Boston Pizza is an international corporation. Its’ management team consists of chairmen and owners Jim Treliving and George Melville. Mark Pecinda , the president and chief executive officer, and Wes Bews, the chief financial officer. Both Jim Treliving and George Melville have been in a partnership for 40 years when Melville was Treliving 's business consultant for four years until 1973, at that time he became Treliving 's partner in the business
Jim Treliving One of the first franchisees and a great example of a team leader is a former RCMP officer, In addition to his professional experience and seniority as the president and chief executive officer of Boston’s The Gourmet Pizza Company, the U.S. arm of Boston Pizza, which is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Jim is active in benefiting the community. He has been a director of the Boston Pizza Foundation since its beginning in 1990 and has helped collect and donate over $14 million to Canadian charities. He is also one of the cast members of the CBC program, Dragons ' Den, which inspires entrepreneurs.
George Melville has been known for his passion for business and for the people. George earned his CA designation in 1968 and received his Fellowship of Chartered Accountants (FCA) designation in 2005 .Together with Jim have provided guidance and support to their management team
Mark Pecinda President and CEO, Has a Master of Business Administration from the University of New York and a Bachelor of Arts in History from the
Senior Management of PepsiCo is evaluating the potential acquisition of two companies – Carts of Colorado and California Pizza Kitchen – in order to expand the company’s restaurant business. If indeed PepsiCo decides to pursue the acquisition of one or both, they must decide how to align each of these business units in its historically decentralized management approach and how to forge relationships between the acquired business units and existing business units. In their evaluation, Senior Management is faced with the question of whether the necessary capital investment in order to purchase one or both of the businesses can be profitable for each of the acquired business units, but must
Chick-Fil-A is an American food restaurant franchise having its head office in Georgia, USA. The company was established in 1946 and has gradually entrenched itself in the American food industry as a cultural icon in the Southern United States for its specialty in preparation of chicken sandwiches. Chick-Fil-A prides itself for the establishment of over1690 branches located within the United States alone as well as its economic contribution to the larger part of Western America and California. It realized sales of around $4.6 billion in 2012, which reflected a 14 percent increase over the overall performance experienced in the previous year by the chain while the same-store sales performance increased by 8 percent. In Houston, Texas, the greatest performer realized a 7.2 million total gross sales in 2012. Chick-Fil-A uses a significantly distinct model, notable in the retention of the ownership of each restaurant since its acquisition. Chick-Fil-A selects the most suitable restaurant location, undertakes its construction, then takes over its ownership. Chick-Fil-A requires a payment of only a $5,000 as capital to become an owner of their branch while its rival franchises pay almost $2 million. The company receives over 15, 000 submissions annually from interested franchise operators for the available 70 slots. Chick-Fil-A receives a bigger allocation of income in comparison to other chains amounting to $190,000 per year. Chick-Fil-A’s solid mission statement and its
Authoritative structure and outline help organizations to comprehend themselves and in a perfect world to cooperate to perform all the assignments and accomplish all the objectives of an organization. Frequently when a company is small and beginning up, it ignores both of these ideas while it makes sense of its character, errands, capacities and everything authoritative structure and outline help put in place. Contrastingly, when Gus Agioritis opened his little Boston Pizza and Spaghetti House in 1964, his technique was to develop the restaurant by concentrating on franchising. "Take on a similar mindset as a client, convey extraordinary sustenance and quality, and work nearly with your accomplices." (BP International Inc., 2014). Boston Pizza has conquered this by concentrating on the three mainstays of achievement, which are the scenery for all choice making that has supported the advancement and accomplishment of Boston Pizza. The three pillars of this concrete pizzeria are responsibility to the franchisee benefit, responsibility for building the Boston Pizza brand, duty to persistently enhancing the client experience.
The franchise I would like to start is Little Caesars is growing across America. Its the fastest growing pizza chain in America. They were named “ best value in America” for 8 years in a row.
But where are the highlights on the duties of those who play key roles in the company’s evolution?
Papa John’s has experienced a major strategic issue in the marketing of the brand. The reputation of the organization was stained when former Papa John’s CEO John Schnatter blamed weak third quarter sales on NFL players protesting police brutality and racial inequality (McGrath, 2018). The comments made by the former CEO caused stock prices to fail and ultimately ended Papa John’s partnership as the official pizza sponsor of the NFL (McGrath, 2018). Unwelcomed support of white supremacists neo Nazis have tarnished the organization’s reputation (Larkin, 2018). The company failed to recognize the power of social media and advertising. Pizza Hut has now become the official pizza sponsor of the NFL. The company has also experienced a high turnover of upper management employees. Brandon Rhoten, CMO, has decided to step down, which results in the third executive departure since December (Weaver, 2018). Typically upper management is responsible for creating and implementing the strategic plan. With the numerous turnovers in staff, it has hindered the strategic process. The most recent turnover is that of CFO Lance Tucker on March 2, 2018 (8-K: Papa Johns
The owner of the franchise, Creative Learning, is well-known for creating successful businesses all around the world and is the leader when it comes to educational franchises geared toward
* For the pasta we can see (exhibit 6) that 26% of total surveyed persons perceive it as a fresh product, only 8% think its price is too high, and 61% found nothing dislikable in it.
Perfect pizzeria is staffed primarily from college and high school students; however, when hiring for management positions there is no systematic criteria in which to select the best-qualified person for the job. Those currently occupying leadership positions do so without the proper leadership training or experience to handle the open communication required to build team cohesion in a food franchise environment.
Pronto Pizza is a family-owned pizza restaurant in Vinemont, a small town of 20,000 people in upstate New York. Antonio Scapelli started the business 30 years ago as Antonio 's Restaurant with just a few thousand dollars. Antonio, his wife, and their children, most of whom are now grown, operate the business. Several years ago, one of Antonio 's sons, Tony, Jr., graduated from NYU with an undergraduate degree in business administration. After graduation, he came back to manage the family business. Pronto Pizza was one of the earliest pizza restaurants to offer pizza delivery to homes. Fortunately, Tony had the foresight to make this business decision a few years ago. At the same time, he changed the restaurant 's name from Antonio 's to
The Papa John’s case provides a classic example of a company that entered a highly saturated and mature market and was able to enjoy immense growth and success due to its creative product differentiation strategy. The company’s motto has been consistent from the day the first restaurant was opened: Superior ingredients and a superior product from its competitors. John Schnatter took the basic concept of product differentiation and positioning to new heights as he created a strong global brand, which had an unprecedented track record of success and customer loyalty over its competitor’s pizza products.
-As a subway franchisee I do not see myself as a business owner but as a member of a team that
* Turnover and ongoing training for the new staff jeopardized the service and quality of Pizza Hut.
Hometown Pizza has been extremely successful in the United States. As you requested I have looked into our own success and I believe it is now time to expand our business. I believe that it is time to expand our business internationally. In order, to expand our business and help us be successful internationally I have been looking into Pizza Hut and their success. To help understand Pizza Hut’s success internationally; I have chosen the following nations to help better understand their success:
Roy Rogers Restaurants is a fast food franchise business owned by Marriott Corporation. Roy Rogers is pursuing a strategy of aggressive growth through the licensing of independent franchisees (ie., independent owners) to operate its restaurant outlets. The case describes the nature of the franchise industry and provides statistics on the major franchise organisations.