August 5, 2022 · Team HG
Thuisbezorgd raises rates, ’t Witte Hoes up for sale, Nachtraad and GGD train students, meltwater the new gold. What has happened in the Groningen hospitality industry this week? You can read about it here.
After four years without increases, hospitality entrepreneurs affiliated with Thuisbezorgd have been paying 14 percent of their gross turnover in commission to the delivery service since July 24; previously, this was 13%. The processing fee per order was also recently increased from 0.19 to 0.21 euro cents. Thuisbezorgd states that they have ensured that the average turnover per affiliated restaurant has increased by 50 percent over the past four years thanks to their service.
Anyone who regularly drives along the Provincialeweg towards Winsum will not miss the characteristic building of Café Restaurant ’t Witte Hoes in Adorp. After having changed owners frequently in recent years, it is now for sale following a conflict between the owner and the tenant. A beautiful location to become the province's new hotspot.
In response to the changing nightlife climate in the city and at student associations, partly exacerbated by the coronavirus, the GGD and the Groningen Night Council are working on a safety training course for students. With these training sessions on the do's and don'ts of sex and drugs, the various parties hope to raise awareness and make going out a bit safer for everyone. In addition, the Night Council has also a hotline for incidents in Groningen at night opened to develop campaigns and enter into dialogue with (for example) the municipality, support agencies, and/or the entrepreneurs of Groningen's nightlife.
Glacier meltwater ‘The taste of 100,000 years’. The Greenlandic government has started issuing licenses to companies permitted to exploit meltwater as drinking water. The Danish Inland Ice is one of the first producers to sell Greenlandic ice as a luxury product. Using large ships, ‘Inland’ scours the coast in search of broken ice caps, after which the ice is bottled into water in luxurious wine bottles with screw caps. The retail price of such a bottle is around four euros per bottle, and in China even around twelve euros. Incidentally, this is now happening in various glacier regions all over the world, each region with its own exclusive waters. Gin distillers and chocolatiers have become big fans of the glacier water, and the first Michelin-starred restaurants have it on their menus.
Until the next flash!
