...Case Study 3.3 – Andy‟s Recipe Andy Garafallo owns an Italian restaurant that sits in the middle of a cornfield near a large midwestern city. On the restaurant's far wall is an elaborate mural of the canals of Venice. A gondola hangs on the opposite wall, up by the ceiling. Along another wall is a row of real potted lemon trees. "My ancestors are from Sicily," says Andy. "In fact, I can remember seeing my grandfather take a bite out of a lemon, just like the ones hanging on those trees." Andy is very confident about his approach to this restaurant, and he should be, because the restaurant is celebrating its 25th anniversary. "I'm darned sure of what I want to do. I'm not trying different fads to get people to come here. People come here because they know they will get great food. They also want to support someone with whom they can connect. This is my approach. Nothing more, nothing less." While other restaurants have folded, Andy seems to have found a recipe for success. Since opening his restaurant, Andy has had a number of managers. Currently, he has three: Kelly, Danielle, and Patrick. Kelly is a kitchen (food prep) manager who is known as very honest and dependable. She loves her work, and she is efficient, good with ordering, and good with preparation. Andy really likes Kelly but is frustrated with her because she has such difficulty getting along with the salespeople, delivery people, and wait staff. Danielle, who works out front in the restaurant, has been with Andy the...
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...as websites like Facebook, Instagram, Flickr, Tumblr, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Etsy, Feedly, Foursquare, LinkedIn, SoundCloud, WordPress, YouTube, and more. Loading… How does it work? •How does IFTTT work? •Join •Sign up for an account on the IFTTT website. It's a one-step process that only requires an email, username, and password. Once finished, you will see thatIFTTT has automatically created a recipe for you Dashboard. •On the dashboard, there is a brief explanation of how IFTTT and recipes work. The "This" in "If This, Then That" stands for a trigger, while the "That" stands for an action. These two linked events create an IFTTT recipe. •Recipes •Also on the dashboard, you will see links to create custom recipes or browse (and then use) recipes already created by other IFTTT users. You can also share recipes and save recipes to a favourite section on your dashboard. If you've added a recipe to your dashboard, you will have options to turn off, delete, and edit that recipe. •Step-by-step example •1. From the dashboard, select the "Create a new recipe" link. You will then need to click the "this" word on the following page to select your first channel (also called trigger channel). You can scroll down the page to find and then activate Instagram, or you can enter "Instagram" into the search bar. •2. Once you've selected Instagram, you will need to choose one of a few pre-programmed triggers. For...
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...Executive Summary In today’s economy so many of us find ourselves in difficult circumstances and in situations we never thought we would be in. So many people are wondering where their next meal will come from, the problem is these individuals are not even unemployed. Employed people in this economy are facing many economical hardships and have to change their way of living. WIC, The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children is a Federal assistance program of the Food and Nutrition Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for healthcare and nutrition of low-income pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and infants and children under the age of five has seen increase in the past five years growing from 8,088,005 to 9,176,736 participants [ (FNS USDA, 2011) ]. Many families that participate in the WIC program are military families in the U.S. military, I find it sad that the families who sacrifice for our freedom are stretched so thin that they need programs such as WIC. Many families use all of their coupons given to them to purchase food however many have found that the foods are sometimes what they don’t need, many wish they had more variety of fruits and vegetables instead of cereal, juice and peanut butter. Many families can’t use all the items they receive because their families don’t like what they are able to get or they don’t know what to use it for. A cookbook that allows moms to use the ingredients that they normally...
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...you can't have those! They are for the funeral!" Body of Speech * Walking into Grandma's house just as she is taking fresh baked oatmeal and raisin cookies out of the oven is a memory that is cemented forever. What a wonderful gift! * Oatcakes originated in Scotland and were popular all over the British Isles. The cakes popped into the scene right around the time the Scottish began harvesting oatmeal which was around 1000 BC. Originally the cakes were a staple food more like a pancake than a cookie. The Oatmeal Raisin cake did not officially morph into an actual cookie until about the 19th century when Oatmeal had become a more popular cooking ingredient world-wide. * The very first known record of the Oatmeal Raisin Cookie recipe was found in the Boston Cooking-School Cook Book and was written by Fannie Merritt Farmer in 1896. The Oatmeal Raisin cookie quickly grew in popularity due to it being called a health food. Demonstration: 1 cup of brown sugar ½ cup of sugar ¾ cup of vegetable oil ¼ cup of water 1 egg 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract 3 cups of old fashioned oatmeal 1 cup of all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon of baking soda Prepare oven to 350. Lightly grease cookie sheet. Beat sugars, shortening water, egg, and vanilla until creamy. Combine oats, flour, baking soda and 1 teaspoon of salt if desired, Add to shortening mixture and mix well, at this time you can add raisins or anything else you desire to...
