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The Zagats were paid $150M for their business. Whatever frustration they may have is cushioned by that payout.
by gkanai 3y ago
The Zagats were paid $150M for their business. Whatever frustration they may have is cushioned by that payout.
- AlbertCory 3y agoThat's them. For Conde, wasted money. As with Google. As for Zagat, Tim told us he wanted a secure job for his people after he was gone. The jury is out on that one.
- ghaff 3y agoZagat was pretty small potatoes. It sorta made sense at a time when foodies was sort of an artisanal thing. Not sure Google even lost out on the buy.
- AlbertCory 3y agoThis was 2011. Foodies were well past artisanal by then. As for Google: 'splain me why it wasn't just $150M down the drain? Minus the undisclosed amount: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zagat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zagat On March 6, 2018, Google sold the company to restaurant discovery platform The Infatuation for an undisclosed amount
- demondemidi 3y ago> This was 2011. Foodies were well past artisanal by then. What does this mean?
- mturmon 3y agooffal, I guess
- AlbertCory 3y agoWasn't clear, sorry. In the evolution of popular tastes, being a foodie was not limited to a rarified minority who liked artisanal food. In other words, dining out and reading about it had become a mainstream activity.
- demondemidi 3y agoAh thanks. I agree. And I think this led to the subsequent devaluation of the term “artisanal” due to its wild overuse. I don’t remember seeing “artisanal” TV dinners when I was a bachelor in the 1990s!
- ghaff 3y agoI always have to laugh when there's a cheese plate at some midrange business hotel that describes it as artisinal.
- AlbertCory 3y agoJust ask "Who's the artisan? I want to go to his workshop!" Watch the confusion.