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Table of Contents
Intoduction ..................................................................... 3
Article One ..................................................................... 3
Comparison of Article One and Two ..........................14
Analysis of a Service in the Hospitality Industry........ 16
Findings Part One ± Potential Customers .................18
Findings part Two ± Current Customers ....................19
Linking to Concepts..... ë
Recommendations ......................................................22
Conclusions ................................................................. 22
Reference List .............................................................22
Appendix ...................................................................... 22
Appendix One: Questionnaire .................................... 22
Appendix Two: Results From Potential Customers... 25
Appendix Three: Results From Current Customers .. 26
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INTRODUCTION:
This Essay explores a fast growing segment in the Hospotality industry known as
how to provide the best service quality to the Hospotality industry.These studies
are focused on resteraunt service quality and introduce theorys and concepts on
Primary Research has also been conducted to evaluate these studies and
provide an analysis of how the concepts and theories of the studies hold up in
Article One
Article One was found in the Journal of Hospitality and Research and is based
quick-casual restraunts.
Before going any further I feel it is important to address the definition of a ³quick
casual restertaunt´ as this is a new and fast growing category in the current food
industry.
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KisangRu and Heesup define a quick casual restaurant as being
³a category that fills a restaurant niche between fast -food and full service´
People are beginning to eat out more and more and are looking for something
healthier then the main chain takeaways. Quick -Casual Restaurantsprovide two
options either healthy takeaway options or a full service sit down menu. Quick-
Sale restaurants generally havea high sales volume and target adult customers
The three main dimensions studied in article include Price, Satisfaction and
Behavioral Intention
(c) To explore the moderating role of perceived price in relations hips between
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Kisang and Heesup conducted focus groups, pilot tests and a questionnaire to
asses the associations with food, service, price, physical environment and
customer satisfaction with quick casual restaurants. All items were assessed on a
7-pointLikert scale and data quality testing and regression models were used
Results of the study indicted that customers of quick -service restaurants are most
quality of service.
This indicates that the taste and quality of foo d should be highly monitored in
should direct their focus to feedback about the food. This will also enable waiters
vouchers to the restaurant if they were not happy with their meals. This enables
the restaurant to get a second chance as the customer (depending on the amount
of dissatisfaction) will return t o your restaurant to spend their voucher, where you
get a chance to persuade there thoughts of the restaurant and decline negative
word-of mouth.
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·hen evaluating restaurants to eat for lunch or breakfast new customers
atmosphere, and layout to analyze what they think the restaurant will deliver as
they are not able to actually taste the food until they decide to become a
customer.
ensure that their décor reflects what the restaurant offers and has an inviti ng feel
to it. Clark and ·ood argue, ³tangible rather then intangible elements are of
patronage.
Although this conflicts with the results from the study (that quality of food is
note that results from the study were based on current customers rather then
potential new customers. I think it would be interesting to compare the two results
to see the difference in opinions, which can then be related to what the physical
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This study begins to understand the fundamental rules around quick -casual
Environment (e.g., attractive interior design and décor, comfortable seats, high
go somewhere that feels like home. For this reason, National Restaurant
are investing more than ever before in restaurant design and décor as they strive
to create a setting that will set them apart from the competition.
From this standpoint quick-casual restaurants are then able to (with little cost)
kind of Physical and Ambient environment and teaming it with high quality food
and service will equate in the highest level of customer satisfaction. Therefore
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Dineserv: A Tool for Measuring Service Quality in Restaurants 6
Article two looks at how current restau rants are offering high service quality to
growing urbanization and the impact of transport and communication have fuelled
a strong demand for restaurant services´´. In a bid to provid e customers with the
high level of service quality restaurants are looking for any way to be noticed by
the crowd. ·ait staff are also highly trained in there bid to receive repeat
customers.
This study focuses on one of the main concepts used today in ser vice quality in
DINSERV is considered one of the most reliable, relatively simple tool for
derived from the SERVQUAL model which is designed to measure service quality
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of personnel.
