Food Company Analysis
Case Analysis for Novak Food Company

Case Analysis

In the year 2005, Novak had great plans for the KFC food company, he was a leader who faced many challenges in the company and came up with necessitated solutions in order to fit it into the industry. Novak joined the company of PepsiCo and later joined KFC in 1994. By the year 1996, Novak made a progress by involving people in the running of the business and recognizing them as the contributors of the company. Novak gained the respect of the franchisees who owns 60% of the KFC stores. Novak continued to form the partner council made up of the COOs of the international and three brands of each and the president, plus the staff. The company team set out the development of the documents that contained the company's details that would guide it in its continuity, in the industry.

Problems

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ight Food Company
This report is based on the study carried out on The ight Food Company, based in Australia. The paper studies and analyses the company's entry strategy into Guangzhou, China. I have prepared this report as part of the company's expansion plan into the Chinese market.

Company Profile

The ight Food Company

Industry

Packed Food

Private

Founded

New South Wales

Headquarters

Murwillumbah (NSW)

Founder

Anni Brownjohn

Areas served

countries

Manufacturing

Tweed Valley (NSW)

Products

Maxinne Lynch (Accounts)

Organic, low allergy food developer and manufacturer

Key people

Eleni Nott (Brand Development)

The Country Chosen for Business Expansion - Guangzhou, China

China has a population in excess of 1.3 billion people. Its land mass is larger than that of the United States. The scale and the size of the country is what actually make the market unique and distinct. It cannot be compared to other Asian markets such as South Korea and Japan. It is true that China has a huge market for internationally produced goods. Additionally, It is an important case study…...

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References

AmCham China, & Bain & Co. (2016). 2016 China Business Climate Survey Report. Beijing: Amcham China.

Edwards, W. (2011, July 11). The Pros and Cons of Franchising in China. Retrieved from China Business Review:  http://www.chinabusinessreview.com/the-pros-and-cons-of-franchising-in-china/ 

Export, U. E.-T. (2016). Doing Business in China. UK Export Finance.

Feng, L. (2016). The Future of Judicial Independence in China. Centre for Judicial Education and Research.

However, as coffee creamer and margarine have demonstrated, there is risk of substitution even with long-established consumer staples.
The intensity of rivalry is becoming greater. Firms in both dairy and soy are fighting for market share, one because of market contraction and the other because of market expansion. Firms compete for shelf space at major retailers and because the products lack differentiation, firms in the industry tend to compete strictly on brand name, rather than product attributes. Overall, this leaves the industry moderately unfavorable. Soy is more favorable that milk generally, but milk is the much larger industry and for a sizeable, established player with strong distribution networks it is still a good industry to be in.

The regulatory environment is important to Dean. The federal government has a stake in agricultural industries because of the impact on the nation's food security. There are variety of programs and subsidies available to…...

S. that is no reason to sue the fast food franchises. These lawsuits "are an embarrassment to our legal system, and an embarrassment to the people who are saying they were so dumb not to know they might get fat" (Abrams, 2004). In fact on the day that Abrams wrote that piece for MSNBC the U.S. House of Representatives passed the so-called "Cheeseburger bill" which was legislation to "protect the fast food industry from frivolous lawsuits." (Abrams).
Abrams attacked John Banzhaf, the lawyer that has launched some of the suits against the fast food industry. Abrams says that Banzhaf is wrong to link the suits against tobacco with the need to sue junk food companies. In the case of tobacco companies, Abrams continues, "people were misled about what was in cigarettes" but the same deception doesn't apply to fast food. "People should know fast food isn't good for you," Abrams writes.

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Works Cited

Abrams, Dan. "Lawsuits against fast food companies are ridiculous." MSNBC. Retrieved May

18, 2011, from  http://www.msnbc.com .

CNN. "House bans fast-food lawsuits." CNN Justice. Retrieved May 18, 2011, from (2004).http://articles.cnn.com.

Ebert, Roger. "Super Size Me." Retrieved May 18, 2011, from  http://rogerebert.suntimes.com .

ith Domino's UK, the company has in its annual report and in its press releases outlined its future expansion plans. There are figures readily available with respect to trends in its same store growth and with respect to its dividend policy. All of these factors should, in theory at least, be included in the current share price. The first step in valuing the company will be to ensure that this is the case.
Given that the price of the company today is expected to be the fair value of the company's future earnings, an acquiring firm would need to consider in its valuation the worth of Domino's as part of its operations. Thus, a bid would need to be done on the belief that its acquisition of Domino's would make Domino's more valuable than it already is. This is the concept of synergy, defined as "the specific increases in performance…...

