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Case Study:The Pizza Puzzle Topic:Deceptive Advertising Involved Parties: George Hansen, General Manager of Augusta Marigold Inn, a Subsidiary of Hospitality Enterprises Sharon Coombs, Food Services...

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Case Study:The Pizza Puzzle

Topic:Deceptive Advertising

Involved Parties:

  • George Hansen, General Manager of Augusta Marigold Inn, a Subsidiary of Hospitality Enterprises
  • Sharon Coombs, Food Services Manager, Augusta Marigold Inn

George Hansen is General Manager for the Marigold Inn in Augusta, Georgia. Sharon Coombs is Restaurant and Food Services Manager for the Inn. She reports to George. Two years ago, Sharon noticed a decline in room service business, the highest margin portion of her operation. This decline coincided with an increase in the national sales of pizza delivery and carryout firms as well as an increase in the number of empty pizza boxes from these firms being left in guest rooms in the Inn. Her immediate response was to install a pizza oven in the kitchen and offer room service pizza to guests. The effort met with modest success, though it was well below her expectations. Questionnaires completed by departing guests revealed a problem of product quality.

Focusing on this problem, Sharon improved the Inn’s pizza until blind taste tests judged it at least equal in quality to the products of the two major pizza delivery competitors in Augusta. Sales did not improve, convincing Sharon that the problem was a perceived mismatch between the hotel’s image and guests’ expectations of pizza makers. Guests simply did not seem to believe that the traditional steak and seafood restaurant at the Inn could make a high-quality, authentic pizza. Based on this conclusion, Sharon presented the following proposal to George:

Sales of room service pizza are stagnant due to guests’ misperception that our product is lower in quality than that of competitors. This misperception is based on the belief that until we disassociate our pizza from the Marigold Inn name. Therefore, to capture more room service pizza business, we should create a ‘Napoli Pizza’ image for our guest room delivery service by:

    • Preparing ‘Napoli Pizza’ brochures for each guest room, complete with a phone number with a prefix different from that of Marigold Inn.
    • The number will reach a special phone in room service, which will be answered, "Napoli Pizza, authentic Italian pizza from old, family recipes.”
    • Using special ‘Napoli Pizza’ boxes for delivering room service pizza to guests.
    • Issuing ‘Napoli Pizza’ hats and jackets to room service personnel for use in pizza delivery. Room service waiters and waitresses will wear these garments to deliver pizza. They will change to their regular uniforms for other deliveries.

How should George respond to this proposal?

Cite any reference(s) you use in the preparation of your essay using proper APA format.


  • Identify all the relevant facts of the case.
  • Articulate overarching ethical issues including the extent of George's responsibility to take action.
  • Identify the various stakeholders, and what is at stake for each one.
  • poses possible alternatives and ethics of each alternative. Paper should explore the possible alternatives and ethics from the Utilitarian Perspective, the Rights Perspective,or the Justice Perspective.
  • Identify all practical constraints.
  • Recommend a specific George should take, directly answers the question "how should George respond?
  • High quality, writing is clear and professional, paper is organized and flows in a logical way.
  • APA style guidelines for references.
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Deblina answered on Mar 06 2022
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Descriptive Advertising: The Pizza Puzzle         2
DESCRIPTIVE ADVERTISING: THE PIZZA PUZZLE
Table of Contents
Relevant Facts    3
Ethical Issues    3
Identifying Stakeholders    3
Possible Alternatives    4
Ethics of the Alternatives    4
Practical Constraints    4
Specific Actions    5
References    6
Relevant Facts
The case study analyses the aspect of the pizza dilemma faced by Sharon Coombs the food services manager of Augusta Marigold Inn. It was identified that room service is the significant element of operation and it was effectively reported that the business of pizza delivery industry was declining and therefore the business wanted to opt for a different solution. This was contemplated by the installation of a pizza oven in the kitchen and offer room service to the customers. In this context, Sharon communicated to George to create a new
and which is called "Napoli Pizza" that will operate within the Marigold Inn. The uniforms and the other visible aspects of the business had to be changed like the employees had to change uniforms for each pizza delivery.
Ethical Issues
The aspect of creating a new subsidiary
and under a big
and is a marketing constituent that is practiced by most successful organizations. However, it is unethical to suggest false...
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