A formula restaurant is a subcategory of formula retail business. It is characterized as a restaurant regulated by contractual or other arrangements to standardize menus, ingredients, food preparation, interior / exterior design and/or uniforms. Formula retail    is a type of sales activity required by contractual or other arrangements to offer a standardized array of services and/or merchandise, trademark, interior / exterior design and/or uniforms.Town of Jaffrey Planning Board Proposed Zoning Changes Summary, Public Hearing January 22, 2018, Town of Jaffrey, New Hampshire (.pdf)  The definition often refers to "substantially identical to a specified number of other restaurants, " a number which may vary.McCall, ID proposal to amend restriction from "one or more" to "five" (. pdf)San Francisco retail use (11 or more)Port Townsend (14 or more) Difference between a formula restaurant and a "chain " There is considerable financial overlap, but "chain restaurant" refers to ownership or franchise , whereas "formula restaurant" refers to the characteristics of the business. A formula restaurant doesn't need to be a chain but it generally is . Nevertheless, most codified municipal regulation relies on definitions of formula restaurant or formula retail (although non-codified restrictions will sometimes target "chains"). Formula retail Formula restaurants are a subset of formula retail businesses. Disguised formula restaurants In some cases, a chain may establish a set of formula restaurants but attempt to present each venue as unique. This is common with hotel chains, which rely on centralized meal planning and management, but still want to avoid the appearance of their in-house dining facilities being formulaic. Generally, the local manager is encouraged to modify the corporate menu so as to present the appearance of a unique character, while still building the menu around a corporate model (e.g., several entrees based on frozen chicken breast in accordance with a corporate formula).Building a Successful Hotel Restaurant, Hotel F&B, 4-Jul-2007First Hospitality Group's Justin Harkey wants hotels to create a new recipe, Hotel Management 13-Apr-2017 Nevertheless, it is often possible for the consumer to identify disguised formula restaurants by their marketing indicator; e.g., intense use of staged photographs on the menu, frequent use of marketing buzzwords (or marketing terms) such as "add" listed under multiple menu items.Restaurant menus and pictures: Yes or No?, gritsandgrids.com Concerns have been expressed that formula restaurants harm the unique characteristics of cities and towns.The Impact of Chain Stores on Community, Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR)ILSR report on Sanibel, Florida business restrictionsHow do chain restaurants embody gentrification? Marketplace 5-Dec-2014  Formula restaurants tend to be marketing centric or based on perception. Formula restaurants  harm local independent businesses.Hyper gentrification and the Disappearance of Local Businesses, governing.com Formula restaurants (at least formula fast-food restaurants )  rely on an economic model that encourages the use of disposable tableware. www.skoozeme.com/issues/dontbus.html This in turn relies on training consumers (adults and children) to bus disposables, but not durable tableware. Formula restaurants create a negative economy in waste and food distribution, in part to support the business model of the controlling corporation. Formula restaurants accelerate gentrification but deteriorate quality of life.   Legal issues Formula restaurant restrictions (and formula retail restrictions in general) have been challenged as an impermissible restriction on interstate commerce (in the US), as exceeding municipal zoning authority , The Park at Cross Creek v. City of Malibu Calif. Ct. App., 2nd. Dist. Filed 21-Jun-2017 (.pdf)Chain Store Ordinance Resurrected From the Dead, The Malibu Times 1-Nov-2017 %DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% Restrictions are generally held permissible if they are not arbitrary, and directed to the character of the business and not the ownership.California Appeals Ct. upheld San Diego ordinance restricting formula retail businesses in Coronado from Vermont Planners Association (.pdf)Coronado challenge to Formula Business Restrictions, Institute for Local Self-RelianceCoronadans Organized for Retail Enhancement v. City of Coronado, 2003 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 5769, Calif. Ct. App., 4th Dist. Filed 13-Jun-2003 (.pdf ) Response and regulation Informal restrictions and restrictions not defining formula retail or its equivalent Ketchum, Idaho has traditionally restricted franchise restaurants through the zoning approval process. The city has no formal formula restaurant ordinances. Iceland has informal health restrictions that discourage some formula restaurants.webcam of "the last McDonald's in Iceland"%DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% Examples of formal restaurant and formula retail restrictions Malibu, California compiled a listAnalysis of Cities with Formula Business Ordinances, Malibu (.pdf) of municipalities that restrict formula retail. Bermuda has banned all franchised restaurants in the country (Prohibited Restaurant Act of 1997).(dailymeal slideshow listicle )
A formula restaurant is a type of formula retail business. It is characterized as a restaurant regulated by contractual or other arrangements to standardize menus, ingredients, food preparation, interior and exterior design and/or uniforms. The term refers to the characteristics of the restaurant rather than its ownership, following a business model controlled by an overseeing corporation. Most formula restaurants are chain restaurants, though this does not have to be the case. In legal definitions, there may be a minimum number of "substantially identical" restaurants for them to be considered formula restaurants. This number varies across jurisdictions.McCall, ID proposal to amend restriction from "one or more" to "five" (.pdf)San Francisco retail use (11 or more)Port Townsend (14 or more) Formula retail Formula retail is a type of sales activity required by contractual or other arrangements to offer a standardized array of services and/or merchandise, trademark, interior or exterior design and/or uniforms.Town of Jaffrey Planning Board Proposed Zoning Changes Summary, Public Hearing January 22, 2018, Town of Jaffrey, New Hampshire (.pdf) This applies to the restaurant industry where menus, ingredients and food preparation may be standardized according to the overseeing corporation's business model, intended to maximize marketing potential. Comparison with chain restaurants Although there is considerable financial overlap, "chain restaurant" refers to ownership or franchise while "formula restaurant" refers to the characteristics of the business. A formula restaurant doesn't need to belong to a chain but it generally does . Nevertheless, most codified municipal regulation relies on definitions of formula restaurant or formula retail (although non-codified restrictions will sometimes target "chains"). Disguised formula restaurants In some cases, a chain may establish a set of formula restaurants but attempt to present each venue as unique. This is common with hotel chains, which rely on centralized meal planning and management, but want to avoid the appearance of their in-house dining facilities being formulaic. Generally, the local manager is encouraged to modify the corporate menu so as to present the appearance of a unique character, while still building the menu around a corporate model (e.g., several entrees based on frozen chicken breast in accordance with a corporate formula).Building a Successful Hotel Restaurant, Hotel F&B, 4-Jul-2007First Hospitality Group's Justin Harkey wants hotels to create a new recipe, Hotel Management 13-Apr-2017 Disguised formula restaurants may be recognized by marketing indicators: intense use of staged photographs on the menu, frequent use of marketing buzzwords (or marketing terms) such as "add" listed under multiple menu items.Restaurant menus and pictures: Yes or No?, gritsandgrids.com Concerns have been expressed that formula restaurants detract from the unique characteristics of cities and towns.The Impact of Chain Stores on Community, Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR)ILSR report on Sanibel, Florida business restrictionsHow do chain restaurants embody gentrification? Marketplace 5-Dec-2014 The standardization of menus can mean fewer choices for consumers. Formula restaurants tend to be marketing centric or based on perception. Formula restaurants can harm local independent businesses.Hyper gentrification and the Disappearance of Local Businesses, governing.com Formula restaurants accelerate gentrification but deteriorate quality of life. Formula restaurants often rely on an economic model that encourages the use of disposable tableware. www.skoozeme.com/issues/dontbus.html This can create a negative economy in waste and food distribution, in part to support the business model of the controlling corporation. Response and regulation Informal restrictions Ketchum, Idaho has traditionally restricted franchise restaurants through the zoning approval process. The city has no formal formula restaurant ordinances. Iceland has informal health restrictions that discourage some formula restaurants.webcam of "the last McDonald's in Iceland" Formal restrictions Malibu, California compiled a list of municipalities that restrict formula retail.Analysis of Cities with Formula Business Ordinances, Malibu (.pdf) Bermuda has banned all franchised restaurants in the country (Prohibited Restaurant Act of 1997).(dailymeal slideshow listicle) Legal challenges In the United States, legal restrictions on formula restaurants (and formula retail in general) have been challenged as an impermissible restriction on interstate commerce , and as exceeding municipal zoning authority . The Park at Cross Creek v. City of Malibu Calif. Ct. App., 2nd. Dist. Filed 21-Jun-2017 (.pdf)Chain Store Ordinance Resurrected From the Dead, The Malibu Times 1-Nov-2017 %DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% Restrictions are generally held permissible if they are not arbitrary, and directed to the character of the business and not the ownership.California Appeals Ct. upheld San Diego ordinance restricting formula retail businesses in Coronado from Vermont Planners Association (.pdf)Coronado challenge to Formula Business Restrictions, Institute for Local Self-RelianceCoronadans Organized for Retail Enhancement v. City of Coronado, 2003 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 5769, Calif. Ct. App., 4th Dist. Filed 13-Jun-2003 (.pdf %DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% )
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