In today’s episode of Every Other Thursday, we launch a series called RECAST where we will occasionally take one of our past great guest conversations and offer it again for those who may have missed it on the first go round or perhaps are new to our Every Other Thursday Podcast. In this first RECAST, we bring to you our conversation with one our m…

In today’s episode of Every Other Thursday, our rescheduled guest is “in the house” as Restaurant Manager Jason Craul joins us to talk about his journey out of the kitchen and into overall general management. Jason talks about the challenges, the opportunities, and why it was the right move for him. You’ll also learn a bit about his current company…

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In today’s episode of Every Other Thursday, our Gang of 3 give their wrap up of the just-completed NRA Show. Greg, Jay and Dave give their overall thoughts on the show after a 3-year absence, along with what impressed them, along with a few of the disappointments and what they thought were missed opportunities. Covering more than just the tabletop …

In today’s episode of our Every Other Thursday Podcast, marketing and brand expert Larry Deutsch joins us. Having spent his entire career driving business outcomes for brands both big and small, Larry Deutsch has an uncanny ability to take the complex and make it simple & straightforward. Currently, CEO & Co-Founder of Chicago-based DVK Marketing, …

In this episode of Every Other Thursday, foodservice and hospitality expert Marsha Diamond joins us. Marsha has a uniquely diverse background that spans the full range of foodservice from operations to sales/marketing, to being a Professor in the International School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, to business developments and solution selli…

Coming of a well-deserved break, the Gang of 3 is back with a quick re-introductory episode of Every Other Thursday where they tell listeners who they are, what they’ve been up to and give a peek into where the podcast is headed in this new Version 2.0. As always, you’ll hear the uncut skinny on what these foodservice and hospitality experts think …

This week’s episode features Roger Least, Director of Dining Services for Brightview Senior Living. Drawn to his current company by their culture, in our conversation Roger explains why that culture is so important in the senior living segment and what it especially meant during the pandemic. And, since we have tabletop in our DNA, we asked Roger h…

In this week’s Every Other Thursday episode host Greg Kirrish welcomes Janet Ady. Janet is an experienced economic development and site selection consultant, author, and speaker who focuses on helping both communities and companies meet their growth and diversification goals. Her knowledge and experience of the foodservice & hospitality sectors, al…

This week’s episode features marketing veteran Marc Broccoli. Marc has been helping start-up and established brands grow for the past 20+ years by combining proven marketing strategies and tactics with both traditional and leading-edge methods. Recently, Marc has turned his attention to marketing within the foodservice sector. So, in today’s conver…

This week’s episode has us sitting with Ed Grocholski, Sr. Vice President – Brand at the organization. Recruiting employees and future leaders for the restaurant and hospitality industry currently is a real and present issue. We're fortunate to have Ed join us to discuss how his organization is working to develop top young talent that will hopefull…

In this week’s episode, friend of the show Greg Kirrish returns to recap his just completed culinary sojourn to the Grand Canyon State of Arizona. Curious adventurer that he is, Greg gives us his food & beverage insights into the dining out goings-on in Tucson and Scottsdale, along with his encounters in the remote outposts of Sedona and Flagstaff.…

This week, we bring a tech touch to Seat Yourself when we are joined by John Kelly, CEO of Zenreach. Zenreach is a software and information company that helps restaurant operators connect the physical and digital journey for their customers. With customer acquisition and retention as their primary targets, Zenreach offers operators digital marketin…

On this week’s podcast, our “other” nomadic co-host Jay Allie heads back to The Sunshine State to work the St. Augustine Food & Wine event. Jay gives his insights to how people were reacting at event and, in general, as the re-opening of the hospitality industry continues. And, of course, by now everyone knows that with Jay you can always expect a …

This week, we head back to one of our favorite cities – Edinburgh, Scotland – to speak to founder and creative entrepreneur Nikki Gibson about her start up company This talented hospitality veteran seized the opportunity during the current pandemic to create a start to help both hotel properties and those who continue to work from home. Nikki will …

On this week’s podcast, our nomadic co-host Greg Kirrish gives us the skinny on his just-back-from trip to Austin, Texas. From culinary adventures to his musical impressions of Texas’ Capitol City, Greg tells it as he saw – and experienced - it. And, a bonus segment from Greg – we’ll also hear about his experience at recent Every Other Thursday gue…

This week, friend of the podcast Zander Lauritzen Hansen returns to talk #tiki! We could not be more excited to have this cocktail savant return to give us his thought on this fun concept that will no doubt be riding the returning wave as the hospitality industry begins its comeback. The Tiki cocktail, and the entire tiki concept, is associated wit…

