Now, in 2013 more than ever before, any business who fails to realize social media’s potential for customer interaction and retention are not only being left behind, they’re potentially...
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The Teddy Bear Melee – Avoiding Customer Service Nightmares
Now, in 2013 more than ever before, any business who fails to realize social media’s potential for customer interaction and retention are not only being left behind, they’re potentially setting themselves up for catastrophic failure. Back in the day when slick salesmen rode into town on horse-drawn carriages to peddle their wares, an adage was born: Buyer Beware. Today, it’s seller beware. Brands are discussed and dissected before our eyes on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Yelp, and millions of blogs. In 2013, at the height of...
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Eat St Becomes Fully Interactive with New Cookbook
As an avid Food Network fan, I don’t think there are any shows on the network that I haven’t seen yet, and when shows like Eat St come out with cookbooks, I’m usually the first in line. I’ve seen them come, and I’ve seen them go. Along the way, a few stand-outs have really become favorites of mine; one of which of course is Eat St. Back in August of 2011, as we explored food trucks and food carts around California while we watched shows like Eat St and Great Food Truck Race, I followed along with some of my favorite...
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Fojol Bros Retrofitting Old Buses as Dining Cars
The Washington Post recently came upon an out-of-the-box thinking food truck operator whose creative idea of retrofitting old buses as dining cars may help to reinvigorate the District’s thinking in its latest proposed food truck regulations. Justin Vitarello, co-founder of Fojol Brothers wants to be a part of a growing mobile culture in D.C. and is ready to bring something new to the table. Vitarello’s vision isn’t entirely new. Le Truc in San Francisco has pulled off a similar concept for several years, but Vitarello plans to...
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The Food Truck Kitchen: Cuban Bowl with Tostones from Eat St.
I’ve always loved Cuban cuisine. Combining Spanish, African, and Caribbean influences, it’s what fusion cuisine is all about. The result is a flavor explosion of cultural influences of spices and techniques seen in Spanish and African cooking and spices of the Caribbean. You’ll even find some Chinese influence in some Cuban dishes. Food Network’s Eat St. visited Seattle, Washington last July, and they made a stop at one of the hottest Cuban kitchens on wheels, Snout & Co. Fifteen-year Seattle bar veteran, Lee Scott,...