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By having customersawnser these questionnaires allows a manager to look at
how their customers view the restaurants service quality and allow them to make
Although, have you ever been to a café or restaurant and had to fill out a
fairly new subject in the service quality sector. Many developments in Service
This studyalso provides insight into how important Relationship Qual ity is to a
Figure One was created by Kin et al. (2006) and examines the predictors and
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Figure One:
area comfort, and cleanliness, furnitures and fixtures, rest rooms and
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This is indicative of the taste and freshness of the food supplied and the standard
Mac Laurin and Mac Laurin (2000) concluded that food quality was one of nine
for developing customer satisfaction and loyalty within the restaurant industry.
empathy
(Fornell et al., 1996) among the dining staff and customers loyalty (Gustafsson et
al., 2005). A customer oriented dining staff will have a positive influence on
It reveals the interaction and conversation with familiar receptionists (Scanlan and
communicate with a service provider enhances co- operation and trust between
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them during the relationship building process (Pa rsons, 2002).
v) Relationship Benefits
This refers to the benefits that customers are likely to receive as a result of having
a long term relationship with a service provider (Reynolds and Beatty, 1999).
recognition, rapport and special treatment were all benefits of maintaining a long -
Price fairness indicates reasonable prices of the food items served in a restaurant
compared to those charged by the competitive firms which maintain the same
al., 2006). Oh (2000) sugge sted that price fairness has a positive impact on a
You may notice that these 5 factors are very similar t o those in the DINESERV
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relationship the restaurant has with the customer is very important in providing a
·hen entering a new restaurant a customer will already have a perceived quality
in what they expect the restaurant can offer. By making the customer feel
great way to entice new customers to your store. Staff should also be trained in
giving the same service quality to EVERY customer. New customers are just as
important (if not more important) then current customers, they are the people who
Article One focuses on the quality of food, quality of physical environment and
The study compares to Article Two by providing more information some of the
The results from Article One infur how important each factor if the DINESERV
model is. Quality of food being top of th e list closely followed by physical
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However Article One did not look into the Relationship benefits that highly effect
service quality. This may be because the relationship with the customer is hard to
keep consistent, as there are many different cultures and such a variety of people
that one kind of service may not fit the next person in line.
I feel it important for the front of house staff to be able to distinguish the difference
For example, a family of four who arrive for lunch should be treated differently
then a person who comes in for a takeaway coffee. This does not mean that
because the family will spend more money that they should have priority of
service. Instead its about analyzing which type of service they expect.
For the takeaway coffee customer this may be a fast service, with quality coffee
at a good price, with a barista that they can trust every morning to make quality
coffee.
For the family of four they would most likely be expecting table service, a smiling
informative waiter, something to entertain the kids and a fair priced menu.
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In conclusion both Article One and Two show similar concepts and Theories and
should allow both new and current customers to be continually happy ad for the
From the findings above I have decided to take the DINSERV concept to the
Sitting Duck Café located in the ·est Haven Marina , Auckland. The Sitting Duck
café is a quick ± casual restaurant, they sell pies, sandwiches, Panini¶s, slices
and biscuits all to eat in or takeaway. They also offer a full sit down service and
and ceaser salads to name a few which may be served with wine beer or fresh
juices.
This quick-casual restaurant is open from 7am till 4pm weekdays and 4.30 on the
weekends. This allows for the resteraunt to catch the early morning workers
around the westhaven marina to come in including suitable lunc hes for people to
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I devised a DINSERV model to analyze The Sitting Duck café, I also am going to
pre expectations are to the café and continue to recomm endations on what I think
The Questionnaire can be found in Appendix One. The Questionnaire was tested
on 20 people. Ten of which were new customers , 10 who had been there before.
The Likert scale was used to be able to analyze customer¶s feelings about certain
areas. The scale used in a Likert model is a bipolar scale respondents are asked
to rate the level at which they agree or disagree with a given statement. A Likert
with this I asked 10 current customers and 10 potential customers. I noticed that a
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lot of people walk dogs, job and cycle around this area so potential customers
were easy to find. To define a potential customer, this is; a person who has a
similar need or want and who might be willing and able to in exchange satisfy that
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Also potential customers are people who have not already been a custom er so it
the DINESERV model, and potential customers will be evaluated using the
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A second questionnaire was made to analyse the pre purchase expectations and
analysis of the physical environment at The Sitting Duck Café. The physical
environment is an important indicator when selecting a new resteraunt.
