Food Chain - Issue 202 - October 2024 | Page 78

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Tim goes on to describe Lane7 ’ s offerings and how the company works with local businesses to provide the most delicious food in town . “ In addition to our traditional bowling alley services , we offer what we call ‘ secondary gaming ’ across all of our Lane7 venues . This includes miscellaneous games that are probably a bit cheaper per person , such as beer pong , pool , karaoke , and sometimes mini golf , depending on the size of the unit . Most importantly , each of our venues has its own bar and we outsource the food to local food vendors . Our food suppliers are always local to each venue ’ s city , and we may change suppliers every six months to a year to keep things interesting for our customers .
“ In the UK , there has been a significant reinvention of food halls and sweet traders . As a result , we generally work with select , highly regarded local food vendors who may want to operate from a more permanent site . Alternatively , we may collaborate with a local taco business , for example , that runs a couple of small restaurants in a city and ask them if they would like to take over the kitchen in our venue for a year or two . Thus , we usually look for suppliers with a strong local presence , who are already trading in the city or town our venue is in ,” he expands .
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