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Olive Garden is committed to providing every guest with a genuine Italian dining experience and make the guest feel like they are family; in Italian it is called Hospitaliano! In an effort to have competitive advantage over other chain restaurants, Olive Garden emphasizes comprehensive employee trainings in order to provide their customers the best service possible. But even though employees have gone through training, there are some issues that would need to be fixed in order to have 100% customer satisfaction. The issues we have identified for Olive Garden Restaurants are the hostess system, reservations, running of the food, and inputting the order. The hostess system will be implemented by working with the IT

Portillo’s became the unsurpassed leader in the fast causal dining industry because my systems required maintaining unbelievably high standards. I never took short cuts or compromised quality to justify a heartier bottom line. I knew that if I ever lowered my standards our very devoted customers would simply leave to find something better. I see stagnating sales and believe that its starting - our faithful customer base is starting to go away and we have to fix it. We have to return to the place where our employees love their jobs. Their enthusiasm will translate to cleaner stores, better quality food, faster service and eventually healthier

Although the business has a website with a widget that allows visitors to be added to the company’s mailing list, there is no in-house practice of obtaining customer information, request of online customer satisfaction participation or web follow-up. Finally, most marketing and business promotion is done mostly via word of mouth and in local newspapers.

Straight forward only the best quality food, service and great environment can bring repeat clientele which can never be achieved by any means of advertisement.

The restaurant industry has been booming since the 90’s to now. With over 600,000 restaurants in the United States alone, and about 14.4 million employees

To do so will will be using a local Credit Union as our bank and will hopefully get our food from local companies. With the new trends for locally sourced food, this will be a wonderful opportunity for Umberto’s. In addition to locally sourced produced, we plan on helping local individuals who are struggling to find jobs. By doing this we are not only hiring capable workers but we are also helping the work force grow and become more stable as more and more individuals gain work experience. Using a local Credit Union, using locally sourced food, and hiring capable workers allows Umberto’s Tuscan Trattoria to be customer-orientated which will help increase business and it reinforces our mission to produce authentic and quality Italian food at a reasonable cost while helping the

Miami’s broad gastronomic landscape has transformed the region into an eminent dining destination. In addition to diverse cuisines, the restaurant scene is a combination of longtime establishments that have been pleasing appetites for decades and newer eateries dedicated to the latest cooking trend. With several of the restaurants hitting major milestones their illustrious deeds are inspirational for the newer kids on the culinary block. The results of this cross-pollinating effect are delectably rousing.

The moderate growth rate of the restaurant industry results in many competitive rivalries and the nature of business allows customers to switch freely. Therefore, among porter’s five forces, the pressures from substitute products tend to drive the most competition in the restaurant industry today (Restaurant 2015). In addition, restaurants face the threat of customer’s ability to choose other leisure activities such as going to the movies, bowling, or other social outings (Restaurant 2015). To effectively compete under such conditions, restaurants are heavily investing in brand building to create customer loyalty. Another trending strategy used to increase customer returns is servicing beyond food and beverages; restaurants are heavily investing in providing individualized, memorable and entertaining

iv) Advertising in the local newspaper to drive more demand into the restaurant. Though it will increase the

Trattoria GHI-HEI, in Kanagawa, crafts elegant, Italian-inspired meals that are sure to please any palate in its warm and friendly restaurant. For a delightful start to your meal, enjoy the patate fritto fried potatoes and the formaggi misti assorted cheese plate. Some of Trattoria GHI-HEI’s most popular entrées include the pasta carbonara fettucine in creamy egg white sauce with pancetta, the pasta with vongole bianco clams in white wine sauce and the gnocchietti con salsa gorgonzola, all of which are prepared to perfection.

Trattoria Giuseppe, in Imperial, crafts authentic, crave-worthy Italian dishes with passion and flair in its friendly and relaxing restaurant. The succulent shrimp scampi in a lemon cream sauce and the crispy garlic cheese bread make excellent appetizers. Some of Trattoria Giuseppe’s specialty entrées include the strip steak Paulo in a brandy mushroom cream sauce, the seared tuna Siciliano filet topped with onions, mushrooms and tomatoes in a zesty lemon olive oil drizzle and the breaded chicken muddiga topped with prosciutto, mushrooms and cheese in white wine butter sauce. Pasta dishes, such as the seasoned beef cannelloni with cheese and marinara sauce and the penne Giuliana with shrimp, artichoke hearts, sundried tomatoes and fire-roasted

Restaurant risks are an inevitable part of doing business, but I believe that savvy restaurateurs, managers and chefs can manage these risks proactively with proactive preparation, careful planning and implementing the right risk-management techniques. People use restaurants as social hangouts, places for business meetings and homes away from home, so any restaurant 's customers might seem more like family than customers, but when something goes wrong, I 've found that restaurateurs quickly realize that these "family members" are actually part of a long-term business relationship that generates high levels of risk and legal liabilities. I 've worked in the restaurant business for many years as a cook, server, chef, manager and restaurant owner and sold advertising to fine dining restaurants and major hospitality venues, so I 've learned a few things about the restaurant business that even experienced restaurateurs might miss.

1. What are the key success factors for competing in the online restaurant booking industry ?

The paper presents an analysis of the different factors influencing the restaurant industry and how these factors increase or decrease the demand for such services. The hypothesis that will be examined is that the performance of restaurants is mostly based on the type of food chosen by customers when they decide to go out for dinner, lunch, breakfast, or simply for a snack. What type of food refers mainly the nationality or concept of the food, (traditional American, Italian, Indian, Latin, or from any other type of culture). This factor is important because when customers go out to for dinner; they decide what to eat before deciding where to eat. That is why this factor is considerably important according to the hypothesis.

Obviously, the TTI is unable to operate the business efficiently due to the lack of essential resources, and because of that, another major issue arisen that has led the company to suffer from a loss is the issue of not having enough students, which will be analyzed in the following.