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Works Cited:

Damodaran, a. (2005). The value of synergy. Stern School of Business working paper. Available at SSRN:  http://ssrn.com/abstract=841486 

Domino's Pizza Annual Report and Accounts 2009. In possession of the author.

Domino's press release. (2009). Domino's launches 'store on wheels' to deliver pizza at top UK events. Domino's UK & IRL plc. Retrieved April 29, 2010 from  http://www.dominos.uk.com/media_centre/pdf/Mobile%20unit%20090609.pdf 

Domino's UK & Ireland Investor Relations. (2010). Financial Performance. Domino's UK & Ireland Investor Relations. Retrieved April 29, 2010 from  http://ww7.investorrelations.co.uk/dominos/financial/index.jsp

Marketing
Opportunities and Threats in Order of Importance for a Food Truck Company

Discussions on Opportunities and Threats

Opportunities and Threats in Order of Importance for a Food Truck Company

Opportunities

Multiple expansion avenues - Many avenues of expansion that include expanding service hours, menu and packaged service

Change in Perception: A new and emerging food truck market that is driven by changing consumer taste and perception about street food and truck food

Low Competition - Being part of an industry that is unorganized on one hand and with not much competition on the other ("Company Background/SWOT," 2012).

Threats

Low Entry Barriers - A relatively new industry with low entry level barriers which can lead to sudden increase in competition

Weather - Outdoor service area means business is always under threat from inclement weather

Stricter egulations - Stricter regulations pertaining to health and quality standards of food served by local and federal agencies

Discussions on Opportunities and Threats

Opportunities

Multiple Expansion avenues -- given…...

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References

Company Background/SWOT. (2012). The Fuss; Food Truck Company. Retrieved 7 March 2016, from  https://kevinod24.wordpress.com/company-backgroundswot/ 

Food Trucks Are a Win-Win. (2012). The Huffington Post. Retrieved 7 March 2016, from  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/food-truck-regulations-dc_b_1266866.html?section=india 

Food trucks enjoy unfair advantages as they scoop up lunch business. (2012). www.minnpost.com. Retrieved 7 March 2016, from  https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2012/07/food-trucks-enjoy-unfair-advantages-they-scoop-lunch-business

Shoemate also leads the Diversity Advisory Council, making a personal commitment and allocating his precious time to the issue. Shoemate has been very wise to include his senior management team in defining diversity and in determining the diversity objectives and programs.
Brody also made significant efforts to lead the DAC and the Corporate Strategy Council in defining and designing the diversity effort. Brody and her team made a great effort to education these key players on diversity; she provided qualitative data on benchmarking and best practices and she provided quantitative data on the issue within Best Foods.

Question 7: What else might Best Foods and/or Brody do to institutionalize the changes begun at the Forum and other aspects of the diversity initiative?

A lot of momentum was created at the Women's Global Leadership Forum and Brody needs to quickly capitalize on the information gathered at the event. She should recommend to Shoemate…...

Company Strategy: Whole Foods
On the surface, Whole Foods has a unique, almost counterintuitive philosophy. ather than stressing value and volume in terms of food sales, it instead offers more expensive organic and specialty goods. However, its niche marketing strategy has proven to be extremely lucrative. Whole Foods is an interesting case study as a company in the manner in which it has simultaneously capitalized upon popular trends in food without trying to be 'all things to all people.' In 2013, the company had same-store sales growth of 7.5%. It has rapidly expanded: "the company's growth strategy is to seek new locations for its stores in highly populated, often urban, areas. Each store averages around 38,000 square feet, and about 30% of the company's stores were acquired, meaning that they were other health-food stores that were bought out and re-branded as Whole Foods" (Frankel 2013).

Whole Foods' vision and mission statement affirms…...

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References

Brown, Joshua. (2013). What Whole Foods learned from the recession. The Reformed Broker.

