...(FOR SHELL FOOD & GAS STATION) Executive Summary/Proposal: wheeling is a small town with a population 3,400. Located on rural Highway 255, the town is 30 miles south of the city of Chicago and 34 miles north of the city of Wisconsin. Highway 255 connects Chicago and Wisconsin that both have universities and a cumulative population of 200,000 residents. The highway is the main road through town and is used daily by thousands of commuters between the two cities. These commuters sustain a number of road side businesses on Highway 255 that sell flowers, produce and bakery products. In order to get gas in the Wauconda area, commuters currently have to leave the highway and drive three miles into the edge of town. Shell gas station's Food and Gas will offer these commuters gas, organic produce, and a deli. On the way to work, a commuter could stop for gas and pick up a sandwich. On the way home, the same commuter could stop again to pick up something for dinner. Objective: •To capture an increasing share of the commuter traffic passing through Wauconda. •To offer our customers superior products, at an affordable price. •To provide customer service that is second to none •Good quality products at competitive prices. •Excellent customer service that will promote customer loyalty. •A location that will assure that commuters will stop. Mission The mission of Shell’s Food and Gas is to offer commuters on Highway 255 competitive gas prices and great food. The company...
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... Assignments must be submitted as a Microsoft Word® document and uploaded to the Dropbox for Unit 2. Type all answers directly in this Assignment below the question it applies to. All Assignments are due by Tuesday at 11:59 PM ET of the assigned Unit. Finding the National Average Price for Gas These first few questions will require you to use the internet to search for the national average price for gas. Remember to use a scholarly site for information. * List the website(s) you visited here: For this example project we will assume the national average for a gallon of gas in the US is $0.95. This figure is for example purposes only and is not the real value you are to use. 1. (2 points): What was the average price of a gallon of gas 1 year from when your business math class started? $0.95 2. (5 points): You have $50 on hand and need to buy gas. How many gallons of gas can you buy (using the value you reported in Question 1.) Since gas is $0.95 in this example, we solve it by solving the following equation: .95x = 50. Solve for x to get 52.63 gallons 3. (5 points): If gas prices were to drop 10% from the current price, how much would a gallon of gas cost now?...
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...Start-up Summary We will invest $60,000 in Arco Exclusive. We aim to secure an SBA of $150,000 to finance the remainder of the start up costs. The following chart and table show projected initial start-up costs for Arco Exclusive Food and Gas. Start-up Requirements | Start-up Expenses | | Legal | $1,000 | Insurance | $1,000 | Rent | $1,500 | State Permits | $3,000 | Gas Station Setup | $70,000 | Store Setup | $20,000 | Promotional Sign | $5,000 | Total Start-up Expenses | $101,500 | Start-up Assets | | Cash Required | $18,500 | Start-up Inventory | $10,000 | Other Current Assets | $0 | Long-term Assets | $80,000 | Total Assets | $108,500 | Total Requirements | $210,000 | Start-up Funding | Start-up Expenses to Fund | $101,500 | Start-up Assets to Fund | $108,500 | Total Funding Required | $210,000 | Assets | | Non-cash Assets from Start-up | $90,000 | Cash Requirements from Start-up | $18,500 | Additional Cash Raised | $0 | Cash Balance on Starting Date | $18,500 | Total Assets | $108,500 | Liabilities and Capital | | Liabilities | | Current Borrowing | $0 | Long-term Liabilities | $150,000 | Accounts Payable (Outstanding Bills) | $0 | ...
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...instructor. Assignments must be submitted as a Microsoft Word® document and uploaded to the Dropbox for Unit 2. Type all answers directly in this Assignment below the question it applies to. All Assignments are due by Tuesday at 11:59 PM ET of the assigned Unit. Finding the National Average Price for Gas These first few questions will require you to use the internet to search for the national average price for gas. Remember to use a scholarly site for information. List the website(s) you visited here: http://fuelgaugereport.aaa.com/todays-gas-prices/.com 1. (2 points): What was the average price of a gallon of gas 1 year from when your business math class started? A month ago the national average gas price was 2.035 2. (5 points): You have $50 on hand and need to buy gas. How many gallons of gas can you buy (using the value you reported in Question 1.)If i had 50 on hand i would be able to purchase 24.57 gallons of gas for a total of 49.99995 which would be 50.00. 3. (5 points): If gas prices were to drop 10% from the current price, how much would a gallon of gas cost now? Current national price per gallon of gas is 2.328. The difference from the price of gas a month ago vs....
