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That'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 tha
by AlbertCory 3y ago
That'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.