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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Fast food restaurants"”.
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Consumers' attitudes of fast food restaurants in hotels
… was to examine consumers' expectations regarding food, service, and amenities provided by on-site fast food restaurants in hotels. In relation to this, the study investigated several sub-issues which were consumers' attitudes combined with expectations concerning fast food restaurants in hotels, …
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A Socio-Psychological Analysis of Eating Behaviors at Fast Food Restaurants
… toward taste and the nutritional information of fast foods to explain fast food consumption behavior. The Health Belief Model (HBM) was used to examine from the mutual interplay of attitude toward taste and nutritional information of fast food, which factor is prioritized by consumers in …
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Standardization of battered seafood portions for use in fast food restaurants
… for cooking battered fish portions for fast food restaurants and to study the quality of the frying fat under various conditions. Cooking time and temperature are two important factors to determine the quality of battered fish portions. Fat absorption depends on cooking time, surface …
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Dining habits and preferences of young patrons of fast food restaurants in Singapore and Las Vegas, 1994
… and expectations of 1,012 young patrons of fast food restaurants in Singapore and Las Vegas. The Singapore respondents were students from a Pre-university and SHATEC, a hospitality industry vocational institute. In Las Vegas, the respondents were from the William F. Harrah College of Hotel …
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Lean service model implementation in fast-food restaurants: a case study on reducing order cancellations and improving inventory management
El sector de los restaurantes de comida rápida tiene una gran importancia a nivel mundial, especialmente en Perú, donde impulsa el empleo y el espíritu emprendedor. Sin embargo, estos establecimientos se enfrentan a retos operativos, como las altas tasas de cancelación de pedidos debido a diseños …
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Customer satisfaction amongst black customers in the fast food restaurant industry
… (Stevens, Knuston, and Patton, 1995), in a fast food restaurant and explore the differences in perceived service quality for customers. The study focused on black consumers as they are the majority race group in South Africa and also considered an important client group to many fast food …
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The Effects of Socioeconomic, Built Environment, and Food Environment Factors on Childhood Obesity in Montclair, California
… status (SES), built environment, and food environment factors and childhood obesity. In this study, the participants were selected from three elementary schools located in the innercity of Montclair, California. Information about each student’s health and family income and was …
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Characterization of internal and external variables of the health food industry in Peru
… options, and allowing the emergence of healthy fast-food restaurants. This research aims to determine the key variables and actors' developments of healthy fast-food restaurants in the culinary industry within the Lima Metropolitan area. With the participation of a group of local experts …
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Customer Preferences in Small Fast-Food Businesses: A Multilevel Approach to Google Reviews Data
… This study compares customer reviews of small fast-food businesses to national fast-food chains and builds executable recommendations to small businesses by analyzing 82,598 customer entries from Google Reviews. With text analysis tools and multilevel multinomial models, the study demonstrates …
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Utilizing geographic information systems to examine the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics in food oasis and food desert in Wayne County, MI
<p>In the last few decades, the concept of a <em>food desert</em> has captured the attention of the public and academia. Research has referred to <em>food desert</em> as an area with lack of access to adequate healthy food, especially for those without a vehicle or who live more than ¼ mile walking …
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Association between the Fast-Food Environment and Obesity in Canada: A Cross-sectional Analysis
Frequent fast-food consumption is associated with weight gain therefore it is hypothesized that relative availability of fast-food is a risk factor for obesity. This thesis examined the association between the neighbourhood-level density of fast-food outlets and adult body mass index (BMI) in …
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The change in systematic risk after the 9/11 events: An analysis of restaurant industry
… in systematic risk of different types of restaurants, such as fine/casual dining restaurants, family restaurants, and fast food restaurants in the pre-9/11 and post-9/11 period. The findings indicate that the systematic risk has not changed significantly both for the restaurant industry …
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Negotiation and autonomy in a fast food restaurant
… lived experience of workers in two franchised fast food restaurants. Drawing primarily on the work of Anselm Strauss (1978) and D. H. J. Morgan (1975), I have examined data taken from auto-ethnographic and overt observation. I found that workers in different negotiation contexts would use …
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Computer Modeling and Simulation of Ground Beef and Lettuce Handling for Hamburgers at a Typical Fast-Food Restaurant.
… O157:H7 outbreaks have been associated with fast food restaurants. This research created a computer model and simulation with the Micrografx computer software program Process™ for the safe handling of ground beef patties and lettuce in a typical fast food restaurant.</p><p>A reference …
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Starved: Food Deserts in the Mississippi Delta
This thesis examines the impact of food deserts on obesity, and builds a case for additional research on rural food deserts independent from urban ones. The Mississippi Delta consistently presents the highest obesity rates within the state, yet both the third unhealthiest county (Quitman) and the …
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The social body of the police
… controlling for lifestyle habits (i.e. eating at fast food restaurants; eating meals from the five food groups; walking/jogging one mile per day; and being injured on the job).
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Nutrition environmental measures for Asian restaurants and Asian grocery stores
… environmental measures survey for Asian restaurants and grocery stores. Target audience: Educators working with Asian clients. Theory, Prior Research, Rationale: Nutrition Environment Measures Surveys (NEMS) provide valid and reliable observational measures of community and consumer …
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Healthy Eating Opportunities and Choices for University Faculty
College food environments can be obesogenic settings due to the availability of fast food restaurants and buffet style cafeteria’s accessible to the university community. These environments often foster eating behaviors that can contribute to rising obesity rates in the United States. The aim of …
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The Impact of Food Environment in Childhood Obesity in the UK: A Systematic Review
… impacting children's eating habits is the food environment, which includes the availability, accessibility, affordability, and marketing of unhealthy food alternatives. In order to better understand how the food environment affects childhood obesity in the UK, this dissertation will …
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Men's talk about food: a discourse analysis
In this thesis I examine men's talk about food. I argue that many academic knowledges of food have adopted a realist epistemological stance that is problematic with regards to the functional and constructive nature of language. Consequently, I propose a focus upon how language is used to construct …
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