...Concessions Order Request Process Description When concession stands become low on product, employees inform supervisors what items need to be ordered. Each supervisor is assigned to a specific stand so that issues can be addressed immediately. Supervisors call the warehouse and place an order for products that are requested. The warehouse employees deliver the order when the event is in session. This is to avoid delays. The following is an Issues with the Communication of Orders Being a cook, our workspace is located at the back end of each concession stand. The area is filled with various amounts of noises from employee communication with one another, to the noises of fryers. It happens frequently that supervisors tend to misinterpret messages due to high noise levels. RESULTING IMPACT TO THE COMPANY Impact from Sales When orders are placed late, rush orders are often not delivered in time for intermission. Late delivers causes lack of items available to fill orders which causes items taken off the menu for the rest of the event. As result, loss of sales from potential customers orders that could have been satisfied if the products were available on time. Impact from Customer Complaints Without necessary actions, these customers could potentially take their business to competing companies. RESOLUTION SUPPORT have full support to further resolve these issues. He emphasized solving these issues will increase staff’s productivity and prevent further...
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...Southwestern University’s Food Service Southwestern University (SWU), located 30 miles southwest of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, has witnessed tremendous growth in its football program (see Southwestern University: A, in Chapter 4). With that growth, fueled by the hiring of legendary coach Bo Pitterno, has come more fame, the need for a bigger stadium, and more complaints about seating, parking, long lines, and concession stand prices (see Southwestern University: C, in Chapter 6). Southwestern University’s president, Dr. Joel Wisner, was not only concerned about the cost of expanding the existing stadium versus building a new stadium, but also about the ancillary activities. He wants to be sure that these various support activities generate revenue adequate to pay for themselves. Consequently, he wants the parking lots, game programs, and food service to all be handled as profit centers. At a recent meeting discussing the new stadium, Wisner told the stadium manager, Hank Maddux, to develop a break-even chart and related data for each of the centers. He instructed Maddux to have the food service area break-even report ready for the next meeting. After discussion with other facility managers and his subordinates, Maddux developed the table below. This table shows the expected percent of revenue by item, the suggested selling prices, and his estimate of variable costs. | |Selling |Variable |Percent ...
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...evaluate different possible locations for setting up your concession stand. The military has a saying: "Time spent on a rece (reconnaisance) is seldom wasted". Therefore scout out and find the best locations in your area and check to see if they are available. You may find that you will have to pay rent to private or commercial owners for a really lucrative location in a mall or busy parking lot. If so, you will need to consider whether the cost of the rent will be worth it. That is, will the location pay for itself. As a rule of thumb, the monthly rent should not exceed 10 percent of your monthly sales. You may also need to acquire a location license in addition to your business license if you want to park your stand on a public property like a park, side walk or street. Check with your municipality for details regarding locations and permit requirements. This is discussed further in the section concerning business licensing. The best locations for a food vending trailer have a lot of pedestrian traffic. They should be located near a large population of workers, visitors or shoppers. The location should enable your stand to be highly visible to this flow of foot traffic. It should also be easy to access for you to load your daily supplies or park the trailer. It is also better if there are no other competing food businesses nearby. Here are some examples of possible permanent locations for a Food Concession Stand: • Parking lot of large retail store, factory, plaza...
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...theater at least once a month. The prices at the concession stands are extremely high and this can create a problem for consumers during their movie experience. For an adult combo of a large soda and large popcorn is $12. The tickets alone $9.50, and there’s extra fees for movies that are on 3D and the also for movies that play at the Ultrascreen/VIP. Nowadays consumers feel pressured to decide whether or not it’s worth it to pay for food at movie concession stands. 2) The best type of research design for this case would be to find out directly from the consumer how they feel about the concession stand prices. The majority of consumers attends the theaters and skips the concession stands; some even sneak in snacks that they bring from home. Instead of assuming which consumer group is more likely to skip the concession stand (many believe to be consumers with children), finding our directly from the consumer will provide a more accurate result. 3) When consumers are purchasing their movie tickets the movie employee can ask them to fill out a survey. It will be a short survey that will consist of a few questions, which will focus on the concession stand prices. Since us already conducting our research in high concession prices, we could offer a coupon for them to utilize at the concession stand once they complete the survey. This will continue sales for the concession stands and consumers are most likely to go to the concession stand when a discount is offered to them. Another...
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...Welcome to the Concession Trailer Business Course. Here in this course you will find all the information you will ever need to know about food concession trailers and the concession business. I have broken down the relevant information into easy to read steps to help you get setup and into the business of making money with your very own concession trailer, espresso stand or coffee trailer. Keep in mind when I mention concession trailer that the concession stand also falls into this category. The difference is the concession trailer is mobile and can be moved from place to place to do shows, fairs, festivals, races, or just anywhere a gathering of people might be. The concession stand is set up just like the trailer except it is usually permanent. You will usually find concession stands set up in a busy park or in a parking lot in front of shopping malls or department stores. Whichever style your interested in both have their good qualities and maybe a couple not so good. But don’t worry about the downside if you are really serious about the concession business then the good will over come the bad. Another thing I want to add is don’t ever get in a rush. This process will take time and if it’s rushed you will not succeed. When planning to buy or build a food concession trailer think of it as an investment and like buying a home for you and your family. You don’t go out looking for a house one morning and buy the next do you? Neither should you with a food concession trailer. I...
