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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Driving value through pricing: Strategies adopted by Managers in price Sensitive and fierce Competitive Markets Introduction Buffett told the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in an interview that “If you’ve got the power to raise prices without losing business to a competitor‚ you’ve got a very good business. And if you have to have a prayer session before raising the price by 10 percent‚ then you’ve got a terrible business”. Yet pricing has been neglected area in many hospitality organizations
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are common to all companies. The value of beta is determined in an objective manner by using sound statistical method. One practical problem with the use of beta‚ however‚ is that it does not probably remain stable over time. The Capital asset pricing model (CAPM) provides an alternative approach for the calculation of the cost of equity. As per the CAPM‚ the required rate of return on equity is given is given by the following relationship: Ke = Rf + (Rm – Rf) Bi Above equation requires
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General Business Description Doctor’s Associates Inc.‚ DBA SUBWAY Overview Basic Information SUBWAY® Restaurants is a registered trademark of Doctor’s Associates Inc. (DAI) located in Milford‚ Connecticut.‚ USA. Address: 325 Bic Drive Milford‚ Connecticut 06460 U.S.A. Telephone: (203) 877-4281 Toll Free: 800-888-4848 Fax: (203) 876-6695 Incorporated: 1965 as Pete’s Super Submarines Employees: 730 NAIC: 722211 Restaurants‚ Fast Food Mission Statement “Delight every customer so
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Subway Case Analysis SUBWAY® is the market leader in sub and sandwich shops offering a healthier alternative to traditional fast foods. SUBWAY’s® annual sales exceeded $6.3 billion dollars‚ while countless awards and accolades have been bestowed its chain over the past 40 years. SUBWAY® had 7‚825 units worldwide with 7‚750 units in North America whilst its rapid growth has attracted many investments and brought it many competitors such as KFC and Burger King. Recent initiatives to attract customers
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(10 points) Suppose CAPM works‚ and you know that the expected returns on Walmart and Amazon are estimated to be 12% and 10%‚ respectively. You have just calculated extremely reliable estimates of the betas of Walmart and Amazon to be 1.30 and 0.90‚ respectively. Given this data‚ what is a reasonable estimate of the risk-free rate (the return on a long-term government bond)? (Enter the answer with no more nor less than two decimal places‚ and leave off the % sign. For example‚ if your answer is 13
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Hi-Value Supermarket Case Study Problem Statement Hi-Value Supermarkets located in the Centralia‚ Missouri area are faced with the problem of deciding whether or not to change their sales strategy to everyday low pricing. This has become an important subject for Hi-Value due to their loss in sales of the last few quarters‚ and a possible future loss in market share in their area. Hi-Value has three stores in the Centralia area and all are perceived as having a high market value in comparison
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maximize the airlines yield by ensuring that a fixed amount of capacity was purchased‚ thus optimizing the aircraft’s cargo capacity utilization while at the same time reducing the risk of deviation from customers because of the fixed commitment and non-refundable policy. It also helped to determine how much capacity the airline maintained as a safeguard for demand for general cargo. Question 4 Does Lufthansa Cargo effectively reach its business and risk-sharing objectives? Lufthansa does not effectively
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Answers to Warm-Up Exercises E8-1. Total annual return Answer: ($0 $12‚000 $10‚000) $10‚000 $2‚000 $10‚000 20% Logistics‚ Inc. doubled the annual rate of return predicted by the analyst. The negative net income is irrelevant to the problem. E8-2. Expected return Answer: Analyst 1 2 3 4 Total Probability 0.35 0.05 0.20 0.40 1.00 Return 5% 5% 10% 3% Expected return Weighted Value 1.75% 0.25% 2.0% 1.2% 4.70% E8-3. Comparing the risk of two investments Answer: CV1 0.10 0.15 0.6667 CV2 0.05
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Questions for the Harvard case “Metabical: Pricing‚ Packaging‚ and Demand Forecasting for a New Weight-Loss Drug” For March 20‚ write responses to the following questions for the Metabical case. 1) How is Metabical different from the existing weight-loss options? How is it better or worse than the other options? Metabical is the first prescription drug approved specifically for overweight individuals (BMI between 25 and 30)‚ those individuals who have weight-loss goals of approximately
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