Retrieved:  http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2012/08/12/what-whole-foods-learned-from-the-recession/ 

Dennis, Brady. (2013). Whole Foods executive explains strategy behind labeling genetically modified foods. St. Louis Dispatch. Retrieved:

http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/whole-foods-executive-explains-strategy-behind-labeling-genetically-modified-foods/article_7d2c6059-5159-5d63-b716-04ccf1b7b85a.html

They will also be demonstrating a clear understanding of the broad role that they play in the wider society which will build trust with the community at large. In order to ensure that employees do not partake in fraud activities with the food that would be donated to the food bank, Company Q. should pay their staff fairly, providing a good work environment and encourage open communication channels so as to ensure the company's overall well being and prosperity. By doing this, the company will win the staff's trust and also increase their innovativeness and efficiency (Werther & Chandler, 2006).
Company Q. has to change its attitude towards its social responsibility as it will benefit its investors. As a business, Company Q. has a responsibility to manage its assets effectively so as to provide its investors with a fair and competitive return, to disclose relevant information and to respect the…...

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References

Arthus-Bertrand, Y. (n.d.) Organic and Fair Capitalism-It is Possible. Retrieved August 24,

2010, from  http://www.goodplanet.info/eng/Economy/Corporate-responsibility/Corporate-Social-Responsibility/ (theme)/284

Hardcastle, J. (2006). Two Views of Social Responsibility. Retrieved August 24, 2010, from  http://www.streetdirectory.com/travel_guide/17784/corporate_matters/two_views_of_social_responsibility.html 

Kotler, P. & Lee, N. (2005). Corporate social responsibility: doing the most good for your company and your cause. New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Food Served in Public Schools
he school nutrition environment, consisting of school meals and competitive meals, has actually properly gotten terrific attention due to the fact that kids eat, usually, one-third of their everyday calorie consumption at school (Briefel et al., 2009).

Improving the dietary consumption of our country's kids is of crucial value given that one-third of school-age kids are obese or overweight (Ogden et al., 2010).

Paper's Scope and significant areas:.

his research will clarify Kid Nutrition Reauthorization from FRAC. he research addresses school meal quality and gain access to (Hartline-Grafton, 2010). Moreover, the present research concentrates on competitive meals, which are extensively readily available in schools, mostly exempt from federal nutrition criteria, and have an unfavourable influence on the wellness and health of all pupils, particularly pupils from low-income households.

Research Methods:.

he semi-structured type of interview is utilized in the research in addition to the standardized type, as these 2 kinds of…...

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Terry-McElrath, Y.M., O'Malley, P.M., Delva, J., & Johnston, L.D. (2009). The school food environment and student body mass index and food consumption: 2004 to 2007 national data. Journal of Adolescent Health, 45(3 Supplement), S45-S56.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and U.S. Department of Education. (2005). Making It Happen! School Nutrition Success Stories. FNS-374. Available at:   Accessed April 20, 2013.http://www.fns.usda.gov/TN/Resources/makingithappen.html .

Wharton, C.M., Long, M., & Schwartz, M.B. (2008). Changing nutrition standards in schools: the emerging impact on school revenue. Journal of School Health, 78(5), 245-251.

Food and Beverage Management
Articles eview myriad of ingredients go into the stew that is successful food and beverage service, including: good equipment, good location, excellent product, pleasant atmosphere, quality middle-level management, forward-thinking administration-level hierarchy, and sincere / consistent customer service. And moreover, a vitally essential component which completes the recipe for food and beverage success is a terrific staff, which springs from the planning that goes into finding talent, followed by the training and maintenance of staff excellence through intelligent processes. This paper reviews those issues, and the research which delves into how notably competent H and hands-on management can bring - and keep - high-caliber employees on board successfully.

Article #1: "How the achievement of human-resources goals drives restaurant performance," by Daniel J. Koys, Cornell Hotel & estaurant Administration Quarterly

Attitude" has a different meaning in the 21st Century than it did in previous years. To often today, it means something…...

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References

Kay, Christine; & Russette, John (2000). Hospitality-management Competencies.

Cornell Hotel & Restaurant Administration Quarterly, 41, 52.

Koys, Daniel J. (2003). How the achievement of human-resource goals drives restaurant performance. Cornell Hotel & Restaurant Administration Quarterly, 44, 17025.

