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t's a Saturday night and a four top sits down at your restaurant. Between them, they've got a peanut allergy, lactose intolerance and celiac disease. Your kitchen is in the middle of the dinner rush, and your waitstaff are overextended. Is your restaurant prepared to accommodate these diners?
"It's not a rare thing – chances are that there's someone in the dining room daily with an allergy," says Dr. Stuart Carr, president of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. "It's a common problem that's only becoming more common."
The consequences of ignoring an allergy or intolerance can be severe, as a Travelodge in Melfort, Saskatchewan discovered last June when a waitress ignored a customer's nut allergy and served him caramel apple cheesecake without checking the ingredients. A court ruling fined the restaurant $25,000, and they also had to pay the customer's hospital bills when he was admitted for anaphylactic shock. And a chef at New York's Tavern on the Green enraged diners when he posted on Facebook last year that he reportedly fed celiac diners pasta containing gluten because he thought that the diners were lying.
Although these cases can be attributed in part to an inhospitable lapse in the hospitality business, even the most conscientious of operators can be a bit nervous about liability and allergies.
Over the last 10 years or so, there's been an increase in people with allergies and sensitivities in restaurants, says Chris McDonald, chef/partner of Cava Restaurant in Toronto. "I'd say that this has increased more than their understanding of what the kitchen has to do to accommodate these special requests, especially without notice. We take these things very seriously, and at times this will backfire on us, when we say that they can't have anything from the grill if it's a shellfish allergy, or that the deep fryer was used for food containing gluten, and the guest doesn't always quite understand that."
Zero8 bars priority allergens from entering the building.
"Restaurateurs now understand that food allergies and gluten-free dining is a new reality," says Brian Duffy, sales manager at HACO SWISS/Girard's Dressings Canada, which produces a line of allergen-free products. "Before, we only saw one or two dishes on a menu that offered gluten-free or allergy-conscious dishes. Today, menus have gluten/allergy conscious sections."
With the growth of allergy conscious and gluten free options in restaurants, the consumer now has the choice of leaving a restaurant where their concerns are not assuaged. "It is so important that employees are aware of the ingredients used in each dish," says Duffy. "My son has food allergies including peanuts, tree nuts, shellfish, soy and kiwi. We are extremely careful to ask the right questions when we dine out. If we do not feel comfortable, we are always prepared to leave and go elsewhere."
Terrine and rillette duo from Zero8.
When it comes to allergy and gluten free dining, sometimes a straightforward approach is best to win the customer's trust. "Quite often, chefs are trying to make a splendid meal, but the allergic customer is sometimes looking for simplicity," says Dominique Dion, president of Zero8 Food. "Don't add risk for the sake of making something spectacular. The customer will be happier with the simple, safe meal than one they don't trust."
Montreal-based Zero8 restaurant operates on the unique concept of examining its supply chain to ensure that the top eight priority allergens (wheat, or other
Churros and chocolate from Zero8.
grains containing gluten, fish, seafood, milk, lactose or casein, eggs, soy, peanuts, nuts, and sesame) don't even make it into the kitchen. The restaurant uses lab testing to ensure suppliers' products meet their allergen-free standards, as well as visiting the plants themselves and looking at the processes.
The idea came about five years ago when Dion became gluten intolerant. "All of a sudden, it became a nightmare to go out to a restaurant to eat," he says. Dion hopes to expand the concept through franchising to every major Canadian city, plus some U.S. presence, in five years. "There's definitely a growing market in allergen-free and gluten-free dining," says Dion, who estimates that the 80-seat restaurant (with another 25 seats on the terrace) has served more than 120,000 meals since it opened three and a half years ago. "But it's something very hard to do right."
In order to keep the kitchen and front of house working in tandem when it comes to the allergy conscious diner, systems and checkpoints are key.
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Sometimes simple is best for allergen conscious diners, like this beef with ratatouille dish from Zero8.
Checks and
Although eight of the top allergens are eliminated from the Zero8 kitchen, customers will still come in with additional allergy requests. "It's a matter of making sure that every single piece of communication in the serving process is clear and has double checks," says Dion. At Zero8, the manager, server, expediter and kitchen staff will know which table has the allergen, and one cook is dedicated to the preparation of that meal.
When considering how to approach the allergy-restricted meal, the style of service is an important factor. Although food is typically labelled in a catering kitchen, Nicole Rumball, executive chef at All the Best Fine Food, who handles the store's catering business, stresses that it's important to mark the allergen-restriction right away with the initial order, and send restricted items in a separate container for customer peace of mind. "Always aim towards the more severe end of the spectrum," she says.
However, it's necessary to find a balance and try to make as many people happy as possible, says Rumball. In a meal that will consist of passed appetizers, for example, if there are a couple of allergy-conscious diners, it may be easier to prepare everything as safe for that restriction. If it's a sit down dinner, on the other hand, it might be easier to keep the protein similar and vary the side dishes so that people feel special, but not left out. For example, if diners order a vegetable galette, says Rumball, a vegetable terrine can be made gluten free and have a similar flavour profile.
"Try to match the alternative meal to the other offerings, such as a roasted chicken rather than a panko-crusted one, so that people don't feel that they're an inconvenience," says Kevin Prendergast, executive chef of Hilton Toronto, who is seeing allergen-conscious and gluten-free dining become more popular in banquet scenarios.
"For banquets, there are sometimes a lot of restrictions, so we get the catering manager to call the client and ask what they would like. It's so much easier to make the guest what they want rather than trying to eliminate items from what you cook," says Prendergast.
