Anthony wrote:

> Recently a person who was thinking of becoming a franchisee for a food
> prep center asked this ng for opinions as to its viability. As one
> might expect from a bunch of cooks the idea was pooh-poohed by just
> about all who replied. But on the front page of today's NY Times
> ther's an article which suggests that these businesses seem to be quite
> successful, and are becoming increasingly numerous - you can read the
> piece he
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/26/na...=1&oref=slogin
>
> Despite favorable comments from customers I still can't see why one
> would patronise such a place!

You and a lot of the rest of us. The guy came and posted a question ... would
you use this service? No. Moat of us would not. I may have missed any posts
that indicated that anyone was actually interested themselves, though some
said that the knew some people who might be interested in something like
that.