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...Team B’s Competitor Research Paper for the Mobile Food Truck University of Phoenix MKT/431 March 4, 2013 Gail Lorber Introduction B's Mobile Food Truck is a business that will offer the convenience of serving foods to their customers from a traveling truck. The food truck will be located near businesses, which will allow the customers quick access to the service. Customers will have different food choices to choose. However, quick access to the food service cause the company to compete against such companies as gas station, restaurants, grocery stores, and smoothie juice restaurants. Each of these businesses offers the service of prepared and ready-to-go foods and healthy choices. Each also allows convenience service. B's Mobile Food Truck must realize these businesses will be in constant competition against the mobile food truck. Mobile Food Truck Competitors Gas station food has earned a bad reputation over the last 20 years for various reasons. Usually the only things to be found are old hot dogs, stale donuts, slushes, and tightly wrapped tasteless sandwiches that have some sort of gross cheese that most people could not identify. Several gas stations have gotten into a different range of foods, trying to expand on better choices to boost the income. Many gas stations have either joined up with franchises such as McDonald’s, Subway or a pizza place to diversify their food attractions from the common place soggy sandwiches and sodas...
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...A = {CAR, GAS, WATER, FOOD, HOUSE} B = {CAR, COMPUTER, IPOD, HOUSE, TV} 2. List the items in Set A and Set B, and also list or state the items in the union and in the intersection of Set A and Set B. ANSWER: UNION = {CAR, GAS, WATER, FOOD, HOUSE, COMPUTER, IPOD, TV} INTERSECTION = {CAR, HOUSE} 3. Now assume that the prices of the items in your set A are 20, 40, 60, 70 and 80. Assume that the prices of the items in your set B are 90, 120, 30, 60 and 40. Note: if you have one or two identical items in both sets, then assume that the prices of the identical items are the same as the prices that appear in set A (instead of having two different prices to the same item.) ANSWER: A = {(CAR, $20) (GAS, $40) (WATER, $60) (FOOD, $70) (HOUSE, $80)} B = {(CAR, $20) (COMPUTER, $90) (IPOD, $120) (HOUSE, $80) (TV, $30)} 4. What will the total cost of Set A be if it contains one unit of each item? ANSWER: $270 5. What will the total cost of the union set be if it contains one unit of each item? ANSWER: UNION SET = $20 + $40 + $60 + $70 + $120 + $80 +$30 = $420 6. What will be the total cost of the intersection? ANSWER: INTERSECTION = $20 +$80 = $100 7. What will the total cost of the union and of the intersection be if you consider two set A's and three set B's ? ANSWER: A = {(CAR, $20) (GAS, $40) (WATER, $60) (FOOD, $70) (HOUSE, $80)} + {(CAR, $20) (GAS, $40) (WATER, $60) (FOOD, $70) (HOUSE...
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...FLATULENCE Flatulence or “passing gas” is a normal biological process, like sweating, burping or breathing. It is usually a source of laughter and or embarrassment. Everybody farts, some people more than others. It is normal to pass gas from 6 to 20 times per day. In the majority of cases, it is not a serious condition. When we eat, drink or swallow saliva, we also swallow tiny amounts of air. This swallowed air accumulates in the stomach. The gas within our digestive system consists mainly of nitrogen and oxygen. When we digest food, gas, mainly in the form of hydrogen, methane and carbon dioxide is released. As the gas builds up, the body releases the gas by either burping or farting. Other causes are: Beans - gas builds up inside the gut. Complex carbohydrates in beans are very difficult for humans to digest. They are digested by microorganisms in the gut - gut flora - methane-producing archaea. When the complex carbohydrates reach the lower intestine, bacteria feed on them, during which they produce gas. Lactose intolerance - when lactose-containing foods, such as milk are consumed, the bacteria feed on the lactose and produce excessive amounts of gas. Celiac disease - intolerance to gluten, a protein found in barley, wheat and rye. People with this condition who eat foods containing gluten tend to have flatulence problems. Artificial sweeteners - sorbitol and mannitol are found in candies, chewing-gums and sugar-free sweet foods. A considerable number of people...
