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Date: August 3-6, 2009
Location: Loews Coronado Bay Resort & Spa, San Diego, CA

Yes…we all know that consumers are eating and drinking out less than they did a year ago and that, when they do go out, they will look for the best overall options and rate their satisfaction more critically.

Yes…we all know that restaurants have more empty seats today than a year ago.  Menu Development and Marketing executives continue to look for new ways to truly differentiate themselves to draw interest to their menu and their restaurants.

Well…FLAVOR is the perfect solution!  Flavor is what dining-out guests of all ages look for at a restaurant – any size, segment, or price point.  They want their drinks and meals to look great, taste great, and not be just like the same menu item at the place down the street.  It’s not about a coupon or a prize…it’s about the FLAVOR!

Luckily for food and beverage menu developers, FLAVOR doesn’t cost a fortune to meld into the menu and create a point of differentiation.  It just takes some time, a little more culinary creativity, a look at the trends and the demographic reached, and a thorough review of what’s in the kitchen and behind the bar – and then, how it’s all being presented to the guest.

The “Flavor Team” is hard at work crafting an “Experience” that is 100% solution-oriented, where operator attendees and supplier partners will find answers and ideas that can be put to work today to help weather the immediate storm and help create turn-around numbers faster.  To do this, we have planned role-up-your-sleeves, flavor-forward trends and consumer research speakers, hands-on implementation ideas, and tastings that place a greater emphasis on food and beverage creativity, differentiation from competition in your segment, and unique value propositions, all based on incorporating FLAVOR as the strategic solution in your menu business and marketing model going forward.  We invite you to click on our Program icon to get the complete details.

 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Operators –corporate level executives from local, regional, and national restaurant chains and franchisees, multi-concept restaurants, hotels, casinos, cruise ship companies, and contract foodservice.  Appropriate titles include:  menu development, R&D, F&B, Beverage Development, Marketing, Procurement, Operations, Training, Brand Development.  Registration:  $495 pp

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Non-Sponsor Suppliers Attendance –is limited to 3X or more advertisers in Flavor & The Menu magazine.  Attendance is limited to 2 individuals from any single company: $1,995 pp.

Agencies, Consultants, Independent Research Chefs – Please contact the Flavor Experience Headquarters for additional registration information 1-888-EVENT29.

 

SPONSORSHIP
Appropriate companies include: :  food, adult and non-alcoholic beverage, equipment, menu development, marketing services, tabletop.  Appropriate Titles are: national accounts, marketing, business development, chef, mixologist, sales management, marketing management, product management.  For sponsorship opportunities click on the Sponsor tab on this site or call Sharyn Iler at 805-804-6343 or on her cell at 281-636-1099.

Our website will be updated regularly to bring you the latest program and other conference information.  SIGN UP HERE for updated information on the Flavor Experience For questions or more information please call Flavor Experience Headquarters at: 888-EVENT29 (888-383-6829)