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Critical Thinking
13. Organize. Create a poster that shows the
structure of the foodservice industry. Use
pictures from magazines, photographs, or
illustrations to show the different categories.
14. Design. Create a restaurant concept that
includes the target market, theme, ambiance,
décor, and menu. Prepare a display that
describes your restaurant concept.
15. Predict. Imagine you are the manager of a
foodservice business. Choose one of the 12
functions of foodservices. Describe what
would happen to your business if this
function were not performed.
16. Make inferences. Decribe the target market
for the following restaurants: Olive Garden,
Famous Dave’s, Cici’s Pizza, McDonald’s,
and Starbucks. You may use the Internet to
fi nd information.
17. Identify. Develop a detailed chart that shows
the foodservice businesses within your
school’s zip code.
18. Produce. Research a country whose cuisine
you have never tried before. Find and
prepare an appealing recipe from that
country and take pictures of the resulting
food. Give a report to your class describing
the country, its culture, its food, and the food
you prepared. What is your opinion about
this particular cuisine?
Common Core
19. Speaking. Give a presentation on why the
choice of a target market is a major part of
the restaurant concept.
20. Listening. Interview a parent or another
adult on their experiences at fi ne-dining
restaurants.
21. Writing. Write an essay explaining why
customer feedback is important to a food and
beverage operation.
22. CTE Career Readiness Practice. Imagine
you work for a local restaurant with a 1950s
concept. Your supervisor tells you and your
team that the restaurant is losing business
because the theme is no longer appealing to
the target market—adults aged 21 to 40. Your
team assignment is to develop a creative and
innovation plan for solving this problem. Use
the following process to produce your plan:
• Analyze the problem. Look at the
problem from all potential angles.
• Apply past learning/brainstorm
possible options. What similar problems
has your team dealt with in the past?
What aspects of past learning might you
use to solve this problem? Brainstorm
a list of possible solutions without
passing judgment on any options. Accept
all ideas—including those that seem
impossible—and piggyback off the ideas
of others.
• Gather new information for solving
the problem. Examine recent research
and data. What costs (both fi nancial
and human) are involved in solving the
problem?
• Organize data and compare all the
options. What research best offers
the best possible options for solving
the problem? What new and unique
alternatives can you identify? What risks
are involved with each solution? How
can each solution benefi t the employer and
solve the problem? What impact will each
solution have on customers and others?
• Choose an option for solving the
problem. Identify the option that has the
best potential value.
• Summarize the actions necessary to
solve the problem. Write a proposal
identifying the creative actions your
team would take for solving the
problem. Note the data that supports
your actions. What is the cost involved
in implementing the solution? How long
will it take to implement the solution
and determine its impact?
College and Career Readiness