ISSUES/TRENDS

What  do you think is the biggest issue or trend affecting the food service  industry these days? How did this trend or issue come about? What are  restaurants doing, or what should they be doing, to address this trend  or issue? What are the long term ramifications of this trend or issue?
 

Prepare a research paper on what you feel is the most pressing or  interesting issue or trend facing foodservice today. How will you, as a  manager, address the questions presented above?

Be  sure that you include at least four industry resources that identify  this particular trend or issue as being concerning to the foodservice  industry.  You may use sources such as the National Restaurant  Association, The American Culinary Federation, Council on Hotel  Restaurant and Institutional Education, Society for Food Service  Management, Hospitality Net, Nation’s Restaurant News, or other  respected industry resource.

Remember,  you want to synthesize the information that you have read, not just  restate it.  Conduct the research, read through your materials and  formulate your own supported opinions and conclusions as to why this  issue is important, how it is affecting the industry, and what the  industry is doing to address it.
 

Your thesis statement should be in bold, within the first paragraph of your paper.   A thesis statement is usually one sentence that clearly states what you  will be proving within the paper.  This thesis is the main idea of the  paper and should be developed, explained and supported with your  resources and examples throughout the paper. Do not include an abstract  for this essay.

Submission Instructions: Your submission should be a  minimum of 900 words, using APA format, including a title page and a  correctly formatted reference page, with a minimum of 6 current  industry scholarly resources.  ABSOLUTELY NO PLAGIARISM, NO GRAMMATICAL ERRORS. DUE 5/18/18 AT 11AM.