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...Lashawn Mcdaniel Prof. L. Gertsma ENG 250 25 September 2015 The Water Park The Water Park in Dothan, Alabama was a great summer vacation for my family and I this summer. This vacation brought back memories of my childhood. That twelve-year-old girl still lives within me. The waterslide, wave pool and concession stands were exciting to me at the age twelve. At the age of thirty-nine my impression of the park was different because I had self-control, but the same excitement flowed heavily through my veins as my family and I enjoyed each festivity. I felt like a kid in the candy store as we enjoyed our family vacation in the city of Dothan. The fifteen feet yellow slide was scary and exciting all at the same time. At the age of twelve, getting on the slide for me was a challenge. I can remember my cousins and friends encouraging me to walk up the entry way to get on the slide. So this summer my husband and kids had urged me to walk up the entry way to the slide. The lifeguard instructed me on how to sit on the mat before pushing me down the slide. At the age of thirty-nine I felt my heart pounding and butterflies crawling in my stomach. I screamed with excitement. I did not use profanity or try to get off the mat that was underneath me this time, plunging into the water, with the lifeguard standing in the middle of the pool sent chills down my spine. I continued to repeat this activity over and over again. The excitement was overwhelming. The big, ocean blue...
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...On this date, after court was postponed Mr. Garvie Ivey spoke with the Visiting Angels employees. Ms. Rene Cain owner of the franchise did the majority of the talking. She stated that upon admission to Visiting Angels services Mr. Bearid was threatening Ms. Johnson if she did not get him out of the NH. Ms. Cain spoke with Mr. Beaird and explained that Visiting Angels was willing to assist with his care but only if no guns were in the home. Mr. Joey Beaid, son removed the guns and service with Visiting Angels started. Once service was in place, Mr. Beaird began wanting Mrs. Beaird home. Ms. Cain discussed the price would increase because Mrs. Beaird would be a two person assist due to her being non weight bearing. Mr. Beaird stated he did not care what the cost he wanted his wife home. Once she was home, Mr. Bearid refused to let caregivers give Ms. Beaird her Adavan and he would not allow them feed her healthy dinner's only banana or pineapple sandwiches. The caregiver stated this was bad for Ms. Beaird because she suffers from constipation. He wanted her in bed with him instead of her hospital bed. Anytime the caregivers would try to explain anything to Mr. Beaird he would remind them he was the boss of the house and they worked for him. Mr. Beaird refused to take his medication and would not allow sitters to change wounds except 1x daily. One-day sitter Michelle was with Mr. Beaird, he called his grandson and got the safe combination. When he opened the safe, he showed Michelle...
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...proceed to the concession stand to purchase their overpriced snacks and drinks. The ICEE...
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...Reflection #2 After arriving to Central High School, I was welcomed by many staff members who helped make Ain Dah Yung Center’s annual “Cherish the Children” PowWow successful. I was brought to my assigned area, which was the concession stand. As a volunteer, I was expected to help with serving attendees and performers with a range of cultural food and drinks. Although I was located in this area, I would be moving around in two different locations, the concession booth and also the kitchen. Certain food items that were ordered, we would have to relay that message to the staff in the kitchen as they were in charge of preparing food. Through this experience, there were many things that I learned. Despite learning about some times of food during...
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...Grade 5 Math STAAR Student Workbook © Forde-Ferrier, L.L.C. Page 1 Table of Contents STAAR Reporting Category 1: Numbers, Operations, and Quantitative Reasoning TEKS 5.1(A) Read, Write, Compare, and Order Whole Numbers (Supporting) TEKS5.1(B) Read, Write, Compare, and Order Decimals (Supporting) TEKS 5.2(A) Generate Equivalent Fractions (Readiness) TEKS 5.2(B) Generate Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions (Supporting) TEKS 5.2(C) Comparing Fractions (Readiness) TEKS 5.2(D) Relate Fractions to Decimals (Supporting) TEKS 5.3(A-C) Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division (Readiness) TEKS 5.3(D) Identify Common Factors of a Set of Whole Numbers (Supporting) TEKS 5.3(E) Addition and Subtraction of Fractions (Supporting) TEKS 5.4(A) Estimation (Supporting) STAAR Reporting Category 2: Patterns, Relationships, and Algebraic Thinking TEKS 5.5(A) Relationship of Data (Readiness) TEKS 5.5(B) Identify Prime and Composite Numbers (Supporting) TEKS 5.6(A) Solution Sentences (Supporting) STAAR Reporting Category 3: Geometry and Spatial Reasoning TEKS 5.7(A) Geometric Properties (Supporting) TEKS 5.8(A and B) Transformations (5.8A Readiness/5.8B Supporting) TEKS 5.9(A) Locate and Name Points on a Coordinate Grid (Supporting) STAAR Reporting Category 4: Measurement TEKS 5.10(A) Perform Simple Conversions (Supporting) TEKS 5.10(B) Formulas for Perimeter, Area, and Volume (Supporting) TEKS 5.10(C) Length, Perimeter, Area, and Volume (Readiness) TEKS 5.11(A) Changes in Temperature...