The questionaare and its results can be found in Appendix 3.The questionaare
was tested on 10 potentail customers who had not eaten at the Sitting Duck Café.
The Questionaare was tested using a 5 pointLikert Scale . This questionaare was
based around three concepts presented in Article one, customers are most
effected by the quality of food followed by quality of physical environment and
quality of service. This will be measured in terms of pre expectations. Find
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Results from these finding shows that customers pre perceptations and
expextations are very low. ·hen looking at the resteraunt potential customers
thought it had poor food quality, cheap prices, poor furniture quality and would¶nt
show the place off to friends. This is a big worry for the sitting duck. If current
customers feel the same they are more likely to get small individua l meals for
people who cant afford much, rather then big tables of people who like to take
there time and in term end up spending more money. ·hen relating this to the
reults from current customers you can see that the Physical Quality Attributes are
very low on both scales. This is a cause for concern and is developed more in
depth in the recommendations section of this assignment.
By linking these results to a customer value model may help The Sitting Duck
Management to work towards better results in po tential customers.
The framework below shows how to develop and deliver customer value
Service estabishments are all about value creation, they work to provide a
specific value which is also known as a compeditive advantage, this can be
persued through many channels such as quality of food, quality of service,
physical attributes. Although, I do advise that alll
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Although this is a very general reading (there would have been time and quality
constraints if a proper sized survey was developed) however, it is obvious to see
some problem areas at The Sitting Duck Café .
The one major issue this survey returned was the Physical Attributes of the café,
where presentation,layout, aroma, music and quality of equipment all had poor
results. I agree with the feedback from this. According to Article One Physical
Attributes are one of the most important factors in gaining the best customer
satisfaction. So why is The Sitting Duck still running?
You may also note that The Sitting Duck has excellent foo d quality. This is the
most important factor in creating custo mer satisfaction, therefore fight food
qualityalong with the great location , helpful and welcoming waiters provide The
Sitting Duck with a good overall service quality.
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Another main indicator of service quality is the Price. For me as a student price is
the main indicator on whether I will be a repeat customer or not . ·hether my
expectations of the overall service is high enough to feel that is it worthy to spend
my money on. Obviously everybody is not in my financial situation and therefore
my opinion maybe varied then people who are in the yaughting and boating
industry. Although after doing the DINESERV survey it seems other customers
feel the same way. It is important to note that Price was only just qualified as
poor. This may be caused from the lack of perceived quality.
This links to the concept of disconfirmation of expectations. Current customers
feel that there expectations don¶t meet what they actually received, Therefore
there maybe maybe dissatisfied customers.
Expectations represent what the customers realistically believe they will receive.
The resteraunt industry is fierce and many establishments seem to over promise
and under deliver. The Expectations -confirmation theory posits that expectations,
coupled with perceived performance, lead to post -purchase satisfaction. This
effect is mediated through positive or negative disconfirmation between
expectations and performance. If a product outperforms expectations (positive
disconfirmation) post-purchase satisfaction will result. If a product falls short of
expectations (negative disconfirmation) the consumer is likely to be dissatisfied
(Oliver, 1980; Spreng et al. 1996).
The four main constructs in the model are: expectations, perform ance,
disconfirmation, and satisfaction. Expectations reflect anticipated behavior
(Churchill and Suprenant, 1982). They are predictive, indicating expected product
attributes at some point in the future (Spreng et al. 1996). Expectations serve as
the comparison standard in ECT ± what consumers use to evaluate performance
and form a disconfirmation judgment (Halstead, 1999). Disconfirmation is
hypothesized to affect satisfaction, with positive disconfirmation leading to
satisfaction and negative disconfirma tion leading to dissatisfaction.
A major debate within the marketing literature concerns the nature of the effect of
disconfirmation on satisfaction. The root of the problem lies in the definition of
predictive expectations as the comparison standard for perceived performance. In
such case, the confirmation of negative expectations is not likely to lead to
satisfaction (Santos and Boote 2003). To overcome this problem, researchers
have proposed other comparison standards such as desires, ideals, equity, or
past product and brand experience (see reviews by Halstead, 1999; Yi 1990 and
analysis by Tse and ·ilton, 1988. Also see Spreng et al. 1996; ·oodruff et al.,
1983).
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