Case Study Valley's Ice Cream
Valley’s Ice Cream
Susie Tejeda
San Joaquin Valley College
June 29, 2017
Valley’s Ice Cream is in Riverbank, California. Valley’s Ice Cream has been open since 1997. Valley’s Ice Cream is small family owned business. Recently Valley’s Ice Cream was visited by health code inspector from Department of Health and Human Services. According to the health inspector Valley’s Ice Cream is in violation of a few health codes that can cost up to $4000.00.
There are many guidelines and health code that needs to be follow by small business owners. Department of Health and Human services has strict criteria for a small business owners to keep their food safety. The Department of Health and Human Services criteria is to have a nutrition information sheet for food products that are being sold, proper process when handling food to avoid …show more content…
The owner decided to not host the party for the inspector’s daughter softball team. The owner of Valley’s Ice Cream thought about all the legal implication, customer relations, safety risks of customers and employees and the financial implication. As a business owner, they must factor these opinions before you make a rational decision that will end up costing the business owner more in the long run. For example, if the owner decided to agree with the inspector and host the ice cream party and the inspector overlooks the violation this time. What if another inspector comes the next following months and gives the business owner another violation. The owner will be in the same boat, not only will he lose out on the free ice cream products that he used to host the ice cream party he will also lose the $4000.00 for the violation plus whatever it cost him for the overhead cost for the product. For the business owner to make up for the expense he will either have to increase the price for the ice cream or reduce their staff to make up for the loss of
Susie Tejeda
San Joaquin Valley College
June 29, 2017
Valley’s Ice Cream is in Riverbank, California. Valley’s Ice Cream has been open since 1997. Valley’s Ice Cream is small family owned business. Recently Valley’s Ice Cream was visited by health code inspector from Department of Health and Human Services. According to the health inspector Valley’s Ice Cream is in violation of a few health codes that can cost up to $4000.00.
There are many guidelines and health code that needs to be follow by small business owners. Department of Health and Human services has strict criteria for a small business owners to keep their food safety. The Department of Health and Human Services criteria is to have a nutrition information sheet for food products that are being sold, proper process when handling food to avoid …show more content…
The owner decided to not host the party for the inspector’s daughter softball team. The owner of Valley’s Ice Cream thought about all the legal implication, customer relations, safety risks of customers and employees and the financial implication. As a business owner, they must factor these opinions before you make a rational decision that will end up costing the business owner more in the long run. For example, if the owner decided to agree with the inspector and host the ice cream party and the inspector overlooks the violation this time. What if another inspector comes the next following months and gives the business owner another violation. The owner will be in the same boat, not only will he lose out on the free ice cream products that he used to host the ice cream party he will also lose the $4000.00 for the violation plus whatever it cost him for the overhead cost for the product. For the business owner to make up for the expense he will either have to increase the price for the ice cream or reduce their staff to make up for the loss of