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Continuing with our expansion into the foodservice and restaurant industry, we’re once again exhibiting at The Connect Show November 3 – 4 2014 in Booth# 123/125. Taking place at the Vancouver Convention Centre, the Connect Show brings together thousands of owners and operators of restaurants, hotels, pubs, bars, and more across BC to make lasting connections that drive business profitability and shape the future of the foodservice industry.

We have predominately sold to the party rental industry in the past and focus on supplying products (including event chairs, folding banquet tables, spandex and polyester table cloths, serveware, porcelain dinnerware, bone china dinnerware, stainless steel flatware, crystal and glass stemware) that are durable and allow this high turnover industry to make money. What makes our tabletop supplies so attractive to the restaurant industry is our ability to help foodservice and hospitality operators / owners make their tabletop budgets go further and focus their time and efforts on producing great food. What foodservice operator wouldn’t rather their staff members accidently break a $2.75 wine glass compared to a $5.00 wine glass?

We're all about helping out our prospects and customers with information that benefits their businesses and so in anticipation for the event, there's a number of blog posts we've written that we hope add some value to your business.

• New Menu Items to Offer in a Crystal Martini Glass
• On Your Next Menu Optimization, Consider Using This Language
• Why Your Restaurant Should Consider Offering Amuse Bouche
• Can Melamine Platters be used in Refrigerated Display Cases?
• Menu Trends: Showcasing the Hottest Appetizer Flavours

We'd love the chance to talk with you about your business so please come by Booth 123/125 to give us a suggestion of another post you'd like to see written about, or talk with us about how we can help your business focus on profits instead of losses.

Spandex table covers are a fantastic way to create a sleek, modern base for your event décor. They hide a wood or plastic folding table, have reinforced feet to avoid ripping and can be washed, stored and put back on with no wrinkling. This can be a huge time saver in an industry where every second counts in getting an event together. When a business such as a party rental company, banquet hall or hotel is looking to purchase 6ft spandex table covers, one of the first things they need to know is how much they cost. Unfortunately for Canadians, there isn't a huge number of stores that sell spandex table covers which can make it hard to budget and purchase these event items. We've rounded up the average cost range you can expect to pay for a 6ft spandex table cover so you can begin the process of budgeting for your next purchase.

6ft spandex table covers come in a wide assortment of colours. The most popular colour by far is a black spandex table cover because of its versatility in working with most other colours. You can also find spandex table covers in white, ivory, blue, green, and red. If you’re a business looking to use spandex table covers for a trade show or other event, we've sold to companies who imprint on the table covers so companies can receive custom branding on their spandex table cover.

A 6ft spandex table cover, regardless of its colour, varies in price from $29.95 to $129.65. These prices are exclusive of taxes and any shipping costs that might apply. Average range for shipping costs will vary depending on the amount of spandex table covers purchased and where you need them shipped to. Budget anywhere from $3.50 - $10.00 per table cover on shipping to be safe.

With event venues, hotels and party rental companies, there is definitely a case for purchasing 66 inch round folding tables. As mentioned in our previous post, 66 inch round folding tables allow for 10 people to be seated comfortably at a table for dinner, while allowing more tables (and thus more people) into the event space than a 72 inch round folding table. If you're looking to invest in new round banquet tables, ensuring that you have approximate costs for budgeting purposes as well as an idea of how many extra people can fit into the space makes a huge difference in asking management for additional funds. So it's not surprising that one of the questions we often get asked is "How much do 66 inch round folding tables cost in Canada?" We've rounded up the range in cost of 66 inch round tables available to purchase in Canada for easy reference below.

66 inch round folding tables vary in price quite dramatically. The reasoning behind this is because of the structure of the table, material the table is made of, distribution of table and the brand of table. If you're looking for 66 inch round folding tables, be sure to budget approximately $120.00CDN - $580.00CDN per table. Wood folding tables will be the least expensive of the round banquet tables mentioned in this post. That doesn't necessarily mean that they’re not solid (as we've proven in our product testing videos). ABS plastic folding tables will be middle of the road in terms of budget and are more expensive than wood folding tables as they feature a honeycomb core to increase their strength – which increases manufacturing costs. Laminate on wood folding tables will be the most expensive as they are often made in the USA which has more costly labour and production expenses. They are able to be set up without polyester tablecloths though.

Photo source: Stylemepretty.com Photography by: Victor Sizemore Photography

If you are in the market for Chiavari chairs, one of the questions you should be asking yourself prior to purchasing is how many Chiavari chairs fit around a round folding table? Depending on the size of the event venue you own or if you’re a party rental company that can generally rent out to a certain guest count for a party – being able to know the size of the event you can handle helps to determine the number of Chiavari chairs required for your business.

For reference, our resin chiavari chairs have a width of 14 7/8" / 37.78 cm. To illustrate how many Chiavari chairs can fit around a round folding table, I've put together an easy to reference table with the general round folding table sizes available and the number of Chiavari chairs that can fit around each size. The number of Chiavari chairs showcases the optimal number of chairs per table where each guest has a comfortable amount of room around the table and the maximum number of chairs per table should squeezing be required.

I hope this table helps you in planning out your purchase of Chiavari chairs.

Chairs in arenas, theatres, stadiums and auditoriums are a great way to optimize the amount of guests or attendees you can get into a venue. Oftentimes though, these chairs are extremely expensive and are fixed to the venue, limiting the different ways and configurations a venue can be used for (i.e. for weddings, intimate concerts, events featuring lounge furniture + dance floors + banquet layouts). But if you’re looking for seating options instead of a fixed folding chair like auditorium seating, what solutions exist out on the market that keep folding chairs together in rows but can be easily deconstructed and stored after an event?

I'd like to introduce you to a small and unassuming chair accessory called the chair ganging clip.

These ganging clips fit onto plastic folding chair legs just below the seat back and at the bottom of the legs just above the chair feet to keep the folding chairs together in a row.

They make it easy for event coordinators or their staff to set up folding chair rows in any venue imaginable and then easily deconstruct the set up after the event is finished for easy storage. For event venue managers or owners, they are a cost effective way to free up as many different configurations as possible for your event venue. Your venue has the ability to cater to multitudes of different event styles because of this ingenious little product.

I would recommend finding chair ganging clips that are of a similar colour to the folding chair legs of your event as then they blend into the chair itself and allow the event décor to be the main visual instead.