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Skriven 2006-05-24 06:41:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JIM WELLER
Ärende: Elmer Fuddrucker's 716
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 ML> We have a chain called Fuddrucker's (the capacity of the
 ML> marketing guys to come up with funky names appears to be
 ML> limitless)
 JW> They have made their way into Canada. There is one in Edmonton inside

Civilization has to come sooner or later even to the provinces.

 JW> West Edmonton mall. They have a window (do all of them?) that allows

The ones I've seen (can't speak to the general case) have
partially visible kitchens.

 JW> potential diners to look into the kitchen and see the buns coming out
 JW> of the oven and the meat going into the grinders. There is a lot of
 JW> stainless steel and marble; the place looks immaculate. Perhaps all
 JW> restaurants should do this; it would keep the employees on their toes,
 JW> hygiene-wise.

It is a good idea: a few decades ago it was a fad among
fancier places, and more recently the intermediate places
- Bertucci's, Carrabba's, various steakhouses, etc. -
have taken to doing this. But now thinking about it, is it
really a top-down phenomenon? After all, fast fooderies from
diners on down to the McDonaldses have often had visible
food prep and cooking.

 JW> They are more expensive than BK etc. but allegedly make a good burger.
 JW> I really should check them out but I hate huge malls with a passion and

Unamerican! Be ashamed of thine self, O ye of little
economic effect.

 JW> never go to WEM.

Is that the big famous one that one hears about all the time?

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 JW> Supervalu is the major supplier to IGA in the US.

I vaguely remember this name from the distant past. 

 JW> IGA is still a group of independent grocers (supplied by Sobey, which
 JW> franchises the name) in Quebec. In the Maritimes Sobey had to divest
 JW> their IGAs (they would have had a near monopoly otherwise) when it
 JW> took them over from the Oshawa Group, a wholesaler. Loblaw's took
 JW> them all and turned them into company stores. In western Canada Sobey
 JW> turned all the IGAs into Sobey stores.

So Supervalu is a super-wholesaler to IGA in the USA but doesn't
have control over the trademark, but Sobey has control over the
trademark except in the Maritimes but doesn't use it in western
Canada? IgaIgaIgaIga-got it (or so I th-th-th-ink).

---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.01

      Title: Chinese Chews
 Categories: Cookies, not Chinese
      Yield: 1 servings

      2 ea Eggs                              1/4 ts Salt
      1 c  Sugar                               1 c  Dates; chopped
    1/2 c  Flour                               1 c  Nuts; chopped
    1/2 ts Baking powder

  Beat eggs until light. Add sugar and blend. Sift together dry ingredients,
  add to egg mixture. Stir in dates and nuts. Spread mixture in well buttered
  pan and bake in slow oven 300 F. about 20 minutes. When cool cut into
  squares and roll in granulated sugar.

  Source: Mrs. Elmer Fry, Woodgrove Grange, Delaware County, OH

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