A Fast-Food Chain Is Redesigning Its Restaurants

question 178

Multiple Choice

A fast-food chain is redesigning its restaurants. One of the main questions facing the chain's management is, "Should the new restaurant design include a salad bar?" A researcher in the company finds an article in a restaurant trade magazine containing the results of a study about salad bars. The results indicate that salad bars are costly to maintain and are not a major attraction to consumers. Based on this information, management decides that it will not have a salad bar as part of the new restaurant design. This example illustrates the point that:

• A) Situation analysis sometimes eliminates the need for conducting further research in a problem area.
• B) Situation analysis is very costly in terms of time and money.
• C) Secondary data from sources outside the company is always better than secondary data from sources inside the company.
• D) Secondary data from private sources is always better than secondary data from government sources.
• E) Collecting primary data is always necessary in order to make good decisions.

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