Word: menusing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dream that I am back in school--junior high, high school, junior college--and I can't remember my gym locker combination? Over my lifetime? HUNDREDS!... Do you need anything in your New York Life-space? What can I supply you with? Paper towels? A mop? Take-out menus...
Formica tables and vinyl booths attracted customers from the nearby MBTA maintenance shops; beer, sausage and corned-beef sandwiches were the extent of the menus...
...easy, after all, to hurt the feelings of a cow. Then last week I read in the Wall Street Journal that the boneless sirloin known for decades as the Kansas City strip, a cut of meat invented in the Heart of America, is now on most steak-house menus as the New York strip--although in Kansas City outraged customers forced Ruth's Chris Steak House to correct the misnomer. In other words, once Kansas City had become accustomed to avoiding the subject of beef, New York snatched our steak...
...billion that Americans forked over for food in 1996, 46% was for dishes bought outside the home. And half of that went to takeout. The traditional grocery store is morphing into a catering hall-delivery service. Last month A&P announced that hungry Web surfers can view full menus and in-store specials, and order prepared meals online from one of the company's 700 stores. Restaurateurs are developing delivery systems that can dispatch linguini al dente with alacrity...
...marketing officer at Boston Market. "It's convenient, accessible, pretty affordable and easier than going to the supermarket. Our competition is Mom." Well, not quite. The 1,159-store nationwide franchise hatched a host of imitators that have added chickens roasting on spits and homey side dishes to their menus...