• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.12-25
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• 2011

The purpose of this study is to compare the potential effects of service quality measured in DA VINCI and STARBUCKS, which were local and overseas reputable takeout coffee shop brands respectively, upon customer satisfaction, revisit intention and word-of-mouth(WOM). In order to achieve the goal, a survey was conducted to total 230 customers who have ever visited and experienced coffee shops in Daegu metropolitan city, and valid and complete 217 copies of the questionnaire were used for the final data analysis. As a result, the determinant of customer satisfaction was coffee quality for STARBUCKS(n=94) while it included coffee quality, reliability and service attitude for DAVINCI(n=123). Respondents regarded coffee quality as the most important for revisit intention both in STARBUCKS and DAVINCI. Also, the determinants of WOM included coffee quality and reliability for STARBUCKS, and coffee quality and service attitude for DAVINCI. In addition, it was found that the path coefficient of service quality influencing both customer satisfaction and WOM proved to show partially significant difference between STARBUCKS and DAVINCI.