Since the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games many hotels has been built. It is difficult to success in the management of the Food-Service business because of growing number of restaurants. For this reason the Satisfaction of the customer's needs and wants is th...
Since the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games many hotels has been built. It is difficult to success in the management of the Food-Service business because of growing number of restaurants. For this reason the Satisfaction of the customer's needs and wants is the very first factor to gain the superiority in the Food-Service Industry.
In consequence the requirement of a study on the customer's satisfaction degree with the western restaurant menu and dishes was proposed in this viewpoint.
The results of this study are as followings.
The first, the market distribution of the restaurants is not even.
The second, the customers underestimate the values of dishes in comparison with prices.
The third, menu explanation and promotion passages are not suitable and customers can't understand the written passages on the menus.
The fourth, the artistic aspect of menu copy is ignored.
The fifth, the customers highly need nutritious and dietetic menus.
The sixth the services of the restaurant employees are not enough and the customer's satisfaction of the entire meal is low.
Accordingly the alternatives are suggested as followings.
The first, it is necessary to attract the customers according to the market segmentation. To do this Food-Service managers have to practice a survey on the customers.
The second, to satisfy the customer's needs to advance and to keep their health, menu planners have to develop the dietetic and nutritious menus.
The third, it is necessary to introduce the food quality control system. To do this the customers be asked about the contentment with dishes after a meal.
The fourth, menu planners have to use the adequate descriptive words in written passages on the menus and to consider the customer's artistic desire in designing the menu copy.
The fifth, the restaurant employees serve the customers actively and positively. The employees play an important role as a personal sales promotion method.
In this opinion the business managers of the Food-Service Industry have to investigate the customer's needs and wants and to try to satisfy their needs and wants constantly.
There are few studies until now because of the difficulties of survey on the customers. Lastly I expect many scientific and systematic studies on the customer's satisfaction with the restaurant menus and dishes.