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MARKETING DOCTOR

Symptoms
Owner of an upscale ABC restaurant comes to
market researcher. His restaurant sales are decreasing
from last three years.
MDP: What should be done to improve the restaurant
sales?
Market Researcher Initial Diagnosis
Asks DM about the recent history and challenges of
company, about the competitors and their recent
initiatives, about the decision making body of the
company, about the available time and money for this
research.
Collects info about economic, legal environment and
customer behavior in restaurant industry
Asks local experts of restaurant industry about the
reason why ABC restaurant sales are going down
Conducts secondary data analysis to confirm the
pattern of restaurant industry sales and ABC
restaurant sales in last three years.
Conducts interviews with ABC restaurant customers
to identify the problem
Researcher identifies that it could be poor physical
environment of restaurant, but he is not sure
Problem definition
Determine and compare ABC restaurant with
competitors on service quality and its dimensions?
Components:
1. Who are the competitors?
2. What are the dimensions of service quality?
3. Determine and compare ABC restaurant on
these dimensions w.r.t competitors?
4. Determine the overall service quality of
ABC restaurant w.r.t competitors?
Developing an approach to problem
1. Theory: Dimensions of Physical
environment of restaurant Layout, Table
settings, Facility Aesthetics, Lighting
Ambience, Service Staff.

Q1: Determine and compare ABC restaurant
with competitors on Facility aesthetics of
restaurants.
NHA: There is no difference Facility of
aesthetics between ABC restaurant and its
competitors.
AHA: There is a difference on Facility of
aesthetics between ABC restaurant and its
competitors.
Q2: Determine and compare ABC restaurant
with competitors on Layout of restaurants.
NHA: There is no difference in layout
between ABC restaurant and its competitors.
AHA: There is a difference in layout of
between ABC restaurant and its competitors
Q3: Determine and compare ABC restaurant
with competitors on Table settings of
restaurants.
NHA: There is no difference in table
settings between ABC restaurant and its
competitors.
AHA: There is a difference in table settings
between ABC restaurant and its competitors
Q4: Determine and compare ABC restaurant
with competitors on Lighting Ambience of
restaurants.
NHA: There is no difference Light ambience
between ABC restaurant and its competitors.
AHA: There is a difference lighting
ambience between ABC restaurant and its
competitors
Q5: Determine and compare ABC restaurant
with competitors on Service Staff of
restaurants.
NHA: There is no difference on service staff
between ABC restaurant and its competitors.
AHA: There is a difference on service staff
between ABC restaurant and its competitors

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