1. Introduction 2.1 Background of the Company BreadTalk Group was founded in Singapore in April 2000 and listed on the SGX in 2003. It is founded by George Quek (Chairman) and his wife‚ Katherine Lee (Deputy Chairman)‚ when he saw an opportunity for starting a bakery selling freshly baked breads and buns that are visually creative and attractive. 2.2 Mission and Vision Their vision is to establish BreadTalk to be an international trend-setting lifestyle brand. And the mission
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growth. 12 countries and territories with more than 300 bakery outlets (including franchises)‚ 33 foodcourts and 8 restaurants BreadTalk has become a distinctive Singapore brand that has gained international appeal and renowned for the way it has revolutionised the culture of bread consumption with its visually appealing‚ aromatic and unique-tasting products. BreadTalk outlets feature a "see-through" kitchens‚ often located next to or within the retail outlet‚ separated from the main retail space
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Responsibility is also considered as a strategy to sustain positive company reputation and brand images. BreadTalk who owns businesses in China had practiced in Corporate Social Responsibility programme during one of the world’s most upsetting disasters – the Sichuan earthquake on 12th May 2008. To show their solidarity with the people of Sichuan and to play a part in relief efforts‚ BreadTalk created “Peace Panda”‚ Panda shaped bun with four different expressions symbolizing the terror of the 7.8
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Where Creativity Is a Bread and Butter Issue BREADTALK GROUP Breadtalk first made waves when they entered the bakeries market all over Singapore in the year 2000‚ bring in a totally new concept of bakeries business into Singapore. 1. From a classic rags to riches tale Born in 1957‚ MR. George Quek was a son of a humble vegetable farmer who later became a seaman and a housewife mother. Together with his 3 brothers‚ they stayed in a rented wooden attap hut in Hougang. As a boy Mr. George
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In Kay Anderson and Colin Perrin’s paper‚ “How race became everything: Australia and polygenism” (Anderson 2008)‚ they document a shift in our idea of the term ‘race’‚ that happened somewhere during the mid-eighteenth century‚ and that moved our thinking from a general Christian‚ monogenetic paradigm to a more scientifically backed polygenetic paradigm‚ due largely to the complexities surrounding the Aborigines of Australia‚ being ‘apparently unimproved’‚ and hence‚ ‘extremely savage’‚ they precipitated
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Strategies and Initiatives The hallmark of BreadTalk is our spirit of innovation and this applies not just to our offerings but also our business approach. During the year‚ we introduced a new bakery model called BreadTalk Transit‚ positioned as a quick stop for customers on the go. By keeping some of the backend processes at the central kitchen‚ BreadTalk Transit outlets require only an average of 400 sq ft or about half the space of the usual BreadTalk outlet model. At the same time‚ its open baking
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------------------------------------------------- BreadTalk plans to double number of mainland outlets Wednesday‚ 26 September‚ 2012‚ 3:33am BreadTalk’s products are catching on throughout Asia. Singapore-listed bakery chain BreadTalk plans to double the number of mainland outlets in the next two years. Founder and chairman George Quek said the company would have 550 outlets across the mainland by 2014‚ compared with about 300 now. He admitted that a shortage of local talent and dearth of
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Question 1: What is Corporate Social Responsibility and how could this influence the organisational behaviour of ‘Breadtalk’? Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is where corporations or organisations are obliged to inter-relate their businesses with behaving in ethical and moral ways. It is where such corporations have notions towards having responsibility to the society that upholds them. Examples of ethical and moral ways varies from giving back to needy groups in terms of monetary funding
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Topic: What is Corporate Social Responsibility and how could this influence the organisational behaviour of “Breadtalk”? Why is an understanding of cultural differences important to the Business Managers at “Breadtalk”? What are some steps that managers can take to develop greater cross cultural awareness? 1. Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by a company is seen through the public as a way of providing to the society through goodwill and donations.
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society can be gained the contributions by these CSR programs. Breadtalk has performed a good example of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and as a CRM strategy‚ it has indeed worked very well for its brand. What kind of rollover effect does it have? Firstly‚ media coverage. The earthquake is top of the mind concern for every single person on the street and everyone is interested in reading the latest about it. The fact that Breadtalk has led such an effort has built a top of the mind brand recall
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