Strategic Audit: Buffalo Wild Wings

1. Member Board of Directors – Each Director serves for three-year terms and may be reelected. There are 21 members currently serving on the Board.

After its mission statement, the company enumerates its values in support of the mission statement. The values are the following:

DeLoach, a trusted member of PBS&J’s senior management staff, was appointed as the treasurer of the board in 2003. According to Barnett (2007), “That

The Board of Directors consisted primarily of Gerry Wiegert, John Pope, and Barry Rosengrant. Gerry was the President, so it was typical for him to be a part of the board. John Pope was a financial consultant; therefore, he was adequate to be the financially literate person on the board. Barry was in real estate, but he was a consultant of Vector Car which gave him some knowledge of the company. Dan Harnett and George Fencl were also a part of the board for some point of time; they also had adequate knowledge to be capable additions to the board with their knowledge of law and

     In 1943, when Jack Morgan died, Thomas Lamont became the chairman of the company. This marked the first time since 1864 that a Morgan had not managed the firm.

Bob did a really good job in selecting the outside talent to represent on the advisory board. Bob knew that the family owned businesses had their own challenges so he chose Barry Ready, President of Readymade Office Systems, to join the Board because of the similarities between the two businesses. Bob also brought in functional experts Dick Crandall (finance) and Jim Carter (sales and marketing). Later, Bob added Peggy Thomas to bring diversity to the board and Mark Anderson, COO of Portland Timber, because of his real estate expertise.

How may I serve you? This is the greeting everyone gets when they dine at a Chick-fil-A restaurant. The company's relentless pursuit to build relationships with its customers goes beyond chicken sales. As a leader or manager, scanning your organizations external environment for opportunities and threats will assist in keeping employees motivated and the customers loyal during turbulent times. This paper will evaluate the external environment of Chick-fil-A, determining the extent to which opportunities exceed threats, or threats exceed opportunities.

Objectives: What are the corporate, business, and functional objectives? Are they consistent with each other, with the mission, and with the internal and external environments?

The major competitor to be outlined is Chick-Fil-A. Chick-Fil-A provides customer delight and satisfaction which is the company’s competitive advantage. Chick-Fil-A has created innovative dining experiences focused on building meaningful relationships with their consumers. Implementation of new services such as “Moms Valet’ has had positive impacts on the customer experience.

that made the first Kroger store successful in 1883 – service, selection and value – continue to

Established in 1984, 210 full-time employees, 200 part-time employees. 2006 sales = $1.9 Billion. Dealing with an

AFTER WEINSTOCK GEORGE SIMPSON TOOK over as the Managing Director in 1996. He quickly went on restructuring Weinstocks legacy with a clear vision of growth and a strategy of acquisition. He also

Business Analysis of Outback Steakhouse This essay answers the following questions. 1) What are the standout business and economic characteristics of the restaurant industry?

"i 'm lovin ' it is a key part of McDonald 's business strategy to connect with customers in highly relevant, culturally significant ways around the world."

The improvement of its operational efficiency through the industrialisation of processes and the pooling of resources The development of internal synergies Attracting talents and developing best practices in terms of management A constant and reinforced vigilance on risk control