Approaches of Food Supply Chain and Key Stakeholders in Food Service Management

Food Service Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................5
P1) Discuss different approaches of food supply chain along with the details of key
stakeholders involve in process...................................................................................................5
P2) Effective principles of procurement and sourcing in context of food service operations....7
M1) Effective supply chain methods and strategies of procurement to improve company's
effectiveness................................................................................................................................8
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................8
P3) Explain how different analytical tools are applied to support effective management
strategies......................................................................................................................................8
P4) Different practices of management to operate business successfully in food service
organisations.............................................................................................................................10
M2) Develop an evaluation of management tools that are applies for success of business
operations in food services sector ............................................................................................11
D1) Recommendations to support management practices and strategies in order to enhance the
effectiveness of business operations........................................................................................11
TASK3...........................................................................................................................................11
P5) Discuss how corporate social responsibility and ethical practices affects food services
organisation...............................................................................................................................11
M3) Analyse ethical business practices and their impact on business in reference of food
service business.........................................................................................................................12
D2) Discuss various ethical practices with their influence on organization of food service
sector.........................................................................................................................................12
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Food service is an industry that is responsible to provide better beverages and food to
consumers. Food service management is an activity that is performed in order to render quality
food services to end users so that they get satisfied. Under this, managers train staff members of
restaurant in order to serve customers effectively (Roseman, Mathe-Soulek and Krawczyk,
2017). It comprises various activities to provide hygienic food to guest in cost effective manner.
For the current report Hard Rock Cafe is taken into consideration. It owns a chain of theme
restaurants globally and has headquarter in United States. It was founded in London in the year
of 1971 and expanded business overtime. Now the cafe has presence in nearly 74 countries
worldwide. The report comprises approaches of food supply chain along with the stakeholder
involved in process. In addition, various principles that are essential for procurement and
sourcing of material are also included in report. Further,it also comprise strategies of operations
management and significance of ethical management for the success of business.
TASK 1
P1) Discuss different approaches of food supply chain along with the details of key stakeholders
involve in process
Food service management is a business function to provide better, hygienic, meals,
beverages to customers at right time (Njage and et.al., 2018). It also comprises to make eatable
goods available to end users at their convenient place. The main aim of food service managers is
to meet with to serve quality food to buyers that meet with predefined benchmarks in affordable
price range. Hard rock cafe is a prominent restaurant that offers a range of ready meals, cuisines,
beverages to guest in order to achieve desired goals. Different food services offered by
respective cafe are given as under:
Theme food services- Under this, companies use attractive themes to grab the attention of
visitors. For this, managers design creative as well as innovative approaches to provide
overwhelming experiences to customers. Hard rock cafe owns a number of theme restaurants
across the globe to attract domestic as well as international audience. It owns a number of music
instruments, attractive pictures, autographed guitars that makes it ambiance more lurculative.

Casual Dinning- Hard rock cafe arranges quality food with comfortable sitting for guest
at reasonable price. Here the ambiance is comfortable and full with positive vibes where
customers can relax with amazing food services.
Fast food and take away-Hard rock cafe also provides a range of fast food to meet with
the needs of potential guest. In addition, it also provide take away facilities so that customers can
enjoy food at their convenient place (Lu and Wang, 2016).
Range of food supply chain approaches
Food supply chain refers to the process by which company make meals, dishes,
beverages available to end users within minimum possible time. It is essential to own effective
supply chain in order to meet with the needs of customers in best possible way. In context of
Hard rock cafe, different approaches of food supply chain are discussed as under:
Direct supply chain-In this, organisations collected required raw materials from suppliers
directly in order to eliminate additional expenses. Hard rock cafe adopts efficient approaches of
supply chain management to gather necessary raw material from vendors and meet with the
needs of customers on timely basis. In addition, managers keep proper control over process so
that they can provide standers services to end users at suitable price.
Outsource supply chain- Companies take help of third parties to deliver goods to
customers in an efficient manner ( Shin, Kim and Severt, 2019). These person are competent
enough and able to manage whole process effectively. With this, managers of Hard rock cafe are
able to serve consumers in best possible way by providing them quality meals at their nearby
places.
Key stakeholders involved in process
Stakeholders are person who have grate interest in business operations as they are
associated with entity for their own benefits. They affect the overall business functions by their
activities. There are several stakeholders such as consumers, employees, managers, investors and
many more. Major key persons of Hard rock cafe who are involved in overall food service
process are mentioned as under:
Consumers- Consumers are the most important stakeholders of an entity as they consider
as a major source of revenue to run a company. In food service industry, there are customers who
order food and pay money for it. Hard rock cafe, has a large base of consumers who avail its