Factors that affecting consumer decision to choose Papa’s Food in RomeA shopping mall A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of BSc Business Management OFF CAMPUS DIVISION Student’s Name: Tran Hoang Long Student ID: 2124773 Class: BAM058 Supervisor: Mr. Ron Smith Module Title: BAM6001 - Dissertation Module Tutor: Dr. David Ratcliff Submission Date: 1st May 2023 I DECLARATION I hereby declare that I am the sole author of the work contained in this dissertation. It has never before, in whole or in part, been submitted for another academic degree.
All sources have been accurately cited in text and in the references list provided. Student: Date: II ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I want to start by expressing my gratitude to Dr. David Ratcliff for his helpful insights into the field, which I used to guide me through the early stages of writing this dissertation. I would like to express my gratitude to Mr.
Ron Smith, my supervisor, for spending so much time mentoring, reviewing, and offering comments so that my dissertation could be enhanced. In closing, I want to express my gratitude to my family and friends for their unwavering support and assistance as I worked on my dissertation. III ABSTRACT The primary research objective of the thesis is to identify the variables that influence consumers' decisions to select Papa's Food from the food court of the Romea shopping mall in Ho Chi Minh City's District 3. The author's research model includes the following 7 elements: (1) Product quality; (2) Service quality; (3) Promotion; (4) Price perceived to be appropriate; (5) Additional services; (6) Place, (7) Reference group.
According to the research, other diners' decisions to choose a restaurant are influenced by seven factors, including Accordingly, (1) Product quality (FQ), Reference group (RG), (3) Complementary products (PS), Promotion (PRO), (5) Quality Service Quality (SQ), (6) Perceived Appropriateness of Price (PR), and (7) Location (LO) are the factors that have the greatest influence, the author proposes 7 corresponding management implications for the Papa's Food restaurant at RomeA shopping mall food court, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City IV TABLE OF CONTENT TABLE OF CONTENT. v LIST OF TABLES. iix LIST OF FIGURES .xi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.1: About Papa’s Food .2: Justification for the chosen topic: .3: Object of the topic: .5: The study's objective and scope. 4 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW .1: The basic concept .1: Shopping mall and food court .2: Restaurants and restaurants in the food court of the shopping mall .1: Foreign study cases .2: Related research by domestic author .3: Proposed research model.1: Research process and methodology .2: Research ethics checklist .4: Data analysis method.1: Descriptive statistics method .2: Evaluating the reliability of scales using Cronbach’s Alpha coefficients .3: Exploratory Factors Analysis (EFA) .4: Pearson correlation analysis .1: Descriptive statistics of the samples .1: Cronbach’s Alpha test of scales .2: Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA).
58 CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND LIMITATIONS .1: “Product quality” factor .2: “Reference group” factor .3: “Additional service” factor .5: “Service quality” factor .3: The limitations of this research and direction for future study. 83 Item-Total Statistics. 86 Item-Total Statistics. 87 Total Variance Explained.
90 Total Variance Explained. 94 VIII LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Summary of factors in a review of some studies. 11 Table 2:Product quality scale. 20 Table 3:Service quality scale.
21 Table 4: Price scale. 22 Table 5: Additional service scale. Error! Bookmark not defined. Table 6: Location scale.
Error! Bookmark not defined. Table 7: Reference group scale. 24 Table 8: Promotion scale. 24 Table 9: Consumer decision scale.
25 Table 10: Sample characteristics. 34 Table 11: Cronbach’s Alpha of Product quality scale. 39 Table 12: Cronbach’s Alpha of Product quality scale. 40 Table 13: Cronbach’s Alpha of Service quality scale 37 Table 14: Cronbach’s Alpha of promotion scale.
37 Table 15: Cronbach’s Alpha of Price scale. 38 Table 16: Cronbach’s Alpha of Additional service scale. 39 Table 17: Cronbach’s Alpha of Location scale. 40 Table 18: Cronbach’s Alpha of Reference group scale.
40 Table 19: Cronbach’s Alpha of Consumer decision scale. Error! Bookmark not defined. Table 20: KMO and Bartlett's Test and Total Variance Explained. 43 IX Table 21: KMO and Bartlett's Test and Total Variance Explained.
43 Table 22: Rotated Component Matrixa. 45 Table 23: KMO and Bartlett's Test of Consumer decision. 47 Table 24: Total variance explained. 52 Table 25: Component matrix of consumer decision.
53 Table 26: Pearson correlation analysis results. 49 Table 27: Model Summary b. 52 Table 29: Regression Coefficients. 61 Table 30: Conclusion of hypotheses.
63 Table 31: Mean values of “Product quality” factor. 58 Table 32: Mean values of “Reference group” factor. 60 Table 33: Mean values of “Additional service” factor. 61 Table 34: Mean values of “Promotion” factor.
62 Table 35: Mean values of “Service quality” factor. 63 Table 36: Mean values of “Price” factor. 65 Table 37: Mean values of “Location” factor. 66 X LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Factors affecting the choice of high-class restaurants of Dhaka people.
8 Figure 2: Research model of Trương Thị Xuân Đào (2016). 9 Figure 3: Research model of Tran Tien Lam (2014).4: Author’s research model. 12 Figure 5: Research process (Source: Author’s construct). 18 XI LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ANOVA Analysis of Variance EFA Exploratory Factor Analysis KMO Kaiser – Meyer – Olkin Sig.