Since banqueting information comes in a week in advance, there is more possibility for pre-planning. A traditional banqueting event order at the Hilton Toronto has a menu with banquet notes that list each person by name and their dietary restriction. It also allows the kitchen to decide whether to make the entire menu allergen free or prepare separate meals for certain diners.
"If it's a component like garlic, we decide whether it would impact the group as a whole to omit it. I'd rather just make one or two dishes rather than compromise the taste of the dish," says Prendergast.
The banquet event order is then broken down into kitchen departments, with each component's production notes on each section's board for the different preparations. "We want each sub department or station chef singing from the same song sheet," says Prendergast. There's also interaction between the chef on duty and the banquet manager to verify the list in a prefunction meeting. A card system is used when the food comes up to the pass with a colour code for each restriction, and the allergy restricted dish is then confirmed again by front of house staff when the guest sits down.
The tuna poke dish from Blue Ginger does not have any gluten-containing ingredients, and a rice cake is pan seared rather than deep fried to avoid cross contamination. Photo by Emily Sterne.
At Cava, because of the small sharing plates style of food, the kitchen tends to work around dietary restrictions one table at a time, says McDonald. If one person is allergic to a component of the dish, it's removed from the whole table unless there is a guest at the table that vehemently objects.
Ming Tsai's Wellesley, MA-based restaurant Blue Ginger has won acclaim for its kitchen practices in allergen-free cooking (Tsai is also a vocal advocate of allergic legislation in Massachusetts.) Blue Ginger's system involves seven checkpoints of the allergen, all the way from the front of house staff checking the "allergy bible" before entering the order, to the runner announcing the allergen again at the table when presenting the plate. Expediters and chefs also initial the ticket during the plate's progression to the window. "When you introduce this, it's all in the mindset and attitude to make it work," says Tsai. "If you approach it as a burden, no one's going to do it either. It's three to four minutes added on in total, most of which lies with the front of house."
Ming Tsai's miso-sake marinated butterfish does not contain dairy, eggs, peanuts or tree nuts.
Due to the volume of information available for allergens, it's best to have someone take charge. "When it comes to subjects like top priority allergens, anaphylaxis and other information from the government of Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, designate someone in the company that's responsible for this type of information," says food and nutrition consultant Rosie Maclean, president of Maclean Food Consulting Inc. "Like HAACP, have someone in charge in each unit to have access to this information, and have one person that is in charge of keeping a central database with this information and is capable of interpreting it as needed."
Tools of the trade
When it comes to preparing food for an allergy-conscious or gluten-free diner, cleanliness and separation in the kitchen are crucial. It doesn't have to be difficult or complicated, however.
"When cooks prep raw chicken, they know what they have to do to clean up – it's a no brainer," says Tsai. "It's the exact same mentality for prepping for allergies: clean your utensils, your board, your hands, etc."
Some common kitchen equipment can be trouble areas for allergens, says Dion. "Take a look at your dishwashing machine. As long as it washes properly, it's fine, but if not, how do you know that it's removing allergens effectively?"
Specialized items, such as woks, are never washed through a dishwasher and thus have a potential for molecules of allergens such as shrimp to remain after cleaning. Tsai recommends a wok kept specifically for use without shellfish, or when preparing allergen restricted meals to use a separate sauté pan that's been through the dishwasher.
The grill can also pose problems, as proteins will linger for a long time. "Don't assume time is a safe way to remove allergens. Gluten protein can stay in flour, which has a shelf life of years," says Dion.
Also be sure to have separate media for cooking allergen- or gluten-free food. Don't reuse cooking oil or water for preparing dietary restricted meals.
Identify your ingredients
Preparation is a crucial component of a system to deal with allergy- and gluten-restricted diners, and a little consideration when menu planning and sourcing ingredients can prevent headaches down the line.
"Allergy-restricted dining is a day-to-day request. As chefs, we need to remember this when we write our menus," says Hamid Salimian, executive chef at Vancouver's Diva at the Met.
"It's up to the chef to plan ahead," says Tsai. "Once you break your dish down by component, you've got a lot more control." Tsai recommends using allergen components to a dish as a garnish. "Don't marinate meat in peanut oils, use it as a sauce," he says. This maintains the flavour profile for regular preparations and is easily left out for allergen-free diners.
When looking for allergens, look to items that may not be as obvious, such as baked goods, spices or sauces, says Maclean. "Restaurateurs need to increase their knowledge of items that they can purchase that go across these allergy restriction requirements. All that information is out there from the manufacturer/supplier, just ask them for it." Be aware, however, that often a manufacturer must trade one allergen for another in terms of production. "Trying to replace one allergen often means adding another one. Removing dairy, for example, will often require adding soy," says Marthe St-Cerny, director of research and development at Laval-based
Produits Alimentaires Berthelet Inc. Texture and taste also pose problems in substitutions. Sometimes, when it comes to producing dietary restricted food, texture can be a challenge, says Rumball. "If you want to have hors d'oeuvres that have something crunchy without flour, you have to think about alternatives, and sometimes that's not easy with time constraints."
In your preparation for these types of diners, taking a critical look at your mise en place can be helpful. "When an allergy-restricted request comes in and you have to run to the walk-in for ingredients, you've lost a lot of time—something you can't afford to do on a busy Saturday night," says Tsai. "Prep those ingredients in advance and have those components ready to go – pre-blanched, chopped, and part of your station – so that it doesn't become a burden during service."
Also consider your available storage. When it comes to kitchen prep for allergy-conscious or gluten-free requests, space may play a factor, says Salimian. "I think in some cases it comes down to the space of keeping extra prep for the gluten-free covers that restaurants might do."
