Catering Industry in India

The Catering Services industry has struggled during the past five years. Since 2008-09, a severe economic downturn has led businesses and households to spend less on catered events. Businesses faced with plunging profitability cut back sharply on catered events such as office parties, corporate seminars and product launches, and reduced average spend per head for events that did go ahead. The deteriorating consumer climate led consumers to put off discretionary events and choose to cater events themselves or spend less at a restaurant rather than use the industry 's services.

There are many policies and regulations that affect the restaurant industry, mainly related to the health and food safety, workforce and tax/profitability of the business.

I agree with Michael Pollan’s views in this article. In the article, Pollan addresses the issues of the food industry. Pollan is surely right about how food industries are using these theories to improve their profit because; they come up with an entirely

The strengths of the business would be having knowledgeable, trained, educated, and experienced staff. Lavish décor and great food and prices will add to those strengths. Location that is easily accessible and close to home for most of the guest. The restaurant would offer discounts to the college students and the travelers that are passing through, having a good reputation will be a strength and help build clientele. According to the data there is no other restaurant in the area with the same concept. The weaknesses of the business would be targeting multiple segments and trying to satisfy all of their wants and needs. Another weakness would be trying to keep the restaurant as trendy as possible but would be difficult with the changes in trends, what’s hot today may not be the next. The area is not completely in need of the type of restaurant and lounge in mind, therefore getting people to be open to and supportive of the idea is a concern. Poor reputation among customers by not giving a good first impression or not meeting their expectations would be a weakness for the company. Other weaknesses may include high costs, lack of access to key natural resources and distributors. The opportunity is that because of the current recession it would be the optimum time to open a business that would create jobs. Restaurant space can be negotiable and very

Also they can have a wide array of choices since they do not have to keep large quantities of all items in stock. They should also offer a little flexibility to the customer by letting them bring some idea into the catering service that they may have, or have seen some other place. This will show that they are interested in the needs of the customer as well as offering them goods and services for profit. This ultimately could be a way of marketing research that helps the company stayed informed on the introduction of new products in the industry.

"Limited-Service Eating Places in the US" (NAICS 72221 and SIC 5812) is an industry that consist mainly of establishments that provide food service where customers usually order and pay for the items before eating. This industry, which accounts for more than one third of the entire restaurant dining industry, is categorized into three main segments (Bramhall). The first segment is limited service restaurants, which include drive thru and take out facilities. This segment currently has the largest market share. These establishments tend to specialize in limited menu items, such as hamburgers, pizza, sandwiches, and/or chicken (Basham 9). The second segment includes

The last external innovation of Kudler Fine Foods from other organizations is catering the organization provides (Apollo Group, Inc., 2011). The catering aspect has not been fully constructed into the business organizational structure, so their approach will stand out from other competitors. Their goal is to provide a link to customers on their website that will allow them to view and order specifics requirements for the event needed to be catered. The website will provide every aspect of what meals, desserts, amount needed, specific arrangements or design the customer desires for the event. With other competitors they require customers to come into the store location to make arrangements, whereas Kudler Fine Foods is providing options for the busy individual to make arrangements via Internet.

There is important aspects that apply to catering an event where alcohol will be served in the city and state of San Antonio, Texas. There are a number of critical regulations and laws for both the professional caterer to be aware of and consumers of alcohol services to ensure compliance with all the pertinent laws and regulations, from the federal, state and local levels. Federal laws for a caterer providing services in an establishment is regulated by Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), which ensures that only alcoholic beverage products that are sold are taxed. Further, if a catering business serves alcohol, they must pay a special federal tax each year. This includes the responsibility of retaining sales records,

This party was catered by Downtown catering- for food only and served by their employees.

Also, as I mentioned before, supermarket is really convenient for consumers for not only having better quality food in lower price but also serving multi – options in a large amount. Compare to the supermarkets, the space of Farmer’s Market is limited, which leads to the food options are limited. Farmer’s Market cannot satisfy every consumer’s need of food. From what I observed in Berkley’s Farmers Market, the food options is really being restricted. Farmer’s can only get food that is easy to be carried and kept like fruits, vegetables and made up articles for selling, and consumers, in the other hand, have limited options. Also, not everyone has the ability to get the food from Farmer’s Market for its location and

Competition in the industry: Competitors include local small pubs/ bars, family restaurants, other food outlets, etc. There is a lot of competition in this industry from domestic as well as foreign companies.

The restaurant industry is highly competitive with respect to price, value and promotions, service, locations, and food quality. Consumers are highly focused on value and

“This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) preparing and/or serving a specialty snack, such as ice cream, frozen yogurt, cookies, or popcorn or (2) serving nonalcoholic beverages, such as coffee, juices, or sodas for consumption on or near the premises. These establishments may carry and sell a combination of snack, nonalcoholic beverage, and other related products (e.g., coffee beans,

As part of the experience, more attentive service is given to the patrons, whereby a waitress and chef is designated for each party. Since there are only two tables - with each table serving up to eight patrons at a time - the waitress and chef are not overwhelmed. The direct attention given to the patrons by the chefs is savored by patrons; Rocky prides the company’s extensive three-year formal

In the partial fulfillment of the requirement of Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Program (2002-2004) Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Patan.