scholarly journals Trends in Own Revenue of Indian States: Is Special Status Justified?

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. V. Bhanu Murthy

"Given the importance of Sensory Marketing in the field of QSR (Quick Service Restaurant) industry, the objective of this paper is to identify the key sensory factors that influence customers’ selection of a fast food restaurant. The purpose is to find out the factors in order of influence to answer the question of whether sensory factors play any significant role in the choosing a fast food restaurant. For this quantitative study, data of 1600 respondents were collected through structured questionnaire from four international fast food chain restaurants (KFC, McDonald, Domino’s and Subway) across four cities (Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad) of India. To meet the research objective and to test the hypothesis statistical tools; Factor Analyses and Multiple regression were used. Factor analysis revealed three components, namely: Sensory influence, Promotional influence and Monetary influence, due to their high factor loadings. Further, multiple regression analysis results indicated that the Sensory factor contributed significantly to the model followed by Promotional factor and Monetary Factor. This study concludes that Sensory Factor is the most influencing factor for customers to select a fast food restaurant contrary to the belief of Promotional and Monetary factor. This study not only adds to theoretical insights of the literature of Sensory marketing but also recommends its practical implications to the marketing managers and practitioners of the QSR industry.

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prof Mohammed Abdul Azeem ◽  
Mr.Sharafat Hussain

"Given the importance of Sensory Marketing in the field of QSR (Quick Service Restaurant) industry, the objective of this paper is to identify the key sensory factors that influence customers’ selection of a fast food restaurant. The purpose is to find out the factors in order of influence to answer the question of whether sensory factors play any significant role in the choosing a fast food restaurant. For this quantitative study, data of 1600 respondents were collected through structured questionnaire from four international fast food chain restaurants (KFC, McDonald, Domino’s and Subway) across four cities (Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad) of India. To meet the research objective and to test the hypothesis statistical tools; Factor Analyses and Multiple regression were used. Factor analysis revealed three components, namely: Sensory influence, Promotional influence and Monetary influence, due to their high factor loadings. Further, multiple regression analysis results indicated that the Sensory factor contributed significantly to the model followed by Promotional factor and Monetary Factor. This study concludes that Sensory Factor is the most influencing factor for customers to select a fast food restaurant contrary to the belief of Promotional and Monetary factor. This study not only adds to theoretical insights of the literature of Sensory marketing but also recommends its practical implications to the marketing managers and practitioners of the QSR industry.


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharafat Hussain ◽  
Mohammed Abdul Azeem

Given the importance of ‘Sensory Marketing’ in the field of QSR (Quick Service Restaurant) industry, the objective of this paper is to identify if sensory factors influence customers’ selection of a QSR. Data of 1600 respondents were collected from four international QSRs (KFC, McDonald, Domino’s and Subway) across four cities (Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad) of India. Factor analysis revealed three components, namely: Sensory influence, Promotional influence and Monetary influence, due to their high factor loadings. Further, Multiple regression analysis indicated that the Sensory factor contributed significantly to the model followed by Promotional and Monetary Factors. The study concludes that Sensory Factor is the most influencing factor for customers to select a QSR contrary to the general belief of Promotional and Monetary factors. This study adds to theoretical insights of the Sensory marketing literature and also recommends its practical implications to the marketing managers of the QSRs.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 49-54
Author(s):  
Caixia Hu

The restaurant industry is one of the largest and fastest growing sectors in the economy in the United States. According to the National Restaurant Association (NRA), the food service industry is the third largest industry accounting for more than 4% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). Shake Shack is an American fast food restaurant chain based in New York City. It started out as a food cart at Madison Square Park in 2000, and its popularity grew steadily. Shake Shack is currently one of the best fast-food restaurants in the world. This article discusses the successful business model of Shake Shack through IPO analysis.


2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher A. Wingrove ◽  
Boris Urban

Orientation: Franchising is a popular and multifaceted business arrangement that captures a sizeable portion of the restaurant industry worldwide. Research purpose: The study empirically investigated the influence of various site location and branding factors on the growth of franchised fast food restaurant brands across the greater Gauteng region. Motivation of the study: Researching which factors influence the growth of franchised fast food restaurant brands is important for an emerging market context such as South Africa when considering the marked increase in the consumption of fast foods. Design: A sample of 140 customers was surveyed from 12 leading franchised fast food outlets. Primary data were collected for various items representing site location and brand factors. Regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses. Findings: The overall findings showed that convenience and central facilities of a retail location are positively and significantly associated with the growth of the franchise fast food outlet. Practical implications: The study findings have implications for practitioners who need to take into account which factors influence revenue growth, since targeted interventions may be required to implement sustainable strategies by franchisors. Contribution: The findings may serve as a catalyst for this growing and important activity in South Africa and other emerging markets.


2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jalal Hanaysha

<p class="ber"><span lang="EN-MY">The main purpose of this study was to examine the direct effects of restaurant location and price fairness on brand equity in Malaysian market. The data were collected from several customers of international fast food restaurants in <span>East Coast </span>Malaysia. Convenience sampling methodology was utilized to obtain the responses from 384 customers during different times of data collection period. The collected data were coded into SPSS and analysed using structural equation modelling through AMOS 18. The findings indicated that restaurant location has significant positive effect on brand equity and its dimensions namely, brand image, brand loyalty, brand preference, and brand leadership. Moreover, it was found that price fairness has significant positive effect on overall brand equity and its dimensions. These results suggest that a restaurant location that is visible and accessible to customers seems to be an important factor in determining business success. Moreover, consumers tend to evaluate a restaurant brand based on price fairness that is matched with the quality of the offering. Therefore, this study urges policy makers in fast food restaurant industry to consider restaurant location and price fairness when designing their branding strategies.</span></p>


2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-28
Author(s):  
Sri Hartini ◽  
Lesti Hartati

ABSTRACTThe objectives of this research are: (1) to identify the most important environmental factors that led to a variety of consumer preferences for fast food restaurants in Bogor; (2) to measure the relative performance of consumer satisfaction attribute in fast food restaurant industry in Bogor by using approach of importance performance analysis; and (3) to identify the pattern of competition among fast food restaurants in Bogor City with the use of SPSS scoring method. Data analysis method used is Fischbein analysis consist of quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis. The results showed that: 1) hygiene factors should be put forward because the concept of fast food restaurants attract more consumers from middle to upper economic level, and of course it is critical to give an assessment of the condition or circumstances in all aspects of the service from fast food restaurants; 2) the level of service provided to the consumer most attributes are in the low priority position matrix with the percentage of 53%, the attribute on the matrix to maintain the achievement is in the second with the percentage of 33%, followed by the main priority attribute is only 9% and the last attribute on the matrix excessive with percentage of 5%. This means there are still many attributes that do not have significant effectiveness to the services provided by each attribute; 3) can be determined the average total scoring of KFC restaurant (20.56, 14%), McD restaurant (18.29, 12%), Pizza Hut restaurant (16.67, 11%), Trio restaurant (15.98,11%), restaurant of Simpang Raya (15.96,11%), Burger Kings restaurant(15.87,10%, Rumah Anai restaurant, (15.18; 10%), and Dominos restaurant (14.83,10%).Keywords: Community Preference, Fast Food Restaurant, and Bogor City


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