Our mission: We respond immediately to solve the needs of our customers, so that they can sustain and grow the relationship they have with theirs. 20 years ago our company was started based on the mission statement above. It was important for our founder, Michael Lewis, to do more than just sell parts to restaurants; [...]
April Fool’s Day Word Search
Fun Fact: The Scottish love April Fools’ Day. In fact they love it so much, they celebrate it for two days. In Scotland they call it “hunting the gowk” (the cuckoo), and if you are tricked, you are an ”April gowk.” To really get “behind” the holiday, the second day, called “Taily Day,” is devoted to pranks involving the back side [...]
Facebook News Feed Redesign – Advantages for Your Business
It’s true, Facebook announced earlier this month that they’re launching a radical news feed redesign! Here are the changes you can expect to see soon: Currently, the News Feed takes up 40% of page real estate. The rest of the page is jam packed with busy navigation menus, notifications, sponsored ads, recommendations and much [...]
Too Dim or Not Too Dim: Sound Off On Restaurant Lighting
As we sat at West Flanders Brewing Company enjoying some of their delicious brews for happy hour, the lights suddenly went dim. At first it was hard to focus on small things, like the menu and details on people’s faces, especially distant ones. This wasn’t anything new to any of us – restaurants dim the [...]
FOOD ALERT: Be Wary of These Controversial & Fake Foods
Americans have always invested an enormous amount of time and worry into what they eat. Every week there seems to be another menu item that is controversial and detested as unhealthy. Among the thousands of foods enjoyed by people from all over the world, here are a few that are considered to be the most [...]
Easter Word Search
Fun Fact: Besides chocolate, what other candy pops its head around the corner during Easter time? Jelly beans! An astounding 16 billion jelly beans are made exclusively for Easter. That’s enough beans to fill a plastic egg the size of a nine story building!
Dreamstaurant: The Wandering Table
Imagine a 1,200 square foot space that’s narrow (about 25 feet wide) and long with concrete floors, a white ceiling and a row of fluorescent tube lighting as long as the narrow room. Each wall is a different, loud color ranging from nectarine orange to lilac purple and sky blue. There’s art hanging from the [...]
Recycling the Notion of Going Green
With green initiatives often perceived as a more expensive way to run your restaurant, the inherent value it provides through the eyes of your customers can easily outweigh monetary costs. If your bottom dollar is what’s keeping you from working environmentally conscious practices into your restaurant, consider green initiatives a piece of your marketing budget [...]
Some Alien Ways to Enjoy Alcohol
Alcohol is imbibed, often over-indulged in, and equally appreciated around the globe. From a glass of wine with dinner or a pint of self-brewed ale over lunch to the cornucopia of martinis, margaritas, shots, and suds downed during hazy nights on the town, the list of ways in which we enjoy our alcohol is endless. [...]
Keeping Culture from Crumbling as Business Booms
Culture is a concept that seems to elude and confuse companies from one end of the business spectrum to the other, but a company’s culture is an ever-present aspect of any establishment. From the Mom & Pop corner diner to the highly-polished chain restaurant – and on up to the corporate offices calling the shots [...]
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