[TOSprint] Food Woes

[Paul Ramsey]

Folks,

While moving hotels has drastically increased the quality of our
guestrooms and boardroom without altering the price (yay!) it has also
drastically increased the cost of hotel-catered food. At the Bond
Place, I was on track to use our whole budget, and provide lunch and
coffee for all. At the Radisson, our budget doesn't come remotely
close ($5600 would cover a breakfast/coffee/lunch/coffee package and
they'd toss the room in for "free", but we have only $2800).

The only way to have food in the room is to have it catered. On their
menu, that means, basically coffee and a "European Continental" buffet
of breads, meats and cheeses. That's what I have in the budget now.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=plI7bw56S6qHPAj9OEsIMaQ

We could simply opt to take no food or bev at the Radisson. There is a
Tim Hortons and other coffee shops in the area, though obviously the
pickings are slimmer than if we were fully in the middle of downtown.
And of course, it's Toronto in early March, so the stroll down the
block might be less than cozy.

http://tinyurl.com/d6przj

If we choose to self-cater, that leaves $2000 in the budget, for...
hmm? Two amazing dinners?

If anyone has any bright ideas, let me know. Failing a consensus, I
will make, as always, an uninformed executive decision.

Paul
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