Dealing with the customer
With a small kitchen and a heavy shellfish component to the 40-item menu, McDonald says that allergy accommodations without warning can create problems, especially during a busy dinner rush. "A customer that springs an allergy on the kitchen last minute can compromise their own and possibly other diners' meals, because they're taking the kitchen's attention away." He emphasizes the need to bring the whole team into the discussion of allergies in an afternoon meeting pre-service, and also educating front of house staff. "Our waiters are very well trained to know what's in every dish," he says.
"When someone calls with food allergies, hear them out – if they're calling well in advance, pick a slow time and ask them to stop in and discuss," says Gwen Smith, editor of Allergic Living magazine, who has soy, shellfish, peanut and other allergies.
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"Ask them to tell you specifically what they're trying to avoid if they start getting too long-winded," she says.
McDonald also recommends making use of the restaurant's reservation system and sites such as OpenTable to log allergies along with other preferences for regular guests, such as one customer to Cava who has a life-threatening nut allergy. This ensures that different shifts of kitchen staff will all have access to that information.
When it comes to an allergy, the first responsibility is the diner's to explain the problem, the second is the server's to translate to the kitchen and the third is the kitchen's to execute, says Niels Kjeldsen, executive chef and director of culinary of Prime Restaurants. In some restaurants in the Casey's chain, they use separate gluten-free deep fryers, and each item is marked with allergy or gluten stickers at the pass.
Casey's Shrimp Pad Thai, which is featured in its gluten-free menu in some of its locations.
"It's the individual person's responsibility to make sure that they don't eat something that upsets them," says Maclean. "But restaurants need to be able to publish this information and have all staff have access to it. It's in their best interest to do this – down the road, more and more people are going to be asking about this, and they should be able to provide this information."
Keeping your front of house staff in the loop is crucial, says Prendergast. Have tastings and give them a description of each of the components, and keep a binder at the cooks' station so that both front and back of house have access to that information if they're in a rush.
"The biggest thing is the training – the staff has to understand the gravity if they don't do it," says Kjeldsen. "It has to be policed by management, because you can't say one thing and not deliver."
"The servers need to know their menu syllabus breakdown," says Salimian. Be sure that they can speak knowledgeably about items on your menu, and clarify things with hidden ingredients, such as marinades, salad dressings and desserts. And make sure they're not pushing dessert on allergic people, especially those with nut or peanut allergies if desserts are coming from outside the restaurant, says Smith.
Also train your staff to be aware that allergy restrictions are sometimes sensitive topics. "At a business lunch or work situation, oftentimes a diner who brings up an allergy suddenly becomes the topic of discussion for the whole table, and sometimes it can be perceived as a weakness if a business person is trying to close a deal with a client," says Smith. Teach your front of house staff that a long discussion of allergies may not be appropriate in front of all guests, and may be better done away from the table. "But always err on the side of asking the question," says Smith.
Sometimes, the chef needs to go out to the dining room as well. "If you go out there and tell them how you'll alter the dish, nine times out of 10, they'll accept it. It's easier to go out and talk to the diner than go back and forth with front of house," says Prendergast.
Instead of waiting for the customer to request it, try putting a dish on your menu that will satisfy some or all requirements of the priority allergens, advises Prendergast. If the budget allows, perhaps get special menus printed for families with allergy conscious diners, especially small children, that list special allergens and/or items that do not contain some or all of the top priority allergens, suggests Carr.
"These menus would add a comfort level for the customer, and the market will reward the restaurants that provide this level of service," he says.
And consider providing this information online as well, says Smith, who says allergic diners often use a restaurant's website to determine whether the menu will be appropriate. Some sites, such as allerdine.com, list restaurants by willingness to comply with allergies.
Also, consider being flexible with food brought in for small children if the restaurant cannot accommodate an allergy, advises Carr. "Sometimes multiple allergies, especially if they're to staple foods, can be beyond a restaurant's comfort zone. If you can't accommodate, be upfront about it."
At the end of the day, the allergy- and gluten-conscious market is one that is only growing, and making accommodations for this market can reap rich rewards for the restaurateur. Don't be afraid of cooking for this audience, advises Rumball. "It's important to see it as an exciting challenge rather than an annoyance," she says.
Keep in mind that this market also extends beyond the diner with food restrictions. Rather than putting big lights around something saying it's gluten free, it can just be delicious, says Elena Carson, catering sales manager at All The Best Fine Foods. She advises that making the allergy restriction a seamless part of the process can expand the market for allergen-free or gluten-free dishes to other diners.
On the manufacturing side, there's also value in catering to this market. "For the food manufacturer, the gluten-free trend is there to stay," says Béatrice Martin, corporate dietitian at Berthelet Inc. "And the foodservice operators, on the restaurant side, are looking at food products which have the least allergens as part of their purchasing criteria. So there is an added value for a manufacturer to offer as many as possible allergen-free products."
For the operator, the key is keeping the business of the allergy conscious diner, as well as their dining companions. "The thing about allergy- conscious diners is that they seldom go out alone," says Kjeldsen. "We're good business people – we cater to their needs so that the other six or seven people are still coming in the door with them."
Tsai estimates that the system at Blue Ginger has generated around 15 to 20 per cent more business to the restaurant. "Although it takes extra time or care, it's worth it," he says. "When a four top's going out to dinner and one person has an allergy, I guarantee that they're making the decision as to where they're eating. Kids also drive a lot of restaurant decisions, especially ones with allergies. There's a good business reason to be doing this."
