Connor Ramage 6/30/13 CRN: 50036 Porcini’s Pronto Predicament Tom Alessio‚ Marketing Vice President at Porcini’s Inc.‚ of Boston‚ was pondering issues raised by a potential expansion of his company’s restaurant business. The domestic market for full-service chain restaurants was nearing its saturation point at both in-city and shopping mall locations. The big chains were looking overseas for growth‚ but as a small regional player‚ porcini’s had neither the resources nor the brand power
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Executive Summary Darden Restaurants‚ Inc. has been a public company since 1995. A company born of the chain Red Lobster‚ Darden is a recent spin-off as a result of mergers and acquisitions of various types. Publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange‚ Darden (DRI) is the parent company of Red Lobster‚ The Olive Garden‚ the now-defunct China Coast concept‚ and a new “Floribbean” concept: Bahama Breezes. Throughout its existence‚ as a part of General Mills‚ Pillsbury‚ or on its own as
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Future of the Great Italian Food Company The Future of the Great Italian Food Company Problem Statement Six members of the of the Great Italian Food Company’s Board of Directors have ideas for the future growth of the company. Each of the members proposed idea has its merits‚ but their ideas are mutually exclusive and only one strategy can be chosen. This could be a potential issue and delay the company’s future growth if the board members cannot come to an agreement. Without a unified strategy
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family and I left our country‚ for sometime‚ in December 2010. The trip had good food‚ great sites‚ and wonderful adventures that will have an impact on me for the rest of my life. My trip to Italy had many bright things‚ especially great foods‚ now I am not saying all we ate was italian food‚ actually we ate quite a lot of different food there. In Italy‚ there was some American food‚ we actually ate at an Italian McDonald’s like 2 or 3 times. I would not have thought that they would have had because
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two brothers that emigrated from Italy to open an Italian restaurant in America‚ we learn a lot about the differences between Italian and Italian-American cuisine through the many obstacles they face. Primo is a gifted chef‚ a culinary genius determined not to waste his talent making routine dishes that American customers expect. Secondo is the smooth front man‚ trying to do anything to keep the restaurant financially afloat. Italian cuisine is known for its diversity throughout Italy’s different
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Ristorante Case Analysis The Situation Angelina Palio is the owner and manager of Palio’s Ristorante and is reviewing the slow growth of her restaurant. In reviewing her restaurant’s growth‚ she is thinking about the future and how she can modify her current strategy to attract more clientele into the Palio’s Ristorante. At this time‚ Palio’s Ristorante is not doing well and she is contemplating on whether to weather the storm or to unite with a fast-food or family restaurant franchise chain
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Pronto Pizza Revisited This time‚ Mr. Scapelli managed to eliminate the biases in the data through selecting the every 10th pizza delivery order and letting the customers inform their own pick-up times. The data is fine and appropriate for statistical use‚ and hence we can go through the statistical calculations. Statistical Efforts Using Excel‚ we found the standard deviation and mean of the sample data for the total delivery time‚ preparation time‚ waiting time and travel time. First
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Olive Garden Italian Restaurant‚ Ruby Tuesday‚ and Hard Times Café represent three franchise-operated‚ chain restaurants in the DC metropolitan area. This paper examines the organizational goals‚ authority structure‚ field research‚ customer seating patterns‚ technology‚ organizational structure‚ operational logistics‚ research limitations and team recommendations. The Olive Garden Italian Restaurant located is located Bowie‚ MD and is a franchised restaurant which was established in 1992 by Bill
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Omnitel Pronto Italia 1. What was Omnitel’s advantage when the service was launched in December 1995? Why did the launch not perform to expectations? Omnitel was the first private sector participant in Italian telecommunication market. The company paid $469 million in December 1994 for GSM license and launched its commercial service in December 1995 with network coverage of 40% of Italian territory. The company offered plans similar to its rival Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM)’s with the hopes that
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also describe what effects the great famine had on Irish cuisine. The article will discuss the varieties of food‚ including the potato‚ eaten throughout the years‚ the methods of production at different levels of society‚ and a number of Irish potato dishes including boxty‚ champ‚ and colcannon. Irish Cuisine What could be more constantly connected to a culture than food? It is obvious that without food‚ we can not survive. But‚
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