Today's consumers are seeking for places where they can fulfill various needs within a limited space. Reflecting such trend, the Bakery-café, complex of bakery and coffee bar, is growing robustly with different types of customers. This is attributabl...
Today's consumers are seeking for places where they can fulfill various needs within a limited space. Reflecting such trend, the Bakery-café, complex of bakery and coffee bar, is growing robustly with different types of customers. This is attributable to the fact that domestic coffee-bar industry has been saturated, as well as consumers have been showing greater satisfaction when there are various choices. However, researches on Bakery-café's menu-quality have been limited so far. The purpose of this study is to understand the factors of Bakery-café's menu-quality, and analyze their impact on consumer's satisfaction and intention to repurchase. Eventually the study aims to be used as a baseline data for future researches on menu development for Bakery-cafés.
This study was based on a survey of 300 respondents who had visited any Bakery-cafés in Seoul. 275 responds from 300 were used for analysis. The study conducted regression analysis by using SPSS Win18.0 package, for frequency/factor analysis, and validity/reliability tests.
Summary of the analysis in this study are as follows.
First, among the factors determining menu-quality, taste, price, variety, and creativity had positive correlation with consumer satisfaction, while health had no significance.
Second, taste, price, variety and creativity also had a positive correlation with consumer's repurchase intentions, while health had no significance.
Third, the higher consumers were satisfied, the higher were their repurchase intentions.
This study has following implications.
First, This thesis, unlike the preceding research, conducted studies on menu-qualities of Bakery-cafés, which provides a small academic implication in broadening the scope.
Second, this study conducted analysis on each factors affecting menu-quality, and thereby segmented customer needs. The study suggests that the industry should pay greater considerations on menu-qualities.
Third, The study suggests that Bakery-cafés should consider consumer satisfaction when developing their menu, in order to be differentiated from its peers, amid a fierce competition in the industry. In order words, Cafés should enable customers to variate their choice by developing various and creative menus.
Limitations of the study and future research directions include the following.
First, this study had limitations from its sampling methods as well as from the sample's characteristics. It is difficult to generally apply the results as this study conducted convenient sampling based on those visited Bakery-cafés in Seoul. It will be necessary to subdivide the samples in future studies.
Second, this study provides simple definition and characteristics of Bakery-cafés. It will be more meaningful if specific suggestions on industrial institutions are mentioned in future works. Also, specified factor analysis on menu-quality determinants combined with demographic-based marketing strategy would be found meaningful.