Best kitchen vegetable stands in India

A well-organised kitchen makes it much easier to work and cook with a peaceful mind. Having a kitchen trolley lets you organise your food essentials and remove the clutter from the kitchen. From storing edibles to kitchen <keyword id="770656" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Utensils">utensils</keyword>, trolleys are a great fit to fulfil your organising needs. Taking less space and providing more storage is an important feature that makes them a great asset. Not only that, trolleys are also easy to move around with their rolling wheels that make the work even easier. To help you find the <keyword id="11508305" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="best-kitchen-trolleys">best kitchen trolleys</keyword>, we have listed down some options for you.<br /><br /><bulletContentEmbed name="B07RF21NNF" columns="1"><bulletContentHeading name="B07RF21NNF_head"><columnHead col="1"><columnHeadThumb>      <div type="image" title="Durable Build" msid="83810964" hostid="261"></div></columnHeadThumb><columnHeadTitle>B07RF21NNF</columnHeadTitle></columnHead></bulletContentHeading><bulleteContentBody name="B07RF21NNF_body"><bulletContentRow name="B07RF21NNF_7828530326317205"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1">Sinco SAWAN SHOPPING Stainless Steel 3 Layer Kitchen Trolley Rack</bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">Make your kitchen tidy and systematic with this kitchen trolley rack by Sinco. The stainless steel build claims to be durable and strong that makes it convenient to use. The four wheels make it highly portable and convenient to move. Easy assembling and dismantling help it get clean properly.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow><bulletContentRow name="B07RF21NNF_0562064086485464"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1"></bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">The three hollow racks allow you to <keyword id="11508315" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="store-things">store things</keyword> easily.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow></bulleteContentBody></bulletContentEmbed><br /><br /><bulletContentEmbed name="B07SCR4Q6P" columns="1"><bulletContentHeading name="B07SCR4Q6P_head"><columnHead col="1"><columnHeadThumb>      <div type="image" title="Temperature-resistant" msid="83810979" hostid="261"></div></columnHeadThumb><columnHeadTitle>B07SCR4Q6P</columnHeadTitle></columnHead></bulletContentHeading><bulleteContentBody name="B07SCR4Q6P_body"><bulletContentRow name="B07SCR4Q6P_0076339093730499"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1">Ebee 4 Layer Storage Organizer Slim Rack Shelf with Wheels</bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">This sleek white coloured rack from Ebee should be considered as a great option to store products and keep in the kitchen as it adjusts itself into a small area to save space. The rolling wheels with a fast slide make it portable and easy to move. This four-layered rack is said to be temperature-resistant which makes it a durable product as well.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow><bulletContentRow name="B07SCR4Q6P_2125536088336422"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1"></bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">The sleek structure allows it to save space.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow></bulleteContentBody></bulletContentEmbed><br /><br /><bulletContentEmbed name="B07ND3PWXJ" columns="1"><bulletContentHeading name="B07ND3PWXJ_head"><columnHead col="1"><columnHeadThumb>      <div type="image" title="Virgin Plastic Wheels" msid="83811020" hostid="261"></div></columnHeadThumb><columnHeadTitle>B07ND3PWXJ</columnHeadTitle></columnHead></bulletContentHeading><bulleteContentBody name="B07ND3PWXJ_body"><bulletContentRow name="B07ND3PWXJ_5833378180557652"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1">AMAZING MALL (LABEL) Stainless Steel Silver Multipurpose Storage Shelf, Kitchen Rack -Triple Tire Trolley</bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">The high-quality stainless steel and chrome plating ensure the trolley to be rust-free and durable. The open wired hollow racks make it easy to clean and should allow you to store edibles or other kitchen products systematically. The virgin plastic wheels increase their life and make it easy to move.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow><bulletContentRow name="B07ND3PWXJ_4341907753902687"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1"></bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">This three rack trolley allows you to make the kitchen clutter-free.