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We wanted to stop and say we’re thankful for you. So often the holidays are a rush of parties, shopping, and craziness. Today we pause from all of that to say “THANK YOU”. Thank you for coming to visit us and taking time out of your day to either read our blog, frequent our website, or purchase products from us. All of us at National Event Supply wish you a happy holiday season and a prosperous 2016!

We will be open from 9AM – 1PM December 24th and closed December 25th, 28th and January 1st. Regular business hours apply on any days in between.

Sincerely,
The National Event Supply Team

The 2015 Restaurants Canada show is fast approaching. We're excited to be in booth# 2113 exhibiting our restaurant tabletop supplies, catering serveware and event furniture.

We’re breaking the mold on traditional restaurant supply stores by not only selling tabletop items that don’t eat into profits (i.e. more money in the bank for you) but also by having no minimums, all porcelain and glassware in stock and same/next day shipping to ensure you get the tabletop supplies you need fast. We also have all our products and pricing online and available for ordering 24/7/365 so there’s no need to leave your restaurant.

New at the show: we will be exhibiting:

• Spun Polyester Tablecloths
• Our second line of crystal stemware – the Victoria Crystal Collection
• Lucido Bone China Dinnerware
• 8ft Solid Wood Harvest Tables
• Stacking Wood Crossback Chairs

If you haven’t already purchased your tickets, feel free to register with our code “RC1014” and receive a 50% discount on your advance registration.

We look forward to seeing you at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto on March 1 – 3rd!

Make sure you follow us on Facebook or Twitter to check out more information on the restaurant and foodservice industry and see what other events we'll be at.

This Friday January 23rd starting at 4PM, we will be exhibiting at CRA BC Regional Trade Show taking place at the Cloverdale Rodeo & Exhibition Show Barn in Surrey, British Columbia. We’ve been exhibiting at this show for 5 years and are looking forward to catching up with our prospective and current customers in BC in booth 42/43.

As a thank you for all the support all you fabulous British Columbians have shown to our company, we’re offering anyone that stops by our booth the ability to save 10% on all spandex/polyester tablecloths as well as any crystal or glass drinkware.

This year, the BC Local chapter of the Canadian Rental Association has put together a fabulous show incentive to anyone from a rental company that attends. The CRA BC Local will be making 2 draws for $1000.00 each to be spent at the trade show. The draws will take place on the Friday night and on the Saturday afternoon. In order to win, you must attend the show and be present at the draw. There is only one prize per attendee and the prize money needs to be spent at the trade show with one of their exhibiting trade show sponsors. Good Luck to all the potential winners!!

We look forward to seeing you at the show!

Most people are resistant to change. But with change comes opportunities of growth and improvements. In January of this year, we took the big leap from a traditional brick and mortar store with a website, to an ecommerce model to embrace the changing business environment. In our personal lives, shopping online has become a natural way of life, so why not in business? Being new to the ecommerce world we had some hiccups as with any website launch and it quickly became clear that if we wanted to make our customer service even better, we needed a better website platform.

We wanted a platform that enabled us to overcome issues such as being able to differentiate which warehouse each product was located. We wanted to improve usability of the site, change the way pricing and products were displayed, and enable a true differentiation between residential shipping charges and commercial shipping charges so our customers were able to take advantage of lower commercial shipping rates. Really what it all boiled down to was wanting to make the customer experience better.

I'm happy to say we're in the process of implementing a new website that we hope is easier to use. Our blog is going to be silent until we get up the new site – so I hope you bear with us in our transition. I wanted to use this post as a way of keep you in the loop so you weren't in the dark. And when we've unveiled our new look, I hope you'll take the time to let us know what you like or dislike about the site and how we can improve the experience further. Stay tuned for National Event Supply's new look.

Event tablecloths help provide a great background to the décor of a special day. They provide a sophistication and help finish off the room. When a party rental company is looking to get into tablecloth rentals, understanding the pros and cons of spandex table covers vs polyester tablecloths helps ensure the company is prepared for what they're getting themselves into.

Spandex Table Covers:

• Wrinkle resistant
• Most often used for modern cocktail receptions and buffet lines
• Easy to put on
• Leg pockets can rip if not properly secured
• Hard to find a lot of sizes in Canada
• Can be very expensive depending on the supplier
• Rentals tend to recoup the initial cost of purchase in 2-3 rentals
• Hem lines can be surged or hemmed
• Cannot be bleached

Polyester Tablecloths

• Require ironing to achieve wrinkle free look
• Can be bleached if required
• Easy to put on
• Most versatile table linen used for seated receptions, cocktail tables and buffet lines
• Easy to find sizes across Canada in a variety of colours and patterns
• Rentals tend to recoup the initial cost of purchase in 3 – 4 rentals
• Hem lines can be surged or hemmed
• Come in seamed or seamless designs

I would be remiss if I didn't mention that if you’ve never rented out linens before, you need to ensure you have great commercial laundry equipment on premise so you can properly maintain your tablecloth investment. (Even though we don't sell commercial laundry equipment, we wrote a post on the best commercial laundry for party rental companies in Canada to help our customers out with making the decision).