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Feng Shui Makeover Promotes Business - Part 1 of 2
by
Master Jenny T. Liu, M.A.
Monday,
March 10, 2008 |
McDonald's
has long been an icon of American fast food all over the world. It
would seem the makers of the famous Big Mac, french fries and milk shakes
would be the last industry to integrate the natural laws of feng shui into
their restaurant design, but the Hacienda Heights McDonald's franchise on
Gale Ave., recently completed a remodel based on feng shui recommendations
made by myself and my father, Grand Master Chi-Jen Liu, setting a
refreshing precedence.
About a year and a half ago, McDonald's PR firm,
IW Group, invited us to consult regarding the feng shui of the Hacienda
Heights McDonald's. Apparently, business was not very good.
The owners were considering a remodel, and understanding that their
franchise was located in a predominantly Chinese community, they wanted to
incorporate feng shui into the new design.
The purpose of our feng shui consultation was
twofold: one was to provide general feng shui recommendations for all
McDonald's franchises, and the second was to provide feng shui
recommendations specific to the Hacienda Heights McDonald's.
On site, McDonald's Director of Construction, John Lueken, and several
McDonald's franchisees in attendance from all over the United States,
listened in on the consultation to find out how they could improve their
feng shui and increase business for their McDonald's restaurants.
We started by gathering the birth date
information of the owners and calculating their compatible orientations
and colors. We discovered that critical elements in the Hacienda
Heights McDonald's were incompatible with the owners' elemental energies.
The main door,
cashier stations and kitchen stove were oriented in incompatible
directions, and the outdated décor did not utilize colors or elements
that promoted the owners or their business.
From their birth dates, we calculated the owners'
promoting elements and colors to be metal, earth, fire and water. We
recommended a variety of ways in which these elemental frequencies could
be integrated into the restaurant design and décor. |
Our first recommendation was to establish a new front door orientation and
to create a grand scale entrance with earth element yellow colors that
compliment the west direction. Originally, the front door was
aligned with another door in the store, allowing money to come and go.
Although the new front door's orientation did not change, the interior
layout has been created to buffer the door alignment and allow energy can
gather and distribute throughout the restaurant, attracting more wealth.
Only one of the cashier stations was located in a
compatible orientation, therefore adjustments were necessary to create
positive energy. Red lights (fire element) now accent and positively
activate the front of the order counter and cashier stations. The
number 8 (for booming business) is represented by 8 red bars radiating
along the floor in front of the cashiers. The fire element is
further implemented with red glass inset tabletops lit from within, and
red pendant lights, which are symbolic of celebratory red lanterns.
Fire and earth elements not only promote the
owners' energies, but is good feng shui in general since fire and earth
energies are in sync with the current Nine Star Cycle of Period 8 (years
2004-2023). The earth element is activated throughout the restaurant
by using yellow, brown and tan colors and the square or rectilinear form.
The water element is used to create wealth and
harmony. For this reason, a curved (water element) dropped ceiling
was installed above the cashiers. This half-moon, circular form in
the ceiling is "heaven's pond" and gathers wealth to the
cashiers. A large, bold red column symbolic of strength and a surge
of energy pierces the half-moon ceiling, representing skyrocketing growth.
Together, the half-moon ceiling and the column depict the powerful energy
of yin and yang, creating a subliminal suggestion of balance and
fulfillment.
Next
week, I will discuss further feng shui adjustments that helped create a
harmonious dining and working atmosphere at the Hacienda Heights
McDonald's, thereby increasing their business.
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