Customer Satisfaction in the Restaurant Industry

13. Which of the following characteristics makes it EASIER to measure the quality of a service, relative to that of a product or facilitating good?

I give this restaurant extremely high marks for producing a quality product.” Another bonus is that the restaurant is very popular, meaning the food is in high demand. Therefore the food that is already out doesn’t have time to get old and stale. But consumers don’t just want great tasting food in any amount; they want enough to fill them up until the time comes for their next meal.

The Purpose: Today’s society focuses on customers’ satisfaction, most business ask the consumer to take surveys to learn more about their experience. It is highly important to make sure our customers leave happy and satisfied with our service, and if they feel any different we need to get

Customer satisfaction can be gauged by a number of indicators including fewer customer complaints, less product returns, a greater number of customer referrals, and a greater number of referrals per customer. An increase in customer requests for new products or services would demonstrate greater customer interest. Customer satisfaction and brand name awareness can also be gauged through either in-store or internet based surveys.

The main purpose of this research study is to come up with a strong analysis on the performance level the restaurant. The following objectives have been brought forward with regard to this purpose.

3. Evaluate FedEx’s performance relative to customer satisfaction. What is the outcome of this process?

Nevertheless, the majority of customers are very satisfied with the amount of serving along with the quality of their meal as well as the price paid. The strategy of being a low priced high value added has seen problems due to lack of customers which is affecting the bottom line drastically. This inevitable circumstance has put a hold on operations and started an investigation upon various neighboring competitors and their own strategies.

Customer satisfaction and service quality are the two important components that direct anyone’s attention in every concept related to marketing, services, etc. (Spreng and Mackoy, 2006). In today’s competitive era, the success lies in

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report provides an in-depth analysis of the conduct of a market research project exploring customer expectation, satisfaction and behaviour in relation fast food restaurants. Particular attention is paid to Subway restaurants outlining the key strategies needed in order to increase popularity and therefore visitor numbers.

(2004) 'Customer Satisfaction, Service Quality and Perceived Value: An Integrative Model', Journal Of Marketing Management, 20, 7/8, pp. 897-917 ). I will use to develop the level of fine dining segment. I would be interesting to explore factors influences customer willing to pay for quality service. I would also seek the relationship of quality employee impact to customer repeat purchase patronage

Service is important in the food and beverage industries, that customer always have a high expectation and needs while dining in the restaurant. To find out how well the service provided, quality is a main element to every service. According to Haksever et al (2000), “Quality is ‘the totality of features and characteristics of a product or service that bears on its ability to satisfy given needs’”. Therefore, service quality is one of the main point in every restaurants to allow them improve and upgrade their level of image and reputation. In this report, Bella Italia was chosen to have an overview of its service quality. It will be find out how well the service practice was made and which part of service can be improve within the restaurant by using the service quality analysis, service recovery, customer feedback mechanism and benchmarking.

Customer service is very important element in hospitality industry. A good restaurant or a good hotel always have an excellent service first. Hotels and restaurants put added value in their products and service make guest love it. Some hotels give guest drink when they arrived or prepare small birthday gifts to their loyalty guests. But sometimes hotels spend lots of money to added value of customers’ experience but customers still don’t like their service. So, what’s happening? Hotels gave service and improved service are not customers needed or most needed. That’s the gap between you and your customer. “You know your hotel inside out, but do you ever see it through your guests' eyes? In many cases, there is a disconnect between what hoteliers think

1. Analyze Enterprise’s Service Quality Survey. What information is it trying to gather? What are its research objectives?

The paper presents an analysis of the different factors influencing the restaurant industry and how these factors increase or decrease the demand for such services. The hypothesis that will be examined is that the performance of restaurants is mostly based on the type of food chosen by customers when they decide to go out for dinner, lunch, breakfast, or simply for a snack. What type of food refers mainly the nationality or concept of the food, (traditional American, Italian, Indian, Latin, or from any other type of culture). This factor is important because when customers go out to for dinner; they decide what to eat before deciding where to eat. That is why this factor is considerably important according to the hypothesis.

Service quality represents a fundamental aspect of delivery, which strongly influences consumer satisfaction and, as a result, loyalty. In today’s global market a customer’s service expectation has to be met and exceeded eventually in order to retain customers as well as achieve success. Perceived quality of a product or a service is becoming one of the major competitive factors in the business world and has led to the innovation of the ‘Quality Era’ (Peeler, 1996). In simple words, the comparison of customer expectations with service performance is service quality. On the other hand, customer satisfaction is defined as a pleasurable fulfilment response toward a good, service, benefit, or reward (Oliver, 1997). Both of these