Business
Could Lagniappe be a Solution?
Instead of focusing on ‘cutting back’, maybe one solution to keeping your employees and customers happy, and attracting new ones, is laniappe. Thanks to one of our customers from New Orleans, it’s become one of my favorite words.
Recycle your cardboard
Our vanilla supplier, Nielsen-Massey, just switched to using all recycled corrugated containers for their shipping. Does that really matter?
Here’s a quick factoid:
For every ton of corrugated cardboard that is recycled, this preserves 17 trees, 463 gallons of oil, and 3 cubic yards of landfill space.
If a ton sounds like a big number [...]
A New Perspective on Going Green
I attended a seminar on October 1 titled “The Business of Living and Working Green”. It was put on by a local group called Chix in Business and hosted at McKinney, a world-class creative agency headquartered in Durham, NC. My friend, business associate, and former coach, Susan Maravetz is in charge of special events and Anna’s Gourmet Goodies was again happy to sponsor a door prize at this event. We have always incorporated elements of ‘green’ into our company and I must admit, I walked out of this seminar with a renewed interest in making sure that Anna’s Gourmet Goodies does everything we can to conduct business in a manner that demonstrates respect for the world in which we live.
Holiday baskets in the warehouse?
On Saturday, Anna and I made our weekly trek down to the ‘warehouse’ store to stock up on supplies for Anna’s Gourmet Goodies. I’ve noticed displays of those ‘cookie tins’ showing up over the past few weeks, but they have now rolled out the gift packs in quantity. I guess the early season for holiday shopping has begun – I spotted a large center isle display of those shrink wrapped gift baskets with candy canes in them. Is it really time to see this in stores?
The Whole Foods Indicator
Have you heard about the ‘Whole Foods Indicator’ as a new way to tell which way the economy is heading? My recent shopping experience there has me thinking differently about the financial tsunami that hit the U.S. economy this past week.
How much does stress weigh?
That depends….
Tips for networking success
Networking can actually be fun and productive – here are a few tips for success.
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