Webinar Event: Understanding The Decline In Dining Out

On September 23rd, 2014 at 2:00 EDT, an expert panel will host a live webinar titled,” Competing with the Refrigertor: Understanding the Millennial Decline in Dining Out.” The topics discussed will include how millennials form their dining decisions, what you can do to drive trial, and how to encourage long-term brand loyalty among Millennial customers. Millennials have a spending power of nearly $400 billion annually, yet they are choosing to dine out less frequently. In fact they are dining out 20% less than they did in 2007. The webinar will discuss how important it is to understand how millennials decide where and what to eat as this is the key to turning things around.

Webinar hosts include Dan Santy, President & CEO of Santy Integrated. Santy has a good understanding of the motivations that drive millennials and the marketplace has lead to intelligent strategies for an impressive roster of restaurant and multi-unit dining clients. Adam Pierno, Director of Brand Strategy and Planning at Santy Integrated will showase millennial insights in media, technology and the marketplace which lead to positive and revenue enhancing change for diners. James Bickers, Senior Editor of RetailCustomerExperience.com from Networld Media Group will also join the discussion as he has written about technology-related issued for many years both nationally and internationally.

For more information on how to join the live webinar, click here

Women in Wine with Litte Wisco

The Toklas Society is hosting an evening event this September 23rd with the all-female crew of wine directors from Gabriel Stulman’s Little Wisco restaurant group. The Toklas Society is a network of women in the hospitality industry. Through online content, meet-ups, speaker events, and workshops they aim to create opportunities not just for networking, but also for inspiration, education, and personal and professional growth.

The event will take place from 7-9pm at Montmarte; 148 8th Ave where there will be some wine tasting in the back garden. Jen Sgobbo, Erika DaSilva and Keri Levens are Little Wisco’s three wine directors and will be hosting the evening. The wine directors oversee all six of the company’s wine programs and will share some of their stories and styles in a brief talk moderated by Elena Silva, Director of Events & Guest Relations for Little Wisco. The talk will be followed by a guided tasting of six wines. The event cover is $25 and has a 24 member capacity so RSVP and ticket purchase are mandatory.

 

To purchase a ticket and read more about the event, click here