Greening of the Supply Chain: Sustainability Goes Horizontal
The concept of a green supply chain, once the domain of a very select number of companies, is gaining interest among operations practitioners as a...
BROKERS MEET TO DISCUSS SOLUTIONS FOR SLOW ECONOMY
Brokers said the timing of the conference couldn't have been better. The meeting provided the opportunity to refocus on the business after months of gloom and doom news. Attendees heard and discussed how to turn economic challenges into opportunities ...
In 1994, when Dino Labridis opened the first EVOS with co-founders Alkis Crassas and Michael Jeffers, the concept was ahead of the curve, providing the All American Meal of burgers, fries and a shake “without the side order of guilt”—naturally raised steakburgers, signature airbaked Airfries, organic milkshakes.
Until the spring of 2008, the lunch crowd at Stockton’s Pub and Grill, a full-service restaurant in Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, was thick with professionals from nearby real estate, law and accounting offices. But as the nation settled into a recession, the lunch crowd begin to thin out, and owner Doug Stockton noticed that customers in business attire became especially scarce.
Generation Y—a.k.a.the Millennials— is discovering that wine is their beverage of choice for many occasions. Long seen as an accompaniment to dinner, young drinkers are increasingly sipping wine at everyday activities—from baseball games to concerts and beach outings—motivating brands to re-evaluate how they market their products.