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Wine Down

J. Henry Dunant III restaurant in The Netherlands

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Well, the power finally came back on late yesterday after five days in the dark.  It was an interesting departure from broadband internet access, cable TV, and hot water.  More on that next week.

For now, as promised yesterday, here is the second of our business tidbits the personal energy crisis caused me think of.  Since it involves a restaurant here in town, I thought it appropriate for our Foodie Friday Fun post. We were having to eat out since cooking on the stove (the gas still works) is hard in the dark and without a range hood the place is kind of smoky and smelly (in a good way, mind you!).  In the process, I learned a little something. Continue reading

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What Fresh Fluke Says About Your Business

Fish

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A little food talk to end the week.  There was a great article in the Times’ Dining section this week about how technology changes everything.  The dining section?  You bet, and it wasn’t the obvious changes many of us foodies have seen in things such as reservations (Open Table) or reviews (Yelp and way too many others) or discounts (Living Social, GroupOn et. al.).  No, this one was about disintermediation and the business point it made was something we should all keep in the back of our minds.

The piece was about fluke but the change is anything but flukey, as you’ll see. Continue reading

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Invisible Customers

Whole Foods | Austin, TX

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The Mrs. had an interesting experience this morning. A new Whole Foods opened up nearby and after running some other errands she went in to shop on the early side. In fact, she was just about the only customer in the place.
As she walked in she sensed a different kind of energy and asked a staff member if something was going on. It turned out that something was indeed going on: a visit to the new store by the corporate CEO and other higher-ups. And that’s when the interesting experience began. Continue reading

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