When Paul le Von took over the food service director (FSD) at St. Mark's Hospital in Salt Lake City, he faced a number of challenges. Like other FSDs who are new to a job, le Von wanted to make numerous dramatic changes in a short period of time - renovating the facility, upgrading the menu, creating more responsive customer service - to show he was worth his salt. Also, he knew that in order to get the things done that were first on his agenda - such as a customer service overhaul "...a friendlier way of talking with customers, more like a waiter in a restaurant" (Bond, 2002) - he full cooperation with

Company Economic Forecast: Panera Bread
Explain the business you are in. Explain your business and the different industries that would impact your operation.

One new eatery that is still in the process of expanding nation-wide as a franchise of note is that of Panera Bread. As an emerging business, it is an excellent business investment prospect, far from 'bottoming out' as older, more established coffee cup centered franchises such as Starbucks. Unlike Starbucks, Panera is also known for the quality of its sandwiches and pastries as well as for its coffees and other hot beverages. It is especially popular as a lunch and breakfast establishment for eating in or carrying out, rather than for after hours lingering. Its main clientele is often slightly older than Starbucks, that of office workers -- hence its proclamation, upon its website that one ought to impress the boss with an order from Panera. (Official ebsite, http://www.panerabread.com/default.aspx)

Panera…...

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Work Cited

Panera Bread. (2005) Official Website. Retrieved 1 Feb 2005 at  http://www.panerabread.com/default.aspx

Company X has faith in its employees to utilize their own ethical judgment in conjunction with the rules and standards set forth by the company in order to assure that actions within the company are performed at an optimal level across the board.
Implementation and Communication

In order to assure that a code of ethics is implemented to the best of its ability into a company, gradual implementation must be used along with clear communication as to each step of the process in order to assure that the code of ethics is fully understood and used within the company by its employees.

In order to begin implementation, a checklist regarding steps needed to begin code adherence could prove helpful in providing a smooth transition into code use. In the early stages of implementation, it is crucial that as many people as possible -- employees included -- are involved in both the development…...

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References

Emerson, T., McKinney, J. And Neubert, M. (2010). "The effects of ethical codes on ethical perceptions of actions toward stakeholders." Journal of Business Ethics. 97:1. p. 505-516. Retrieved from: ProQuest Database.

Gaumnitz, B. And Lere, J. (2007). "Codes of ethics with impact." The CPA Journal. 15:1.

p. 106. Retrieved from: LexisNexis Database.

Godkin, L. And Valentine, S. (2009). "Ethics, social responsibility, and ethical reasoning in an education-based center: when doing good results in good employees." Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics. 7:3. p. 1-18. Retrieved from: ProQuest Database.

Wal-Mart specifically is pioneering the development of adio Frequency Identification (FID) projects with up to two thousand of its key suppliers today (Kumar, 2007). The goal of this pilot is to enable food and beverage suppliers to coordinate more effectively with Wal-Mart on mixed pallet mode shipping of products (Kumar, 2007). This is critical for Wal-Mart from the standpoint of supporting their expansion strategies into smaller, more diverse stores in terms of selection. The focus of Wal-Mart going forward will be on smaller stores in urban and suburban locations in the U.S., and smaller stores throughout their most successful global locations as well. The use of FID as a technology to enable greater logistics and supply chain performance is already showing signs of supporting much greater levels of shipping accuracy and cost control. FID tags can be read on pallets traveling at 40 miles per hour through warehouses and…...

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References

R Cigolini, & T. Rossi. (2006). A note on supply risk and inventory outsourcing. Production Planning & Control, 17(4), 424.

Joanna Cosgrove. (2003, February). Riding the retail wave. Beverage Industry, 94(2), 35-46.

Sameer Kumar. (2007). Connective technology as a strategic tool for building effective supply chain. International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, 10(1), 41.

Liao, C.. (2009). Consumers' behavior in the food and beverage industry through data mining. Journal of Information & Optimization Sciences, 30(4), 855.

S. Food and Drug Administration, because they were in wide use before the 1938 Act (grandfathered in, as it were). (Dunn 1938)
The problem was that Act contained a definition for a "new drug" (one in need of prior approval to market), as any drug "the composition of which is such that such drug is not generally recognized, among experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of drugs, as safe and effective for use under the conditions prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the labeling." FDCA § 201(p) (1). The manufacturers set out to establish then, that anything GRAS/GRAE therefore was not a new drug, and needed no FDA blessing.

Many medicines are ancient, and the active ingredients of many drugs on were first introduced before 1938. To make matters worse, between 1938 and 1962, the FDA considered drugs that were identical, related, or similar (IRS) to…...