Observed significance level SPSS Statistical Package for the Social Sciences XII CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1: About Papa’s Food Papa’s Food is a small private restaurant founded in 2019 with the goal to deliver a delicious and nutritious lunch, which is beneficial to health, for busy people, particularly office workers. Because the target customers are office workers and students with little time to rest, the operating time is 8am - 2pm, especially 12pm (Papa’s Food, 2019).2: Justification for the chosen topic: RomeA Shopping Mall is one of Ho Chi Minh City’s largest shopping centers, with a large number of rich and diverse facilities. Especially eye-catching is the first-class food court with more than 10 top-class restaurants, each with its own personality to suit guests’ tastes. Usually, Papa’s Food restaurant is his one of the most famous brands here, but it’s fairly new and faces stiff competition from big name brands in the same space, such as SanFuLou, My Tho Noodle Soup, etc According Duong (2021), there are over 540,000 dining options in Vietnam.
The number of stores is approximately 278,424 for the micro model, 34,128 for the medium model, 153,576 for the small model, and 73,872 for the large model. Of course, these numbers will continue to grow as the mining potential is still huge. Due to the feasibility and urgency of the above issues, the author chose the topic “ Factors affecting the decision to choose Papa’s Food restaurant for diners at RomeA shopping mall food court, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City” 1 1.3: Object of the topic: 1.1: General Object An investigation of the factors that can influence patrons’ choice to choose the Papa’s Food restaurant in the RomeA Shopping Center Food Hall, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.2: Specific Object Identifying the factors that impact customers’ decisions to eat at Papa’s Food eatery in the food court of RomeA Shopping Center. Measuring the influence of elements that affect the choice to select the Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, food market and eatery Papa’s Food District 3.
Based on the study findings, the author will make recommendations to assist Papa’s Food restaurant draw in more customers when they visit RomeA shopping mall in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City.4: Research Questions: What factors affect customers’ choice of Papa’s Food restaurant in the food court at RomeA Shopping Center, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City? The degree of influence of factors affecting customers’ choice of Papa’s Food restaurant at RomeA shopping mall food court, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City? Recommendations based on an analysis of the factors affecting customers’ decision to choose Papa’s Food restaurant at the RomeA shopping mall food court, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City.5: The study’s objective and scope Research object: Factors affecting the decision to choose Papa’s Food restaurant of diners at RomeA shopping mall food court, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City. Survey object: Customers who have used the food service at Papa’s Food restaurant of diners at RomeA shopping center food court, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City. Scope of research space: Food court of RomeA Shopping Center, District 3, City. Research time range: Primary data collection period: from November 2021 to January 2022 Secondary data collection period: from July 2021 to March 2022 1.6: Research Methods To accomplish the stated research objectives, the dissertation will utilize a combination of the following research methods: 1.1: Qualitative research: Building model research and preliminary scales based on theory and the findings of a number of prior studies, including studies in Vietnam and other nations.
Conduct in-depth interviews with customers who have used and routinely use food service at RomeA Shopping Center, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, based on the preliminary model and scale. Concurrently, Ho Chi Minh City talks with food and beverage industry experts and experienced individuals to modify and perfect the study model and scale.2: Quantitative research: After building the draft scale and complete questionnaire, the author uses the draft scale to conduct a preliminary quantitative survey of 40-50 votes. From the obtained results, complete the draft scale and give the official scale. Utilizing data obtained from a survey distributed to customers who used food services at RomeA Shopping Center in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City.
Surveys can be conducted via live stream or through the Internet. Data will be processed with the support of SPSS software version 20. The scale will be applied following the EFA preliminary factor analysis, correlation analysis, and Cronbach’s Alpha reliable numerical system method evaluation to test the model and research hypotheses. Requirements in quantitative research: (1) Preliminary quantitative survey 40-50 votes; (2) Analysis of sample characteristics; (3) Reliability testing; (4) EFA analysis; (5) Pearson correlation analysis; (5) Regression analysis; (6) Testing the research hypothesis; (7) Test the differences in individual characteristics of respondents; (8) Analysis of mean (means) 1.7: Summary In Chapter 1, the author presents the selected organization for the research, justifies the research topic, and concurrently proposes all three aspects of the study, including the area of investigation, research subjects, and research questions.
The impact of organization on job satisfaction will be discussed in detail in the chapter that follows, along with a review of the relevant literature and studies. 4 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1: The basic concept 2.1: Shopping mall and food court A shopping mall is a contemporary, multifaceted commercial business structure that includes a range of commercial and service facilities, including halls, meeting spaces, and rental offices (Lawnet, 2019). Concentrated in one or more nearby building factories, while adhering to industry standards for business divisions, technical equipment, and management levels, as well as organizational structure. Shopping malls are typically constructed on large lots in city centers to guarantee customer convenience and profitability.
Additionally, compared to supermarkets, shopping centers are much bigger. A food court is a large dining area that sells various kinds of food and is typically found in a mall, supermarket, or small restaurant. Food courts have been around for years in the worldwide market. However, since it has only been available in Vietnam for five years, it has become a popular new venture for many consumers.2: Restaurants and restaurants in the food court of the shopping mall A restaurant may engage in the business of providing dietary advantages and other complimentary services in order to turn a profit.