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Showing 1 to 20 of 342 for “"Restaurants"”.
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Customer compatibility in restaurants
… perceptions of good value in three types of restaurants. Overall, the findings indicate that customer behaviors and characteristics are not as important as the restaurant attributes investigated in the 1992 National Restaurant Association price-value study. However, the findings suggest that …
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Social organization of authenticity in Mexican restaurants
… form the "authentic" experience for patrons of restaurants. The second major theme explored in this dissertation is the subjective dimension of authenticity among Mexican immigrant men working in the Mexican restaurant industry. Traditionally marked as women's work, restaurant food preparation …
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Child Friendliness of Restaurants: A Pilot Study
… instrument to measure the child friendliness of restaurants using a combination of previous literature and focus groups. The pilot study consisted of a thirty-six item survey instrument that was distributed to forty individuals. Among the forty individuals who received the survey instrument, …
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Consumers' attitudes of fast food restaurants in hotels
… 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, the consumers' preferred attributes of these restaurants and …
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Chefs' Perceptions of Zero Waste Cooking in Restaurants
… waste reduction practices in Northwest Arkansas restaurants; chef’s perceptions of these practices and zero waste cooking; the impact these practices have on successfully implementing sustainability; and the biggest challenges in reducing food waste in restaurants. The results of this study will …
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Follow the Leader: A Followership Perspective in Restaurants
… explore the leadership theory of followership in restaurants to examine the connections between followership training, voice behavior and employee turnover rates. The study adds to the existing knowledge of followership in the hospitality industry and provides ideas for future research and …
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Design of a flexible system for roadside restaurants
Thesis: B. Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 1938
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Fields, restaurants, grocers, abattoir : food spaces in Austin, Texas
… operated from 1931 to 1969; three different restaurants that marked different times of Austin’s history; the home-grown organic-luxury grocer, Whole Foods Market; and four urban farms whose controversial presence provoked a conflict over the neighborhood they are embedded in. This …
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Customer satisfaction of dining experience in Malaysian malay restaurants.
… is Customer Satisfaction in Malaysian Malay Restaurants Dining Experience. The research was conducted in three Malay family restaurants in Malaysia by using an inductive Case Study research approach. The aim of the research was to propose a conceptual framework for customer satisfaction …
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Strategic Choice and Financial Structure in Casual Themed Restaurants
… for a high bankruptcy rate. Many multi-unit restaurants exist in the casual themed restaurants strategic group in the Unites States, and many small independent restaurants are also present. The firm's strategic choice and its relationship with financial structure became a topic for my …
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Differences in daily dietary intake between students who eat at least one meal in restaurants and students who don't eat in restaurants
Studies indicate that eating away from home is associated with childhood obesity. This study examined the difference between away from home meals and home meals. Students aged 11-14 years old were recruited from four middle schools in the Houston area and completed four 24-hour recalls in 2008. …
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Rural Chinese Restaurants: Current Perspectives on Family and Business Structure
… restaurant entrepreneurship continues. The restaurants allow immigrant entrepreneurs to build relationships in the communities as well as to provide a service. This research presents a current perspective on Chinese immigrant labour in the rural restaurant industry. This study addresses the …
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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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Consumer involvement in ethnic restaurants: a measure of satisfaction/dissatisfaction
… Washington D.C. metropolitan area ethnic restaurants. Information was obtained by asking consumers to answer a four part, 86 item questionnaire. Correlation analysis revealed that opinion (r = 0.17, P < 0.04), belief (r = 0.28, P < 0.01), and behavioral intentions (r = 0.19, P < 0.02) of …
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Working for tips in restaurants: problematic aspects of the achievement principle
… principle. Managers do the assessing. In restaurants, tips are the main reward of a server's performance. Customers do the assessing. In both cases, there are problematic assumptions that there can be just and ascriptive-free criteria for assessing performance or "capable" authorities for …
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A Socio-Psychological Analysis of Eating Behaviors at Fast Food Restaurants
The purpose of this study was to explore the mutual interaction of attitude 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 …
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Indigestion or Thriving Metabolism? People of Color-owned Restaurants Digesting Sustainability
This study explores people of color-owned (POC) restaurants under the governance of Washington, DC (DC) who provide community programming. Since 2009 ‘sustainable’ legislative changes have affecting DC’s food industry, causing a change in operational costs and allowable materials to serve food. DC …
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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 area of the …
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The relationship between restaurant attribute satisfaction and return intent in theme restaurants
Theme restaurants were designed to provide their customers with a meal coupled with an entertaining experience (Bagli, 1998). After a rapid rise in popularity in the early to mid 1990's, theme restaurants began to experience a decline in market share. As the theme restaurant segment experiences the …
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The relationship between employee turnover and customer service quality in casino restaurants
… turnover and perceived service quality in casino restaurants. The restaurants were buffets, steakhouses, and coffee shops in casinos in three geographic locations. The study uses both cross-sectional and time-series data in a linkage model. It then analyzes the nature of this relationship on both …
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