Food Service Management: Principles of Procurement, Sourcing, and Analytical Tools for Effective Strategies

25 Food Service
Management

Contents
INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................3
TASK.........................................................................................................................................3
Introduction and overview of different food service contexts with examining the
range of different food supply chain approaches..............................................................3
Explain the principles of effective procurement and sourcing processes for food
service operation...................................................................................................................6
Evaluate the application of different analytical tools to facilitate effective
management strategies.........................................................................................................7
Elaborate the ethical practices of Gordon Ramsay Restaurant and their impact on
overall business success........................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION.......................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES.......................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Every business organization needs to follow the operational management practices
and strategies for smooth functioning of operations. They need to follow the ethical practices
for the success of business. Business are required to use different business frameworks and
tools to facilitate the efficient strategies of management (Torres and López-Cevallos, 2022)
.This report will cover the strategic management processes and practices in food service
industry of London. It will explain the introduction and overview of different food service
contexts in context with Gordon Ramsay Restaurant in Chelsea, London, UK. It has almost
35 fast food outlets in global as well as international markets such as UK, Dubai, France,
Singapore, US etc. The report will cover the different food supply chain approaches, key
stakeholders in this process. It will also cover the principles of procurement and sourcing for
food operations, and tools to support effective management strategies to facilitate operations
in food service organizations. Further, the report will also highlight the ethical practices
followed by the organization that impact the business success.
TASK
Introduction and overview of different food service contexts with examining the range
of different food supply chain approaches
Introduction and overview of different food service contexts
Overview of various food service contexts include their diversity. There are different
kinds of restaurants such as fine dining restaurants that are also called white tablecloth
restaurants. They are fancier and expensive restaurants that provide high quality of food.
These restaurants require dress code. For example, Gordon Ramsay, Chelsea (a three star
hotel in London). Casual dining Restaurant falls between fast food and fine dining
restaurants that have high prices than fast food but low as compared to fine dining. They
require casual dress code. For example, duck & Waffle in London (Lee and Esteve, 2022).
Fast food refers to the quickly prepared food to be sold in the restaurants. Take away
restaurants offer the packaged food that can be eaten promptly. Pop-up service restaurants
are modern services that food stand or food truck service . Their location differs from outdoor
spaces and shipping containers. They provide services for a very short period i.e. 1 to 2
months. Conferences and events are the meetings conducted to discuss an issue related to

the business matters. They both requires food services according to their sizes. For example,
food serves in the conference meetings of Hilton Hotels, US. Themed food services are
categorised by different ingredients and dishes with special culture or a particular
geographical region. For example, an Asian cuisine. A Hard Rock cafe is a suitable example
of a theme restaurant.
In context with Gordon Ramsay, it is a Fine Dining restaurant and a Michelin star or a three
star restaurant. It deals in fast food industry domestically as well as internationally with
around 35 stores worldwide.
Key Stakeholders in the Food Supply Chain
As the food supply chain consists of three main sectors such as agricultural sector,
food processing and companies and distribution sector; it has many stakeholders included in
this process. In this chain, the food flows from producer to customer through the process
of production, processing, allocation, selling and consumption. In context with Gordon
Ramsay, its food supply chain stakeholders include the following:
 Farmer: It is the primary stakeholder that the food is generated by. It includes the
agricultural production of food products. Consumers rely on the organic food
generated from the pure farming method. The food products of Gordon Ramsay
include fast food such as double cheese burger, ravioli dishes etc. that all require pure
farming methods.
 Processor: They are accountable for preserving and processing the food to make the
food products edible for the final customers. They do the processing activities such as
refrigeration, fermentation, heating and drying of raw food products. As Gordon
Ramsay deals in Beef Wellington and other non-veg food products, it also requires
processing activities of temperature etc.
 Distributor and Retailer: These stakeholders are in charge of transportation and
storage of food products after their manufacturing or processing. They need to
measure the temperature and conditions of food products son as to deliver and sell
quality produce to the customers. Gordon Ramsay has many retail stores in Singapore,
UK, USA etc. and it has a fine & safe transportation system as well (Vasilakakis and
Sdrali, 2022).
 Consumer: It is the final stakeholder of food supply chain who finally consumes the
food products and pays for the same. Gordon Ramsay have wide range of customers
internationally as it has stores in many countries.