Welcome to The Team Task: Choosing the Next Big Value Restaurants Location.
You are part of a team of FOUR executives, all working together to recommend a new restaurant location.
Big Value Restaurants is a nationwide chain known for traditional American cuisine, including burgers, steaks, and pastas, served in generous portions. With a family-friendly and casual atmosphere, the chain boasts over 500 locations nationwide. Following recent growth, there is now an initiative to further expand by opening new locations.
As a member of the executive purchasing team, you and your colleagues are tasked with evaluating three potential locations for the new restaurant: East Point Mall, Starlight Valley, and Cape James Beach. It is your responsibility to recommend one of these locations to the Board of Directors and CEO, ranking them from most to least desirable based on a set of criteria.
Task Instructions
Your group will play the role of purchasing executives for Big Restaurant who are tasked with evaluating three locations that are being considered for a new restaurant opening; East Point Mall, Starlight Valley, and Cape James Beach. Your group's job is to rank these locations in order from most to least desirable.
Big Restaurant wants your group to specifically focus on the following ten attributes, which they feel are most important for deciding the location to open a new restaurant:
- At least 50 parking spaces
- Larger than 2,000 square feet
- Purchasing cost of less than $1MM
- No more than 2 direct competitors in vicinity
- Substantial foot traffic
- Low maintenance costs
- Large tourist population
- Large student population
- Quick access to waste disposal
- Large population of employable individuals
Please note that no attribute is more important than another, and all attributes should be treated equally. The most desirable location is the one that fulfills the largest total number of attributes (criteria).
Each member of the group has been provided with a list of attributes (criteria) that are satisfied by each location. Please note that each group member's list is different. Your list may not be complete (i.e. include blanks), and another group member may have information missing from your list. There are no inconsistencies or contradictions between lists. You may tell others information from your list, but please do not directly copy and paste, share, or display your list to other group members during the chat.
As mentioned above, your group's goal is to rank the three locations in order of most attributes met (i.e. the highest ranked location will meet the most criteria, second-highest location will meet the second-most criteria, etc.). You will have approx. 5 - 10 minutes to complete the task. Good luck!