ABSTRACT

Once a fortnight a management meeting takes place at Dinner Ltd. The following people are present: Managing Director, Freddy Fortune; Commercial Director, Gerald Glass; Chef, Bert Berman; Assistant Chef, Dan Diamond; F&B Manager, Harry Haddock; Assistant F&B Manager, Carl Campbell; Head of Finance and Administration, Charlotte Cohen; Secretary, Jenny Jacobson. At the last session it had been decided that the possibilities for partial automation of the menu prices and menu planning would be investigated. It would be possible to automate the planning of menus that did not differ too much.