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...automating general web-based activities. This tool has several recipes, and each one of them has a trigger (“this”) and consequent action (“that”) for joining different applications, for instance, Google+ and Instagram (Coles, 2015). A perfect collection of recipes saves time, and it helps in organizing a company’s online activities. For example, it makes it possible to thank automatically twitter followers for retweets by using the buffers social scheduling app. IFTTT is an important social media tool in a business environment for organization and efficiency both at personal and at group levels. It works in such a way that if an activity takes place in one app, the activity sets off an action in a different app (Coles,2015).For instance sharing a photo in Instagram will automatically cause the same photo to be posted in Facebook, Twitter and many other photos sharing services. There are many ways that IFTTT can be applied in a professional setting. They include scheduling social media campaigns. The tool is used to ensure that whatever is posted on social media remains in circulation for longer periods so that most people can see (Coles, 2015). It is used to re-post the content of a business on a regular basis while focusing on blogs that were written that were probably not seen when they were posted for the first time. When new content is posted on social media, its link is added to an IFTTT formula called recipe that will repost the same blog on Twitter every week, or month...
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...skills for managerial personnel as they need to organize people and direct them toward certain activities. Process and procedure essay samples can be found online in abundance. Through these essay examples one can get some notion about procedure writing and take some notes how to complete a good piece of process essay. One may note that procedure can include descriptions, warnings and recommendations to the procedures described. To provide guidelines for other people an author of procedure essay should have in-depth knowledge in the area and for this one needs to do extensive research without which comprehensive directives are absolutely impossible to write. The best possible and the simplest process and procedure essay sample is a recipe from a cook book. You are offered the list of ingredients, the procedure of putting this ingredients to...
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...mother. My mother informed me that I have to stay at home alone, as she needed to help her sister to organise a wedding party. My mother left $300 for me. This took me with surprise at is was the first time that I stayed at home alone. Whilst eating my breakfast, I convinced myself that everything will be alright and I also thought about all the household chores I need to do in the absence of my mother. After breakfast, I did the washing up and went to the market in order to buy food. As I didn't know by then what I wanted to cook for dinner, I just had a stroll around in order to gather some ideas. At the end I bought some noodles so that I could bake Vietnamese noodles for dinner. As I didn't know how to cook those noodles, I researched a recipe via google for 30 minutes, and at the end I found a video which demonstrated step-by-step how to cook the noodles . This was the first time I cooked a dinner for myself and I wanted it to look pretty. Just as it looked in the video, and just as my mother tought me. She always says: "When we cooking or making food, we have to think all about love and beautiful things, so our food can be more delicious." So, whilst cooking I was thinking about beautiful things, and I also cooked with all my heart. After 30 mins the noodles were ready to eat and I was very pleased with the result, as the noodles tasted delicious.. That's made me so proud of myself, and also about what my mom has taught me. All of the sudden the door-bell rang. My little...
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...vegetarian cooking is what they are looking for which makes their life easier and the kids will enjoy too. The recipe we have chosen caters to these needs of theirs and is an instant realizable solution. Because of the simplicity of the recipe the learners have expressed interest in receiving training to prepare this dish. Being reasonably good cooks and having a strong desire to be creative with recipes we will be suitable trainers to teach these interested learners. Knowing our capability especially with cooking, they trust us to do this job successfully and well. Needs Assessment Concern The key concern is that there is a birthday party coming up (their kids’ party) and they have decided to cook at home to curtail expenses. Time and capability are two major constraints in this case. Their kids are old enough and they are very particular about what they eat and what they offer their friends. Although they are quick learners there is lack of time to research for an ideal treat for a birthday party, the learners are in a panic stage and looking for a quick tutorial. They are at a “pressure point” / having “the itch”, where they are looking for a creative resolution for their concern at the earliest. Importance It is important to have a dish that the kids enjoy and that fulfills the cost, capability, time and health implications. The ingredients for this recipe are easily available at all supermarkets and are affordable. Food is a major expense in a birthday party, hence...
