September 1, 2010
FLOATER: Visitors to the National Signage event can take a riverboat cruise on the Ohio River via the Belle of Cincinnati.
There'll be plenty to talk about this year when the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Show has its three-day run in Orlando. The Orange County Convention Center hosts this annual event.
888-372-3976
flrestaurantandlodgingshow.com
If you think all your finance and accounting departments do is keep track of numbers, you'd better head to SS&G's CFO Restaurant Bootcamp in Las Vegas. The Signature at the MGM Grand hosts this gathering.
800-869-1834
www.ssandg.com/events
We sure hope attendees conclude the answer is “yes” at the 5th annual Food System Summit, whose tag line poses the question “Can We Trust Our Food?” Both current and emerging issues will be discussed. The Center for Food Integrity sponsors this event, which will take place at the InterContinental O'Hare in Chicago.
816-880-5360
www.foodintegrity.org
No, there won't be much from-scratch preparation of local farm-fresh ingredients at the National Association of Convenience Stores 2010 Convention. But this event is the mother lode for food products you buy premade and sell to your grab-and-go clientele. The NACS Show takes place at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. This year's closing speaker: President George W. Bush.
877-684-3600
www.nacsonline.com
Operators from seven states and the District of Columbia head to Baltimore for the Mid-Atlantic Food, Beverage and Lodging Expo. Site is the Baltimore Convention Center.
703-934-6118
www.midatlanticexpocom
Here's one reason you should attend the National Signage Research in Education Conference in Cincinnati: “An effective on-premise sign allows a less visible business site to perform comparable to a high exposure site.” The Signage Foundation hosts this event, which will take place on the campus of the University of Cincinnati.
202-025-0624
www.thesignagefoundation.org
Join the 25,000 attendees scouting for new products and ideas from the 2,000 exhibitors who'll be exhibiting at Natural Products Expo East. The Boston Convention and Exhibition Center is the venue.
866-458-4935
www.expoeast.com
Upgrade your coffee program — or even become a certified barista — by attending Coffee Fest Seattle 2010. Site is the Washington State Convention and Trade Show.
425-295-3300
www.coffeefest.com
Springboard: Wondering how some restaurant concepts made it through the economic downturn unscathed and returned to growth mode so fast? Find out how they did it and how you can do the same by attending Restaurant Hospitality's New Directions Conference, Oct. 24-26 at the Trump International Hotel & Towers in Chicago. The speaker lineup ranges from executives who know how to breathe new life into stagnant chains (Sizzler's Kerry Kramp; Lane Cardwell, new c.e.o. of Boston Market; Fred LeFranc, architect of the Steak N Shake turnaround) to noted chefs who have figured out how to expand by downshifting from fine dining into more casual operations. These presenters include Top Chef Masters champ Rick Bayless; Next Iron Chef winner Jose Garces; Miami cooking legend Jonathan Eisemann; and Chicago's Paul Kahan. As always, ace concept creator Richard Melman will be on hand, presenting his namesake award — this year, to chef Jose Andres. For more information, go to www.restaurant-hospitality.com/nd or contact Lauren Carroll at 216-931-9714 ([email protected]).
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