Mike has his own unique style. He draws on more than 27 years experience. He has worked most positions in the service industry and feels at home in more major cities than most people.
Panzano restaurant manager Jennifer Olson knows all about Jack Henderson the minute he walks through the door.
A computer database tells her his birthday, his wife’s birthday and their anniversary. She knows he likes to eat at the chef’s counter at lunch and that he’s dined at the Italian restaurant more than 100 times. Read the rest of this entry »
Camillia’s Teas. “Of the $2 billion in U.S. sales of traditional (meaning hot) tea last year, specialty teas accounted for $500 million, up from less than $250 million a decade ago,” as reported by Amy Cortese in BusinessWeek (3/1/04).
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Products displayed in green point-of-sale (POS) positions have a much better chance of catching the eye and ending up in consumers shopping trolleys, according to new research due to be presented next week.
Quite simply, they have a knack at what is, or will soon be, hot. By the very nature of their jobs, fashion designers are experts at sniffing out trends and blowing them out into something sellable. Usually it’s a dress. But the city of Milan presents a social conundrum that forward-thinking designers are stepping up to solve.
Despite its label as an international fashion capital, the city is notoriously provincial and is both adored and deplored for clinging onto its traditions and conventions. On the one hand, it makes for fabulous, just-like-mama-used-to-make-’em meals at trattorias that have been oblivious to trendy food fashions. Read the rest of this entry »
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Heineken consumers who fantasize about having their own professional beer tap will soon be served: Heineken and Groupe SEB (the domestic equipment giant whose brands include Krups, Rowenta, Moulinex and Tefal) have co-created the BeerTender, a draught beer system to be used at home.
The specially designed tap and accompanying keg was piloted in the Swiss market, and is now about to be rolled out in The Netherlands, with many other countries to follow soon.
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