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 Post subject: Re: Any food industry professionals here?
PostPosted: Wed September 23, 2015 9:52 pm 
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The money is probably a little better than being a rock star these days. Sometimes I made a hundred whole dollars in a single shift.



No disrespect intended, but for the guy who was considering a move into waiting tables: You can do much better than this. You'll have to get some experience under your belt first, but the money can become pretty significant. I would regularly get $300 a shift, and I have friends who currently get around $700 a night at places that come with more bullshit attached. It makes it hard to walk away, once you get used to it...
That was years ago, and in Mississippi dollars. I was practically a millionaire.


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tragabigzanda wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
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The money is probably a little better than being a rock star these days. Sometimes I made a hundred whole dollars in a single shift.



No disrespect intended, but for the guy who was considering a move into waiting tables: You can do much better than this. You'll have to get some experience under your belt first, but the money can become pretty significant. I would regularly get $300 a shift, and I have friends who currently get around $700 a night at places that come with more bullshit attached. It makes it hard to walk away, once you get used to it...
That was years ago, and in Mississippi dollars. I was practically a millionaire.


Fuck yes! Nothing like getting off work with $100 in your pocket, a dime bag in your backpack, and some fun records to spin back at your house. 'Twas a simpler time indeed...

Dime bags are a really dumb way to buy weed.


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[YouTube]https://youtu.be/IbvbF0L9tJg[/YouTube]

Edit: Shoot, I never get the vids right.


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Edit: Shoot, I never get the vids right.

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Thanks BR. What am I doing wrong with my vid embeds?


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Thanks BR. What am I doing wrong with my vid embeds?



use the "yt" code (last one on the bottom right) and only put in the letters/numbers after the "v=" in the link.

so:

CORRECT: "yt"FEC5fcrV"yt"

INCORRECT: "yt"v=FEC5fcrV"yt"

INCORRECT: "yt"www.youtube.com/v=FEC5fcrV"yt"

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tragabigzanda wrote:
Hi all,

Many years of restaurant and farm work; degree in food policy and aquaculture. Currently starting a wholesale ice cream manufacturing facility, hoping to one day grow into distribution of high-end frozen food. Just curious if there are any other food professionals around here: retail, wholesale, policy, etc?


My wife works with the policy side of food. I see / hear about studies she is part of. Can I be part of the club? It's a really interesting range of subjects, and I'm particularly interested in food labeling.

So much of the labeling is bullshit. Like a serving size of Doritos is five chips, or a serving of Coke is /2 a can. What's worse are the partners, like the American Heart Association and Kellogg. The Kellogg lobby machine gets the AHA to stamp it's "Heart Smart" cereal, a cereal with as much sugar as Sugar Smacks. Or like orange juice is marketed as healthy, when it has more sugar than some sodas.

Anyway, the labels can be very misleading, and there are changes on the way to simplify them. That's a start, hopefully it's a positive change.


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tragabigzanda wrote:
Hi all,

Many years of restaurant and farm work; degree in food policy and aquaculture. Currently starting a wholesale ice cream manufacturing facility, hoping to one day grow into distribution of high-end frozen food. Just curious if there are any other food professionals around here: retail, wholesale, policy, etc?


My wife works with the policy side of food. I see / hear about studies she is part of. Can I be part of the club? It's a really interesting range of subjects, and I'm particularly interested in food labeling.

So much of the labeling is bullshit. Like a serving size of Doritos is five chips, or a serving of Coke is /2 a can. What's worse are the partners, like the American Heart Association and Kellogg. The Kellogg lobby machine gets the AHA to stamp it's "Heart Smart" cereal, a cereal with as much sugar as Sugar Smacks. Or like orange juice is marketed as healthy, when it has more sugar than some sodas.

Anyway, the labels can be very misleading, and there are changes on the way to simplify them. That's a start, hopefully it's a positive change.


Yea, the labeling laws are messed up. But those front-of-package claims and eco-labels (USDA Organic, NON-GMO Project Verified, etc) do serve a purpose of communicating very complex regulations to your average consumer. A lot of my degree was spent diving really deep into this; I built chicken housing that was in full compliance with Certified Humane standards, and that was a very involved process that required a lot of input from the CH organization. Things like "perches must be round and 1" in diameter" and "hens must be able to dismount from all perches at a 45 degree angle" are way too involved for your average shopper, so those labels are intended to simplify the assessment of complex production systems.

Some labels are good, some are bad. You've really got to do your homework. Certified Humane and Animal Welfare Approved are both pretty great, IMO. I think the Non-GMO Project labels are a sham. Who cares if they're Non-GMO? My opinion is that GMO labeling is WAY more important than the actual use of GMOs. Not all GMOs are bad; some are quite incredible. But I do believe consumers should have a choice. The label attempts to villainize GMOs, when in reality the villains are people who try to block GMO labeling.

Are you able to say more about what your wife does? There is an enormous food security component to our ice cream product, and we are currently working on labeling that communicates our values clearly, so this stuff is always on my mind.


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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
Thanks BR. What am I doing wrong with my vid embeds?



use the "yt" code (last one on the bottom right) and only put in the letters/numbers after the "v=" in the link.

so:

CORRECT: "yt"FEC5fcrV"yt"

INCORRECT: "yt"v=FEC5fcrV"yt"

INCORRECT: "yt"www.youtube.com/v=FEC5fcrV"yt"

Remember when changing the code was an awesome idea?


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 Post subject: Re: Any food industry professionals here?
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
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I waited tables and bartended for about 8 years. Mostly waited tables. Please don't make me go back there.

I'm considering going into this line of work. You think I'll hate it? Keep in mind I've been working with kids for almost ten years.

My friend has been a waiter for like 15 years. Works in St Helena and Napa currently. He loves it and says tips can be great

That's so hard for me to fathom. Waiting tables would be my nightmare job.

Before I joined the military I was a bartender and waiter and a popular seafood joint here at the beach. From May thru September I would walk out of every shift with at least 300 bucks in tips. Was a shock to my wallet when I first went into the military.

i've heard of people being bartenders and waiters, but never whole restaurants!


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Hey, this is a great idea for a thread.

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FOH 4EVA

I've spent a lot of time waiting tables, tending bar and managing, but I've never felt a distinct kinship with my fellow FOH'ers. At best, a restaurant's FOH staff are a bunch of brown-nosing preppies who can't hold their liquor or a steady income, at worst they are some of the most selfish, entitled, inept disgraces to the word "hospitality" I've ever had the displeasure of knowing. Give me beers with the line cooks after a shift any day of the week.

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FOH 4EVA

I've spent a lot of time waiting tables, tending bar and managing, but I've never felt a distinct kinship with my fellow FOH'ers. At best, a restaurant's FOH staff are a bunch of brown-nosing preppies who can't hold their liquor or a steady income, at worst they are some of the most selfish, entitled, inept disgraces to the word "hospitality" I've ever had the displeasure of knowing. Give me beers with the line cooks after a shift any day of the week.


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