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I was just about to place an order with them, but noticed an additional $2 charge ("Due to recent increases in the cost of fuel, all orders (except seed-only orders) will incur a $2.00 Fuel Surcharge"). I for one won't be ordering plants :( |
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- Posted by tracey_nj6 (My Page) on Tue, Feb 13, 07 at 11:05
Well, I just removed my plant and dahlia bulbs, leaving 8 pkts. of seed. $3.95 to ship 8 pkts of seed?!?!?! I don't think so... |
- Posted by karyn1 MD 7 (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Tue, Feb 13, 07 at 11:25
I ordered plants from Park a number of years ago and was less than thrilled at the quality but I do buy seeds every year. They had free shipping until 1/21 or 31 and I took advantage of that offer. Karyn |
- Posted by landofoz_07 5 or 6 (My Page) on Tue, Feb 13, 07 at 14:05
I ordered some because they had seed packets of baby toes for only $.75. Initially, they charged me 3.99 for shipping for a $5 order! I wrote them and complained that their site states the shipping as something different and they refunded me my whole dollar--in the form of a store credit! Now if I want my dollar I'm going to have to spend at least $2.99 in shipping to get it! Don't ask me why they couldn't just put in another $1.00 packet of seeds... |
I have ordered seeds and seed starting trays from them in the past and was happy with my orders. This year I wanted some dahlia tubers, glad corms, cannas, etc in addition to some seeds and was surprised that the shipping was going to come to $8 for an order of in the $20 to $30 range (with the $2 additional shipping charge added) . Considering that shipping amounts to almost 30% of the order it didn't make sense to me to put in the order. I agree that the shipping seems high to me this year comparing to other places I order from. |
I have ordered seeds from Park for years. Have always been satisfied. I've never ordered plants though because their prices are high. Most of what they offer I can purchase elsewhere. |
I haven't ordered plants from them but I was happy with the seed order I placed last year, as well as the service. I got a packet of lettuce that didn't germinate very well. I emailed them about it and they sent another one, which I had better luck with. |
I ordered seeds from them for years in the past but had not very high germination rate with them. I buy seeds from other vendors now. |
- Posted by patricia_nj z7 (My Page) on Thu, Feb 22, 07 at 16:57
I agree with what has been said. I wanted to place an order for seeds but I found the shipping charges to be obscene, $4.95 to ship a $12.00, 4 pack of seeds order. I shop elsewhere. |
I agree they have outlandish postage costs. I have not ordered from them in 2007. I like they foil sealed seed envelopes and the number of seeds per pkt seem fair. I will never order another plant from them. I have to mailorder my perennials because the local nurseries cater to the average home gardener. I order 3 campanula persicifolias from them in 2005 and got dried up plant material that was about 2 inches wide and 3 inches long. I don't mind dormant material but their icky pieces never recovered. I wrote - got a fairly rude return and 3 more dried up icky pieces of plant material. I learned my lesson that is for sure. |
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- Posted by chocolatemoose Z1 AK (My Page) on Wed, Feb 28, 07 at 23:57
I agree with patricia_nj's assessment that their shipping is obscene. I wanted 6 packs of their 4" Birch Plant Tags, intending to order more if I liked them. Cost was $16.50 for the tags PLUS $17.50 total for shipping. All I wanted was the tags, not the whole birch tree! I placed seed orders with them last year and didn't find the germination to be all that great. Being in AK, I order hundreds of dollars worth of seeds, bulbs and gardening supplies on-line every year in order to get what I want, when I want. Therefore, while I am accustomed to paying shipping charges, Parks rates are outrageous. My $$$ will be going elsewhere. |
Have you checked into how much other places charge to mail seeds? Parks is not out of line with everyone else. Yes, $3.95 seems ridiculous to mail a couple of packets of seeds and it is. Try to find someone else who doesn't charge the same or more. I've been ordering from Parks for over a decade and will continue to do so. This year as in past years, I actually did a spreed sheet comparing prices per seed and shipping costs. Parks came out on top for what I wanted to buy, lowest prices and lowest shipping. On a more negative note. I don't like their plants and will not order any from them. Years and years ago they did send out good stuff, but they don't anymore. Seeds are fine though. Kevin |
I ordered from Parks in April of 2006. I got my seeds fine, really did not get too high of a germination rate out of them, but that could of been me. The Ranunculus and Lisianthus were to be shipped later. I got the Ranunculous (dried up disapointing little bulbs, never grew, now that I know was not my fault) The Lisianthus never got sent, I called several times to always get the reply that it was on backorder. I finally gave up. |
- Posted by karyn1 MD 7 (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Sun, Mar 25, 07 at 13:15
I already wrote a review but wanted to add something. I'd ordered Amaranthus Dreadlocks earlier in the year. The seed count was supposed to be 50. I think that it's an approximate number, especially with such tiny seeds and can understand if it's off by a few. My pack only contained 23 seeds, less than half the amount that was stated. I normally wouldn't have even thought twice about it but I am really looking foreward to growing that variety. I called and they couldn't have been nicer. They confirmed my name & address and are sending a replacement immediately. Karyn |
This is the first time I have ever ordered seeds online, so I had no clue that Park's might run out of tomato seeds (is that normal?). Anyway, I ordered bell pepper and tomato seeds from them. I received the pepper seeds after a 3 week wait, but it took 5 weeks for two packets of tomato seeds to arrive. I emailed and complained, stating that 5 weeks seemed ridiculous to me and if they were out of stock that information should have been posted on the site. They replied that they did not post anything as out of stock since it usually takes but 2-3 weeks to renew their stock. If you ask me, that's a long time to wait for a seeds. I won't order from them again. |
- Posted by karyn1 MD 7 (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Fri, Apr 6, 07 at 19:25
