Entertaining Trends

[Happy Chef]

I just got this email from my exec who got it from another Canadian exec-



I just emailed my team this and thought you may want to be aware of it
>too.
> I cut the rest out that tells about GE creating new appliances to match
> this
> need. My guess is that this would be happening in the US too.
>
>
> "Kitchen Parties" Getting Trendy
>
> I think that the research that our company did to let us know that
> more
> guests
> and hosts want shorter and more action oriented, social shows lends itself
> nicely to the information I read recently. You can make good use of the
> trend
> that is identified and use it as a marketing tool. The following is part
> of
> an article that was in the Metro News (a free newspaper I picked up here
> in
> Calgary, Alberta) on March 6, 2008.
>
>
>
> Social Nearly half of Canadians will be throwing dinner parties this
> year,
> but not the formal sit-down gatherings of the 70's. This year twice as
> many
> Canadians say they'll have their next party in the kitchen instead of
> setting
> their dining-room table, according to a new national survey of 1,002
> Canadians
> conducted by Research House for GE Appliances. The survey reveals 80 per
> cent
> of respondents believe "kitchen parties" - cooking and entertaining while
> guests are gathered in the kitchen - are in.
>
>