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow></bulleteContentBody></bulletContentEmbed><br /><br /><bulletContentEmbed name="B07QQK6W24" columns="1"><bulletContentHeading name="B07QQK6W24_head"><columnHead col="1"><columnHeadThumb>      <div type="image" title="Mesh Design" msid="83811041" hostid="261"></div></columnHeadThumb><columnHeadTitle>B07QQK6W24</columnHeadTitle></columnHead></bulletContentHeading><bulleteContentBody name="B07QQK6W24_body"><bulletContentRow name="B07QQK6W24_8278335513583725"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1">Voroly 4 Tire Rolling Cart Metal Utility Space Saving Kitchen Home Living Room Storage Organizer Racks and Self with Wheel</bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">This rolling trolley from Voroly comes with four deep basket shelves which allow you to store edibles and kitchenware products. This trolley is crafted from carbon steel and plastic that ensure high durability and sturdy build. The mesh design with enclosed edges should allow the air to pass and keep things fresh without letting them fall out.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow><bulletContentRow name="B07QQK6W24_9227889926837903"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1"></bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">The brake in the rolling wheels makes the movement easy and comfortable.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow></bulleteContentBody></bulletContentEmbed><br /><br /><bulletContentEmbed name="B08MYHH6VF" columns="1"><bulletContentHeading name="B08MYHH6VF_head"><columnHead col="1"><columnHeadThumb>      <div type="image" title="Foldable" msid="83811055" hostid="261"></div></columnHeadThumb><columnHeadTitle>B08MYHH6VF</columnHeadTitle></columnHead></bulletContentHeading><bulleteContentBody name="B08MYHH6VF_body"><bulletContentRow name="B08MYHH6VF_6012245660952559"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1">VEZOL Fruit and Vegetable Stand Basket Trolley(3 Layer Kitchen Rack)</bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">The three-storey stainless steel trolley from Vezol is easy to install and easily foldable to save space. This trolley can be considered a great option to store fruits and vegetables as its build allows the air to pass freely and helps keep the edibles fresh. The stainless steel ensures the trolley to be durable and rust-resistant.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow><bulletContentRow name="B08MYHH6VF_1630012025271935"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1"></bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">This trolley should help to save space with its foldable feature.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow></bulleteContentBody></bulletContentEmbed><br /><br /><bulletContentEmbed name="B082D7ZGCN" columns="1"><bulletContentHeading name="B082D7ZGCN_head"><columnHead col="1"><columnHeadThumb>      <div type="image" title="Rust-Resistant" msid="83811066" hostid="261"></div></columnHeadThumb><columnHeadTitle>B082D7ZGCN</columnHeadTitle></columnHead></bulletContentHeading><bulleteContentBody name="B082D7ZGCN_body"><bulletContentRow name="B082D7ZGCN_9073362783409660"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1">SEVVY 3 Tier Metal Mesh Rolling Cart Mesh Storage Shelving Trolley Household Cart with Wheels</bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">This sturdy looking rolling trolley by Sevy claims to hold up to 20kgs of weight. The metal frame structure makes it highly durable and prevents it from rusting. This trolley features three big baskets that offer ample space to hold and store things. The mesh design ensures the air to pass by keeping stored things fresh. The brakes in the two wheels help to hold up the trolley in place and make movement easy.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow><bulletContentRow name="B082D7ZGCN_4621448847677944"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1"></bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">The trolley is easy to operate with its rolling wheels and brakes.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow></bulleteContentBody></bulletContentEmbed><br /><br />

Best kitchen trolleys in India

Managing a kitchen is quite hard. There are so many things to take care of and store that we might end up crowding the space. Yet, we all know that a tidy kitchen is a good kitchen. So if you’re looking to tidy up your cooking space, free up your counters, or simply arrange your kitchen in a more pleasing manner you'll need some good quality stands to do so. A good <keyword id="12409653" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="kitchen-stand" source="Orion">kitchen stand</keyword> should be two things-classy and durable; it needs to house your storage containers perfectly and look good doing it. This is why we have covered the internet to find the best steel kitchen stands for keeping your storage containers. Steel stands come with the promise of durability and look minimalistic enough to not make your kitchen seem overcrowded.