Everyone loves and appreciates personal attention. It starts out with the tiniest of humans. Babies are the ultimate in loving personal attention…then as toddlers, you lose some – maybe you have a sibling join the family or maybe your parents Read More …
The heck with craft soda… try craft beer instead. Even the waiters who deliver it to your table are better than your average servers. Better yet, the people who make it tend to have this love of food, too. Great Read More …
Literally, just one day after I commented on our restaurant, passing on the well known national brands for their own version of craft soda, I see this sign at Starbucks. I didn’t see it until I picked up my beverage Read More …
Brands and products that go together. Co-brands… Coke and Sprite, right? Nope. Not here. Coke, and Sierra Mist. Wait. What? Bizarre mixed contracts. That’s what I think based on my experience as a buyer. Of course things have changed in ten Read More …
I am nearly certain that I have written about process… specifically that it’s the process that matters. If you can consistently perform work and produce both quality AND quantity of work while allowing (aka teaching, showing, instructing, supporting and mentoring) Read More …
I would normally be so excited to go shoe shopping… But, back to school shopping for shoes, especially, just… stinks. (Literally and figuratively – all those kids on a hot summer afternoon, taking off their older, worn out from last Read More …
It seems to me that there is a brand attack going on and I have to ask, why Coke? (and why now?) I have seen the “what happens to your body within 60 minutes of drinking a twelve ounce can Read More …
Most convenience stores are never closed. They are almost always open 24 hours a day. An original leader in the industry is 7-Eleven – in fact their name shared the hours they operated. They were the first to sell grocery Read More …
Up for a round of golf? How about mini golf? Is it true that every where you play offers you – the winner (even if you are the highest scoring player) – a free game if you get a hole Read More …
Had a conversation today about beach towns. This one verses that one. In reality, this is not better, and yet not worse than there either; just different. Beaches from east to west and north to south are all similar – Read More …