1964 as Benihana of Tokyo Employees: 1‚763 Sales: $81.6 million (fiscal year ending March 31‚ 1996) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 5810 Retail Eating & Drinking Places Company Perspectives: Helping our guests feel welcome is as important as our cooking. And it is just as great a skill. Ever striving for excellence in hospitality‚ it is truly our restaurant family who has built Benihana’s success. Company History: Benihana‚ Inc. owns and licenses restaurants in the Benihana and Benihana
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Street in New York City by 25-year-old Hiroaki "Rocky" Aoki. Aoki‚ a wrestler who had qualified for but did not attend the 1960 Summer Olympics started the restaurant with $10‚000 earned from driving an ice cream truck in Harlem. The first restaurant‚ Benihana of Tokyo‚ was named for the red Safflower that was the name for the coffee shop owned by his parents in Tokyo. Aoki’s concept was for the meals to be theatrically prepared by a knife-wielding‚ joke-telling chef at a teppanyaki table surrounded by
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Benihana of Tokyo Benihana is a steakhouse with food cooked in front of the customers by Japanese chefs and the decorated in an authentic Japanese setting. Operation advantages: Benihana has several operation advantages: firstly‚ by eliminating the need for a conventional kitchen with hibachi table arrangement‚ the restaurant keep labor cost low while providing attentive service. Secondly‚ the dining space was increased. Thirdly‚ by reducing the menu to three simple Middle American entrees‚ the
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Benihana of tokyo wac analysis: The case benihana of Tokyo was simply about how to expand the business. Benihana is a service restaurant chain providing only minimal menu. The issue identified was they were unable to make a decision that how would they expand their business. They have some options waiting but its hard to make a strategy. It is a very difficult to expand a service nature of business because in service type of business everyone thinks he is a expert due to his practical observation
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BUSINESS SCHOOL Cover Sheet for Individual Assignment: Case Study of Benihana of Tokyo Your assignment cannot be returned to you unless you clearly print your name and address in the box below. William Tan Wei Leng Block 308 Canberra Road #13-99 Singapore 750308 Name: William Tan Wei Leng Student ID: 1656521 Subject name: Operations Service Management Lecturer name: Max Zornada Due date: 10 July 2015 KEEP A COPY Please be sure to make a copy of your work before you submit it. On rare occasions
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Case Study Component: Benihana of Tokyo 1. What are the differences between the Benihana production process and that of a typical restaurant? Benihana focuses on creating a dining experience that is not just about the food and service as most other restaurants do. Benihana emphasizes customer entertainment whereas when you eat at a typical restaurant you and your family‚ friend‚ or partner have to create your own entertainment. By using the hibachi table where chefs make the food right in front
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“Success” Some may think that the rich and famous are remarkably successful‚ but few people may know the true definition of success. Whether you hear it in the news‚ or see it while browsing the Internet‚ you can almost always see those “successful” celebrities overdosed on drugs‚ in rehab‚ or even mixed up in messy situations. Now‚ if that’s what success is then who would honestly want to be successful? According to Merriam-Webster‚ success is defined as a favorable or desired outcome‚ yet the
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come across success just by hoping for it. To achieve true success‚ you need the strength of mind and body to struggle and work hard to reach your fullest potential. You need the right attitude‚ self-discipline and the ability to put your goal before your own needs‚ if you are really driven towards reaching success. There is‚ after all no substitute for hard work‚ and as Henry Ford says‚ “The harder you work‚ the luckier you get” – the more successful you get! How do you overcome success? Intense
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Fallacy of Success” (All Good Things‚ 1915) attacks the current perception of success. Chesterton develops his argument through the use of Greek mythology as well as various references to modern selfhelp books and repetition. He writes to abolish the idea that success is purely based upon wealth in order to reshape society’s current perception into one of true success‚ where everything and everyone can be successful. Chesterton writes for an audience of individuals who desire success‚ evidenced
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