<br /><br /><bulletContentEmbed name="B0827HJZBB" columns="1"><bulletContentHeading name="B0827HJZBB_head"><columnHead col="1"><columnHeadThumb><div type="image" title="Durable Body" msid="88728786" hostid="261"></div></columnHeadThumb><columnHeadTitle>B0827HJZBB</columnHeadTitle></columnHead></bulletContentHeading><bulleteContentBody name="B0827HJZBB_body"><bulletContentRow name="B0827HJZBB_0549073356755580"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1">EverEx Stainless Steel 2-Tier Trolley</bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">Made from durable stainless steel with a shiny chrome finish, this stylish 2 shelf shelving trolley offers the best of both worlds-rugged reliability with the modern appeal. The EverEx trolley has two shelves, making it ideal for countertop storage. This multipurpose stand can be used for storing many things like cooking utensils, vegetables, pantry items, or storage containers.<br />The trolley is easy to store and can be kept inside your pantry, kitchen and even your countertop. We recommend keeping the trolley near your cooking counter and stacking it up with spices and condiments you use on daily.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow><bulletContentRow name="B0827HJZBB_0969696661179245"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1"></bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">Durable and modern, this storage shelf gives you the best of both worlds.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow></bulleteContentBody></bulletContentEmbed><br /><br /><bulletContentEmbed name="B07TSDFRKC" columns="1"><bulletContentHeading name="B07TSDFRKC_head"><columnHead col="1"><columnHeadThumb><div type="image" title="Scratch-Resistant" msid="87336815" hostid="261"></div></columnHeadThumb><columnHeadTitle>B07TSDFRKC</columnHeadTitle></columnHead></bulletContentHeading><bulleteContentBody name="B07TSDFRKC_body"><bulletContentRow name="B07TSDFRKC_7084545507188468"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1">Plantex Stainless Steel Multipurpose Storage Shelf</bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">The Plantex Stainless Steel Kitchen Rack is a durable, high-quality rack made with stainless steel and comes in a nickel-chrome finish. The storage shelf is scratch-resistant, corrosion-proof, and of great quality. The rack also comes with an anti-skid rubber fitting on its legs to ensure that the rack stays put whenever you store it.<br />Use this multipurpose stainless steel kitchen rack to store your spices, pulses, pasts, or other pantry items. The single shelf rack can also be used to dry dishes and store crockery, making it a beautiful addition to any cabinet or storage space.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow><bulletContentRow name="B07TSDFRKC_2674239797138448"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1"></bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">Single-tier rack for stacking dishes, storage containers, and other kitchen supplies.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow></bulleteContentBody></bulletContentEmbed><br /><br /><bulletContentEmbed name="B08ZJHQ853" columns="1"><bulletContentHeading name="B08ZJHQ853_head"><columnHead col="1"><columnHeadThumb><div type="image" title="Rust Proof" msid="87336839" hostid="261"></div></columnHeadThumb><columnHeadTitle>B08ZJHQ853</columnHeadTitle></columnHead></bulletContentHeading><bulleteContentBody name="B08ZJHQ853_body"><bulletContentRow name="B08ZJHQ853_9888249990656124"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1">Impex Spice, Dish Rack for Kitchen</bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">The Impex Spice and Dish Rack for Kitchen comes in a superior quality stainless steel finish ensuring long-lasting durability. The stainless steel is coated with a rust-proof finish to save your rack from dulling over time. Use this rack to stack kitchen supplies like utensils, storage containers, dishes and other things. This helps you save time and counter space by making it easier to access supplies. The Impex Spice and dish rack is suitable for placing on countertops, kitchen pantries and even cabinets. The standing rack will perfectly store spices, condiments, grains, and others to help you neatly organize items in one place.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow><bulletContentRow name="B08ZJHQ853_7968237257163473"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1"></bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">The stainless steel dish rack is coated in a rust proof finish to ensure durability</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow></bulleteContentBody></bulletContentEmbed><br /><br /><bulletContentEmbed name="B08KDFHTJC" columns="1"><bulletContentHeading name="B08KDFHTJC_head"><columnHead col="1"><columnHeadThumb><div type="image" title="Rubber Pegs" msid="87336919" hostid="261"></div></columnHeadThumb><columnHeadTitle>B08KDFHTJC</columnHeadTitle></columnHead></bulletContentHeading><bulleteContentBody name="B08KDFHTJC_body"><bulletContentRow name="B08KDFHTJC_5884881945763307"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1">Unify Stainless Steel Spice 2-Tier Trolley</bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">The stylish Unify spice two-tier trolley is made from durable stainless steel and comes in a Shiny Chrome finish. Durable and minimalistic this Spice rack come trolley can be used anywhere in your kitchen to keep food pantry and kitchen items organised. The trolley is perfect for organising extra supplies of pasta, dressing vinegar, macaroni, baking supplies, condiments and much more.