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What We Can Learn From A Blimpie

We’ll end the week with a Foodie Friday thought from the good folks at Blimpie.  Actually, the sandwich that prompted the thought is from them:  the thought itself comes from me.  The sandwich in question is the Blimpie Special Vegetarian 12 inch sub, which began as an off the menu item but is now part of their culinary repertoire.  I’ll say upfront that I have no particular beef (no pun intended) with Blimpie.  I used to eat their sandwiches all the time and one of the great joys of my youth was grabbing the biggest Blimpie combo I could buy and going to watch a basketball game.

Blimpie

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I bring them up because that which I’m about to tell you is an example business thinking that’s off the mark in my opinion.  Let’s see what you think. Continue reading

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Picky Eaters

Full course dinner

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I know it’s not Friday but I had a thought about eating – or maybe about NOT eating – I want to share.  Actually, as I think about it, maybe this is more about rasing your kids than it is food.  I’ll let you decide.  I do know it’s about business too!

We were pretty lucky as parents when it came to our daughters being picky eaters.  Both of them ate pretty much everything until they got older (like 8) and it wasn’t really an issue to get them to eat at all.  Watching other parents struggle to get their kids to eat anything reminded us about our luck in this area and even today while the girls have made some choices about likes, dislikes, and food in general (one is a vegan, one is an omnivore except for eggs), they have good palates and will try new things.

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Super Duper

Blueberry

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I have a food question for you to end the week.  What do blueberries, salmon, and walnuts have in common?  No, they’re not the ingredients to some fabulous new dish I’ve concocted.  They’re among the top foods which some nutritionists call “superfoods.”  The reason they’re labelled this way is that they are among the foods that contain high amounts of some substances – phytonutrients for those of you needing a big word for a crossword puzzle –  that might just confer a bunch of health benefits.  Blueberries, for example, have a ton of antioxidants, phytoflavinoids, potassium and vitamin C, which people who know about this stuff say lower your risk of heart disease and cancer and are also anti-inflammatory.  Impressive little guys!

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