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...The story of Like Water For Chocolate, written by Laura Esquivel, is about a girl named Tita De La Garza and her struggle to pursue true love and claim her independence. In this novel, the protagonist is Tita whereas her mother Mama Elena is an antagonist. Tita and her mother never had a strong relationship or a bond with each other and Tita ends up developing a relationship with food that gives her power to nurture and give out let to her emotions. Tita is good at cooking since she was born on the kitchen table. There is a ranch cook named Nacha, the prime caretake for Tita throughout her childhood, and provides her with the love and supports Mama Elena's family. Nacha is also the source for most of recipes in the novel. Later in March, Nacha died on the day of Rosaura's wedding. Tita has to take over Nacha's ranch cook place since she stayed closely with Nacha. Tita was happy because she became the official ranch cook; however, she feels sad because of Nancha's dead. Tita tried her best to prove that she was the best ranch cooker. According to author Elena, "Tita was the best qualified of all the women in the house to fill the vacant post in the kitchen, and in there flavors, smells textures, and the effects they could have were beyond Mama Elena's iron command."(49) Although Tita had a older sister who has never cook before. According to the book, "As the first meal that Rosaura has cooked it is not bad. Don't you agree, Pedro?"(51) Pedro bought a bouquet of roses to celebrate...
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...Quiz Positioning is the focus of chapter two in Art of the Start, by Guy Kawasaki. All new companies need to great positioning to be successful and develop their brand. The startup that I believe created successful positioning is called, Plated. Plated is a New York City based startup formed in 2012 by Josh Hix and Nick Taranto. Plated is a website where users can see different recipes from chefs around the world. If there is a recipe that you like, you can can request the dish, then Plated sends you exactly every ingredient you need. This tackles the common issue of buying too much or not enough of an ingredient when preparing a meal. This startup also allows users to try a variety of dishes that they may have not heard of. Plated was also featured on this past season of ABC’s Shark Tank in efforts to raise more money to branch out into the mid-west and west coast. My girlfriend Tammy and I frequently use Plated to make meals, and as a customer I have always been satisfied. The best thing about Plated is that they send you all the ingredients, measured out perfectly, all you do is follow the recipe instructions. Also, if they send you meat or fish, they make sure to place it in an ice pack bag to keep it fresh. When I first heard about Plated I realized that they have made their service for people who don’t have time to make meals and for people who don’t have cooking experience in general. This is a “specific” positioning technique as mentioned by Kawasaki on page 31. The...
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...STUDENT NUMBER : 10011364671 ASSIGNMENT CODE : 72365N QUESTION 1 You are the manager of a health restaurant . Describe the factors that you would consider when planning a new menu for the restaurant . (10) As the manager I should know that the soundness of the menu contributes greatly to the meal experience because the menu is the kitchen blueprint . The factors used in planning a menu include : facilities for cooking and service , staff capability , pricing policy based on costs , business promotion and marketing , balance, availability and season of supplies and clientele . (i) Facilities for cooking and service Equipment must be adequate , particularly as improvisation often leads to poor safety and hygiene practice . It is important to realise , as well , that any unfair loading of work in one production or service area may lead to bad feelings and a lowering of staff morale . (ii) Staff capability The menu should match the capabilities of the cooking and service staff. In some cases a meal does not live up to a customer’s expectations , because of a mismatch of skill and output . In some cases with a limited range of experience ,the staff may not have a full understanding of the universally acceptable standards that prevail in the industry . (iii) Pricing policy based on costs Some items may require little or no preparation before being sold whilst others will require little or no preparation before being sold whilst...