In this week’s episode, Dave discusses the #coretrait of being true to yourself and your dreams. And, he does it by discussing the future possibilities that lay in front for TabletopJournal as it approaches its 10th anniversary. Ambiguity and uncertainty are always a part of our future and Dave’s personal approach in this week’s episode brings it h…

In this week’s episode, Jay Allie, friend and co-host of our other podcast Every Other Thursday comes on to discuss his lengthy sales and marketing career, the current state of the foodservice and hospitality industry. Jay also offers up his take on our Every Other Thursday podcast and how it differs a bit from this podcast. For those of you famili…

This week, we travel to Europe as we speak with David Otto from Holland’s company. In our conversation with David, we discuss the current COVID-19 situation in Holland and the surrounding European countries, along with what David and his colleagues at Tovari are doing to prepare for when the HoReCa business returns. You may recognize David and Tova…

Seat Yourself delivers the latest news and information on the hospitality tabletop industry. This week’s episode features the latest industry news, topics, and people including a recap of , our take on the Corona Virus, , ’s new non-profit foundation and much much more!! In our segment, 60 Seconds with Shannon, Dave sat down with Category Manager S…

Seat Yourself delivers the latest news and information on the hospitality tabletop industry. This week’s episode features the latest industry news on the topics of the week including the Corona Virus, , , and much much more! In our segment, 60 Seconds with Shannon, as he usually does, Dave sat down with Category Manager Shannon Tallon of . This wee…

Seat Yourself delivers the latest news and information on the hospitality tabletop industry. This week’s episode features the latest industry news, topics, and people including , 's Claude Peiffer and . In our segment, 60 Seconds with Shannon, Dave and Shannon sat down and talk about the trend of supplier companies merging and aligning. In the disc…

In this week’s episode of Seat Yourself and our mini-series On The Frontlines, Chicago-based Greg Kirrish returns for a different type of discussion. Some listeners may recall that Greg joined us approximately a month ago to talk about what was happening on the street in hospitality in the greater Chicago area. This week, we asked Greg to join us t…

This week, we head north to Canada as we catch up with and have a conversation with Canadian foodservice expert Brian Wood. For the past 30+ years, Brian has been fully engaged in the Canadian hospitality sector from a wide variety of perspectives, now as CEO of his own foodservice agency selling to dealers from coast to coast. Knowing the market f…

Seat Yourself delivers the latest news and information on the hospitality tabletop industry. This week’s episode features the latest industry news, topics, and people including , , , Italy's and much more. In our segment, 60 Seconds with Shannon, Dave sits down as usual with Category Manager Shannon Tallon of . This week Shannon and Dave talk about…

This week, we stay in Europe as we catch up with Copenhagen’s from his business . Zander is closely tied to the bar and restaurant sector throughout the Scandinavian region and fills us in on the current situation there. As always, our intention in each of our On The Frontlines conversations is to get expert commentary and thoughts on what is happe…

In this week’s episode of Seat Yourself and our mini-series On The Frontlines, we travel out to the west coast of the U.S. to have a conversation with manufacturers’ sales representative Josh Blitstein. Armed with a portfolio of world-class tabletop, buffetware products and top-quality cookware, Blitstein and his company – - are a leading conduit t…

Seat Yourself delivers the latest news and information on the hospitality tabletop industry. This week’s episode features the latest industry news, topics, and people including, ’s Management Top 250 hospitality related companies, an update and ’s new website. This week, we also present to you a new and creative hospitality tabletop resource from T…

Seat Yourself delivers the latest news and information on the hospitality tabletop industry. This week’s episode features the latest industry news, topics, and people including , , , , and much more! In our, 60 Seconds with Shannon segment, as he usually does Dave sat down with Category Manager Shannon Tallon of . This week Shannon talks about how …

Seat Yourself delivers the latest news and information on the hospitality tabletop industry. In this episode Dave starts off with the Stat of the Week. This week’s stat is the number 50. The National Restaurant Association revealed that 50% of U.S. millennials are more likely to order restaurant food and have it delivered to them than they were jus…

Seat Yourself delivers the latest news and information on the hospitality tabletop industry. This week’s episode features the latest industry news, topics, and people including , y, and much more! In our weekly 60 Seconds with Shannon segment, Dave and Shannon discuss what makes a particular product, or a particular company, attractive to partner w…

Seat Yourself delivers the latest news and information on the hospitality tabletop industry. This week’s episode features the latest industry news, topics, and people including , and an announcement from . In our segment, 60 Seconds with Shannon, Dave sat down with Category Manager Shannon Tallon of . This week Dave and Shannon talk about the trend…

delivers the latest news and information on the hospitality tabletop industry. This week’s episode features the latest industry news, topics, and people including , and a restaurant sales update. In our segment, 60 Seconds with Shannon, Dave sits down again with Category Manager Shannon Tallon of . This week, Dave & Shannon talk about trends in mel…

