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How many drinks can Fill n Chill tables hold?

Not all of you might be aware that we are the Canadian Distributor for Chillin’ Products, Inc. Chillin’ Products produces the Fill n Chill® Party Table designed to hold ice and keep food and beverages cold. One of the questions we often get asked is: How many drinks can fill n chill tables hold? It’s a great question and because we’re in the habit of answering customer questions on our blog we’ve got the answer for you...

Fill n Chill Party Table Full

But in all seriousness – a Fill n Chill party table can hold between 156 – 192 cans or between 13 – 16 cases of 12. Hopefully this helps you plan out your future drink minimums for your next event!

If you’re interested in getting a quote for a Fill n Chill table for your next indoor or outdoor event, contact us for more information.

New Porcelain Pieces in Stock!

We're constantly looking for new items to add to our inventory that will compliment the events our customers put on.

On our last buying trip we came across some fantastic porcelain serving pieces that we believe will compliment the events of our catering and party rental clients and even some pieces for restaurants.

straight sloped bowl
The first piece is the new 4.75" straight sloped bowl. This bowl is perfect for restaurants to serve fries, crudités, or even a small tapas dish. The bowl has a wholesale price of $3.50, is dishwasher safe, microwave safe and oven safe to 400F.

Flat Pizza PlateThe second piece is the new 13.125" flat pizza plate. This porcelain round pizza plate can be used as its name suggests as a pizza plate at a restaurant or at a catered passed hors d'oeuvres event as a platter. The flat pizza plate has a wholesale price of $12.95. Like the latter, this porcelain flat round platter is microwave safe, dishwasher safe and oven safe to 400F.

11inch square plate
The last piece is an addition to our Quadrato porcelain dinnerware collection - the 11.125" square plate. This square plate is another option for an oversize plate should a 12" square plate be too large for your event. The 11.125" square plate has a wholesale price of $8.95, is oven safe to 400F, microwave safe and dishwasher safe.

These items will be available on the ecommerce portion of the website shortly as a self-serve buying option - however, if you have any questions or want a quote on any of these new items sooner they're in stock and ready to ship, so feel free to contact us here.

What to Consider Before Entering the Party Rental Industry

For equipment rental or tool rental companies, branching into party rental can be a natural transition to grow your business. If you’re thinking of additional ways, viewing this slide presentation below on how the Canadian party rental market is doing, whether it’s growing, questions to ask yourself, and what party rental inventory items to initially invest in, will help ensure you are well prepared for what is in store for you.

For information on National Event Supply’s inventory of wood folding tables & plastic folding tables (both in round or rectangular) and range of event chairs, download our catalogue.

2 TED Talks from Chefs Sharing Thought-Provoking Ways They’re Changing the World with Food

One of the things I love about TED Talks is they allow us to step outside our everyday working lives and learn from others experiences. Often times, doing this can cause light bulb moments that can be translated and applied back to your business. Check out these two TED Talks from chefs that change the way you think about food and waste.

1) Chef Dan Barber: How I Fell in Love with a Fish

For the past 50 years we've been farming the sea like we were clear cutting forests. Chef Dan Brown thought he was lending to the sustainability movement by cooking a fish he felt good about selling. A fish that was farm-raised to the supposed highest standards of sustainability. But upon doing further innocent questioning, Chef Barber fell out of love with said fish. Until he happened upon another fish. A different fish, first experienced by him in the South of Spain and despite being really overdone was still amazingly delicious. Chef Barber talks with humour about his love affair with only two fish in his lifetime and the future of good food. He definitely provides food for thought.

2) Arthur Potts Dawson: A vision for sustainable restaurants

Chef Arthur Potts-Dawson shares an interesting perspective about his personal vision for drastically reducing restaurant waste; an industry he argues is one of the most wasteful industries in the world – creating recycling, composting, sustainable engines for good food. Chef Potts-Dawson details how he’s managed to create a restaurant that minimizes waste by some innovative tactics as well as time tested ones. Once he got that restaurant off the ground he decided to play with an idea of creating a restaurant that has a no-carbon footprint which he’s accomplished quite well. He’s now extending his quest to create The People’s Supermarket – all in the name of getting food out to a broader spectrum of people and connecting communities in London, England to rural growers. Chef Potts-Dawson quite humbly shares how environmentally conscious businesses are not only doable but profitable in a quest to be more responsible in this world.

What are your thoughts on sustainable food & restaurants? Are you for or against – and why? Tweet @NatlEventSupply or comment on our Facebook page to let us know your thoughts! We’re interested in hearing your side of the story!

How much do Wedding Folding Chairs Cost in Canada?

Next to the Chiavari Chair, the most popular event chair for weddings would be Wedding White Folding Chairs. Party and event rental companies, hotels, banquet halls and caterers often start their search off for these chairs asking what different variations of white wedding folding chairs exist and how much do white wedding folding chairs cost? This blog post will detail the range of cost (if buying from a Canadian event equipment supplier) and styles of white wedding folding chairs and the reasons for the cost variations.

White Resin Folding Chairs

Resin Folding ChairWhite Resin Folding Chairs will have the highest initial cost because they use more expensive materials and are the most labour intensive to produce. Their prices will again vary greatly depending on the quality of chair, the volume you want to buy, and the cost to ship. White Resin Folding Chairs range in price from $29.00 CDN - $41.00 CDN. These chairs are the most popular in terms of aesthetics.

Wedding White Plastic Folding Chairs

Wedding White Plastic Folding Chairs are the least expensive white wedding folding chair option. This is mainly due to the fact that the cost of materials and production for a wedding white plastic folding chair is cheaper. There are numerous pricing components when purchasing wedding white plastic folding chairs that influence the cost – the materials being used in the plastic folding chair frame and whether the chair is sold on volume discount levels or at a set price. The average wedding white plastic folding chair will cost between $14.95 to $17.75 CDN, depending on the quality of the chair and how strong / durable the chair is. Plastic folding chairs can hold between 400 – 800lbs. Typically, with all types of plastic folding chairs, the larger volume of chair you buy, the lower the cost of each chair.

White on White NES Reliable Fanback Plastic Folding ChairWhite Fan Back Plastic Folding Chairs

White fan back chairs cost slightly more than wedding white plastic folding chairs because the chair (while made of the same materials as the plastic folding chairs) has a more labour intensive production associated. These chairs are more aesthetically appealing than the traditional wedding white plastic folding chair but the cost difference tends to make them a less popular chair with the price sensitive wedding crowd. The average white fan back plastic folding chair ranges in price from $15.00 – $19.00 CDN depending on the chair quality and volume discounts.

Shipping costs on Wedding White Plastic Folding Chairs, White Fan Back Plastic Folding Chairs & White Resin Folding Chairs:

The shipping costs of these chairs usually run $1.50 – 8.50 per chair depending on the size of the order (shipping costs tend to decrease based on volume), where it is shipping from and where it is shipping to. The shipping costs do not vary based on the type of chair purchased but solely on volume, weight and shipping location. Nationally based suppliers to the hospitality industry will have multiple warehouses across the country to provide better shipping rates coast to coast.

For more information regarding National Event Supply’s chairs offered, download the Tables & Chairs catalogue.