<br />The two shelving units make this rack a practical and versatile purchase that can be used anywhere in your kitchen to make things tidier and well put together.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow><bulletContentRow name="B08KDFHTJC_3512508579936562"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1"></bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">Stainless Steel 2 tier trolley in chrome finish with scratch-resistant rubber pegs.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow></bulleteContentBody></bulletContentEmbed><br /><br /><bulletContentEmbed name="B0976WJ9C3" columns="1"><bulletContentHeading name="B0976WJ9C3_head"><columnHead col="1"><columnHeadThumb><div type="image" title="Minimalist Look" msid="87337030" hostid="261"></div></columnHeadThumb><columnHeadTitle>B0976WJ9C3</columnHeadTitle></columnHead></bulletContentHeading><bulleteContentBody name="B0976WJ9C3_body"><bulletContentRow name="B0976WJ9C3_5435671930148065"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1">CR18 Collection Multipurpose Spice Rack</bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">The CR18 collection multi-purpose spice rack can be used to store crockery, glasses, storage containers, and other kitchen and pantry items. Made from high-grade stainless steel the rack is durable and comes in an alluring chrome finish. The stylish 2-shelf shelving unit is a must-have for anyone who is looking to organise their kitchen and needs more counter space.<br />This multi-purpose rack will not only save you space in the kitchen but will also tidy things up making your space look cleaner and well put together. The minimalist look and durability make this rack a great purchase that can help you organise your kitchen.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow><bulletContentRow name="B0976WJ9C3_7643330193687637"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1"></bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">The rack is a must-have for those looking to organise their kitchen.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow></bulleteContentBody></bulletContentEmbed><br /><br />

Best steel kitchen stand for storage containers

When you’re cooking, you want all ingredients to be at hand. And in Indian households, all the spices need to be at hand! It’s no fun if your spice bottles are scattered all over the kitchen. It gets time consuming and you might even miss out on adding some spices. Get all your spices organised neatly in one place with these attractive and handy spice racks.<br /><br /><br /><bulletContentEmbed name="B0827HJZBB" columns="1"><bulletContentHeading name="B0827HJZBB_head"><columnHead col="1"><columnHeadThumb>          <div type="image" title="Classic Choice" msid="78794348" hostid="261"></div></columnHeadThumb><columnHeadTitle>B0827HJZBB</columnHeadTitle></columnHead></bulletContentHeading><bulleteContentBody name="B0827HJZBB_body"><bulletContentRow name="B0827HJZBB_5765766955204724"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1">EverEx Stainless Steel Spice 2-Tier Trolley Container Organizer Organiser</bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">This <keyword id="1600188" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="spice-rack">spice rack</keyword>, with its classic design, is suitable for all homes. Made from high-quality stainless steel, it will last long without rusting or breaking. It has two shelves where you can keep all sorts of jars and bottles. The lower shelf is high enough to keep your olive oil and vinegar bottles. It’s a compact design so will take up very little place on your kitchen counter.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow><bulletContentRow name="B0827HJZBB_0149999945694851"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1"></bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">Shiny chrome finish, wide shelves, and germ free.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow></bulleteContentBody></bulletContentEmbed><br /><br /><bulletContentEmbed name="B0168SL5AG" columns="1"><bulletContentHeading name="B0168SL5AG_head"><columnHead col="1"><columnHeadThumb>          <div type="image" title="Smart Buy" msid="78794397" hostid="261"></div></columnHeadThumb><columnHeadTitle>B0168SL5AG</columnHeadTitle></columnHead></bulletContentHeading><bulleteContentBody name="B0168SL5AG_body"><bulletContentRow name="B0168SL5AG_8126676893548444"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1">JVS – <keyword id="9331734" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="plastic-spice-rack">Plastic Spice Rack</keyword></bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">Another spice rack that comes with 16 jars; this one will sit well in your kitchen. The jars are easy to use with twistable tops that have three holes. Use it for salt, pepper, chilli powder, turmeric, cumin seeds, and other similar ingredients. They are made from supreme quality plastic that will not let any moisture or dust enter. Also, the jars are microwavable and freezer safe.