TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page..................................................I
Table of Contents ..........................................II
Approval sheet..............................................IV
List of Tables..............................................V
Certification ..............................................VI
Acknowledgement ............................................VII
Dedication .................................................VIII
Chapter I - Introduction ...................................1-4
- Significance of the Study ..................................4

- Statement of the Problem .................................5

- Scope and Delimitation ...................................6
- Figure 1 Theoretical Paradigm

.........................8

- Theoretical Framework.....................................9-11
- Conceptual Framework .....................................12
- Figure 2 Conceptual Paradigm ...........................13
- Assumptions ..............................................14
- Hypothesis ...............................................14
- Definition of Terms ......................................1415
- Notes.....................................................16
Chapter II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND RELATED STUDIES
............................................................14
Related Literature ....................................17-28
- Related Studies........................................29-30
- State of the Art........................................31-32
- Notes..................................................33-34
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Chapter III RESEARCH METHOLOGY ...........................35

Research Design........................................35
Instrument.............................................36
Statistical Treatment..................................37
- Population.............................................35
- Notes .................................................38
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Chapter IV ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION ...................39

- Profile of the Food Cart Business......................
.......................................................40
- Personal Information of the respondents................40
- Basic Information of the Food Cart Business............
.......................................................40-43
Chapter V SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
............................................................84
- Problem no. 1: What is the business profile of the food cart
business?..............................................
.......................................................84
- Findings...............................................84-85
- Conclusion ............................................8587/
- Recommendation.........................................86-87
- Problem no. 2: What are the operational strategies of the
food cart business in terms

of food cart preparation,

inventory, advertising and pricing?

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87

Findings
87-89
Conclusion
89-91
Recommendation
91-92
Problem no. 3: What is the profitability of the food cart
business in terms of sales, growth, income generation and

return of assets?
- Findings

93
93-94

- Conclusion
94-95
- Recommendation
95-96
- Problem no. 4: Is there a significant relationship between
operational strategies and profitability?
- Findings
- Conclusions
- Recommendations
101

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97-98
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