Jeff’s Pizza must maintain attractiveness from customers by staying above the uprising competition in Ames. Two new pizza restaurants have opened up right next to Jeff’s Pizza on the same street within the last year. These new pizza restaurants, as well as other pizza restaurants in Ames, have become significant threats to Jeff’s Pizza. Although there are many aggressive competitors in Ames, the main competitor that Group 16 wants to focus on is Blaze Pizza. This is because of location. Blaze…
dishes and give them a creative and zany twist that brings in people from all over. Not only are they the only Italian restaurant in Chicago to be four stars but they are also marked as a must see destination for celebrities and higher ups. While the cuisine never loses sight of its Italian roots it still manages to be wonderfully modern. Not to mention they offer and amazing wine selection that comes arm-in-arm with its own sommelier to pair a wine with every course. But no restaurant would be…
At the present time there are about 800 millions vegetarians in the world. Besides, more and more people are becoming vegetarians, even though the others can’t imagine their life without meat. Vegetarianism is partial or complete rejection of food that is animal origin. There are different types of vegetarians, the variety depends on what the person refuses to eat. The most common type are the lacto-ovo-vegetarians, who eat both dairy products and eggs. Less common type are the…
In my previous paper, I mentioned how a Hispanic homeless man was kicked out of an establishment because he was seen as a disturbance. I made a point that he just wanted a place to rest and a slice of pizza. However, one customer started complained, once the vagrant came to her to ask for money. As she was arguing with the homeless man she made a point that homeless people decide to be homeless. And, that just seems like she was blaming the victim; blaming the homeless man for not being to have…
truck to the existing fleet of three and possibly another route. The changes should result in an increase in revenues as well as profits within a two years. Saigon Pete’s is a chain of food trucks serving banh mi sandwiches and other Vietnamese cuisine in San Francisco, California. The food truck trend started around 2010 primarily with tacos and other Mexican food. Saigon Pete’s came onto the scene with a single food truck a few years later in 2012 and began…
Background: Huy Fong Foods is an American Company founded in 1980 in Los Angeles, California.1 Huy Fong Foods headquarters is in Irwindale, California (“Huy Fong Foods”, n.d). The founder of Huy Fong Foods is David Tran who came to America in 1978 as a Vietnamese refugee (“Huy Fong Foods”, n.d). Upon moving to California, David Tran, noticed there was a lack of hot sauces that pleased his Vietnamese palate (Hammond, 2013). Because of this, he decided to make his own hot sauce. He started in…
“I view travel through the lens of food; And I am never disappointed in the cultural riches I find.” — Rebecca Wheeler owner and guide at chicago food walks Natalie Hall, Denison, discovered new (to her) foods on Rebecca’s Devon Avenue, Chicago, food tour. Taste Maker — rebecca wheeler invites you to visit the foodways of india—via one of her chicago food walks. Food. It’s one of the most satisfying (and filling) ways to discover other cultures. I recently embarked on an afternoon of discovery…
The Italian American Discourse Community During the past couple of weeks I have been observing the Italian discourse community, which I am apart of as my immediate family are Italian-Americans. Through the many observations, I have been able to grasp a better understanding on how distinct the Italian-American community is in comparison to the other communities around me. I examined the community Italian-American discourse community rigorously and I found many characteristics that make the…
1. Interview After having an interesting interview with Vanessa Hernandez, a Mexican student at Durham Tech in the library on October 20th, I understood more about the culture as well as food of Mexican people. First, when we were talking about Mexican culture, I realized that Mexican culture and Vietnamese culture have some common values. Vanessa was born in Michivacan, Mexico. When she talked about most of the population in her hometown were Christian, I was thinking about the movie “Conquest…
anything feeling and not sweet. It could be a plate of noodles, a sandwich or a plate of fried rice. Until today, Jannine still eat more her own culture food and she barely eat “American” food. However, Jannine does eat a lot of differentces of Asian cuisine. Jannine believe that the changes in her food culture is mostly due to modern life. When Jannine were still in the Philippine, she, her friends and many younger Filipinos would usually eat at least one meal a day that is non-traditional…