31 October 2008
Enough already! Let’s stop talking about them right now. It was fun for a while but, like their calls to Andrew Sachs’s answer phone, it’s gone on too long. I guess it serves them right for being good at their jobs and getting paid shed loads for having fun (lots of green eyed monsters out for their hides). And for making a great big mistake, of course. But they’ll be missed in the long, cold, credit-crunched nights ahead.
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28 October 2008
For the past several months the media have been telling us we’re ‘on the brink of recession’. Throughout that time they’ve been going on about job losses, business closures, etc. You’d almost think we’d started the recession without them. So watch out for the first headline saying ‘recession – no end in sight’. It means the recession is over.
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22 October 2008
Apuro’s new Friul juice extractors make short work of juicing fruit. Health guidelines suggest five portions of fruit or veg every day to protect against a variety of diseases. An easy way for cafes and snack bars to encourage healthy eating and capture the health market is to offer pure fruit or vegetable juice as a menu option. As well as being a premium product, freshly prepared juice is a particularly good source of vitamins and minerals, and also a...
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17 October 2008
The latest breakthrough in microwave cooking is a special packaging that allows microwaved food to be ‘steam cooked’ under controlled pressure. This type of cooking is having an impact in hospitals and staff canteens while providing a vending solution for out of hours hot food provision. Caterers are finding the special packaging improves food quality and nutritional value over traditional microwaved meals.
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17 October 2008
Pity the poor ad salesperson. Having done the job in my salad days, I know what a pig it can be. These desperate times are making ad reps ever more aggressive in their pitches – sadly, it’s not a trait that is likely to win them business. I’m only talking about a minority of the breed, of course. A vociferous minority. Guys, here’s a few handy tips: · Listen. · No means no. · Being good at trapping people on...
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