PizzaTime Restaurants is building a new pizza place and need

PizzaTime Restaurants is building a new pizza place and needs to determine how big to make the various parts of its facility. It wants to be able to accommodate a maximum of 300 customers per hour at its peak times. PizzaTime has collected the following information: the average time to place and receive an order is 1.05 minutes, 30 percent of the customers have cars and require parking spots, and the average length of time at the restaurant is 50 minutes per customer. Assuming a capacity cushion of 20 percent

Find the number of seats/tables needed. (assume 4 seats per table) (Round up your answer to the next whole number.)

Solution

Maximum number of customers per hour at peak times = 300

Average time to place and receive an order = 1.05 minutes

Percentage of customers requiring parking spots = 30%

Average length of time at restaurant = 50 minutes

Capacity cushion = 20%

Seats per table = 4

Total aggregate time spent by customers at the restaurant = (50 - 1.05) minutes * 300 customers per hour = 14685 minutes per hour

Aggregate time considering capacity cushion = 14685*(1+20%) = 17622 minutes per hour

Number of seats require = 17622 minutes / 60 minutes = 294 seats (rounded up)

Number of tables needed = 294/4 = 74 tables (rounded up)