
In the last 2 weeks I've attended my first Tweetups. One was spontaneous at the local Restaurant & Catering Assoc. Awards Dinner - tweeters (about 10 of the 700) agreed on a #hashtag for the event and kept the comments flowing...

Local food bloggers and tweeters reacted with scorn to a statement by Masterchef celeb. George Calombaris: 'Bloggers have no idea about restaurants...

Shock, horror - using emotion to charge extra for a product! There are so many ways this can be done in a restaurant or bar, without making it a rip-off. What do your sales team think?

Watch how the new Pizza Hut app for iPhone works (and expect one for Blackberry etc very soon). Won't be long until you can order a personalised one for your business - no doubt developers are working on this right now...

Watch how the new Pizza Hut app for iPhone works (and expect one for Blackberry etc very soon). Won't be long until you can order a personalised one for your business - no doubt developers are working on this right now...

How many of these lines do you recognise? Just substitute the word 'bar' or 'restaurant' for 'book'. Hat tip: Mike Duffy

Great discussion by Jeff Jarvis today on his new MediaTalk USA podcast. They've set this up so you can listen to the talk session through iTunes, find out the names and links mentioned on the MediaUSA website, follow the Twitter updates, and discuss or comment on their Facebook group...

Last week I saw a set of witty, original wine labels (on bottles)...and wanted to buy a case for gifts and drinking. Found the website, thinking that would lead me to a supplier. Big mistake - it was one of the most frustrating and over-designed sites I've ever experienced...

The imaginative campaigners at SugarStacks have illustrated the amount of sugar in popular beverages, breakfast foods, snacks and desserts. Here is a popular staff drink, using 4 gm sugar cubes as a measurement. Diabetes anyone?

Good response from Gary V. about the Dominos snotty pizza fiasco - this is not a reason for large companies to avoid participating in video and other social media. And a request to have webcams in kitchens and back of house so consumers can see how clean they really are!

Retailers often analyse the typical customer 'basket' size and composition. Did they buy just one sweater, or add accessories and a t-shirt? How many grocery or hardware items did they choose? The restaurateur or bar manager would be asking: how many items do lunch customers buy...










