After two major shows depart, convention center makes changes to food orders.
Cost cuts are being quietly tested at McCormick with products everyone can grasp -- cases of Pepsi and water, coffee and trays of sandwiches.
A cash-and-carry system, where customers pick up bulk items from central locations, rather than pay for delivery, was introduced on a trial basis at the Radiological Society of North America's annual meeting that closed last week.
The test was limited to cases of water and pop, and coffee, but will be expanded to lunch-type offerings at the International Home & Housewares Show in March, said Jon Kaplan, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, which owns the convention hall.
Exhibitors will be able to place a food order online, or at a kiosk, and pick it up at a central location at the time they've specified.
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