How to Use Fish Bowl Displays in Your Restaurant or Tavern

When you think of fish bowl containers as display fixtures in a store setting, you probably think of the kinds of round, fish bowl shaped containers that convenience stores and candy stores use to hold everything from gumballs to travel-sized hygiene products.

However, thanks to the numerous shapes and sizes of fish bowls available – as well as the fact that you can get them in either plastic or glass varieties – fish bowl containers are actually excellent tools for restaurants and taverns, too – and not just for displaying merchandise! Whether you’re interested in creating a merchandise display to increase your sales, displaying complimentary items for your customers’ convenience, or using the containers as collection tools, fish bowl containers provide solutions.

Need some help? Below are five ways you can use fish bowl displays in your restaurant or tavern.

1. Use Fish Bowls to Create Miniature Drink Promotions

Fish bowl containers are excellent display fixtures for creating miniature drink promotion displays. Because the promotional drink bottles are generally small, they fit easily in large fish bowls you can display anywhere in your restaurant or tavern. Another perk is the space-saving factor: A fish bowl, no matter its size, is almost always guaranteed to take up less space than a shelf used for miniature drink promotion displays.

2. Use Fish Bowls to Display Additional Items for Sale

Obviously, if fish bowls are great fixtures for displaying miniature drink promotion merchandise, they work well for displaying other merchandise items, too!

Naturally, what you include in your fish bowl displays will depend on the kinds of merchandise your restaurant or tavern sells, but because there are many different sizes and shapes of fish bowl containers to choose from, finding the perfect container for your display will be a breeze.

3. Use Fish Bowls to Collect Tips

Fish bowls can do more than just display items for sale – they’re also good for collecting items from your customers.

Restaurants and taverns are some of the most common places where customers leave tips for services. Plastic and glass fish bowls are available in numerous sizes, which makes it easy for restaurant managers to situate them on tables or bars for customers to leave tips for their waiters, waitresses, or bartenders.

4. Use Fish Bowls to Collect Business Cards

Just as restaurants and taverns can use fish bowls to collect tips, they can also use them to collect business cards from customers to use for drawings for gifts or special offers and discounts. This is an especially good idea for establishments who see high volumes of traffic from business professionals who regularly conduct lunches, dinners, or friendly get-togethers at the establishment.

5. Use Fish Bowls to Offer Complimentary and Convenience Items

Toothpicks, breath mints, matchbooks, hand wipes – these are all complimentary items restaurants and taverns can display for the convenience of their customers. Perhaps you’ll want to create small fish bowl displays of these items on your tables and large fish bowl displays on your restaurant or tavern bar.

Plastic Fish Bowls: Uses Beyond the Convenience Store Countertop

If you’re a business owner of any sort – such as someone who manages a convenience store, candy store, grocery store, or even amusement park – you probably think of plastic fish bowl containers as ways to organize, store, and display your business’s merchandise or prizes. Even if you don’t own a business, as a customer at any of these establishments, thinking of plastic fish bowls probably conjures up images of brightly colored candies or gumballs atop a convenience store’s countertop.

However, there are many uses for plastic fish bowls beyond these purposes. These durable containers are available in many different sizes, and you can find them designed to sit upright or at an angle – it all depends on your particular needs. Read on for three ways you can use fish bowl containers for your own business or personal needs – behind the convenience store countertop! 1.

Use Plastic Fish Bowls as Collection Containers

These containers are great for more than just organizing, displaying, and storing merchandise – they’re also perfect for collecting things, too!

• Fundraising and nonprofit organizations or event organizers can use plastic fish bowl containers to collect money.
• Everyone from a bartender at a restaurant or tavern to a piano player at a nightclub can use a plastic fish bowl to collect tips.
• Amusement part employees can use plastic fish bowls to collect ticket stubs as well as display small prizes for winning games.

2. Use Plastic Fish Bowls as Decorative Pieces

Glass fish bowls offer a certain elegance to decorative pieces, such as those you see as centerpieces on tables at events, but plastic fish bowls offer what their glass counterparts cant – durability! Consider using plastic fish bowls as decorative pieces for tables and other displays at:

• Wedding receptions.
• Birthday and anniversary parties.
• Graduation celebrations.
• Proms and other formal dances.
• Office parties or other gatherings.

NOTE: Using live fish as part of your decorative piece isn’t recommended. Even if your intentions are good, there are still several risks to consider. For example, you might not be able to find homes for the fish once the party is over, or, the party might present such an environment that the fish aren’t safe. Play it safe and keep your plastic fish bowl decorative pieces reserved for nonliving displays. Depending on where your event is located and the environment of the celebration, some ideas might include filling them with decorative beads, seashells, or floating candles.

3. Use Plastic Fish Bowls at Trade Shows

There are numerous uses for plastic fish bowls at trade shows. For example:

• Depending on your product, you might be able to use fish bowl containers to organize and display your items.
• You can use fish bowls to organize, display, and offer small trinkets or “gifts” bearing your company’s logo, such as pens, pencils, magnets, or matchbooks.
• You can use clear fish bowls to organize, display, and offer your company’s business cards or to collect the business cards of interested potential customers or other professionals in your industry.

Candy Concepts, Inc. Provides Plastic Fish Bowl Containers for Business and Home Use

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Terry Keenan
Tel: 262.574.1800
Fax: 262.574.1859
Email: terry@candyconceptsinc.com

REINTRODUCE YOURSELF TO PLASTIC FISH BOWLS
Candy Concepts, Inc. Provides Plastic Fish Bowl Containers for Business and Home Use

Waukesha, WI, August 2009 – Clear plastic fish bowl containers are flying off the shelves at Candy Concepts, Inc. – and no longer just for the family’s pet goldfish.

Also often referred to as “sphere containers,” plastic fish bowl containers have long been helping numerous kinds of business owners, nonprofit organizations, and personal households better organize, store, display, and collect merchandise, donations, and home belongings; however, it wasn’t until recently Candy Concepts, Inc. owner Terry Keenan realized the additional names – and demand – for these containers:

“We have been a supplier of plastic containers for a long time, but, in this instance, it’s similar to not being able to see the forest for the trees – we didn’t realize how often people referred to ‘plastic containers’ as ‘fish bowls.’ These fish bowls work tremendously well for everyone from retail store managers to amusement park owners.”

Candy Concepts, Inc. and its sister site, All Candy Containers, work together to offer customers a wide selection of clear plastic fish bowls geared toward meeting an array of business and personal needs. Customers can find plastic fish bowl containers designed to stand upright or at an angle for easier access to merchandise, and the containers are available in sizes able to hold as little as one quart of product or as much as four gallons of product.

Candy Concepts, Inc. accepts orders 24/7, fills orders every business day of the year, and ships the vast majority within 24 hours. For more information about finding plastic fish bowls for your business or personal use, visit either www.allcandycontainers.com or www.candyconceptsinc.com or contact Terry Keenan of Candy Concepts, Inc. at (262) 574-1800 or terry@candyconceptsinc.com.

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