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...in the economy is due to the fact of the cost that the United States is putting into the War in Iraq. The war has caused some economic inflation over the past couple of years however; there are other factors that tie into the economic problem of America. One key factor that many people are surely aware of is the high and outrageous gas and fuel prices across the country. Though many Americans are aware of the extremely high gas prices, they don’t fully understand how fuel prices have a monopoly effect on the country and how the U.S. economy is greatly affected because of this. (How Gas Prices Affect Our Economy) Over the past few years gas and fuel prices always seem to be in the news. At first, prices seemed to be high one week and low the next. Now, it just seems that the prices are extremely high and won’t go down. Many times you hear big time politicians say the reasoning for these high prices is due to shortages of oil. This is not the case, for there is no shortage at all. Gasoline reserves on hand are at the highest levels they have been since the early 1990s and the oil deposits under ground aren’t running out either. (There Is No Gas Shortage – BusinessWeek ) So why are politicians saying there is a shortage of there really isn’t? The answer to high prices is simple the supply and demand by other countries. The increasing demand for oil in the large populated countries of India and China has put a major cause to the rise of prices in America. The increase of technology...
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...why the “socialist” system is better in countering crisis is because it is created under the notion of socialist justice or the “to each according to the need, and from each according to ability” principles. The capitalist system on the other hand focuses on the notion of “to each according to one’s investment” principles. In practice, in an abstract capitalist system, a crisis of epic proportions (hurricane, flood, blizzard, forest fire, etc.) is a true windfall for some people and a nightmare for others. For instance, if you own the only gas station that got left after a hurricane why not increase the price by 10 times? Or maybe even by 100 times if you also know that all the food stores were also destroyed and people would either pay your gas price to drive to the nearest store or die from starvation (Welch, 2007). Such behavior is absolutely normal and encouraged under the capitalist system simply because the reduced supply (the only gas station) and stable demand obligates an increase in prices of a profit-seeking vendor. Likewise, hospitals can and should charge higher prices if they see the demand increase for their services, or the lifeguards, and other “savior” services may also try to make extra money on it. Under the socialist system, these various emergency services are...
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...Chick-Fil-A's, America's favorite, drive thru takes about 200 seconds (3 minutes and 20 seconds) per costumer. A majority of American citizens go through drive throughs to get their food. 60% of fast food restaurants' income comes from the drive through. Drive throughs shouldn’t be banned, even though they do waste gas, they still save time and provide protection. [good but need more back ground] Drive throughs are very quick and easy to go through, hence saving time. The Fast Food Service Times studied that the average wait time over 7 fast food companies is 181 seconds (3 minutes). This shows that fast food restaurants don’t take but a little over 3 minutes, meaning a short amount of time. Powell, et al, state, "During quiet hours we...
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...gained a different perspective on America’s food culture and farming. I always felt that farming was just raising animals so that they could be sold off to processing plants so we can have our next piece of steak or chicken. In my opinion, when the authors of the book discuss “oily food” they mean the oil and gas that it takes to consume our food, whether it be the oil in our food or the oil and gas that it takes in order to produce of food. In the reading, the authors point out that not only does our refrigerator use the same amount of gas that we put in our car, but also in processing our food (i.e. tractors, irrigation, equipment). Not only does it take a lot of oil and gas in processing our food but also in generating our food (i.e. pesticides, herbicides, and synthetic fertilizers). The authors continue on stating that if we grew our food in our back yard that we can tremendously reduce the amount of gas and oil to one-fifth of the total oil consumed. I agree with the arguments the authors make about our food culture. Living in American for the last 15 years, I don’t seem to see our country having much of a genuine American diet. It often consist a lot of different cultures food or fast food, which often includes a super-sized burgers and a side of fries. Although I have lived in America for the majority of my life, I do not take part of their food culture as much as I do with my country’s food culture. My mother knew that American food contains a lot of “added calories” and...
