Financial Decision-Making in the Foodservice Industry

Financial Decision-Making in the Foodservice Industry
Author: Amit Sharma
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2019-12-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000005674

The study of decision-making in foodservice is still a relatively new area of scholarly interest. The application of cost-benefit analysis and behavioral finance and economics in the foodservice context is rare. This volume, Financial Decision-Making in the Foodservice Industry: Economic Costs and Benefits,fills that gap and focuses on cost-benefit analysis, decision-making, behavioral finance, economic theories, and their application in foodservice and restaurant industry. The volume synthesizes these major themes by developing new theoretical foundations and presenting findings from the investigation of managerial practice. The authors cover an abundance of topical issues, including ethical obligations in foodservice, sustainability issues in the foodservice/restaurant industry, farm-to-school and local food expenditures in school foodservice settings, managerial traits and behavior in the foodservice industry, and more.

Management by Menu

Management by Menu
Author: Lendal Henry Kotschevar
Publisher: Educational Foundation of the National Restaurant Association
Total Pages: 404
Release: 1994
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780915452736

This book was written with the idea that the menu is the controlling document that affects every area of operation in the foodservice facility. Topics covered include food service history; planning a menu; considerations and limits in menu planning; cost factors and cost controls in menu planning; menu pricing; menu mechanics; menu analysis; the liquor menu; menu planning and nutrition; purchasing, production, and the menu; service and the menu; management by computer; the menu and the financial plan; accuracy in menus; number of portions from standard containers; etc.

Definition of the Foodservice Industry and Methodology for Estimating Selected Statistics

Definition of the Foodservice Industry and Methodology for Estimating Selected Statistics
Author: Michael G. Van Dress
Publisher:
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1984
Genre: Food habits
ISBN:

Extract: Eating out no longer is reserved for special occasions. Expenditures for eating out now account for 41 cents of every food dollar, up from 27 cents in 1960. Growth has been phenomenal. With growth, changes were inevitable--changes in the structure and organization of the industry, in food purchasing and ordering practices, in the mix of foods served, and in food marketing and distrubition systems. Such changes affect food producers, manufacturers, middlemen, and consumers. This report provides a framework for measuring changes occurring in the foodservice industry. It defines the industry and its many segments and describes a methodology for estimating the retail and purchase values values of meals and snacks and the quantity of food moving through the industry on a market segment-by-segment basis.

Controlling Restaurant & Food Service Food Costs

Controlling Restaurant & Food Service Food Costs
Author: Douglas Robert Brown
Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0910627169

This series of fifteen books - The Food Service Professional Guide TO Series from the editors of the Food Service Professional magazine are the best and most comprehensive books for serious food service operators available today. These step-by-step guides on a specific management subject range from finding a great site for your new restaurant to how to train your wait staff and literally everything in between. They are easy and fast-to-read, easy to understand and will take the mystery out of the subject. The information is boiled down to the essence. They are filled to the brim with up to date and pertinent information. The books cover all the bases, providing clear explanations and helpful, specific information. All titles in the series include the phone numbers and web sites of all companies discussed. What you will not find are wordy explanations, tales of how someone did it better, or a scholarly lecture on the theory. Every paragraph in each of the books are comprehensive, well researched, engrossing, and just plain fun-to-read, yet are packed with interesting ideas. You will be using your highlighter a lot! The best part aside from the content is they are very moderately priced. The whole series may also be purchased the ISBN number for the series is 0910627266. You are bound to get a great new idea to try on every page if not out of every paragraph. Do not be put off by the low price, these books really do deliver the critical information and eye opening ideas you need to succeed without the fluff so commonly found in more expensive books on the subject. Highly recommended! Atlantic Publishing is a small, independent publishing company based in Ocala, Florida. Founded over twenty years ago in the company president's garage, Atlantic Publishing has grown to become a renowned resource for non-fiction books. Today, over 450 titles are in print covering subjects such as small business, healthy living, management, finance, careers, and real estate. Atlantic Publishing prides itself on producing award winning, high-quality manuals that give readers up-to-date, pertinent information, real-world examples, and case studies with expert advice. Every book has resources, contact information, and web sites of the products or companies discussed.

Food Safety Practices in the Restaurant Industry

Food Safety Practices in the Restaurant Industry
Author: Nurhayati Khairatun, Siti
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2021-11-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1799874168

In recent years, cases of food-borne illness have been on the rise and are creating a significant public health challenge worldwide. This situation poses a health risk to consumers and can cause economic loss to the food service industry. Identifying the current issues in food safety practices among the industry players is critical to bridge the gap between knowledge, practices, and regulation compliance. Food Safety Practices in the Restaurant Industry presents advanced research on food safety practices investigated within food service establishments as an effort to help the industry pinpoint risks and non-compliance relating to food safety practices and improve the practices in preventing food-borne illnesses from occurring. Covering a range of topics such as food packaging, safety audits, consumer awareness, and standard safety practices, it is ideal for food safety and service professionals, food scientists and technologists, policymakers, restaurant owners, academicians, researchers, teachers, and students.

Food Industry 4.0

Food Industry 4.0
Author: Wayne Martindale
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2022-09-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1800621035

This book provides industry insights and fresh ideas for the advancement of the most vital global industry - food. Drawing on their industry and academic expertise the authors have identified three controlling aspects of food business operations that can unleash long term success: consumer health and wellbeing; product and process sustainability; and harnessing advances in digitalization. If developed to their maximum potential these factors have the capability to revolutionize the food sector. Food Industry 4.0 highlights advancement opportunities for the food manufacturing sector, including innovation in products, processes and services, as it seeks to combine productive, efficient and sustainable practices.

Economics and Management of the Food Industry

Economics and Management of the Food Industry
Author: Jeffrey H. Dorfman
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2014-03-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134456565

This book analyzes the economics of the food industry at every stage between the farm gate and the kitchen counter. Central to the text are agricultural marketing problems such as the allocation of production between competing products (such as fresh and frozen markets), spatial competition, interregional trade, optimal storage, and price discrimination. Topics covered will be useful to students who expect to have careers such as food processing management, food sector buying or selling, restaurant management, supermarket management, marketing/advertising, risk management, and product development. The focus is on real world-relevant skills and examples and on intuition and economic understanding above mathematical sophistication, although the text does draw on the nuances of modern economic theory.