{"title":"Busiest Store in a Cramped Space: Can a Ghost Kitchen Optimize Coffee Shop Efficiency?","authors":"Yue Zhu, Mansha Pi, Xiaoyi Zhu, Karen Byrd","doi":"10.1177/21649987241270419","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This case study describes a common foodservice business dilemma related to service inefficiency. Service inefficiency is typically multi-factorial, and operators need to reflect on several internal and external aspects to make needed changes. Therefore, this case aims to provide an analysis that includes aspects of various stakeholders, technology-involved business operation decisions, and service innovation solutions to diminish the negative effect of service inefficiency at a university-based coffee shop. The case describes possible solutions that connect the current trend of the ghost kitchen phenomenon with the technological evolvement of autonomous food delivery robots.","PeriodicalId":515966,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Cases","volume":"52 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Cases","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21649987241270419","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This case study describes a common foodservice business dilemma related to service inefficiency. Service inefficiency is typically multi-factorial, and operators need to reflect on several internal and external aspects to make needed changes. Therefore, this case aims to provide an analysis that includes aspects of various stakeholders, technology-involved business operation decisions, and service innovation solutions to diminish the negative effect of service inefficiency at a university-based coffee shop. The case describes possible solutions that connect the current trend of the ghost kitchen phenomenon with the technological evolvement of autonomous food delivery robots.