A l’occasion de l’inauguration de l’Airside Center, au sein de l’aéroport de Kloten-Zürich, SSP Compass Suisse gérera 13 nouveaux restaurants, ce qui porte à 20 le nombre de concessions exploitées par la société de restauration.
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MARKETERS CHASE CONSUMERS INTO THE BATHROOM
In the old days, the only “commercial” text normally found in toilet stalls and on urinal walls were those placed by anti-social cranks and hookers of various sexual orientations. Often using ballpoint pens as chisels, they scrawled phone numbers and crude taglines like “For a good time in Dallas, call…”
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The Deluxe Subway Sandwich Artist Play Set
Subway enters toy market with sandwich-making sets for kids
Subway restaurants has made its first foray into retail merchandising, selling a Deluxe Subway Sandwich Artist Play Set at Toys “R” Us stores.
The 77-piece set includes sandwich-making material made of plastic: submarine-sandwich and deli rolls, sandwich ingredients and condiments, salad ingredients, fruit, potato crisps, drink cups and sandwich wrappers. The price is $14.99. A 66-piece set is $9.99, and a 35-piece set costs $8.99.
As good as it gets US$100 steaks from Wagyu beef
Patrons can ask for it by name at such restaurants as The Saloon in Chicago and New York’s V Steakhouse. According to the American Wagyu Association, more than 60 U.S. breeders and ranchers now handle these cattle.
A couple of Lobel’s boneless rib steaks. One of this New York butcher shop’s relative bargains for Wagyu beef, often called Kobe-style beef, these will set you back at least $53 per pound. [Read more…] about As good as it gets US$100 steaks from Wagyu beef
France tackles 'bad' cafe culture
The owners of France’s 60,000 bars, brasseries and cafes have said poor service is driving customers away, and have promised to do better.
After a particularly difficult summer, the industry has decided to work hard at attracting customers.
It will set up a new institute to tackle the problems and a charter of quality to improve service, comfort levels, products and hygiene.
The project will be presented to the tourism minister next month.
Indulgence factor raises chances of success for health foods
Almost all innovation in the UK’s food industry is being driven by the three key themes, according to a new report, with those meeting criteria for all three likely to score the biggest hit in the marketplace.
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Fingerprint ID technology…
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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Red Bull mixer fails to offer energy high
Energy drinks have been one of the fastest growing segments of the beverage industry, fueled by high-impact marketing targeting young people.
And while they were not originally designed to be mixed with alcohol, much of the marketing activity surrounding energy drinks promotes their consumption in bars and clubs, where consumers are looking for increased stamina for late nights.
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