or not” (412).
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 Cafe has 5 lbs. of each of these coffees available each day. Each pound of coffee will produce sixteen of 16-oz. cups of coffee, and the Cafe has enough brewing capacity to brew 25 gallons of the two coffee blends each day. Morning Blend includes 25% Brazilian, 30% Tanzanian, and 45% Guatemalan, while Study Break is a blend of 55% Brazilian, 15% Tanzanian, and 30% Guatemalan.
The company opened the first Sam’s club in 1983 to serve small businesses and first Wal-Mart Super Center opened in 1988 to combine a supermarket with general merchandise. By 1990, the company was number one national retailer. In 1991, Wal-Mart went global and opened a Sam’ club store in Mexico. Wal-Mart set up international division in 1993 and had strategic goals to expand its business and maintained its price leadership worldwide. By 1997, Wal-Mart became the largest private employer in the world.
McDonalds has an overall “Strategic Plan to Win” that gives all business with common foundations for developing ideas to reach this goal (Goldsmith & Carter, 2010). This foundation includes five major elements: 1) People; 2) Place; 3) Product; 4) Promotion; 5) Price. The key elements include the following: • People - well trained; fast and friendly; delighting customers • Place – clean; relevant; inviting • Product - food taste great ; variety of choices; hot and fresh • Promotion - consistent with the brand; relevant to the customers • Price - best value to the most people; affordable Question #1 Talent Management at McDonalds is a term that refers to
Yum! Brands Yum! Brand is a fortune 300 international company with a passion to satisfy every customer every time. It is the largest quick-serve restaurant company that includes A&W Restaurants, KFC, Long John Silver’s, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell. Yum!