How to get a better deal from suppliers

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How to get a better deal from suppliers

Your suppliers are running a business, just like you, and facing the same pressures of rising costs, uncertain orders, competition and staffing issues. Plus one that most hospitality businesses don't face: bad debts.

Many restaurants run their price negotiation on a weekly or daily basis, but this is not the way to get the best long-term deals...

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How to get a better deal from suppliers

The Definitive Guide to Eggs

Everything you need to know to master eggs, from shopping tips to classic cooking techniques.

Egg Basics

What would our food be like if the humble egg didn't exist? Not only would we lose all the basic egg preparations, like scrambled, poached, and fried eggs, we'd also miss out on some of our most important emulsified sauces, like mayonnaise and hollandaise. Our baked goods, pastries, and breakfast confections would take a major hit-cookies, cakes, custards, waffles, pancakes, and meringues would be far more difficult, and in some cases flat-out impossible, to make...

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The Definitive Guide to Eggs

Mid-year hotel market report card

After an active eighteen months for the pub market, the experts discuss what they think is to come.

Since the beginning of 2016, pub transactions have set a breath-taking pace in scope and quantity. Some big prices have been paid, as landmark pubs that are generally deemed too good to sell have been placed on the market. Portfolios have been broken up and others have been consolidated in a short amount of time. So can this intensity be sustained? Are we in for a cool-down of the market or is the new norm?...

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Mid-year hotel market report card

10 Inspiring TED Talks That Will Help You Overcome Your Fears

There are three natural responses to fear: fight, flight or freeze. These talks will give you the confidence you need to fight onwards

What are you afraid of?

This question is one that holds back many people from their ultimate potential.

Whether you are an entrepreneur who is fearful of taking the next step, a professional who is scared of changing careers or a single mother afraid of the struggle to make ends meet, every person has fears that hold them back from doing the things they want to do in their lives.

The TED and TEDx stage has had close to 100,000 talks with ideas that are worth spreading. The people who have had the opportunity to be invited to speak have overcome fear, adversity and all the other obstacles that every person faces, then walked onto the stage to spread their message to the world...

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10 Inspiring TED Talks That Will Help You Overcome Your Fears

Facebook will let brands target ads to people who RSVPed to their Pages’ events

Advertisers will be able to create Custom Audiences of people who responded to an individual event created by a brand’s Facebook Page or all events.

Facebook plans to let brands target ads to people who RSVPed to events posted by a brand's Page. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed the company's plan after Moshe Isaacian provided screen shots of the new ad-targeting option in testing...

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Cucumber Gin Slush

Just a quick note today highlighting a seasonal slushy I made for QUITOKEETO. It's a blended, gin-spiked cucumber slush for the hottest of days. They're refreshing, easy-drinking, with a kiss of limoncello. And, just so we're all on the same page - they go down easy, in fact, in this case “brain freeze” might be a feature not a bug ;) I posted the recipe here. Enjoy! -h...

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