Peyton Approved Bakery Case Study

Their prices on petroleum allow them to be a substantial substitute in the industry because of the low switching costs. Consumers are also able to go to other quick service restaurants that either stand alone or operate in another convenient store.

Edmonds, T. P., Tsay, B., & Olds, P. R. (2011). Fundamental managerial accounting concepts (6th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill

The major challenge faced by Ivan Gullien was the development and implementation of the strategy. This was observed in the case that the category performance was going down and there was a minimum growth within the category itself over the last five years. Other challenges may include the increase the current market for the consumption Pillsbury cookie and use of most effective marketing communication.

2) To analyze the existing attitude and usage of consumer regarding RBG cookies in multiple markets of USA and Canada

Competitor’s advertising budget and position: main competitors such as Rideau Bakery have a larger budget to spend and they have positioned themselves as one of Ottawa’s best bakery

Profitability is necessary not just for sustainability but also for expansion and growth. According to Parrino et al. (2012), profitability ratios measure management’s ability to efficiently use the firm’s assets to generate sales and manage the firm’s operations. These measurements are of interest to stockholders, creditors, and managers because they focus on the firm’s earnings. A profitability ratio is the net profit margin which is the percentage of sales remaining after all of the firm’s expenses, including interest and taxes, have been paid (Parrino et al., 2012). Using Macy’s financial data, net profit margin in 2014 is 5.32 percent calculated as net income ($1,486 million) divided by net sales ($27,931 million). The company has seen steady and consistent increases in profitability from 2011 through to 2014 with percent profitability climbing from 3.39 to 5.32 with percentages of 4.76 and 4.82 in the respective gap years in ascending

The gross profit continuously increased with the introduction of soft goods in the store although the merchandise found in the store next door affected his sales considerably. Company’s gross profit was 28.73% of net-sales in 2003 and it increased by 3.12% of net sales in 2007.

The company in fiscal 2012 completed a significant business transformation to convert itself in a pure-play meat-centric foods company with operations primarily in the US. In June 2012, Hillshire Brands (formerly Sara Lee Corporation) completed the spin-off of its international coffee and tea business into an independent, publicly traded Dutch company named D.E MASTER BLENDERS 1753 N.V. (DEMB). The Spin-Off was completed by Sara Lee Corporation effecting a stock dividend of 100% of the outstanding shares of common stock of the U.S. subsidiary CoffeeCo, which manages the international coffee and tea business to holders of Sara Lee common stock. After which CoffeeCo merged with a subsidiary of DEMB.

After reading Sandwich Blitz, Inc. I found it very unique how Dalman and Lei worked together. I have personally worked at a job where the Chief Executive Officer, Chief financial Officer and Employees did not work well together. A lot of business owners do not understand the importance of communication and respect in the business world. I believe a business that works together will lead to a successful business. You should build the business together like a family. The result of doing this will lead to everyone within the business working together to have a successful business; which will lead to growth in the business.

At Peyton Approved the accounting method used the accrual basic of accounting. By using this accounting method, the company revenue is reported on the income statement when the cash is received. The accrual accounting method also provide a better view of the company financial health.

The accrual accounting is more popular and be widely used in business world because it produces more accurate and faithful financial statements that constitute better representation of actual circumstances than its main competitors. The major weakness of accrual accounting is that there is some time issue such like the time of occurred and time of recorded would probably be different and it increases the risk of financial information and the risk of correctness. Also, the accrual accounting generally cost more to operate compared with cash accounting

In an entity, financial accounting, or bookkeeping is the tool used to keep track on financial activities. Users, for example: managers, stockholders, etc. use the result of financial statements to justify behaviors of the entity and make efficient decisions accounting to the data provided. With different basis, companies have various methods to do bookkeeping. Two methods mentioned in this paper are cash-flow basis and accrual basis accounting. Although both methods are applied to record accounting transactions, they vary two major aspects: timing of recognition and matching principles.

The main important purpose of the accounting information system is to promote the activity of the enterprise and to form a reliable and real picture of it. In addition, the accounting information system promotes the activity of the enterprise effectively by preparing up-to-date information statements, providing as much information as possible so that the data should be understandable all users not only for the experts(bookkeepers) and tracking liquidity. Nowadays accounting software is a programme which makes accounting work processes easier and faster and which makes it possible to meet the information demand of the management. It also can support the accountants’ work, helping to compile reports by in helping to compile reports by recording and processing the events concerning the

In 1975, Tony Tan and his brother opened two Ice Cream parlors in Manila, Philippines, also they expanded their menu and start offering quick meals such as hamburgers, hot sandwich and spaghetti but soon they realized that their revenue is more from the side order rather ice cream. In 1978, the Jollibee Food Corporation is formed in Philippines. Jollibee have a dominant position in Philippines because Jollibee is first local fast food in Philippines which they served home style Philippine recipes and give a good service such as keeping the employee happy and treating them with respect.

Based on the competitive advantage, the company should come up with better strategies. The present strategies applied by the company are as follows: