Author Archives: Rick Corcoran

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June 25, 2008 – 10:00 am

1 Dish? 6 Dishes? 11 Dishes? We’re Flexible.

It started out as “8 or 12″ dishes per Let’s Dish! session. Then, with much fanfare, we added 4-meal sessions. And this spring, SingleDish Trials.

And now, welcome to the final frontier of session flexibility. Dish however many meals you want: 1, 3, 7, 14 or anything in between. OK, our technology is limited, so you still have to sign up online for SingleDish or a 4-, 8- or 12- meal session. But you can add meals to your order, quickly and easily, once in a Let’s Dish! store - usually for just $23 each. Just ask a host and we’ll take care of the rest. Want to dish 3 meals? Sign up for SingleDish and add on 2 meals Session Flexibilityin-store. Six meals your cup of tea? Sign up for 4 and add two during your session.

OK, we might not be able to touch our toes (even with the benefit of a Spoodle). But when it comes to dishing your preferred number of meals, we’re flexible.

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RECOMMENDED LINKS:
> DishDelivery to the Summer Vacation Rescue
> Bring your kids to dish with you to dish this summer
> Let’s Dish!: The savings might surprise you.

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February 22, 2008 – 6:00 am

We Recommend: RealAge

I heard about RealAge from Newt Gingrich. Seriously, I did! Back in 2006, we won a US Chamber of Commerce Award for our Let’s Dish! stores in the mid-Atlantic and were named one of the top small businesses in the country. (We won again in 2007- how’s that for patting ourselves on the back!). Anyway, in 2006, Newt Gingrich was one of two keynote speakers for the event; Hillary Clinton was the other. They were both quite good, and indeed, despite their obviously different politics, they had recently worked together on Access 2006 at the US Chamber of Commercesome interesting health care initiatives and there seemed to be some degree of genuine fondness between them. But I digress…

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February 19, 2008 – 6:45 pm

Ensuring Customer Confidence in our Beef (& Other Ingredients!)

As consumers, parents, and citizens, we at Let’s Dish! were all alarmed by the recent beef recall. Our immediate action was to contact our suppliers to verify that Let’s Dish! product was unaffected by this scare. Indeed, the plants from which we source our beef are nowhere near the problem facilities - either in terms of geography or in terms of practice. On February 19th, we sent the following message to all customers whose email addresses we had on file:

We want to reassure our customers that the recent beef recall does not affect any of the meats on any Let’s Dish! menu - current, past or future.

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February 6, 2008 – 6:00 am

Dish from the Heart: Four generations, One story of heart disease

Today’s post is actually written by my father, Rick Corcoran, Sr. When I sign my name, I use “Jr.” to distinguish myself from my dad, but I am actually “Richard J. Corcoran IV”, the fourth generation with the name. It’s an honor to be part of this lineage, but there is one downside: in addition to a proud name, I also inherited a health profile that unfortunately includes heart disease. In support of our efforts during American Heart Month, I asked my father to share his first-hand experience when his father, my grandfather, unexpectedly passed away from heart disease.

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January 27, 2008 – 6:00 am

Think “reduce, reuse, and recycle” and be a role model for your kids.

Rachel Rosenthal shared a great idea that really got me thinking. At first glance, it’s a simple system for reducing clutter. But it makes me think of more– things like the value of recycling and even the challenge of teaching our kids discipline and delayed gratification. Before I complicate things and wax a bit philosophical, here’s her terrific idea:

Whenever I buy something new, I always imagine it as a replacement for something that I already have and I get rid of the older item. For example, each time a new issue of a magazine arrives, I toss an older issue into the recycling.

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January 21, 2008 – 6:00 am

Make a mental map to organize your grocery list.

Janet and I must think alike - I’ve actually been using this tip for years:

When going to the grocery store you should always make your list following the layout of the store. As an example, if you enter your favorite store in the produce department, your list should begin with produce items. This will save you time searching through your list over and over and back tracking in the store when you find something on your list that you’ve already passed.  It will also cut down on impulse buys and save you money.
- Janet Schiesl of Basic Organization LLC, www.basicorganization.com

I’ve used this technique in grocery stores from Boston to Palo Alto to San Francisco to Baltimore.

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January 15, 2008 – 4:00 pm

Avoid the April 15th Headache! Start in January.

Yikes. Tax time is upon us again. I know because in the last week, I’ve received all manner of tax statements, requests for tax statements, and warnings about requests for tax statements. Not to mention, estimates of taxes owed. Ouch, not fun! 

For most of my life, this time of year was easy because I’m a maniacal organizer and my life (and therefore, finances) were pretty simple. But layer on two kids, education costs, a refinanced mortgage, and a small business, and things get out of hand. Despite my best (and still generally maniacal) efforts, I’ve fallen behind.

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January 4, 2008 – 11:00 am

Lather, Write, Rinse, Repeat…

I absolutely LOVE Jeff Ward’s Resolution Solution because it combines two of my favorite problem-solving activities: writing on whiteboards and thinking in the shower. I am am unrepentant whiteboard addict ever since my days as a consultant at Boston Consulting Group earlier in my career (where Jeremy Kugel and I met, by the way). We don’t have a perfect place to hang a large whiteboard in my current office, so I’ve compensated by using those poster-size / flip-chart papers with the sticky note feature that I stick up all over the office. I drive my poor colleagues crazy with this- I’ve practically wallpapered the entire place.

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