ROBINSONS and the ROBINSONS ARCH device ... - Country Range

the
soapbox
by roger rant
TAX
FREEdOM?
The last time I heard about
Tax Freedom Day - when
Britons begin working for
themselves rather than the
taxman - it was at the end
of May (don’t ask what it
is now).
meanwhile, whilst brits are working off
the debt, coping with sad (seasonal affective
disorder), recovering from christmas expense
etc. etc. we have to attract these people to eat
out of home. it can’t be easy, can it? but!
how better to easily cheer yourself up than
with a nice cup of coffee, some comfort food
or a quality restaurant experience. hold on,
what was that word? eXperience. That’s
the X Factor in catering, the sum of the parts
that is more than just the food.
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editor@stiritupmagazine.co.uk
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24th - 26th eSSential cuiSine cHefS
team competition
birmingham nec
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24th - 30th farmHouSe BreakfaSt week
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25th BurnS nigHt
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Letters
JAnUARY FEbRUARY
hello, i think you may find these anecdotes a wee
bit amusing for your readers. i run a country pub
(The Three horseshoes in barrow, suffolk) and both
happened on the same day. a female customer
came in with her partner and ordered the drinks.
“Have you got a slimline lemonade please”.
“Sorry, no” i replied.
“Well, what slimline drinks have you got then?”
“Just slimline tonic.”
“O.k., I will have to have one of them”
“And what would you like to eat?”
“The full English Breakfast please!”
save 20 calories, and then eat 700 calories!
That same evening, another customer came in with
3rd cHineSe new Year
(year of the rabbit)
14th St Valentine’S DaY
21st - 27th national cHip week
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28th - 13th fairtraDe fortnigHt
march
MARCh
8th SHroVe tueSDaY
9th aSH weDneSDaY
13th - 16th ife - tHe international
fooD & Drink eVent
excel, london
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13th - 16th pro2pac
excel
royal victoria dock, london
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her partner and ordered a burger, chips and baked
beans for him as well as something for herself.
after a couple of minutes, i asked them if
everything was alright.
“No, there is no mention of burger relish being
added to the burger on the menu, and my
partner is diabetic, so can’t have sugar”
so i looked at that tiny dollop of burger relish, then
at the pile of baked beans in tomato sauce with all
the sugar that contains, and gave a very polite apology.
you can choose your friends, but you can’t choose
your customers!
Bruce Burgeon, landlord of The Three
Horsehoes, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
January/february 2011 stiritup 05
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