But they recently opened Antony Todd Nina Griscom in Southampton, N.Y., to sell tabletop items, decorative antiques, jewelry and fresh flowers.
Loren Sosna (right) and Donald W. J. Mulligan, who own the store, also sell tabletop items, pillows, lamps and Juliska blown-glass ware from the Czech Republic (on the shelves, from $18 to $220).
"Designers are saying things like, 'Great, what can we do?' " In the meantime, Mr. Alhadeff said he is looking forward to celebrating the holidays: The Future Perfect has a pop-up shop selling tabletop and kitchenware designs at the Chelsea Market through the end of January.
Now McNeil markets and sells the tabletop product used for coffee in restaurants and homes, while Tate & Lyle sells the ingredient to the food giants.
The Monsanto Company agreed yesterday to sell its tabletop sweetener business, with brands that include NutraSweet and Equal, to an investment group for $570 million in cash.
It made sense for the American powerhouse to focus on marketing and selling the tabletop product used for coffee in restaurants and homes, while Tate & Lyle became the sole manufacturer, marketing the ingredient to the food giants.
And some restaurants are looking at offerings of ESP Systems, which sells a wireless tabletop hub that customers use for things like summoning their waiter, thus speeding table turnover.
The specialist retailer, which manufactures and sells figurines for tabletop gaming franchises such as Warhammer and Lord of the Rings, said its costs remained under control and cash generation remained healthy.
The tabletop department sells Johnson Brothers dinnerware with a pattern of English castles.
Unlike existing DNA scanners the size of mainframes and servers, it fits on a tabletop and sells for only $50,000, one-tenth the price of machines already out there.
