[TOSprint] Food Woes

[Paul Ramsey]

No, they very much do not allow self catering, per the contract:

"Due to licensing requirements and quality control issues, all food
and beverage to be served on the Hotel property must be supplied and
prepared by the Hotel.  All food and beverage prices are subject to a
15% service charge, a provincial sales tax (8% for food and 10% for
alcohol) and 5% GST (subject to change). Please note that the service
charge is taxable at 5% GST"

The Tim Hortons would have to be consumed, ... at Tims. The "Law of
Normal Behavior" dictates that no one would tackle you for bringing
your coffee back to the meeting room though.

P.

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Kralidis,Tom [Ontario]
<Tom.Kralidis at ec.gc.ca> wrote:
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: tosprint-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>> [mailto:tosprint-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Paul Ramsey
>> Sent: Friday, 20 February 2009 13:12
>> To: tosprint at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: [TOSprint] Food Woes
>>
>> 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?
>>
>
> So they allow self-catering?  If yes, I can do a few Costco runs for
> stuff during the day.  Thoughts?
>
>
>> 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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