By Kathryn Evans, Anna Hogan, Ashley Litoff, and Lauren Mendicino

 Technology  Government  Global Environment  Cultural  Social  Legal  Global Trade

The Culinary businesses use technology for different things such as: o Online pre-ordering o Bill payments o Advertising (ex. Websites) o Drive-through o Keeping records (often compiled into a report so that the owner/manager knows how the business is doing.) Some issues that could occur with technology: o Technology isn’t always reliable (computer malfunctions) o Technology such as computers and different types of systems usually cost a lot of money that the business may not have.

The Government affects the culinary businesses because:  The government protects culinary businesses with trademarks and copyrights -many restaurants copyright their name or logo so that other places that sell food cannot sell products with their name, and get credit for them.

Some examples of ways that legal issues can affect a culinary business:  Law suits (food poisoning, injuries occurring at the restaurant etc.)  Permits (need permits for their business)  Contracts (building contracts etc.)

 The culinary businesses are all over the world. Many of them are affected by the global environment especially the economy. When the economy drops, many people do not want to go out for meals because it is much cheaper to eat at home.  In the culinary business there is a lot of competition. If different restaurants get publicized more and have better prices, people may eat there more often than other restaurants that may have better quality.

 Restaurants bring many different cultures to different places.  In America, we have restaurants from many parts of the world that represent the different cultures in the world.  Some examples of cultural restaurants would be: -Italian (ex. Bucca Di Beppo, Carrabba’s) -Mexican (ex. Chipotle, 3 Margaritas) -Chinese (ex. Tao, Panda Express, PF Changs) -Indian (ex. The Taj, Bombay Bistro) -French (ex. Brasserie Ten Ten) -Mediterranean (ex. The Med) -Greek (ex. Daphne’s)

 Many farmers grow their crops according to their culture. If the farmer was from an American Indian culture, he may favor corn over other vegetables. This could be an issue for exports because there would be more of a certain product than another. This could be an inconvenience for the companies receiving the goods.  Many people will go to restaurants according to their culture. This would affect the culinary industry because the dominating culture in a country would most likely go to restaurants of their same culture. Therefore, restaurants that are not of that culture may not be very successful.  Some cultures are centered around the culinary business. This is a major problem because if the cultures are centered around a generally unhealthy type of culinary business, it can lead to obesity.

 Restaurants are a great place for social life. Many people enjoy going to restaurants with friends and family to eat, drink, and enjoy each others company.  In many European countries, they value meal times as a social gathering. Because of this, they tend to take longer at restaurants, which could cause problems for restaurants because there will be less room for incoming customers. This occurs all over the world, but is most common in Europe.

Ways that Global Trade could affect the culinary business:  If there is a shortage of food in another country that we get imports from, it could affect our culinary businesses  If other countries export systems aren’t shipping fast enough, the food the businesses need won’t get there in time.  If food that the culinary businesses import is bad and gets recalled, it could have poisoned customers and all of that food would have to be thrown out.

-Some current business trends are:  People want to get their food quickly.

 Restaurants are making their services much quicker  Fast food restaurants have evolved because of customers need to eat on the go.  Some restaurants are adding drive thru lines such as Starbucks