Posted in nibbles from all over, the economy, trade shows, tagged events, go canada!, nibbles, nra show, the economy, trade shows on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Serious Eats just posted a neat article about the 2009 National Restaurant Association (NRA) Show, which was held in Chicago last-last weekend (May 16-19).
The article takes a close look at some of the new products, equipment and gadgets that were on display at the show, and references the challenging economic environment the U.S. foodservice industry [...]
Posted in business tips, nibbles from all over, tagged books, business tips, celeb chefs, eric ripert, good stuff, le bernardin, nibbles, restaurant rules on May 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Earlier this week Minnesota’s Star-Tribune posted an article titled “129 cardinal sins.” Borrowed from “On the Line,” a book co-authored by Eric Ripert, chef at NYC’s Le Bernardin restaurant, the list outlines the transgressions no restaurant worth its fleur de sel should make.
The four-star La Bernardin (sic) restaurant in New York City makes sure [...]
Posted in business tips, nibbles from all over, the economy, tagged business tips, nibbles, p.f. chang's, profits on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s story came from an unusual source: my iPod.
I first heard this story read as part of Slate magazine’s daily podcast and I have to confess that I nearly fell out of my chair — okay, off my seat on the bus — when I got to this part:
Operating margins—the holy grail of any business—at [...]
Posted in business tips, nibbles from all over, tagged business tips, good stuff, nibbles, wolf blass, wordnerdery on May 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
National Post’s The Appetizer blog recently posted an interesting if brief article about Wolf Blass, founder of the eponymous Australian winery and now author (his biography is set to be released next month). Most interesting to me were his “five principles of success,” which I image are equally as applicable to restaurants as wineries:
If you [...]
Posted in foodservice facts, research, tagged foodservice facts, join crfa, npd, research on May 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I think one of the neatest questions I’ve been asked in my time at CRFA was, “Can you tell me how much Arctic char is sold in Canadian restaurants?” I did not have an answer to that question, btw.
But if you want to know what the most popular food and beverage items are at Canadian [...]
