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Medium Profitability Operations

Marie's Café

#Food #Food & Beverage #Retail
ProHub Comment

This is a well-structured profitability case that tests both quantitative analysis skills and operational optimization thinking. Candidates must systematically work through pricing/margin analysis, capacity constraints, and process efficiency improvements to identify multiple levers for profit improvement.

Estimated Time 15 minutes
Difficulty Medium
Source ROSS
50 / 100
Marie’s Café is a small local coffee shop that serves coffee. Marie’s has been around for decades and is known for its high quality drinks and cozy atmosphere. The café has seen declining profits over the last few quarters, and the owner has hired you to increase its profits.

Clarifying Information

  1. There are two other coffee shops nearby that sell coffees and pastries. (There is no further information on these competitors.)
  2. Marie’s currently serves two items (coffee and latte) in three different sizes.