Research Report – Taking the Subway 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. The Research Focus forms the backdrop of the study highlighting the background of the problem of obesity levels
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INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT Q1. What is meant by the term resources? What are the four factors of production and explain the factors incomes associated with each factor of production (20 marks) a) Resources means being able to produce something that can be a good or service. For e.g. the sun‚ trees‚ natural gas‚ materials‚ staff. b) The four factors of production are land‚ labor‚ capital and entrepreneurship. (i) Land- is considered the natural resources or raw materials we find on the earths surface
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property both for sale through DRTV and the retail market and sourcing for low cost production costs. In addition‚ there are no obvious loopholes in their business model. They have a proven product that provides a solution to a large market of dissatisfied customers. Also‚ they are maintaining 400% margins by selling through infomercials and websites direct to customers‚ therefore avoiding marketing and packaging costs associated with retail distribution. However‚ like every start-up company‚ there
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FACTORS AFFECTING THE PRODUCTION OF RICE IN MALAYSIA We would like to point out the factors affecting the production of rice in our country. Climate and the nature of soil‚ insect-pest and weed management‚ land areas‚ infrastructure‚ technologies and mechanization‚ dependency on other rice producers‚ investment and collaboration with international organization are the major factors that affect the rice productivity in Malaysia. In temperate and tropical climate areas‚ rice is grown mostly under
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Subway Sandwiches Although sub and sandwich shops offer some of the best growth opportunities in fast food today‚ there are signs that the category is not what is use to be. Subway’s rapid growth in recent years put sub sandwiches on the fast-food map and served to attract tremendous attention as well as investment dollars into this category. In part due to the increased competition‚ fewer operations and franchise prospects today view that name-brand sub shop as the easy way to success‚ compared
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Subway Riding In Shenzhen Twenty months ago‚ I left New Jersey‚ America‚ and came to a new city named Shenzhen. When I came here at first‚ I wasn’t sure what Shenzhen would be like‚ and if I would like it. I started to fall in love with Shenzhen when I first rode the Shenzhen subway. I have to admit that subway riding in New York was definitely not on my favorite list. In New Jersey‚ there was no subway. However I remember that when I went to my mother’s office in New York City‚ we would take
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There are different attributes and factors which are under the influence of target market for the services which the subway offers to its market. Here many variables influence the market segmentation for “sub of the day”. Coming to the segmentation strategy it is essential to know what the customer is considering from the services provided by the subway. The segmentation strategies can be described more effectively in many different variables which results in the marketing segmentation‚ there are
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The Subway Franchise The Subway story started in 1965 in Bridgeport‚ Connecticut during the summer of 1965. 17 year old Fred DeLuca was trying to earn enough money to pay for his college tuition by working in a hardware store. He wanted a way to add money to his minimum wage salary. He got the solution at a backyard barbecue in a conversation with a family friend‚ nuclear physicist Dr. Peter Buck. With a $1000 loan from Buck‚ DeLuca opened Pete’s Super Submarine on August 28‚ 1965
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Business Organization Selection: Subway has now become the world’s largest fast food chain in the world‚ overpassing McDonalds with over 39‚500 restaurants in 102 countries. I felt that the success of this business and the motivating story behind founder Fred DeLuca‚ this was a very aspiring business to select. Deluca and a family friend opened up a sandwich shop in 1965 with only a loan for $1‚000. DeLuca hoped the tiny sandwich shop would earn enough to put him through college. After struggling
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In the poem “On the Subway” written by Sharon Olds‚ two different are being described on how society sees them based on their race. Sharon Olds describes them with traditional stereotypes with the use of tone and imagery‚ to differentiate yet connect the two of them. On the subway the narrator comes across a young man who is very different. The boy had large feet and had the face of a mugger. He was wearing red while the narrator wore dark fur. She watched as he “looks at her fur” trying to figure
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