Blog posts tagged with 'restaurants'

In National Event Supply's history we've helped thousands of party rental companies, caterers, restaurants, banquet halls, golf courses, and churches benefit from reliable, commercial-quality, value-based products. Our rapid growth is driven first and foremost by your company's commitment to becoming a world-class foodservice or event service company, and we are honoured to play a role in your success.

We want you to be the first to know that we will be increasing prices on all stainless steel cutlery starting Wednesday, January 1st, 2014. As a result of continued cost increases by our suppliers over a number of years, we need to increase our cutlery prices. This will be our 1st price increase on our cutlery in more than 8 years. Prices will increase roughly 10% from current prices.

To take advantage of our current pricing before our prices increase, click here to request a quote on cutlery.

Why the change?

These changes are being made to allow us to continue to deliver high quality stainless steel cutlery at great value prices and to ensure your inventory is both high quality and durable. As always, please reach out to us at any time with questions or suggestions for improvement. We are always eager to hear from you. Thanks for being a part of the National Event Supply family. We couldn’t do it without you.

Like most warranties, all chip warranties are not made equally; each warranty is different depending on the manufacturer. For example some manufacturers provide a 1 year warranty while others provide 5 or more years for their warranty. With that said however most of the warranties have common terms and conditions that need to be followed for them to be honoured by the manufacturer.

Here are some things that you need to know:

• Only select lines or items may be covered by the warranty (varies by Manufacturer). As a result you should check to find out which items you are purchasing are covered by the warranty prior to finalizing your order.
• As the warranty name implies, they only cover chips, they do not cover any other kinds of damage.
• It may not cover chips/cracking/breakage of handles or knobs on jugs, teapots/coffeepots, and mugs. As well as chips/cracking/breakage on spouts of pots or jugs.
• The warranty will only cover use in food service applications such as washing, preparation, serving, and refrigeration. As a result if the item is going to be used in more extreme conditions, these will not be covered under the warranty.
• The warranty is only valid for the original purchaser of the item.
• Generally a registration form must be filled out at the time of purchase (or soon thereafter) for the warranty to be validated.
• The manufacturer or chosen representative reserves the right to a site visit should they deem it necessary. This may occur if you are experiencing higher than expected breakage. If the site visit reveals poor treatment/mishandling, warranty may be void.
• The warranty is location specific; as a result if the items travel to other locations the warranty may be void.
• All chipped pieces must be retained by the customer and returned to the manufacturer (or their representative) for inspection.
• Finally most have a clause that reserves the right of the manufacturer to void any warranty for any reason.

To fully understand the warranty on the porcelain products that you are purchasing, we encourage you to ask your manufacturer or their chosen representative for details as each warranty does differ. If part of the warranty is unclear to you make sure that you ask questions about it.

National Event Supply does not offer any chip warranty on our porcelain products. We take great strides to ensure our commercially designated porcelain products are of durable quality and not easily breakable given the target market we sell to however we also understand that porcelain by nature is a breakable material. Companies that do offer such a warranty on an inherently breakable product like porcelain must charge extra per dish to cover the percentage of dishware they believe will chip in their given warranty period. As a result this costs you the buyer extra whether you have a plate chip or not. Because we don’t offer a warranty, we can provide you with the best value possible – in some cases costing up to 50% less than standard porcelain suppliers. If you’re interested in viewing the porcelain dishes we have available, their specifications and pricing, download a copy of the National Event Supply Dinnerware Catalogue!

I’m always looking for different kinds of content to share that enrich our prospects and customers’ lives because while one person may enjoy reading an article, another may prefer slides, or a video or a podcast.

This week I stumbled across a podcast I think is a gem for anyone in the restaurant industry looking for additional ways to build revenue. Mark Deo, Veteran CBS Radio Host interviewed a man by the name of Erle Dardick, author of the books "Get Catering and Grow Sales!" and "501 Killer Marketing Tactics for Cranking Up Your Catering Sales". Erle joins Mark’s podcast entitled "The Small Business Hour, as heard on CBS Radio" to discuss how focusing on catering helped transform his restaurant. He gives great lessons on finding a niche market you can dominate and tips on narrowing your focus and dominating a market. To hear more of Erle’s tips, jump to 14:00 below.

According to Foodservice & Hospitality Magazine, in 2013 the commercial Canadian Food Service & Restaurant Market has remained on a 4.4-per-cent growth track. With 2013 nearing an end, a number of publications have been forecasting how the 2014 Canadian Restaurant and Foodservice industry will fare. Check out 10 of the most interesting findings we've uncovered!

With the age of information upon us, it seems as if not a day goes by without a new smartphone app being released to the market. We're all guilty of going on our smartphones when we're out about town and checking what's around us – be it for a clothing store, a grocery store or a restaurant. Restaurant apps in particular are extremely popular with the masses and a great tool to find the cuisine you want around the area you want. As a restaurant, including your establishment on the top 35 restaurant apps that consumers are using right now – ensures that you’re putting your best foot forward and getting found where consumers are looking for you. We found an infographic on Visual.ly by Pizzamarketplace.com, fastcasual.com and QSRweb.com that summarizes the top 35 restaurant apps consumers are using right now. Check it out below!

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