X Concept: A Mediterranean Restaurant Concept Prepared for Professor of Restaurant Management HMT 410 DeVry University – Online Prepared by Student: Prepared on xx xx xxxx TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Concept Development Site Selection Market Analysis Competition Analysis Financial Analysis License & Approvals Design, Furnishings & Equipment Menu Development Employment of Key Personnel Selection & Training of Key Personnel References Introduction My name is XXXXX and I would like to present to you the idea of starting a distinguished restaurant concept called XXXXX cuisine. XXXXX will bring the taste of true Lebanese food into the core of …show more content…
Competition Analysis After careful research, there are ten top competitors that XXXXX will have in the city of Chandler. In order of importance, those are: My Big Fat Greek Restaurant, Barcelona of Chandler, The olive Garden, Naples Ristorante, CFu Gourmet, Fleming’s Prime steak, Outback Steakhouse, The Cheesecake Factory, The Elephant Bar, and PF Chang’s (“Yahoo! Travel”). The first four types of restaurants are the most likely to form a major competition since their major theme revolves around Mediterranean style of cooking, and they are considered as upscale dining restaurants. The remaining six restaurants also form a somewhat considerable competition since they are very renowned in the Chandler area, they have strategic locations, and they attract families and the surrounding businesses. The best thing to do in order to set a position for competition and evaluate strengths and weaknesses is to draw out a comparison matrix (Walker 511-512). The matrix will help us compare our operation with the competitors while using
Managers generally consider the rivalry among competitors as a major source for deriving strategy. As explained by the Michael Porter it is a narrow view of competition. A set of other parameters should be evaluated, mentioned in article as five competitive forces, along with industry
Moreover, some key activities are shown regarding to time in the period from the beginning of 2011 until the end of this year.
Debany’s newest restaurant Fifty Coins, in New Canaan, CT has been struggling however, due to its location. In New Canaan there are different customers and more competition. The New Canaan location attracts a different customer base than the restaurant in Ridgefield, CT. Because of this, marketing is more important and a key element to gaining new customers. Marketing is important in New Canaan because of the competition from numerous restaurants available in the area (unlike its sister restaurant in Ridgefield, CT). Even though, Fifty Coins in New Canaan has proper marketing and management, it is suffering due to its location, concluding that each of these aspects is necessary for a successful restaurant.
This town is the culinary focus of the island. The restaurants almost fight for prominence along the boulevard. The establishments each are trying to outdo the competition vying for the custom of visitors luring them in to try their culinary specialties.
Imagine you are part of a strategic planning group at a large corporation that is considering developing a new proposed product. The marketing director has asked your team to do a competitive market analysis to determine the product’s potential success. The analysis will focus on your primary competitor in the product’s market.
Portray the competitive strategy of the (competing) firms using the grid of “strategic target” and “source of competitive advantage”.
Training always has to be consistent for your staff to understand the menu and to be ready to give answers at any point of time. Quizzing your staff on food pairings, general knowledge and service standards regarding the menu will always assess their knowledge. Marketing Plan The competition among restaurants is fierce, and there is a need to give your all to be successful.Here are some clever marketing ideas and strategies that promise to help to improve the business and get attention from growling stomachs everywhere! Create a restaurant website and Hire a professional photographer (or DIY) to create beautiful photos that appeal to foodies: We all know the importance of internet presence and the role of stunning food pictures in attracting the crowd to our restaurant. Thus, it is necessary to have a beautiful website featuring the restaurant which highlights the food items being served in the restaurant, so that the target customers get to know more about the location. Create a customer loyalty program, using apps such as Belly, LevelUp, LoyalBlock, or Perka. : Customer loyalty programs are a huge business boosters in the present
1. Think about the basis of competition: competitive positioning may be based on (a) attributes or benefit, (b) use or application, (c) product or brand user, (d) product or service class, (e) competitors, and (f) price and quality. 2. Write its positioning statement
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.
Australia has been considered one of the most highly ranked countries in the report by The Economist Intelligence Unit. Economic factors, political and social are broken into 15 sections for which the report bases its rankings into for the countries around the world. Australia had come in 9th place with Scandinavian countries and Canada placing higher in the top rankings. Over 165 countries are broken down and looked at their state strength and governance, history in unrest, economic stress, levels of development, unemployment, and growth is GDP per head and public trust in political institutions.
To remain competitive a company must consider who their biggest competitors are while considering its own size and position in the industry. The company should develop a strategic advantage over their competitors’
Inside the front doors of a grocery store, customers are presented with a diverse, vibrant display of fresh fruits and vegetables. With its inviting rainbow of bright colors, the produce section leads past the wafting, sweets smells of bread and pastries in the bakery and through winding aisles stocked with an assortment of goods. Linings the aisles and fillings shelves are rows and rows of boxes of pasta, pre-made meals, processed foods, and more snacks and sweets than one would know what to do with. Grocery stores present shoppers with a myriad of choices. The shelves and displays are filled with a variety of different brands and options to choose from, which offers customers a tough and potentially stressful decision when shopping. However, before a customer decides upon a specific brand or item, whether that happens to be a name-brand product, competitor, or store-brand, they are faced with an even more important choice; they must first make a decision on whether they want to buy whole foods and produce, such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and other healthy choices, or more processed “junk” foods like sugary drinks and snacks or enriched breads and pasta. Not only must costumers decide between specific brands and deals, but they must also choose which of these types of food is best for them and their interests. Consumers must constantly weigh the different factors that are presented when comparing foods; between price, ingredients, health, availability, and overall
I met up with Mao Yang and her Assistant Manager Arnold. This time I asked about the safety aspects and how employees are trained. I also spoke with serval employees about how they felt about the safety of the store.
stage in the life of the business. So it is very important to work out
The proposals that we are going to depose are a planning of continuous action in order to confront the challenges, which BT confronts. The most important factor is considered to be the fact that the marketing environment changed rapidly after the deregulation of the telephone industry. Up to then BT was operating as a monopoly, ignoring the competition and ways to face it.