Conceptual Framework

INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

The flow of food supply

of food service business Collection of data To find out if the COVID
during COVID 19 through questionnaires 19 pandemic has a
pandemic in terms of the and interviews. significant effect and the
quantity of supply, cost, Analysis and reasons behind those
delivery time and the interpretation of data effects in the food
problem
quality of the supply. using Weighted Mean supply of food service
and Chi square. business in San Pedro
C   City, Laguna.
    To determine if the
COVID 19 pandemic has
a significant effect on
the future plans of the
business.

Figure 1
 Figure 1 describes the conceptual framework of the study wherein the input is

consisting of the following questions about the food supply in terms of; Quantity of Supply,

Cost, Lead time/ Delivery time and Quality. Moreover, the process to be used requires the

questionnaire survey to be analyzed and presented in order to formulate solutions and

generate answers for the research problems presented. The output, therefore, presents the

possible outcome of the research.

Scope and Limitation

The research will focus on the effects of the COVID 19 pandemic situation in food supply

of food service in San Pedro City, Laguna. The study will be conducted for around nine months.

The research needs to observe and ask questions about the stocks that are used, received, and

leaving from the storage. The researchers need to know the flow of the supply to gather data

from the food businesses before and during the pandemic, so that the researchers can compare

if the pandemic has a large impact on the food supply of food service business in San Pedro

City, Laguna.

The research will be limited only to food service business around San Pedro City, Laguna

for the research to become feasible. The researcher will only target 30 respondents due to the

given circumstances, having limited time and resources. The respondents will be either male or

female, owner of the business, or employee of the business as long they knowledgeable to the

business.