Kudler Fine Foods: Operations Management Orlando Hopper MMPBL/502 MMPBL/502 – Managing the Business Enterprise 9/6/10 Vanessa Earl University of Phoenix Kudler Fine Foods: Operations Management Kudler Fine Foods is an upscale specialty gourmet food company. Their goal is to provide every customer with the best food products from wines‚ domestic products‚ and fresh organic foods. Kathy the CEO of the company wants to expand their business by contracting with local growers so
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Introduction Kudler Fine Foods is a company that deals with bakery and pastries products‚ along with providing produce‚ meats‚ seafood‚ condiments‚ cheese‚ specialty dairy products‚ and they also package foods if necessary throughout their many locations within California. Kudler Fine Foods ultimate goal is very similar to all businesses alike‚ which is to have an excess amount of income over expenditure. According to what is stated on the Intranet for Kudler Fine Foods‚ their drive as a business
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Kudler Fine Foods Service Request James Foy BSA 310 August 22‚ 2011 Mr. Frank Futyma SERVICE REQUEST SR-KF-013 Service Request SR-kf-013 for Kudler Fine Foods University of Phoenix Business Systems BSA 310 James Foy August 22‚ 2011 Kudler Fine Foods has had great success in the past and present with its mission and sales. Since its first upscale store opened in
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Kudler Fine Foods is a local upscale specialty food store located in California. The three stores located in La Jolla‚ Del Mar and Encinitas and are approximately 16‚000 square feet each. Getting the most out of each square foot of the three stores will be the focus of Kudler ’s marketing campaign. The current plan is focusing on several areas; Research‚ development‚ and rollout of new programs‚ Cooking Classes‚ Frequent buyer points program‚ Supplier relations program. Before beginning this plan
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Kudler Fine Foods (KFF) was founded by Kathy Kudler in the San Diego metropolitan area in 1998. Kathy developed a business plan for the store due to a need for an upscale specialty food store in La Jolla. After opening KFF on June 18‚ 1998 and concluding a profitable year‚ she opened a second and third store (Kudler Fine Foods‚ 2008). KFF has seen strong success and now must ensure continued growth by expanding services‚ improving the efficiency of operations‚ and increasing the consumer purchase
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Personal Values Aligned With Kudler Fine Foods After reflecting on my Williams Institute Ethics Awareness Inventory (2006) results I conducted a self-assessment of my personal values. The Kudler Fine Foods strategic plan was also reviewed to determine the values of the organization. I then considered how my personal values aligned with the values of the Kudler Fine Foods organization‚ and how the alignment would affect my performance as a manager in the organization. Personal Values My personal
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Personal Values Personal values are made up of many environmental influences including upbringing‚ religion‚ friends‚ family‚ peers and‚ education. How individuals demonstrate and model their personal values is seen through personal and work behaviors‚ decision- making‚ problem-solving and‚ interpersonal interaction. Personal values define character. Management style and management skills combined with trust and personality are all aligned with individual ethics and values. Day- to-day decisions
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Kudler Fine Foods BSA/310 Kudler Fine Foods Many frequent shopper programs exist to bring customers back‚ or attract new customers through offers and special discounts. The frequent shopper programs can be found in a newspaper‚ sales paper‚ over the internet‚ and through the use of a e-commerce. These types of programs need to be precise in what the offers are‚ and cover any legality. For newspaper advertising‚ the cost to run an ad for a week is $1‚105.E-commerce differs from site-to-site
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On June 14th‚ Kudler Fine Foods will launch its first vegan cupcake. The new addition is a variation of sprinkles’ best selling chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting‚ and strawberry cake with authentic organic strawberries. The cupcake chain is substituting coconut oil and vegan cream cheese for dairy and egg ingredients. Customers with a sweet tooth can find the cupcake chain domestically in cities like La Jolla California‚ Del Mar California‚ and Encinitas California. Customers can also find
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Kudler Outline 1. Introduction and Statement of Thesis • Today many companies are enduring the challenge of hiring‚ training‚ and retaining employees. Kudler Fine Foods employs approximately 127 individuals total from all stores. Human Resource policies at Kudler Fine Foods consists of recruiting individuals from outside the stores for entry level jobs and other positions such as managerial positions are offered to employees of Kudler before recruiting ‘outside’ prospective employees. • The
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