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Recent discussion forum topics of interest:Not exactly good news as we see a touch of relief in the price of gas…
NEW YORK — As prices for crude oil and other commodities ease, consumers have gotten a small dose of relief at the gas pump. But don’t expect less pain at the grocery counter.Food inflation is here to stay — and will probably get worse for some things.
“As long as we’re in this world of expensive oil and commodities, the prices that you’re seeing now in the grocery shelves are not going away,” said Ephraim Leibtag, an economist with the U.S. Agriculture Department who tracks retail food prices.
Looks like Dream Dinners has set up another contest with Redbook. Looks like you can win a family vacation or a cookbook. Not really a whole lot of middle ground on that one. There also seems to be some mention of a plate. This might be a golden opportunity to hand out some melamine tumblers and fish bags.
Looks like Emeril is making the meal prep rounds.
With a few simple cooking tricks and a lot of laughs, a Rockville family recently got some tips on how to spice up its suppers from famous chef Emeril Lagasse.
On the series, which debuted July 14 on Discovery Communications’ Planet Green channel, Lagasse takes cooking-challenged people to Whole Foods markets to help them learn about and hand-pick the best organic and locally grown foods. After shopping with each person, Lagasse helps them prepare dishes that demonstrate the “convenience and ease of using fresh ingredients in everyday meals,” according to a Discovery Communications press release.
Looks like we have a runaway! Seems one of the Make & Take Gourmet owners is going to ditch the name and give it a go on their own. It will be interesting to see how many other franchise owners break away…
NEW HARTFORD - While the owners of “Make & Take Gourmet” in New Hartford say the closure of another store-front kitchen in Fayetteville will not affect the local franchise, they will be going through some changes of their own.
New Hartford “Make & Take Gourmet,” to see change in name and services
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Ber careful now, this one has some sting to it.
Rarely has a new retail business idea been embraced by entrepreneurs so quickly, only to fail so spectacularly, as did the “meal assembly” concept.Never heard of it? That seems to be the problem
Of course you have to marvel at some of the included comments, just take this little gem from Dave Bellso of the famed Make & Take Gourmet who had an all but foolproof plan for raking in the cash. And don’t forget, he is the one who owns the marketing arm of his little meal assembly empire.
“For some reason, the whole concept is just not doing very well,” said Dave Bellso, whose wife owns the Make & Take Gourmet chain, based in Syracuse. The two-year-old company had a store at The Crossing shopping center in Clifton Park, but closed it after a year for lack of business.
But of course they never admit something is wrong, it’s always the customer is simply not informed of the glorious rapture that awaits at the end of the meal assembly rainbow.
“Not enough people know about it,” said Teresa Shurtz, vice president of operations at Super Suppers, based in Fort Worth, Texas. Now in 42 states, the chain began about five years ago and has about 150 stores.
Although we still see that Super Supper is claiming more store than there really are. But even at 150 they are nearly 100 off the 270 mark of their former claims.
Seems a few writers in the media are starting to see the light.
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