Here are the articles we are following for Friday, August 25, 2011.
Times Square Picks 4 Gourmet Concepts For New Kiosks
Outback Promotion Celebrates New Grill With 1 Million Free Steaks
What It Takes To Become a Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Barista
Restaurateur Entrepreneur Shares Lessons Learned On The Job
What To Ask Your Best Customers
Now it's your turn. Share your comments, feedback, ideas, suggestions at the bottom.
Have a great Friday!
The United Linen UCrew
You guys know Jamie. He's shown up in other vids in the past. In this one, Jamie helps explain why it's a good idea to put linen in the linen bags provided by United Linen.
If you have questions about how to tie the right knot or any other ideas, comments, suggestions or feedback, please let us know in the Comments section below.
Here are the articles we are following for Monday, August 22, 2011.
Yogurt Chains Boost Sales With Self-Service Concepts
How Naked Pizza Used Twitter to Excite Investors
How Five Guys BEcome America's Fastest-Growing Burger Biz
KISS To Open Themed Coffehouse In Vegas
Feel free to leave your feedback in the comments below.
Have a great Monday!
Here are the articles we are following and that we thought our customers might be interested in for Friday, August 18, 2011.
Texas Roadhouse fills CEO seat after California Pizza Kitchen hires its chief
Burger King aims for fresher image with food-focused ads
Investor hopes to revive Tavern on the Green brand
Dunkin' Donuts makes virtual goodies available on Facebook
Melting Pot adds mobile reservations at Sacramento restaurant
Hungry tweet sends Morton's to meet PR guru's plane
As always we would love to her from you about any of these articles or anything United Linen can do to serve you better. Feel free to leave feedback in the comments below.
Have a great weekend!
On Second Thought
Scott Milam Townsend is Marketing Director for United Linen & Uniform Services in Bartlesville, OK
Here are some articles we are following we thought our customers might be interested in for Thursday, 8/18/11.
Chefs pass on bigger markets for a taste of D.C.
How Pizza Hut pioneered smartphone ordering
Italian eatery becomes NYC's first iRestaurant
D.C. restaurant requires guests to sign contracts
How a 20-Something Prodigy Transformed The U.S. Hospitality Industry
Patrons still prefer a simple cup of coffee or tea, survey shows
We would love to hear from you about any of these articles or anything United Linen can do to serve you better. Please feel free to leave feedback in the comments below.
Have a great day!
And here are the topics we are following at #UnitedLinenUniversity for Wednesday, Aug 17, 2011
Franchising remains key to restaurant growth, study finds
Dunkin' aims to boost "cultlike" following with westward expansion
Target's new store in Chicago to include Pret A Manger
Foodspotting goes social in bid for mass appeal
Orlando's Lynx Lymmo opens options for lunch
How mobile POS systems give servers more time to focus on guests
Barbecue becomes a global menu trend
The Power Of Small Wins: 5 Questions With Teresa Amabile
Today we help Nancy Cranor celebrate her 51st birthday. She didn't have to give it up, but being the trooper that she is, hey, it's just another number to add to the win column. She is the VP of IT here at United Linen & Uniform Services and has been with us for 32, going on 33 years. That's a tremendous amount of napkins, tablecloths and uniforms she has helped push through the system over the years.
Today we are also rolling out the bagged towel concept that we introduced you to not too long ago. We are rolling this out to all of you who take grill towels and shop towels. This is a tremendous way to help keep the towels clean in transport and during storage as well as a number of other advantages. But we would like to hear from you on this. If you have likes/dislikes/concerns about the bagged towel program, we would like to hear them.
Lastly, Lara Dickson (@twit4restos) has come out with a great little ebook that I think restaurants are going to find very, very helpful regarding setting up a Twitter account and how to use Twitter to increase traffic to your restaurant.
As always, feel free to leave comments and criticisms below.
Please RT if you like RT:@unitedlinen Birthday, Bagged Towels and @Twit4restos http://bit.ly/bwjIpR
There's alot to be said for loyalty, dedication and hard work. Several days ago, we had an interview with one of United Linen's long-time employees, Area Manager Bryon Long, (click here to see the vlog post) and today, we take a minute to show the presentation of Bryon's 20 year service award by Mat Saddoris, President/Owner of United Linen.
Do you cook less from scratch than you used to? Based on The Chronicle article mentioned in the video, you are spending more on processed foods, pre-packaged foods and at restaurants, than you have in the past. That's good news if you're in the restaurant business or service the restaurant industry (like us with tablecloths, napkins grill towels, etc).
Thanks in advance for your comments, suggestions, ideas and feedback.
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