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Showing 1 to 20 of 120 for “"fast food"”.
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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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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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Exploring fast food consumption behaviours and social influence.
… increase in the consumption of convenience-style foods. This change has occurred concurrently with a global rise in obesity rates which has led to some researchers blaming the increased consumption of ‘big brand’ fast foods (such as McDonald’s) for expanding waistlines. Nutritional profiling in …
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Hot Food Takeaways around schools: Can fast food be healthier?
… population are overweight or obese. Calls for food environment interventions include recommendations for restriction or banning of new fast food retailers (FFRs). The Takeaway Toolkit was published by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and aimed to alter consumption of unhealthy …
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A mathematical modeling technique to improve fast-food labor scheduling
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1991.
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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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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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International business expansion through franchising: the case of fast-food industry
… and hypotheses about the nature of international fast-food franchising; 2) to identify the distinctive strategies employed by fast-food franchise firms in foreign markets and 3) to provide a set of guidelines for managers which will assist them in dealing with the challenges of initiating and …
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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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Sources of calcium, vitamin D, fiber, and potassium in American fast food
… from quick service restaurants to determine the fast-food industry⁰́₉s contribution of these nutrients to the American diet. The menu offerings of top-grossing quick-service restaurants in each of seven categories, McDonald's℗ʼ (burger), Subway℗ʼ (sandwich), Taco Bell℗ʼ (Mexican), Pizza Hut℗ʼ …
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A strategic analysis of the trends in the fast-food franchise industry
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1988.
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Employee intention to leave a job: A case of Malaysian fast food industry
… of employees‟ turnover intentions in the fast food industry of Peninsular Malaysia and uses as determining variables items related to ‘job stressors’, ‘job stress’, ‘job satisfaction’ and ‘commitment’. This thesis also created one additional variable, ‘Job feeling‟ which was designed to …
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Intervening to Influence Fast-Food Choices: Assessing Response Generalization in Nutrition-Related Behavior
… intervention, designed to increase healthier fast-food consumption, was evaluated at a national fast-food chain. Participants included fast-food consumers at three separate restaurant locations in southwestern Virginia. Each restaurant received three phases, consisting of fourteen days each. …
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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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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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Flavorful Foes: Assessing Students’ Perceptions of Processed and Fast Food and Its Health Implications.
<p>High fast-food consumption is a common public health concern due to its link to a number of non-communicable diseases and mental health, but increased consumption of processed food, rapid urbanization, and changing lifestyles have led to a shift in dietary patterns. People are consuming more …
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The Role of the Neighborhood Fast Food Environment in Weight Status of Inner-City Children
… in understanding the possible role of local food environment in shaping individual's behavior in ways that may encourage food consumption and affect weight status. This study examines whether fast food availability at the residential neighborhood may explain children's risk for obesity. Data …
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Franchising in a volatile business environment: a case of the fast food industry in Harare, Zimbabwe
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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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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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