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Consumer Satisfaction: The Case of PJ's Coffee

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This study identifies the factors that influence the satisfaction of PJ’s Coffee customers and prescribes ways to improve it.

In order to obtain the necessary quantitative data within the time constrain, the team conducted paper-and-pencil surveys and narrowed down the population to the New Orleans area, where PJ's coffee was the most popular at the time.

Conducted in 2014.

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Consumer Satisfaction: The Case of PJ's Coffee

  1. 1. PJ’s CoffeeA Study of Consumer Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction Factors
  2. 2. Company Background • 1978- Phyllis Jordan • 65 Locations • 20% growth in the last 2 years • Top 100 Private Companies (2011) ü New Orleans City Business • Named Best Coffeehouse ü New Orleans Magazine (2011) ü Where Y’at Magazine (2011, 2012, 2014) ü Gambit (2011, 2012,2013)
  3. 3. PJ’s Customer Satisfaction Product Quality Variety Signature Iitems Intensity Price Uniqueness Quality Atmosphere Cleanliness Wi-Fi Music Sitting Attractiveness Decor Customer Service Experience Friendly Staff Professionalism Speed of Service Advertisement Rewards Program PJ’s Hypothesis Model Convenience Parking Close to home/office Drive-Thru Location Hours
  4. 4. Instrument - Survey • Paper and pencil • PJ’s customers on site • 100 samples • Greater New Orleans Area • Likert Scale: Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree
  5. 5. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 18-24 25-35 36-45 46-55 56-65 66+ 19% 39% 17% 17% 6% 2% #ofparticipants Age Group Age 41% 59% Gender Male Female Sample Background
  6. 6. Sample Background 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Less than $25,000 $25,000-$45,000 $45,001-$65,000 $65,001+ 18% 23% 30% 29% # of participants IncomeGroup Income 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 0-1 Mile 2-5 Miles 6-10 Miles 11+ Miles 43% 41% 10% 6%#ofparticipants Distance Group Distance
  7. 7. Factor & Reliability Analysis Factor Initial number of items Initial Cronbach’s Alpha* Number of Dropped Items Final Cronbach’s Alpha Average of Good Items Customer Service 6 .716a 1 .757 4.2540 Product Quality 6 .827 0 .827 4.0500 Convenience 5 .673b 1 .720 4.1950 Atmosphere 6 .731 0 .731 4.0497 Overall Satisfaction 7 .873 0 .873 4.1857 • When addressing the validity and reliability of our model, we discovered that the items “Rewards Program” and “Parking” did not show meaningfulness or accuracy when measuring factors customer service and convenience, respectively. • Therefore, we decided to drop both items to minimize the error of our model.
  8. 8. PJ’s Customer Satisfaction Product Quality Variety Signature Iitems Intensity Price Uniqueness Quality Convenience Close to home/office Drive-Thru Locations Hours Atmosphere Cleanliness Wi-Fi Music Sitting Attractiveness Decor Customer Service Experience Friendly Staff Professionalism Speed of Service Advertisement PJ’s Aggregated Model
  9. 9. Multiple Regression Analysis Criterion: Overall Satisfaction • Predictors: Customer Service, Product Quality, Convenience and Atmosphere The predictors, product quality and convenience are statistically significant. Since both of them have significant beta-weights, we can conclude that they matter when explaining the variance in the criterion variable, overall satisfaction. Customer Satisfaction Customer Service Convenience Atmosphere Product Quality .101 .124 .175.549 𝐶𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = .077 + 0.545 𝑃𝑄 + 0.168 𝐶𝑂
  10. 10. Multiple Regression Analysis • Criterion: Overall Satisfaction • Predictors: Customer Service, Product Quality, Convenience and Atmosphere Model Summary Model R R Square Adjusted R Square Std. Error of the Estimate 1 .781a .609 .593 .44223 a. Predictors: (Constant), AT_SCALE, CS_SCALE, CO_SCALE, PQ_SCALE R-square= .593; the proportion of variance in criterion (overall satisfaction) explained by predictors (customer service, product quality, convenience and atmosphere) is 59.3%. Model is acceptable for practical applications
  11. 11. Qualitative Data Analysis Gender Overall Satisfaction Gender & Overall Satisfaction F-value= .464 P-value: .497 Conclusions P-value > .05; failed to reject the Null. There is no significant difference between Males and Females on Overall Satisfaction. Distance Overall Satisfaction Distance & Overall Satisfaction F-value= 1.988 P-value: .121 Conclusions P-value > .05; failed to reject the Null. There is no difference in the means of overall satisfaction for the 4 distance groups. It is inappropriate to interpret the difference in men and women’s means because F-ratio was not significant. Statistically, the means are the same. It is inappropriate to interpret the difference in distance group means because F-ratio was not significant. Statistically, the means are the same.
  12. 12. Qualitative Data Analysis Gender & Income Chi- square= 3.446 P-value: .328 Conclusions P-value > .05; failed to reject the Null. There is no statistically significant relationship between Gender and Income. Null Hypothesis: There is no statistically significant relationship between Gender and Income. Alternative Hypothesis: Men are more likely to have a higher income compared to women. Gender & Distance Chi- square= 15.426 P-value: .080 Conclusions P-value > .05; failed to reject the Null. There is no statistically significant relationship between Gender and Distance. Null Hypothesis: There is no statistically significant relationship between Gender and Distance. Alternative Hypothesis: Men are more likely to be closer to a PJ’s Coffee Shop compared to women.
  13. 13. Open-Ended Questions • From this information and from the open-ended question responses, it is apparent that PJ’s needs to increase the hours of operation, extend product selections (pastries, coffee and tea varieties) and provide drive –thru options. • Therefore, we can conclude that atmosphere and customer service are important to the customer, but not as significant as product quality and convenience.
  14. 14. Conclusions • Product Quality and Convenience are the two predictors that have a direct, positive, and significant relationship with overall customer satisfaction at PJ’s. • The interpretation of the regression data allows us to infer that customers are most satisfied at PJ’s coffee shops when products have high quality, such as intensity of the coffee and offering unique flavors. • The data also allowed us to conclude that customers are most satisfied when provided with adequate amenities or services at PJ’s coffee shops.

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