Comments on: Cena Meal Prep Franchise Boasts Slump-Defying Sales Model

By: Kellyakamm

Kellyakamm — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:32:21 +0000

Cena expands meal-assembly business to include bistro

By My-Ly Nguyen
Press & Sun-Bulletin
JOHNSON CITY — Cena, which offers ready-to-cook meals at its site at 201 Oakdale Road, said it has expanded its business to include a bistro.

Cena Fresh Bistro offers lunch and dinner for dine in or take out. Owner Fran Cianciosi said it’s an upscale, affordable eatery featuring organic salads, gourmet sandwiches and soups, and other items.

Cena originally opened as a meal-prep business in Johnson City in October 2007. Cianciosi said he wasn’t getting enough customer traffic so he expanded the business to include the bistro.

Make and Take Gourmet, a meal-assembly business that opened in Vestal last August, closed in May, less than a year after opening. The reasons for the closing were undetermined; Make and Take representatives were unavailable for comment at the time.

Because of the added in-house dining, Cena will no longer be offering public meal assembly sessions or private parties, the business said on its Web site. Gourmet to Go pre-assembled meals still are available for order and pick up.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:26:07 +0000

I think we should all just believe what any Meal Assembly Kitchen Home office or corporate office says and then act on it en masse and give them MORE of our hard earned cash to waste on more unproven models & concepts. “Dandy Ideas” are not proven concepts or models. If they are not duplicatable in ANY market for profitability they ARE NOT a proven model or concept.
I think they believe if they say it often enough to enough people that it will become truth………
The Meal Assembly Industry is IN TROUBLE….why didn’t I think of being a success by getting customers through my door-Oh that’s right I did!
I forgot…… I was busy counting all the collection notices because I lost my shirt, my house and all of my money on a similar scheme, except I missed the selling wine part!
Sheesh how could I have not thought of that?????

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