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...Summary of Jet city Salmon Name: Date: Summary of Jet city Salmon Salmon dish is a common meal not only in the Seattle but also in the United states. However, different hotels prepare the dish differently (Costa, 2014). As a result, some joints make the fish tastier while other keeps it in the average taste. Monaco Seattle is one of the hotels that prepare the best salmon dish in the state. Also, most of the clients have manifested preference in the dish. When new clients visit the Hotel Monaco Seattle, salmon is always their dish in mind. Conversely, the difference in the taste is owed to the executive Chef of the hotel. Throughout the years, McClures admitted to have been using the wrong recipe (the use of pieces to make fillets). The admission is accompanied by a new procedure that includes firing the fish whole provided the desired taste. Additionally, the use of homemade glaze also enhanced the final dish. Nevertheless, the cooking method is not the only factor that contributes to the high client turn-out. The location of the hotel also influences the flow of customers (Costa, 2014). Moreover, the hotel’s location makes it ideal for easier access to most of the people within the county. Furthermore, it also provides an access to a wide diversity of fish that attends to the desired of the clients. To ensure, consistency, the hotel ensures that it only uses specific fish mongers who are knowledgeable on salmon species. However, the cost of salmon varies with...
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...Case Study 1 1. What is the current situation faced by the company? In order to find out the current situation of Saxonville, I conducted a SWOT analysis: StrengthsHas a national distribution network.Is already recognized as a national brand.They offer a variety of quality products. | WeaknessesSelling Italian sausage from a German company.There is no product differentiation.No positioning in the market.Vivio is not a popular Italian name. | OpportunitiesNo national Italian sausage brand.Can sell easier because Saxonville is recognized nationally.The Italian sausage market is growing. | ThreatsCan cannibalize sales of their brats. Face the competition of 29 locally established brands. | 2. How was the research methodology determined?(pay attention to exhibit 3, exhibit 9 and 11) The research methodology was determined by Bank’s four step process. The first step is conducting qualitative research to understand behaviors and needs of the target consumers. The second step is a consumer sessions where they use what they have “heard to develop and then gain reactions to different positioning ideas.” The third step they refine what they have learned into concepts and have consumers prioritize and improve them. The fourth step, concepts are put into monadic testing, which puts out a test score that is then used to decide whether or not the idea is profitable (If people are willing to buy it or not). 3. What were the research results? (hint: exhibit 4, 6, 9,11) Research...
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...Criterion A : Initial investigation Summary of Problem: My client, Anita Lauenbach, a stay at home mom, is very eager to learn some recipes from the Arabic cuisine. At the moment, she only prepares Danish and Italian food. Her family wants to have a taste of Arabia at home as they want to experience the Arabic culture they live in. Ms. Anita is asking for a cookbook filled with Arabic recipes that is created upon her specifications. She wants it to be easy to follow with clear steps as she finds some other Arabic cookbooks really complicated as she isn’t familiar with some of the ingredients. Explanation of inadequacies of current situation: In the interview I had with Ms. Anita, she stated that her family and her are really interested in Arabic food and find it a great way to learn more about the Arabic culture they live in. Currently, she doesn’t have any Arabic cookbooks as the only ones available around her are very complicated and she finds the steps unclear and difficult to follow. She also stated that she is unfamiliar with some of the ingredients so she thinks that an Arabic cuisine cookbook created by an Arab who is familiar with the ingredients is a very good idea. Ms. Anita thinks that using an IT system to create the cookbook is a fantastic idea as videos and other features that make the cookbook easier to follow can be added to the digital cookbook. Word Count: 258 Criterion A: Initial consultation Name: Anita Lauenbach Position:...
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...On my survey, I have provided two different options to my audience of food to demonstrate and present ahead of time. The audiences voted “How to make Samosa” over “How to make Condensed Milk Bread” demonstration, and I accepted their request. In the survey, I have asked if anyone have food allergies to any possible ingredient, to avoid any allergies incident. Afterwards, I have started looking at cooking websites and food channels in order to learn how to demonstrate preparation and cooking of a meal. I have learned to make the demonstration more interesting, more specific, and using simple language to explain. When demonstrating to specific audience, it is significant to consider their cultural difference, age, and whether more detail would...
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