You may remember the 4P of Marketing ( Product, Price, etc) Increasingly there semes to be a shift towards a new set of 4P’s : Purpose, People, Planet and Profit – and in that order.
This is the message that comes through loud and clear in Mavericks at Work – it is the driving force behind a new town guide out in San Fransisco the Green Zebra. Closer to home – for me – it is also the driving force behind by most favourite restaurant La Chassagnette.
The restaurants purpose is to promote the Carmargue region in the south of France – as such the restaurnt is part of a larger project know as Heureuse Camargue – in their own words:
“In this natural and preserved landscape the women and men of “Heureuse Camargue” have consciously chosen to take up a challenge, an undertaking to the practice of organic agriculture, incontestably sustainable and respectful of a major ecological balance. We are committing an act of faith.”
If you are in the South of France this summer I recomend that you pay them a visit.
The toilets in higher-end eateries have become seriously designed conceptual comfort stations, with restaurants attempting to outdo one another. Relieve yourself at The Federalist in the XV Beacon hotel on Beacon Hill, and you’ll find a grotto atmosphere of cobblestones, discreet stalls with floor-to-ceiling doors, and white porcelain sinks raised off the counter so no spills dampen clothing or purses. With two-ply toilet paper rolling freely and waffled-cloth hand towels amusingly stacked like mini Mayan temples, the Fed has got to be Boston’s poshest public powder room, followed by The Four Seasons, with new restaurant Sibling Rivalry in the running. Read the rest of this entry »
Some restaurants and other hospitality companies have adopted fingerprint scanner systems to act as virtual time clocks for employees. The electronic system eliminates “buddy-punching,” when one employee punches in for another, and other kinds of fraud, the report says.
Fingerprint-identification technology by DigitalPersona, including a print reader and scanner not unlike this model, has been incorporated into the Digital Dining point-of-sale system
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The self proclaimed meeting place of the future, Cloud is a portable inflatable meeting room in white ripstop nylon. The floor has a green gray colour. Bag with fan, in graysilver sound-decreasing textile contain room when deflated.
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http://www.grasslounge.com/about.html
G R A S S is an outdoor restaurant and lounge, located in the heart of the Miami Design District, amidst designer showrooms, antique stores and art galleries. The decor combines elements of Caribbean and Indonesian vernacular architecture with cutting edge contemporary design, resulting in a sensuous and eclectic display of materials and textures in an intimate setting.
