Saturday, August 1, 2009

Small Wares, Big Selection

What the heck are "smallwares"? The name brings to mind any number of images, none of which I'll expound upon here. But the fact is, I hadn't heard the expression until I began to delve into the world of hospitality. For the past few years, Pacific Merchants has expanded their business to include hotels, restaurants and institutional venues across the country, and even internationally. Smallwares are the small kitchen and bar appliances, glassware, tableware, and flatware that we take for granted when we go out to a restaurant, check into a hotel, or visit a univeristy or corporate dining hall. You learn something new every day!

A lot goes on in the "back of the house" to make the "front of the house" look good. And Pacific Merchants is busy making the hospitality industry look good with all sorts of smallwares such as eco friendly melamine trays, gracious wood room service trays, amenity trays, acaciaware serving trays, wooden salad bowls, and trend setting poly vinyl placemats. Just to name a few! They may be small wares, but we have a big assortment of them! Maybe we should call them "big wares". Of course, that brings to mind another set of images, none of which I'll expound upon here.