Menu Planning and Product Development: Assignment (Doc)

Menu planning and
product development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................2
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Discuss the principles and factors of recipe development................................................3
1.2 Evaluate factors that influence menu-planning decisions................................................4
1.3 Discuss the factors that influence the service methods....................................................4
2.1 Discuss the stages of menu product development plan and factors of recipe develop
menting...................................................................................................................................5
2.2 Evaluate the influences of different factors on the development process........................6
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFRENCES...................................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
Product development is a process in which new product is been launched in the market to
satisfy all needs of customers. Menu planning is the process in which customers can choose the
menu according to their balanced diet. The Italian restaurant that had been mentioned in the
report is pizza pick up. It is an Italian restaurant and international concession that has been
founded in 1958. This restaurant having 16,796 restaurants pizza in all over the world. In the
report the restaurant is need to discuss some principles and factors of recipe development and
assess the factors that influence the menu planning decisions (Wright, 2018). It also make an
emphasis on the factors that influence the service methods. Pizza pick up also discusses the
stages of menu product development plan. It also evaluate the influences of different factors on
the product development process that has been mentioned in the report.
TASK 1
1.1 Discuss the principles and factors of recipe development
Menu development is a process in which people make orders according to their balanced
diet of the customers (Renwick, Redman and Maguire2013). Pizza pick up need to satisfy all
customers wants needs according to their requirement in the restaurant.
Principles of recipe development-
When making the recipe development of pizza pick up the executive chief of the
restaurants considers the following principles-
Availability of resources- The restaurant considers the following recipe that satisfy the
needs and wants of the customers . Pizza pick up make different strategic planning for the recipe
development so that more customers come and prefer the Italian food.
Food habits- Pizza pick up make different food according to the customers taste and
preferences. The restaurant may know what are the habits of the customers who want to buy their
products. If more customers come in their restaurants more demand will be their.
Type of customers- It is a necessary principle so that the restaurant to be know that what
type of customers are coming. Pizza pick up make a list of card in which customers come and
give the feedback for the food they will offer.
Factors of recipe development-

These factors are those when the restaurant depends upon the customers taste and
preferences of the customers. Pizza pick up is an Italian restaurant that make different factors so
that they can analyse the demand of the customers and make special dishes for the customers.
Taste- It depends upon what type of taste that the customers will want to eat in the
restaurant . Pizza pick up make good Italian food so that more customers come and buy their
food. It depends upon the taste of the customers that which dish they will like and on the basis of
it, people give the feedback (Jackson, Schuler and Jiang, 2014).
Colour- This factor make an impact on the colour criteria that it is using. It depends upon
the customers that which colour they would like when they eat the Italian dish depending upon
the taste and quality of products.
Temperature- It depends upon the monsoon region. According to it Pizza pick up it
make the dishes on the basis of the temperature conditions, whether the customers like the dish
or not.
1.2 Evaluate factors that influence menu-planning decisions
As we have mentioned in the above that menu planning depends upon the taste and
preferences of the customers. Their are certain factors that pizza pick up had made an assess that
had on menu planning decisions are as follows-
Weather conditions-Pizza make the dishes according to the weather conditions whether it
is winter, summer and in rainy season. In the summer season customers may like to buy ice
creams that more customers would like to buy it and pizza pick up made exclusive dishes that
more customers come and like their dish .
Availability of food-It is the important factor that restaurant are need to made good dishes
so that more customers came and like their dishes. This may enhance the demand to pizza pick
up when more customers and buy their dishes.
Taste and preferences- Pizza pick up make different menu according to the needs and
preferences of the customers. It depends upon culture, religious, gender and made different
parameters by determining the needs and wants of the customers.
Budget-It is the most important feature that restaurant requires to prepare the budget
according to the needs and wants of the customers (Albrecht and et.al., 2015). It depends on the
cost, sales and the effective desires of the customers. Pizza pick up make a budget scheme when
it analyse the needs and wants of customers.