Seat Yourself delivers the latest news and information on the hospitality tabletop industry. This week’s episode features the latest industry news, topics, and people including , , Germany's and launches new 2020 catalog. In our segment, 60 Seconds with Shannon, as he always does, Dave sat down with Category Manager Shannon Tallon of . This week, D…

Seat Yourself delivers the latest news and information on the hospitality tabletop industry. This week’s episode features the latest industry news, topics, and people including , and more coverage from Ambiente 2020, including companies and . In our segment, 60 Seconds with Shannon, Dave sat down with Category Manager Shannon Tallon of . This week …

This week, we want to welcome you to a very different format for Seat Yourself. Given the very difficult and uncertain times everyone in our industry is going through, it really didn’t seem appropriate at this time to continue on with our standard format for our weekly podcast. So, beginning with this week’s episode of Seat Yourself, we are startin…

This week, we move to the great city of Chicago and catch up with Greg Kirrish to discuss life on the front lines of the hospitality industry. You may recognize Greg’s name from our other podcast Every Other Thursday and we are excited to have Greg bring his perspective as to what is happening on the streets in the Windy City region of the USA. Gre…

Welcome to a Special Edition of our SEAT YOURSELF podcast. As followers of SEAT YOURSELF know, this episode will be a different format than our regular weekly edition. In this special edition, our host, Dave Turner, is at 2020. You will here updates and interviews from several different people and companies straight from the show room floor. This e…

Seat Yourself delivers the latest news and information on the hospitality tabletop industry. This week’s episode features the latest industry news, topics, and people such as; , ’s Zach Zucker and Laurent Turmes from the booth at this years Host in Milano, Italy. In our segment, 60 Seconds with Shannon, Dave sat down with Category Manager Shannon T…

Seat Yourself delivers the latest news and information on the hospitality tabletop industry. This week’s episode features the latest industry news, topics, people and companies including a Recap, 's new website, the launching of our new podcast , featuring a moment with , along with product news from , and much more! There's even a Durobor update! …

In this special edition, our host, Dave Turner, will be having a conversation with David Haber. David is the former President & CEO of D.W. Haber & Son, which was acquired earlier this year by . In the conversation, Dave talks to David about the journey that he went through leading up to the sale of his family-owned company after more than 100 year…

Seat Yourself delivers the latest news and information on the hospitality tabletop industry. This week’s episode features the latest industry news on the current state of restaurants in America and how millennials & Gen Xers view their career paths. This week Dave also talks to glassware French designer about her products and her collaboration with…

Seat Yourself delivers the latest news and information on the hospitality tabletop industry. This week’s episode features the latest industry news, topics, people and companies including , , , FER Mag, , and much more. In our segment, 60 Seconds with Shannon, Dave sat down once again with Category Manager Shannon Tallon of . This week Shannon talks…

Welcome to a Special Edition of SEAT YOURSELF. As followers of SEAT YOURSELF know, this episode will be a different format than our regular weekly edition and it will feature a single guest. In this Special Edition episode, our host, Dave Turner, is with Shannon Tallon of live from the show floor in Milan, Italy from the 2019 and 41st edition of th…

Seat Yourself delivers the latest news and information on the hospitality tabletop industry. This week’s episode features the latest industry news, topics, and people including , the Color of the Year, and much more!! In our segment, 60 Seconds with Shannon, Dave sat down with Category Manager Shannon Tallon of . This week Shannon talks about the s…

Seat Yourself delivers the latest news and information on the hospitality tabletop industry. This week’s episode features the latest industry news, topics, people and companies including the show, and . In our segment, 60 Seconds with Shannon, Dave sat down with Category Manager Shannon Tallon of . This week, Shannon talks about tumbler trends. In …

Seat Yourself delivers the latest news and information on the hospitality tabletop industry. This week’s episode features the latest industry news, topics, people and companies including , , and . In our segment, 60 Seconds with Shannon, Dave sat down with Category Manager Shannon Tallon of . This week Shannon talks about the dinnerware shapes and …

SEAT YOURSELF delivers the latest news and information on the hospitality tabletop industry. This week’s episode features the latest industry news, topics, including enhanced food & beverage in conference centers and business meetings, along with more info on our other podcast that's getting ready to launch - Every Other Thursday. This week, Dave a…

Seat Yourself delivers the latest news and information on the hospitality tabletop industry. This week’s episode features the latest industry news, topics, people and companies including , , , and much much more! In our segment, 60 Seconds with Shannon, Dave sat down with Category Manager Shannon Tallon of . This week Shannon talks about the upward…