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...this prepping time is being extremely bored. I’m not allowed to wander off, get in the way, or touch anything! The best part of these day/events is listening to my dad. Even though I am young and not even sure what exactly he is talking about, I can tell he is smart and sought out. So many questions are asked of him. It seems he always has an answer. People are pointing at this and that and admiring. I don’t get what the big deal is, but it’s important to these people. He seems so happy on these days, but at the same time stressed out with all the prepping and getting things ready. Mom and I do our usual walking around, awing, pointing, liking and disliking. As a family who doesn’t get to eat out hardly ever, the trip to the concession stand for a corn dog and French fries is a true highlight of my day. The carbonated soda pop was just what I needed on this super hot sunny day. You know the kind of carbonation that makes you burp! In heat like...
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...Negotiation "A negotiation is an interactive communication process that may take place whenever we want something from someone else, or another person wants something from us” (Shell, p. 6). In order to have a successful negotiation, there are some guidelines that should be followed in the negotiation of the procurement of the Corporate Transfer Services (CTS). These guidelines include, but are not limited to, setting mutual guidelines and ground rules, ensuring all involved parties are aware of the negotiation process, ensuring all involved parties agree upon a safe, neutral location, free from outside disturbances to hold the negotiation, ensuring every involved party has presented all of their issues, interests, their position (where they stand on the issues) and their intention, ensuring all involved parties provide alternative solutions to the issues at hand and ensuring that a neutral party is taking notes or meeting minutes. Some critical things to remember in any negotiation are to avoid the appearance of being uninformed or overly aggressive and to be careful not to over-negotiate. It’s very important to know when to cut off the discussion. In addition, integrative bargaining should be used, if at all possible, to determine if there is a way for all involved parties to maximize their interests, instead of making a simple 50/50 split. Be sure to separate the issues from the people, regardless of the style of negotiation that each party chooses. When the parties want to...
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...and more and more of them reinvented their bus transport system. The BRT Standard is a scoring system that has been developed by leading bus rapid transit (BRT) experts for the purpose of acknowledging systems that have the characteristics of the world’s best BRTs. It will be released in the beginning of 2012 as a way to recognize and encourage higher quality systems. It is a simple tool to measure easily observable features of any system. A recent audit of the BRTS across the world by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) showed that Ahmedabad scored 76 out of 100 points, while Delhi scored only 22 points. The best system in the world — Bogota’s TransMilenio — topped the list with 93 points. This is not a reflection on the usage of Delhi BRTS, but on the dilution of design parameters. History of BRTS in India Indian cities, where the usage of private cars still constitutes a small percentage, had a well-working bus transport in the past. But over the years, they overlooked modernisation and failed to make sufficient investments. Consequently, the quality of services deteriorated. Cities such as Chennai that need a fleet of about 8,000 buses run on half the strength. Delhi, which should have about...
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...Rakesh Desai CEMBA 5711 Negotiations Reflection Paper # 1 10/5/2012 For the Supplier negotiation, I was in the role of the Supplier. My main objective was to negotiate a new contract with ATI (a regular customer) to supply the batteries for their new line of implantable auditory devices. There were 8 issues that were needed to be negotiated. My BATNA was 6000 points because I knew that I can get an agreement with Medtronic and get 6000 points. My priorities from higher to low were Contract Term, Lot Size, Price, Development Fee, Electronic Integration, Inventory, Quality and Volume Flexibility. My underlying interest or reason for contract as my first priority was because my whole negotiation plan was centered on negotiating long term contract term. Furthermore, I was concerned about having a short term contract because my buyer was concern with quality, and I knew that I might have to give into quality. The final agreement included a contract term of two years, lot size of 2000 parts, 3 weeks of inventory, 25% on volume flexibility and price of $335/part. Towards the end of the negotiation I was still concerned about the quality because I went below my reservation price, but since I was able to get long term contract with larger lot size and my asking price, that made this agreement very attractive. In this respect, although I did not achieve my target points of 17000, the agreement was worth 15600 points. This was well above RP of 6000. Although the...
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...Springsteen highlights the displacement of many small town Americans who were drafted. The narrator of the song explains that he was “born down in a dead man’s town the first kick I took was when I hit the ground.” The song is a testament to the suffering and sacrifices of those who were drafted. It is also a call for change, an outcry against the way veterans are treated. For most listeners, however, Springsteen’s message is lost in the contradictory upbeat chorus to the point that the song was used as the anthem at the Republican National Convention during Reagan’s election (DOC 3 04/18/2016). Whether or not Springsteen intended this, Born in the U.S.A. is an expression of disillusionment veiled by an ironically cheerful melody. It is a reflection of society then and society to come – that things aren’t always as they appear at first glance. It is also a warning against the type of patriotism trumpeted by the likes of...
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