Project $1$: Sparty's Breakfast Cafe

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Business Problem

To help increase customer traffic, many restaurants implement reward $($loyalty$)$ programs for their customers. Such programs vary from restaurant to restaurant. However, most programs involve two components: $1)$ earning points based on the number, type, or dollar amount of their purchases; and $2)$ redeeming points they have earned for rewards such as discounts on dining. The challenge for the restaurant is tracking the points earned for each customer and then summarizing rewards they qualify for.

Project Overview

Sparty$$s Breakfast Cafe has been doing a great business since opening a few months ago. However, to keep its momentum going, Sparty would like to implement a loyalty program for its frequent customers. Customers will earn $$Sparty Points$$ based on both dollars spent at the restaurant as well as number of visits to the restaurant. Although a typical rewards program would include ongoing recording and tracking of reward activities each time a customer makes a visit, we will be developing a program that will simply allow the customer to enter in one or more receipts, figure out their reward points, and report the different rewards they qualify for.

Clarifying note: Although usage should be relatively clear, be aware that the term $$program$$ can refer to one of two things in this document: $1)$ the rewards program $($scheme$)$ the restaurant is implementing, and $2)$ the program you will create to help support the rewards scheme.

Project Objectives

The objectives for this project are to use the initial programming skills and techniques you have learned so far $($or will learn before the project due date$),$ including: