Search results for "Restaurant industry"
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Food healthy knowledge, attitudes and practices: Survey of the general public and food handlers
2017
AbstractModifying the energy content of foods, particularly foods eaten away from home, is important in addressing the obesity epidemic. Food handlers in the restaurant industry are uniquely placed to influence the provision of reduced-calorie foods, but little is known about their opinions on this issue. The objectives of the present study were to determine the general public and food handlers׳ knowledge and opinions, issues and barriers related to providing these items on the menu, and about the influence of the calorie content of restaurant items on customer intake. The food handlers surveyed had a significantly lower food science knowledge score than the general public. There was signif…
Research on Unrealistic Optimism among HoReCa Workers as a Possible Future Hotspot of Infections
2021
As we are facing a new surge of the highly infectious delta variant of COVID-19, there is an urgent need for research to reduce the harm before this next wave hits. In the present paper, we present data that is alarming. We have found that HoReCa (hotels, restaurants, and catering services) workers, who are highly exposed to many new social interactions in close contact, present an unrealistic optimism (UO) bias: they perceive themselves as less at risk to this virus in comparison to others. From the literature, we already know that individuals holding this view are less involved in preventive actions and present more risky behaviors. In the face of the delta variant, this leads to the conc…
Discrimination based on place of residence and access to employment
2014
International audience; The purpose of this study is to assess the degree of employment discrimination against young people according to their place of residence. We considered several spatial scales in order to measure the effect of the reputation of the administrative department or county, the town or municipality and of the local neighbourhood. The evaluation is performed using correspondence test data carried out between October 2011 and February 2012. We studied 2988 candidacies that were submitted to 498 job offers (waiters and cooks) within the restaurant industry and located in the Paris area. Statistical and econometric results pointed out that resident effect is significant and im…
Restorānu nozares tirgus analīze Almati pilsētā
2020
Gaukhar Zakirova. Bakalaura darbs “Tirgus analīze par restorānu nozari Almati pilsētā”. Šajā darbā tika veikta Almati restorānu nozares analīze. Mērķis ir noteikt galvenās stratēģijas, kas uzlabo sniegumu restorānu nozarē Almati tirgū. Galvenais uzdevums ir, sasaistot teoriju un praktiskos tirgus analīzes piemērus dažādu valstu restorānu nozarē, sasniegt šī darba mērķi. Rezultāti parāda restorānu nozares mūsdienu situāciju Almati tirgū, tā stiprās un vājās puses. Bakalaura darbā ir 16 attēli, 35 tabulas, 4 pielikumi un 121 lappuses. Pētniecības periods aptver 2019 – 2020.
Effects of new logistics services on restaurants' business model and strategy
2016
The restaurant industry is present in every part of the world and has been a subject of significant interest for academic scholars. Despite being a more stable industry, technological innovations have started to reach restaurants as well. The purpose of this research is to study and analyze one of these innovations introduced to the full-service restaurant industry. Traditional delivery services in the restaurant industry have been acting as agents between restaurants and customers with the restaurants being in charge of the delivery. However, the food logistics service providers examined in this study offer their restaurant partners‟ new services such as control of the delivery process and…