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Essay Instructions: Fundamentals Of Corporate Finance 8th edition
Ross Westerfield Jordan

MiniCase Chapter 1

In early 2001, Doc and Lyn McGee formed the McGee Cake Company. The company produced a full line of cakes, and its specialties included chess cake, lemon pound cake, and double-iced, double chocolate cake. The couple formed the company as an outside interest, and both continued to work at their current jobs. Doc did all the baking, and Lyn handled the marketing and distribution. With good product quality and a sound marketing plan, the company grew rapidly. In early 2006, the company was featured in a widely distributed entrepreneurial magazine. Later that year, the company was featured in Gourmet Desserts, a leading specialty food magazine. After the article appeared in Gourmet Desserts, sales exploded, and the company began receiving orders form all over the world.
Because of the increased sales, Doc left his other job, followed shortly by Lyn. The company hired additional workers to meet demand. Unfortunately, the fast growth experienced by the company led to cash flow and capacity problems. The company is currently producing as many cakes as possible with the assist it owns, but demand for its cakes is still growing. Further, the company has been approached by a national supermarket chain with a proposal to put four of its cakes in all of the chain’s stores, and a national restaurant chain has contacted the company about selling McGee cakes in its restaurants. The restaurant would sell the cakes without a brand name.

1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of changing the company organization for a sole proprietorship to an LLC?


2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of changing the company organization from a sole proprietorship to a corporation?


3. Ultimately, what action would you recommend the company undertake? Why?

Essay Instructions: Please write two menus and answer the questions separately

Fast Food Menu Creation Overview
Explore the nutritional value of menu items at a local fast-food restaurant. Using the available menu items, plan two meals: the healthiest meal possible and the unhealthiest healthy meal possible. Both meals should include an entr?e, a side, a beverage, and dessert.

In a Word document, please answer and discuss the following questions.
Deliverables
1. Describe the healthy meal that you have created from the fast-food restaurant using the nutritional value of menu items.

a. Name the restaurant, and then write a nutritional analysis of the meal you have created. (Explain all of the nutrients found in the meal, like carbs, protein, fat, and some essential vitamins and minerals.)

b. Discuss your reaction to the analysis--make sure to explain why you feel the way you do about this meal. For example, if your meal is composed primarily of fat, discuss that point; if your meal supplies a lot of sugar per serving, discuss that as well. Please also remember to link excess or limited amounts of nutrients with diseases or the potential for disease (too much fat may put you at risk for heart disease, not enough calcium may not support bone health, etc.). Please make sure this section is as detailed as possible.

c. How will this information affect your future food choices? Make sure to explain why you will or will not eat this meal again, and support your answer with the information found in the above sections.

2. Describe the unhealthy meal that you have created from the fast-food restaurant using the nutritional value of menu items.


a. Name the restaurant, and then write a nutritional analysis of the meal you have created. (Explain all of the nutrients found in the meal, like carbs, protein, fat, and some essential vitamins and minerals.)

b. Discuss your reaction to the analysis--make sure to explain why you feel the way you do about this meal. For example, if your meal is composed primarily of fat, discuss that point; if your meal supplies a lot of sugar per serving, discuss that as well. Please also remember to link excess or limited amounts of nutrients with diseases or the potential for disease (too much fat may put you at risk for heart disease, not enough calcium may not support bone health, etc.). Please make sure this section is as detailed as possible.


c. How will this information affect your future food choices? Make sure to explain why you will or will not eat this meal again, and support your answer with the information found in the above sections.

Essay Instructions: OPEN TO ALL WRITERS!!!!

conduct an in-depth study on the dominican culture seek answers to questions like who is considered to belong in the family? what languages and dialects are spoken? how are illnesses treated? which holidays are important to children? what are parental expectations for boys vs girls? what types of food do they eat, including desserts? what types of neighborhoods do they live in? where is the country? what is the elementry school atmosphere like? how are teachers treated in this culture? etc. The research should enable the reader to know more and understand the features and dynamics of a diverse group of people.

Essay Instructions: I need an classification essay on the different of types of service in a restaurant: Fast Food, Buffet, Fine Dining. I picked this topic because I don't like fast food, Buffets are for people who think they are getting a deal, and fine dining is for the rich and famous.
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Another idea would be sorting out the prices of tuna.Cheap Tuna(Chunk Light Tuna .73/6oz.-12.2 cents per oz., In-Between Tuna(Chunk Light Tuna. 1.34/6oz, 22.3 cents per oz), Expensive Tuna(Solid White Tuna 1.88/6oz,31.3 per.oz. My audience is the average grocery shopper.
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Chefs are my audience, classify types of formal-dinner desserts, based on the degree of complexity for preparation. Order the categories from simple to complex.
Double spaced, MLA, 12 pt.font, 800-1000 words. This is DUE:
October 22,2005 @ 7:00PM