I got my replacement seeds in 3 days. Karyn |
- Posted by Mike Lanzone(email@example.com) onThu, Apr 19, 07 at 1:09
Be warned use extreme caution when dealing with this company. To start the website has many problems. It took me 3 days to successfully order and I was only able to place a partial order (all seeds). Five days later I received an email saying my seeds were shipped, so so far everything looked OK. I also talked with a sales rep on the phone today who was very helpful and I also was able to place the order for the biodomes and other things I wasn't able to online. |
- Posted by mysteryrose z5 (My Page) on Tue, Aug 14, 07 at 17:06
I'm with Mike. BUYER BEWARE. Their seeds are average germination rates when you're lucky. Their plants are consistently disappointing. Not as bad as Gurney, let's say, but extremely low quality. I got a clematis from them last year that bore a little sign stating, "I'm not dead, I'm dormant" a bold-faced lie; it was a dry stick gray with mold when it arrived. Dead as the proverbial doornail. A slick catalog fronts for these flim flam artists. |
- Posted by hillfarm_grower 5 (My Page) on Mon, Mar 10, 08 at 9:16
I will never order from Park's again!! Several years ago, I ordered a Purple Smoke Bush, and what I received was such a joke! It looked like a pencil, but not as wide--it would have fit inside a legal envelope to ship. It was supposed to have been a 20.00 bush. When I complained to Park's, I was basically told that was what I should expect, because of shipping cost. (Do they forget who pays the shipping?) Anyway, it died the first winter--like the pathetic little thing stood a chance! I was told when I first complained that if it died they would replace it. Of course, I couldn't find the receipt after it died. Park's and I both learned a lesson from that experience. I learned not to order from them again. They learned that when a customer says they won't order from them again unless they make it right--they mean it!! |
I ordered there this year only because I received a gift certificate. Not that I was against them beforehand, but I always just buy what I can find in local stores, plant sales, friends, etc. I had a horrible expereience with them. Ordered seeds, plants, plant tags, pet pots and pot trays. The seeds cam in 4 different orders, some were replaced with others after they were sold out but still allowed me to purchased them online, the pot trays took almost 2 months to ship out after 3 different sales reps told me they would be shipped out "tomorrow" at threee different times. I'm still waiting on my plants and hate to see what a disaster this will be. I'm expecting 10 plants, but am betting on maybe 2 or 3 at this point. While not always accurate, the sales reps are very nice. I guess that's the way you have to be when the company you work for is such a let down. I don't even know that I'd take anything for free from them, much less buy from them again. Diana |
Park Seed is a big fat FFFFFFFFF--------! Here's my follow-up post. I'm very upset with Park Seed after waiting for my plants to be mailed for a month now and still not receiving them. I called this morning to cancel the order and they tried to give me store credit, which I promptly said no to since I won't ever order from them again. Then they told me they would refund the total less $25 for the gift certificate I used for a PREVIOUS order! I ended up escalating the call and will now receive a full refund. They then told me it would take up to 30 days to get my money back which I find quite strange considering they took my money from my account within 5 minutes of my order! Funny how they were able to change that answer to 3-5 days. In the end, I'm getting my money back and will never order from them again. I had issues with seeds, plants, pots, trays - everything I ordered from them was a mess! Grade - FFFFFFF----------- |
TERRIBLE customer service. Buyer beware! I'm in SE-Michigna, Zone 5. Ordered 3 plants (1 DOA) and 3 "window box kits". Expected delivery by holiday 27May. Gave them benefit of the doubt, 3 plants finally arrived 30May, no windowbox kits. Called 02Jun to check status of kits, finally told they would not ship because they didnt meet quality standards of shipping manager. Well that was nice - but how abou t notifying the customer? Asked if I wanted a credit - of course yes. 2 weeks+ later now on 18Jun, no credit issued. Called again to check status on credit. Now being told credits can take "15 to 30days to post". Sure, they can charge your card in 24 to 48hrs, but basically they can take 24 to 48 DAYS basically to give it back. I told the operator to pass along to her manager I would not be buying again from them and I was promptly hung up on. No apology, no attempt to get a manager, just a big F-U to the customer. So I went to my bank's website and am disputing the original charge. I will never EVER buy from them again. You shouldnt either. Terrible business practices from what I've read above, and terrible customer service. Should have known, better to buy local. I learned my lesson. |
- Posted by organic_kitten 7 (My Page) on Fri, Jul 18, 08 at 19:38
I ordered a day lily from them, and when it died, they replaced it, no questions asked, with a very large bare root plant that has done well. I also ordered three fringe trees from them this year. They are hard to find locally, and I thought I had to have some. The catalog listed the trees as 18 inches, but two of them were closer to 30 inches and the other was 24 inches. They arrived beautifully packed and didn't look as if they had been moved at all. All three of them have done extremely well this year. If the shipping is not too unreasonable, I might indeed order plants from them again because my experience was very good. |
I have ordered from Parkseed and had a good experience so far. A couple of years back I ordered crossandra from seedman and none of them germinated. I ordered the same from parkseed earlier this year and I had 9 out of 10 germinate! Also last year I bought crossandra plants from them and they came very well packaged and looking good. I have ordered from other mail order comapnies and paid about the same for shipping. Hlily |
Don't know about the more recent customer service issues etc. - haven't ordered for a long time - but they were sending dinky plants and seeds in small quantities or that might not all come up decades ago. Shipping rates would be due to what the carriers are charging. Nurseries and seed houses aren't likely to be jacking them up on their own. In general you really want to shop where you can inspect the merchandise beforehand whenever possible. Mailorder is strictly for those things that you cannot find locally. Be sure you have checked around well before deciding nobody nearby has it. Calling a couple places or looking at big box stores only is not looking around well. |
