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Vancouver was so much fun, we had to come back two weeks later... 30 Jan 2012

Sunday was a great day to be at the BC Foodservice Expo in the Vancouver Convention Centre. For the 1st couple of hours, David Adjey of Restaurant Makeover fame could be seen walking the show floor and speaking at the BC Chef's Cooking Competiton (which was right beside our booth)

Dennis, Jonathan and Tony (our AE Sales representative in Vancouver) had a great time meeting with new Customers and a few old Customers throughout the day. We met with Sue Enns of Sue's Catering out of North Vancouver and Sue echoed the sentiments of many of our other new visitors who stopped by our booth on Sunday 'your prices and quality are amazing'. Sanjeev Ghirra of Riverside Banquet Halls had a long discussion with me about their requirements for items in their banquet facilities. It was great meeting with everyone who stopped by our booth. Attending these tradeshows in Vancouver allows us to meet face to face with our customers and is incredibly valuable as we continue to grow our product selections.

With so much going on the BC Foodservice Expo is a great chance to see what's new and excting in the Foodservice industry. We had a great time watching the Chefs' competitions again this year. It's always impressive watching a great meal come together. As the show ends, I can safely say that we look forward to returning to the show in 2013!

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National Event Supply heads West! 20 Jan 2012

National Event Supply will be doing several tradeshows

As the year ends, tradeshow time begins at National Event Supply. In November we exhibited at the Golf Business Canada Show which was held at the beautiful Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in Lake Louise, Alberta. The snow was out in full force and it was pretty darn cold as well.

As part of our Show Special, we gave away a FREE NES Reliable Wedding-Style Resin Folding Chair to each Golf Club that met with us at our booth. These chairs are incredibly popular and are great for the many outdoor weddings that take place at Golf Clubs across the country.

Show attendance was up nicely over 2010 (which was also up over 2009) and we were able to meet several new Golf Clubs as well as meet with a few of our current customers including Brenda O’Reilly and Michael Todd from Stone Tree Golf (http://stonetree.on.ca/). We also had the pleasure of meeting Jeff Calderwood the CEO of the National Golf Club Owners Association on the show floor.

As memories of the Christmas rush and New Year's Eve parties faded, we started our 2012 tradeshow schedule. On January 12th, I flew out to Vancouver to exhibit at the CRA BC Regional trade show which was held in the Show Barn on the grounds of the Cloverdale Rodeo and Exhibition Centre in Langley, BC. Our west coast sales reps, AE Sales, provided us with the booth space necessary to present a range of our most popular dinnerware and cutlery lines including Quadrato Square dinnerware line and Maria 18/10 cutlery. We also had samples of our best-selling NES Reliable Plastic Folding Tables and plastic folding chairs along with our Chiavari chairs. Will Stayer and Tony Shelling from AE Sales helped answer questions from several inquisitive visitors. Dale from the Rent-It Centre in Sechelt, BC commented that he has been coming to the CRA BC Regional show for more than 12 years and this was the first time they had ever seen an exhibitor representing the Party side of the Rental business. We were excited to meet many new customers at the show along with some of our stalwart regular customers like Rhonda Pedersen from Pedersen’s Event Rentals.

During the show, we had the pleasure to meet Ted Cook, the outgoing President of the American Rental Association. Ted is the General Manager/Owner of the Ventura Rental Center in Los Angeles, California and was one of the keynote speakers for the Awards Banquet Dinner.

BC CRA Banquet After the two days of exhibiting, everyone headed to the Coast Hotel & Convention Centre/Cascades Casino for the Saturday evening Awards Banquet Dinner. As you can see, we had a full house in the banquet hall and we weren’t disappointed. After a fabulous dinner we were entertained by Michael Harrison, a Ventriloquist/Comedian and a finalist on the 2008 America’s Got Talent. Michael did a number of his trademark skits, including his first puppet, Mr. Tennis Ball and Dunlop and his Human Puppet routine that won him huge accolades from the judges on America’s Got Talent. Michael performed for almost an hour and had us laughing in the aisles.

After the dinner a number of awards were presented to various members of the CRA BC Local. Ted Cook, ARA President presented the CRA BC Local with an award for the greatest membership growth of all State and Provincial locals across the United States and Canada. Congratulations to the CRA BC Local for a great accomplishment as well as for hosting such a great 2 day event. We will definitely be recommending that all of our BC Rental Customers make plans to attend next year's show.

Our next tradeshow is also in Vancouver. We're going to be at the BC Foodservice Show which will be held at the Vancouver Convention Centre. I hope that if you're at the show, you'll stop by Booth 138 and say hello to Jonathan, Tony, or myself and take a look at everything that we have on display.

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New products in stock, New Sign above the Door 14 Oct 2011

New Sign above our door We`ve had a busy few weeks again at National Event Supply. After renaming our company back in the spring we finally got around to changing our building signage. The next time you drop by be sure to take good look at our new overhead sign. The sign looks fantastic, if we do say so ourselves. A big thanks to Bob at Whitehorse Signs for helping us make the changes in a cost effective manner. Bob was extremely professional and made sure we kept the proper balance with all the removals and additions that were made to the sign.

