Impact of Food and Beverage Management on Reducing Operational Cost: A Case Study of Associated British Foods Plc

Research Proposal1
(The impact of food and beverage
management in reducing the
operational cost of an organisation:
A case study of Associated British
Foods Plc.)

Table of Contents
An introduction to the research context...........................................................................................1
The areas of academic endeavour....................................................................................................1
A research question(s)......................................................................................................................3
Research aim and objectives............................................................................................................3
References........................................................................................................................................4

An introduction to the research context
Food and beverage management can be defined as the study of management which
relates with the food logistics and food servicing. For example, managing budgets and planning
menus along with the ordering and inventory. It also functions the human resources such as
hiring expertise for all the departments in the company. Department are front office, back office,
finance, technology, customer service, marketing sales, operations, kitchen, supply chain
management and many more (Chowdhury, et.al, 2020). It is important for the food and beverage
sector to focus on the operational cost because it is majorly caused by the food wastages and
other cooked materials. Therefore, the following discussion is based on the concept and role of
food and beverage management within UK organisations. The below report provides the insight
of strategies of food and beverage management to reduce the operational cost. Moreover, it also
views the impact of food and beverage management strategies on operational cost. The entire
study is conducted on Associated British Foods Plc. It is one of the leading international food
processing company headquartered in UK and established in 1935. It deals with the products and
services like diversified international food and ingredients. It is considered as the second largest
in the world in producing the sugar and baker yeast. Other ingredients includes emulsifiers,
enzymes and lactose.
The areas of academic endeavour
Concept and role of food and beverage management within UK organisations
According to Okumus, Taheri, Giritlioglu and Gannon, (2020), Food and beverage
management is associated with the management within the hospitality industry and restaurants. It
is basically the segment of the hospitality sector which majorly focuses on the operations in the
hotels and restaurants along with the resorts and catering companies. Moreover, it also includes
hospitals and many more. This is the industry where all the companies are involved in the
activities like processing raw food materials. It is also involved in the packaging of final product
and also distributing them. This generally includes the fresh and prepared foods which is further
is divided into alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages.
According to Mangla, Sharma, Patil and Xu, (2019), Food and beverage sector
contributes in in the large profits making in the hospitality industry. This is because now a days
there is an increase of the business meetings and personal or social events and catering as well.
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