Stretch: Laojie Hotpot: grow through new restaurants or delivery kitchens?
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The prompt
Laojie Hotpot runs 50 hotpot restaurants in Chengdu and Chongqing. It wants to grow revenue by 30 percent in three years. It could open more dine-in restaurants or open delivery-only kitchens that sell hotpot sets through delivery apps. Which route should it take?
Difficulty: Stretch. Format: candidate-led, with interviewer dialogue. Industry: Restaurants. Region: Mainland China. Interview length: about 35 minutes. The company is fictional and all figures are illustrative.
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