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...engine performance. There are some facts that are not being recognized, and these facts should be brought to light. The price of corn and food products made from corn will increase from the higher demand of corn and vehicles have to use one-third more ethanol than regular gas. Ethanol gas in the end will end up costing more than petroleum gas being used now. Ethanol gas as an alternative to gas will mean that the demand for corn will become greater and greater. The use of ethanol in motor fuel has increased for years an average of twenty-five percent per year (Ethanol Cost And Environmental Factors). This year America will use 5 billion bushels of corn which will produce about 14 billion gallons of ethanol (Helman). So will farmers be able to grow the amount of corn needed for the production of ethanol gasoline and food demand? The increase in corn crops in the Midwest has added to size of the dead zone in the Gulf Coast (Miller). What if the country was to experience another serious drought, or major flood? A different method of creating ethanol would be needed, no matter the cost; unforeseen natural disasters could decimate necessary crops. I would not want to depend on such an unreliable crop. The demand for corn in ethanol gasoline has affected prices everywhere. Farmers have to spend more money to purchase more cropland and food for the livestock. In turn, the farmer has to charge a higher price for their crops, which then means...
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...justify your choice of an alternative energy resource? What challenges do you anticipate in implementing energy resource? How can simple changes make a big impact? Discuss three ways to conserve energy in your routine life. Consider home, work, transportation, and consumption of food and goods. Include supporting evidence from documented sources on how these methods for conserving energy will help reduce overall consumption of energy. The first energy resource would be Nuclear Energy. I use electric every day, we all do. We turn on lights, use heat or air conditioning. We also watch television listen to music or charging our cell phones and computers. We have to have electric to do that. This source of energy is renewable. The Origin of Nuclear Energy comes from power plants all over the U.S. "Nuclear power is the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity. Nuclear power plants provide about 6 percent of the world's energy and 13–14 percent of the world's electricity". (Nuclear) The second resource would be Solar Energy. Some batteries, like watch batteries are solar powered, so are calculators that we need for our jobs and schoolwork. Our food source is also an example of solar energy since...
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...questions about how much work to show, please contact your instructor. Assignments must be submitted as a Microsoft Word® document and uploaded to the Drop box for Unit 2. Type all answers directly in this Assignment below the question it applies to. All Assignments are due by Tuesday at 11:59 PM ET of the assigned Unit. Finding the National Average Price for Gas These first few questions will require you to use the internet to search for the national average price for gas. Remember to use a scholarly site for information. List the website(s) you visited here: http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_gnd_dcus_nus_w.htm 1. (2 points): What was the average price of a gallon of gas 1 year from when your business math class started? $3.611 was the national average for “All Grades All Formulations Retail Gasoline Prices” on 4/15/13. 2. (5 points): You have $50 on hand and need to buy gas. How many gallons of gas can you buy (using the value you reported in Question 1.) $50/$3.611. = 13.84658 gallons 3. (5 points): If gas prices were to drop 10% from the current price, how much would a gallon of gas cost now? X = 3.611 - (0.1 * 3.611) X = 3.611 - .3611 X = $ 3.2499 4. (5 points): Using the average for 1 year ago, and the...
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...we in Australian look to purchase more of our food locally? There are many benefits for us as a country to purchase more of our food locally, the issue of climate change in the world has taught us that decreased carbon emissions are beneficial for the environment, food security in Australia is important the global food crisis of 2007/08 was a stark reminder that imported goods can be subject to huge price fluctuations which cannot be controlled by us, and from purchasing locally grown produce we are able to strengthen local economies and increase job security in our region. The issue of climate change has been an ongoing debate in society for quite some time now, while we are very aware of the impact that our everyday lives of commuting to and from work have on the environment we are less mindful of the effect that the importation that some of our food have on the environment. In an Australian study data was collected to establish the kilometres travelled by a typical basket of groceries and greenhouse gas emissions produced. (Gabella and Abraham 2007, page 3) The study showed that a typical grocery basket had travelled over 20,000 kilometres and greenhouse gas emissions equalled that of over 4000 cars on the road. With such large numbers being produced by both sets of data it can easily be seen that by reducing our reliance on foreign food imports we can lower the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced by importing our food. Australia can look to the example set by Cuba...
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