We also received a number of shipments in the last week which has helped our inventory position quite dramatically. Last year it was our NES Reliable 8ft rectangular Plastic folding tables that we couldn’t keep in stock, this year it’s been our NES Reliable 6ft rectangular Plastic folding tables. They have been flying off our warehouse shelves just as fast as we’ve been able to get them in. We have finally caught up with the increase in demand and should have lots of all sizes of Plastic folding tables available for the busy fall season.

After the early summer mix-up from our supplier where they shipped us Black on Grey plastic folding chairs, we once again have a good supply of our NES Reliable Black on Black plastic folding chairs back in stock. For those Customers where the colour isn’t a big deal, we still have a few Black on Grey chairs available at the special price of $10.00/chair. They come with our 2 year material and manufacturing warranty and at this price it is almost a 30% discount off our everyday great value prices. They won’t last much longer so be sure to give us a call if you are interested.

Finally we have also expanded our line of great looking melamine products. These products offer the clean good looks that come with porcelain, but are significantly more durable. After speaking with a number of our catering and rental customers we kept hearing they needed a large bowl that could handle rougher use than our very popular 14” Round Porcelain bowl. We're proud to offer this bowl to all of our customers and hope that it meets their needs.

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New Table & Chairs Catalogue 30 Sep 2011

NES Reliable Slate Blue on Grey Plastic Folding Chair

We are pleased to announce the introduction of our first ever Table & Chair Catalogue. This is the culmination of more than a year of work by Jonathan and Michael to pull together the wide range of products we offer with high resolution print quality pictures and product descriptions and specifications. This catalogue will have listings for virtually every type of table and chair that we sell. You'll be able to learn more about our NES Reliable Plastic Folding Tables and NES Reliable Plastic Folding Chairs. You'll also be able to check out our very popular NES Reliable Wedding-Style Resin Folding Chairs and our new NES Resin Chiavari Chairs.

If you would like a copy of our first ever Table and Chair Catalogue, just give us a call, send us an email or fill out this form. We would be pleased to mail you a copy free of charge.

We are also working on a Tabletop Catalogue which will have a snapshot of our wide range of dinnerware, flatware as well as platters and bowls that we offer to our Hospitality/Foodservice customers. We hope to have this catalogue completed before Christmas. In addition, we are also working on translating both catalogues into French for our Quebec based customers. Stay tuned for future information.

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Now Arriving...Training Tables, Card Tables, Chairs, and Banquet Tables 29 Jun 2011

It's been a busy day here at the National Event Supply warehouse. We took delivery of our first container early this morning and we're just starting to empty our second container this afternoon. It's great to finally have the products that everyone is looking for.

Our first container was a mixture of Plastic Folding Tables and Plastic Folding Chairs. We've managed to replenish our supply of Burgundy on Grey Plastic Folding Chairs as well as increase our stock of Black on Black Plastic Folding Chairs to help us get through the summer. In addition, we brought in some 5-ft NES Reliable Rectangular Plastic Folding Tables, allowing us to add it to our regular price list of available items.

NES Reliable Square Plastic Folding Card Tables

We also brought in a couple of new products for us to add to our table line-up. The first is the 3-ft NES Reliable Square Plastic Folding Card Table. Constructed of the same resin and steel as our regular banquet tables, the NES Reliable Square Plastic Folding Card Table is designed for strength and durablity. This 3-foot (36 inch) square table is very stable and features a straight-style folding leg with a snap-lock for added stability. The legs are powder coated grey steel tubing. We are incredibly happy with the build quality of this table and believe that it will meet your needs.

6-ft NES Reliable Plastic Folding Training Table

The other new table that we have brought in is a 6-ft Training Table. The NES Reliable Plastic Folding Training Table features an ultra-smooth top which is perfect for writing on. These tables are perfect for educational purposes, seminars, or anywhere else where a writing surface is required. The tables are 70 ¾ inches long and 19 ¾ inches wide with legs at the very edge of the table. We've had numerous requests for this type of table, and we believe that you won't be disappointed by this table.

Our second container arrived earlier this afternoon. It was filled with 5-ft round, 6-ft rectangular, and 8-ft rectangular plastic folding tables. Unfortunately, we only brought in 120, 5-ft round tables on this container. This means that after filling our back-orders we will have 1 or 2 tables left. We are getting more 5-ft round tables in early August, so if you are interested in the tables and can wait, please drop us a line and we will put your request into our backorder file.

That's it for today. The warehouse team is resting up for one last container this month. Tomorrow we'll be adding more Plastic Folding Chairs to add to our inventory. This last container will be the ninth container of products that we have received this month. We should have another two or three containers in the coming weeks filled with resin Chiavari chairs, porcelain, and cutlery.

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