1.3 Discuss the factors that influence the service methods
There are many factors that make an impact on the service methods. Pizza pick up may
open five star hotel on the road side their it may will have more sales and output (Vaiman
Scullion and Collings, 2012). There are factors that required to influence the service methods in
which people may have desired service or outcome of the products-
Nature of food- It depends upon what type of food they are preparing for the customers
so that they satisfy all needs and wants of the customers. Pizza pick up is a restaurant in which
they are preparing good dishes so that more customers come and make an effective requirements.
Location- This is the main factor of service method in which restaurant have to set a
good location. Pizza pick up set its restaurant in the effective location so that more customers
come and prefer the good dishes.
Budget- It is the necessary output when the restaurant require to prepare the proper
budget according to the needs and wants of the customers. Pizza pick up make different
characteristics that satisfy the needs and requirements of the customers. If more demand will be
occur more supply will be their.
2.1 Discuss the stages of menu product development plan and factors of recipe develop menting
Menu product planning is a process in which restaurants may accomplish the desired
values or outcomes of the given criteria in which they will accomplish the wants and desires.
Stages of menu product development plan-
Know the occasion- Menu can be based according to the special occasions such as
Christmas, Diwali and holi etc. Pizza pick up made different dishes according to the taste and
preferences of the customers.
Plan the recipe- Whenever restaurant made the dishes it plan the recipes that satisfy all
needs and wants of the customers. The people have the desired outcome in which all customers
in the pizza keep up have full motivation for planning the effective desires.
Trail- Whenever pizza made new dish it serve the dish first to the managers of the
restaurant so that the mistake can be overcome before going to the customers
Final menu- After all the phase has been done, the final menu has been made and
effective decisions is been made according to the needs and preferences of the customers
(Moyano-Fuentes, 2014).The dish can be first serve to the managers so that the mistake can be
overcome.

Factors of recipe development-
Market and consumers trends- This factor has been made in order to make different
market trends to the customers so that effective planning can be made. Pizza pick up make
effective characteristics so that consumers have different market trends in order to satisfy all
needs and wants of the consumers (Schaufeli and Taris, 2014).
Focus groups- Pizza pick up made different groups that satisfy all needs of the
consumers and they have different functions. There groups are mainly focuses on the effective
desires of the organisation.
Brainstorming- It is a process in which many people sit together and share different ideas
in the organisation to gather needs and benefits in the organisation. Pizza pick up make different
meetings with the employees when they share their views and effective decisions in the
organisation.
Employees- There are different employees who are working good in the organisation.
Pizza pick up have different employees who share their different ideas and gather some
information in the organisation.
2.2 Evaluate the influences of different factors on the development process
Development process is a term in which effective decisions has been made so that
strategic planning has been made.
Idea generation- This has been enacted in which effective plans has been made and
people can prefer those dishes that have the desired outcome in the restaurant. Pizza pick up is a
Italian restaurant that has generated different ideas in which new ideas can be generated.
Ambience- This can be done when new ideas has been made and effective technologies
been established so that every partner in the organisation will have different dress code in the
organisation. Pizza pick up is a Italian restaurant that had made different dishes in the restaurant
in which various people come and capture different ideas in the organisation.
New products pricing-Their are effective decisions has been made when the organisation
plans and procedures in the restaurant been accomplish various pricing methods. Pizza pick up is
a Italian restaurant that has made more people to come in the restaurant which is helpful in
making effective decisions (Kim and Kumar, 2012).

Employees taste and preferences- It is a process in which pizza pick up made different
characteristics so that more employees be generated and effective decisions be made. The
employees had made different taste and preferences and different values can be generated.
TASK 2
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CONCLUSION
From above report it has been concluded that product development is a process in which
new dishes is been made so that the more customers came. Menu planning is a process in which
new menu is been prepared in order to satisfy all needs of the customers. Pizza pick up make
different recommendations so that the customers can give good feedback to satisfy all needs of
the customers. All new customers have to give positive feedback in satisfying the needs of the
people. The following discussions help to a restaurant to prepare new dishes and the people
could make different planning.

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