Because I've read so many negative reviews on Garden Watchdog, I've never ordered plants from Parks or Wayside. I have ordered seeds, and have found that though prices aren't cheap and shipping rates exhorbitant, sometimes they are the only company where I can find certain seeds. Germination is no better, or not as good, as seeds I've bought elsewhere for less money. Just to check on current shipping rates, I just now went to the site and placed 2 packs of seeds in the cart, price total was $4.95. Shipping was $6.95! Yeah, right, like any sane person would pay that. I'll take my business elsewhere again. Karen |
It may be my imagination, but they seemed to have just updated their shipping rates on their website. About a month ago, I attempted to buy 10 packets of seed (on sale) and they wanted to charge $8.95 shipping to Canada. I promptly exited their site. Today, I tried again, just to see if they've been listening. I put 21 packets into my shopping cart this time and $3.95 was the postage charge. I know that's high for you folks in the states, but most seed companies charge in this range or slightly higher to ship to Canada. My two bits...it might be interesting to go back to their site and see if you notice a change in shipping rates (you don't have to complete the order). .....Heather |
For what it's worth - I have yet to order from Park, but I have a small catalog-order company of my own. I charge our shipping cost plus 1.50 handling, and am sometimes horrified at how much it costs to ship even a small package. I'll ship a 16 dollar, 2-pound item across the country, and it can be as much as eight or nine dollars freight. It's all about the distance to the destination, the value of the order makes no difference. A heavier package costs proportionately less to ship. It's always a good idea to make your whole order at once, if you can makeup your mind. |
I wanted to buy a gift certificate this xmas and was sickened by a shipping charge and fuel surcharge. So I chose an email version, and still got charged!!! Needless to say, I love their selection and I get ideas from them, but refuse to pay that. |
We have ordered seed & the growing sponges from Park's for years & have had great success dealing with them. The sponges are not found anywhere else that I can find & are the only things I ever use now & have exceptional germination in them. Also ordered a mini greenhouse a few years ago & when it arrived the top was cracked. A phone call & they sent me a whole new greenhouse! Haven't ever ordered plants from them but am quite satisfied with the experiences I have had with them. As for shipping charges, I find all the catalog companies have raised the shipping charges a great deal so I won't order seeds anymore as the shipping often is more than the price of the seeds! |
- Posted by maryv_montreal (My Page) on Mon, Mar 9, 09 at 16:19
Although I believe that Park Seed sells a good seed product (I don't know about the plants or supplies), their shipping rates are very high. I suspect it is because they usually have to do multiple shippings. Very often, there are varieties that are backordered. Their seed germinates well. |
- Posted by greenthumb4u (My Page) on Mon, May 18, 09 at 15:11
Be warned this company is practicing unethical (possibly illegal) practices holding your money while they never plan to ship your merchandise & then taking forever to refund your credit card. **** Buyer Beware **** I ordered some seeds on 3/2/09 on the internet. It informed me that they would ship in the next 2 weeks. When 2 weeks passed I checked the online status and it said "shipping soon". I called them and they said it was back-ordered and would ship Friday. 10 weeks later they are still saying the same thing. They did ship the "free gift" right away so that they could charge me the shipping and order fee right away while I endlessly wait for the product I really want. When I called on 5/18/09 to cancel my order since I was never going to receive it they said it would take 30 days for my credit card to be refunded. Can you believe this for a product that was never shipped. I am notifying Visa of this practice and encourage everyone to do the same. The best way to prevent a company like this from operating is to keep Visa/MC from allowing them to use their credit cards. |
Terrible service. Terrible seeds. Over priced. Very few seeds per packet. Terrible germination rate. AVOID dealing with them. |
- Posted by SpeedyRaindrop NY (My Page) on Fri, May 11, 12 at 22:33
I received my my order for 5 Bicolor Buddleia plants from Park Seed earlier this week. They might have been healthy 3-4" plants in 3-4" pots before they were packed unbagged and unsecured in loose foam peanuts in a box for shipping. It's no surprise there was extensive shipping damage. Several stems were broken off from each plant, and all the remaining leaves and stems were broken, bruised, or partially blackened. Even if these 3-4" plants had arrived undamaged, there is no way they were worth $11.95 each. A local nursery in Macedon,NY has Bicolor Buddleia plants which are 5-10 times the height and fullness for $7.95 -- and they are robust and undamaged. Park Seed offered a free bonus as incentive for this order... It was described as a Tomato Container Choice VFF Hybrid. Does that sound like a plant? It was a packet of 10 seeds. The description is misleading. Or you could say weasel-worded, if you like. If they wanted to be honest, they would have described the bonus something like this: VFF Hybrid Choice Container Tomato Seeds. If a vendor is going to offer anything "free" with an order, why do it in such a way as to make their customers unhappy -- or in my case, even more unhappy, by setting false expectations? |
- Posted by littleonefb z5MA (My Page) on Tue, May 15, 12 at 15:05
I have ordered seeds from Parks every year for the past several years, including this year and have never had any problems with the order, with the speed of deliver of the seeds either. This order was placed on 3/7/12 which included free shipping Item # Description Qty Price order was shipped out 3/12 and received several days later. I too got the free tomato seeds and it was clearly stated that the tomato was a packet of 10 seeds. I've never had any problems with the germination of the seeds either. All the seeds in this order where winter sown as have all my seeds for the past 9 years and as has been for the past 9 years with any park seeds that I have WS, either by direct order from me or from trades on the seed exchange, everything has germinated without any problems, without any complaints and with excellent germination results. Like I said, I've never ordered plants from Parks or any where before or now. Any plants I get are either purchased from local nurseries or from divisions of plants from a plant swap or a friend's yard. Good luck and do call. Usually the company will take care of any problems that you might have. Fran |
- Posted by SarahM_2013 none (My Page) on Sat, Jun 1, 13 at 15:58
I purchased all of my seeds through them this year. Can someone say rookie mistake? I wish I would have found this forum site earlier. It took FOREVER for them to ship my product. I ended up paying $8.95 shipping. Like people have mentioned throughout their comments, there are very little seeds in the packets. I actually counted my tomato seeds and I got one free(11 in a 10 seed packet)! I was aware of the amounts of seeds per packet, but you usually get more than 1 extra. Seeing as I just got my seeds, I am just starting them out indoors. I can not comment on germination and overall seed to plant quality! |
- Posted by veeja11 z7Wa (email@example.com) on Wed, Feb 19, 14 at 17:38
got wrong seeds, they basically told me tuff luck. am having a bonfire to burn all their catalogues |
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I am 40 year old male who works full time with people with disabilities. I am currently involved with a wonderful woman who puts up with all my car stuff lol...She has 3 girls that I completely adore. My passion for cars didn't really start until 2001. I remember being online and saw this 4th generation bird and fell in love with it. I knew I had to get one and with in a month or so I was the owner of my 2001 Firebird. At that time, I didn't plan on doing anything more with it. Then about 2 years later or so I started putting decals on it. After that I added a wings west ground kit, catback exhaust system, chrome wheels,hi flow cat, custom ws9 ram air hood, k&n air filter, and few other minor things to it. It just became a obsession. I started collecting anything with Firebirds, mostly diecast cars, I have over 500 diecast firebirds in all sizes. Then last year I joined motortopia and have met a lot of good people who share the same interest. I went on the 2009 Bandit Run and there isn't enough words to describe how awesome this event is. About a month after the Bandit Run I bought my 1979 Pontiac Trans Am, I have wanted a older bird to go along with my newer one. So now I got 2 birds and I am sure it won't stop there, someday I am hoping to find a first generation bird. Also in 2009 I went to my first Trans Am Nationals in Dayton, Ohio and had a blast. This was the first long travel in my 79 Trans Am and she did awesome the whole trip. No problems what so ever. I didn't enter her in the main show, she isn't quite show quality yet. Maybe few years down the road I will be able to fix her up to that level. Overall she is a good running vehicle with only 73,700 on her. The paint isn't too bad with some spider cracks on the front end and hood. There is a dink on the door that is hardly noticeable. Overall she is in good condition.
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John Hope Franklin is the James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of History at Duke University, and the John Matthews Manly Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Chicago. He is a native of Oklahoma and a graduate of Fisk University. He received the A.M. and Ph.D. degrees in history from Harvard University. He has taught at a number of institutions, including Fisk University, St. Augustine's College, North Carolina Central University, and Howard University. In 1956 he went to Brooklyn College as Chairman of the Department of History. In 1964, he joined the faculty of the University of Chicago, serving as Chairman of the Department of History from 1967 to 1970.
Professor Franklin's publications include The Emancipation Proclamation, The Militant South, The Free Negro in North Carolina, Reconstruction After the Civil War and A Southern Odyssey: Travelers in the Ante-Bellum North. Perhaps his best known is From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African-Americans, now in its eighth edition, and translated into German, Japanese, French, Portuguese, and Chinese. His Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities for 1976 was published as Racial Equality in America. In 1985, his biography of George Washington Williams received the Clarence L. Holte Literary Prize. In 1990, a collection of essays covering a teaching and writing career of fifty years, was published under the title, Race and History: Selected Essays, 1938-1988. In 1993, he published The Color Line: Legacy for the Twenty-first Century. Professor Franklin and his son, John Whittington Franklin, edited his father's My Life and an Era: The Autobiography of Buck Colbert Franklin. In 2001, he and Loren Schweninger published Runaway Slaves: Rebels on the Plantation, and in 2005 they published In Search of the Promised Land.
Professor Franklin has been active in numerous professional organizations. For many years he served on the editorial board of the Journal of Negro History. He has also served as president of the following organizations: The American Studies Association (1967), the Southern Historical Association (1970), The United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa (1973-76), the Organization of American Historians (1975), and the American Historical Association (1979). He has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Fisk University, the Chicago Public Library, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Board of the Duke Endowment, and the Durham Symphony Orchestra.
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Professor Franklin has been extensively written about in various articles and books. Among them is The Facts of Reconstruction: Essays in Honor of John Hope Franklin, edited by Eric Anderson and Alfred A. Moss, Jr., Louisiana State University Press, 1991. In 1997, he was the subject of the film First Person Singular: John Hope Franklin. Produced by Lives and Legacies Films, the documentary was featured on PBS in June 1997. In 2003, Beverly Jarrett edited Tributes to John Hope Franklin: Scholar, Mentor, Father, Friend, University of Missouri Press. In 2005 he completed his own autobiography, Mirror to America, published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.


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This message is caused by the Citrix Receiver. The Receiver is trying map the local drives and is trying to access them.
