California Pizza Kitchen Chris Schroeder FI 602: Financial Strategy and Valuation Fang Chen September 21‚ 2012 Introduction In July of 2007‚ California Pizza Kitchen (CPK)‚ a casual dining pizzeria started in California by co-owners Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax‚ was faced with the decision to invest in a stock repurchase program. Led by Chief Financial Officer Susan Collyns‚ the financial team of CPK was reviewing the preliminary results for the second quarter to determine if the stock
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Pizza Store Layout Simulation University of Phoenix Introduction The concept of the learning curve is a powerful tool and is applicable to all learning processes. In this simulation I became the manager and ran the Pizza store hoping to produce a better process for the amount of time a customer waits for their order. The goal of my job was to apply the learning curve concepts to test the alternative against the current process of the Pizza store. I will explain and provide information
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GROUP MEMBERS Ahmad Hazrul Hakim bin Anuar Wan Nur Hazirah bt Wan Sukri Noor Azmina Syafawati bt A. Hamid Nurul Izaty Bt Mohd Aziz ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND • Kenny Rogers Roasters (KRR) is a chain of chicken-based restaurant. • KRR is now part of Malaysian under Berjaya Corporation Berhad. • KRR is a franchise company owned by KRR International Corporation. • 74 restaurants in Malaysia and 8 in Indonesia. • Brand tagline is “less fat‚ less salt‚ less calories” • Muffins‚ jacket potatoes‚ vegetable
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sleeps” is home to many shops‚ restaurants‚ clubs and bars (The Guide to Moving). Chicago is so diverse that it offers many different types of food. Chicago not only is famous for their pizza‚ but they have famous Italian beef sandwiches‚ pierogi‚ and sushi (“Moving to Chicago”).Pequod’s‚ Lou Malnati’s‚ and The Art of Pizza are Chicago’s top three best pizzerias according to Gebert.
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Question 1: Imagine that you are the brand manager for Gillette and your competition Wilkinson sword has launched a new campaign online which has affected your monthly sales‚ as the brand manager what will you do? a. Launch a promotional activity giving a discount on your current product b. Create a new discussion on your Facebook page talking about the benefits of your product c. Create a mobile application that doubles as a useful tool in the daily needs d. Send a mailer to all
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day! We also went to the Retzer Nature Center and made a fun craft and went on a hike to the pond where we caught frogs‚ tadpoles and water flies/bugs. We also went to go pick raspberries and they were yummy. We went to Pizza Hut and took a tour of the kitchen and made our own pizzas. Some other theme days we had were as follows: Royal Rump and tea party. We decorated crowns and masks. Then we made muffins and enjoyed our lovely tea party. Pirate Day was a blast. We dressed
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Preparatory Questions for California Pizza Kitchen 1. In what ways can Susan Collins facilitate the cusses of CPK? 2. Using the scenarios in case Exhibit 9‚ what roles does leverage play in affecting the return on equity (ROE) for CPK? What about the cost of capital? a. Leverage increases Beta for the firm since debt to equity ratio increases from unlevered beta. We use 10 year Treasury bond as our risk free rate and for market risk premium we use current prime lending rate for June 2007
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trade. Over the years Target has expanded‚ they are engaged in not only the trade of goods‚ but also services to fit people’s needs as well. Most Targets stores Provide a variety of services for people‚ from a pharmacy‚ to a photo studio‚ Starbucks‚ Pizza Hut Express‚ etc. The businesses occupation has the set of abilities and skills that allows the organization to create a certain value to the people in the goods and services that they offer. In the case of Target‚ a highly efficient set of skills
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ALL EIGHT ON THE TABLE. THEN I TOOK OUT EIGHT PLATES‚ FORKS‚ KNIVES‚ AND SPOONS FROM THE CABINET AND PLACED THEM IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY FORMED A TRIANGLE ON THE PLATE. TWO HOURS BEFORE MY PARENTS LEFT‚ I MADE MY SISTER CALL THE PIZZA DELIVERY GUY AND THE MOMENT THE PIZZAS CAME‚ I PILED THEM ON THE CENTRE OF THE DINING TABLE WITH EIGHT CANS OF COKE SURROUNDING THEM LIKE AN OCTAGON. I HAD SPENT ALL MY POCKET MONEY ON THIS LAVISH DINNER AND I WAS SO EXCITED THAT I HAD FINALLY SUCCEEDED IN DECORATING
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History Delivery Driver - Pizza Hut‚ Fort Wayne‚ Indiana September 2012- Current Sorter‚ table operator - oMNISOURCE‚ Fort Wayne January 2014- May 2014 Education Ivy Tech Community college of Fort Wayne‚ Northeast campus BS in criminal justice‚ Excel in writing‚ reading‚ and math classes as well as sociology courses. 3.2 GPA References Elliot Lawson OmniSource‚ Plant Manager (260) 241-8038 Dustin Harlan Pizza Hut‚ General Manager (260) 969-2400 Brian Vangilder Pizza Hut‚ Operations Manager (260)
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