In case of a writable profile this is not a big issue. If you choose to Permit all access the settings are saved in the registry thus in the profile. When working with mandatory profiles these setting will not be preserved. Also in a ThinClient environment this behavior is not wanted. Because this will generate some helpdesk calls.
After some searching on the internet en in the registry I came to the following solution.
In the registry under the key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Citrix\ICA Client\Client Selective Trust" you will find a number of UID's. Underneath this UID's you will find the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\..\..\..\..\\IcaAuthorizationDecision\FileSecurityPermission and the default value will be set to "3". This value will generate the Warning message. Change this value to "2" and Permit all Access will be set. At the Citrix Support Site I found this explanation for the registry value.
Access Values: 0 = No Access 1 = Read Only Access 2 = Full Access 3 = Prompt User for Access.
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I am trying to find a pattern that was titled Southern Belle. It showed the dress at being done in crochet and yellow trimed with white. Does anyone know where I might find this pattern? |
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- Posted by velmaloo1951 (My Page) on Tue, Jan 27, 04 at 6:30
I have this pattern I will send it to you. |
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I also am looking for this pattern. |
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I have two dresses from annies attic that are of that discription. Miss April 92 Cotillion Collection and Miss May 91. If these arent it, who is the pattern by? |
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does anyone know where i could get this pattern?if so please feel free to email me email@example.com so much !!! happy gardening everyone |
I have a pattern for Fiber Craft #FCM200 for Southern Belle dress for a 15" fashion doll. Also have pattern FCM201 for the Southern General, a 16" male doll. I can mail you copies if you want them. I don't have a scanner, so I wouldn't be able to email them to you. Please let me know. |
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Thanks to all who replied to my search for this pattern. It has been some time since I posted the search. I have since found the pattern. Also, have sold most of my patterns now as the dolls don't sell anymore around here. Wish they did as I loved to make them. |
I am looking for a 16" male doll, does anyone know where I can purchase one or several? |
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i am also looking for this doll pattern it has great sentimental value to me. If anyone can help me I will be very greatful. |
- Posted by maryjane2008 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 23, 08 at 14:07
I am looking for the southern belle pattern and any other bed doll and pillow doll patterns. my grandmother used to make these dolls. she left all the patterns to me before she passed away. i lost them all in a fire. please help me. will gladly pay for shipping or copying fee. |
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I have the pattern if anyone wants it. No shipping involved. I can scan it and email it for anyone interested. |
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I agree with everyone else that those are fondant or gumpaste circles folded in half and then in half again and then opened up. As far as the silver dragees, I think if it was me I would make a gumpaste or fondant "ribbon" and attatch the silver dragees to that with royal icing, melted chocolate or piping gel, and then put the ribbon on your cake. That way you can remove the ribbon before eating the cake and not have to eat all of those dragees. If you stick them to your buttercream, you either have to fish them out of the buttercream one at a time, or eat them, which I'm not a fan of.
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John Sexton is a name that is synonymous with Union County basketball, but it is another one of his hobbies that has occupied this former Eagle's time over the last couple of years.
After graduating from West Union in 2007, Sexton had brief stints playing ball at William and Mary in Virginia as well as Northeast before he decided to pursue his other hobby: poker.
"Growing up, I always watched it on TV and me and my buddies played a lot in high school," Sexton said of his early poker playing days. "We played a few times a month, and pretty much whenever we had some free time. Once I turned 21, I went to some casinos and did well. I mean, what 21-year-old is going to turn down an opportunity to make some good money doing something they really enjoy?"
Burned out from basketball, Sexton pursued poker full time, playing online and in various tournaments across the nation. Traveling to Las Vegas, St. Louis, Chicago and Miami, among other places, Sexton lived a life many dream of, experiencing the chaotic big city life, but it was nothing he was not already used to growing up.
"It wasn't too different for me since I grew up in Memphis before I moved to Union County," he said.
"I've always kind of been a big city guy at heart, but it still is so different to see these massive cities and experience their culture, and it still amazes me to go to Chicago and Vegas and ask for sweet tea only to have people give me a weird look."
While his time playing poker has been enjoyable, his first visit back to the basketball court was not, and it was that experience that led him back to practicing in preparation for one last run in the game.
"I got a call from a buddy of mine who was playing in an adult league in Memphis, and I figured it would be fun to go back out on the court and play some," Sexton said. "Keep in mind this was the first time in over a year that I had even touched a basketball, and I played that way. It was horrible. Being as competitive as I am, that motivated me instantly to not only take up the game again, but check my eligibility and see if I can't go back and finish school."
Working on his game for over a year, Sexton now has that chance, as he is set to complete his collegiate career at Tennessee Tech in Cookeville, Tenn. He joins a Golden Eagle squad that went 20-13 in 2010, falling short of winning the Ohio Valley Conference Championship.
"I went up there last month to take a class and make sure everything was squared away with my eligibility," he said. "It's a great school, and I've had the chance to get to know some of the guys. I'm excited for the opportunity to join them and hopefully help them be successful."
Sexton is also working to finish his degree in business management and also hopes to eventually get an MBA, once he's through with basketball and poker, of course.
"It's great to be back," he said. "Once I got to Northeast, I was pretty burned out, and I had a good break, but I'm ready and thankful to have a second lease with basketball. I'm in the best shape of my life, and I wish I was this well off when I played in high school. I'm ready to hit the court again and see where this takes me."
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MICHIGAN CITY -- South Shore trains have resumed normal service after a train derailment in Michigan City caused temporary suspension during the morning rush hour.
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