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow><bulletContentRow name="B0168SL5AG_4304834909818370"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1"></bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">Lovely wood finish, sturdy and firm stand, compact and light.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow></bulleteContentBody></bulletContentEmbed><br /><br /><bulletContentEmbed name="B06XKSKVKH" columns="1"><bulletContentHeading name="B06XKSKVKH_head"><columnHead col="1"><columnHeadThumb>          <div type="image" title="Also Consider" msid="78794445" hostid="261"></div></columnHeadThumb><columnHeadTitle>B06XKSKVKH</columnHeadTitle></columnHead></bulletContentHeading><bulleteContentBody name="B06XKSKVKH_body"><bulletContentRow name="B06XKSKVKH_1266998434137337"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1">Floraware Plastic Revolving Spice Rack Set, 15-Pieces Yellow</bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">This lightweight spice rack comes with 15 high-quality plastic jars that are airtight and durable. They have shakers and pour twistable tops, and are ideal to store all kinds of herbs, spices and condiments. The stand and jars are impact resistant. It is a revolving rack that will allow you to pick out the jars with ease.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow><bulletContentRow name="B06XKSKVKH_6099653107572720"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1"></bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">Retains freshness and aroma of spices, contemporary design, yellow and black in colour.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow></bulleteContentBody></bulletContentEmbed><br /><br /><bulletContentEmbed name="B07G43LN2V" columns="1"><bulletContentHeading name="B07G43LN2V_head"><columnHead col="1"><columnHeadThumb>          <div type="image" title="Editor’s Choice" msid="78794307" hostid="261"></div></columnHeadThumb><columnHeadTitle>B07G43LN2V</columnHeadTitle></columnHead></bulletContentHeading><bulleteContentBody name="B07G43LN2V_body"><bulletContentRow name="B07G43LN2V_4611293659904661"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1">Kitch-Max Premium Multipurpose Revolving Plastic Spice Rack 16 Piece Condiment Set</bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">Get this rack for your kitchen if there are many people living in the house. These glass jars have a 250ml capacity, so you won’t have to refill them often. Also, the glass jars have chromium plated caps making them well-fitted and airtight. The stand is made from high-quality plastic that will not crack or weather with time.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow><bulletContentRow name="B07G43LN2V_5973512492456947"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1"></bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">Revolving rack, jars are dishwasher safe, and is a set of 16.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow></bulleteContentBody></bulletContentEmbed><br /><br /><bulletContentEmbed name="B07MZ6PZ82" columns="1"><bulletContentHeading name="B07MZ6PZ82_head"><columnHead col="1"><columnHeadThumb><div type="image" title="Popular Pick" msid="78794267" hostid="261"></div></columnHeadThumb><columnHeadTitle>B07MZ6PZ82</columnHeadTitle></columnHead></bulletContentHeading><bulleteContentBody name="B07MZ6PZ82_body"><bulletContentRow name="B07MZ6PZ82_7856032220302554"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1">Wood Art Store – Foldable Spice Rack</bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">Here’s a traditional spice rack where you can organise all your condiments, herbs, spices and cooking oils in one place. Made from strong wrought and cast iron, it will not rust, corrode or break. It has two spacious shelves where bottles and jars will fit. Perfect to be placed at the corner of your kitchen platform.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow><bulletContentRow name="B07MZ6PZ82_6523485668031623"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1"></bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">Foldable so can be stored easily if not in use, elegant design, 1.4kgs weight.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow></bulleteContentBody></bulletContentEmbed><br />

Best spice racks for kitchen

Kitchen racks are an important organizing tool that help you keep your kitchen clutter-free. Many people prefer using racks in their kitchen for keeping spices &amp; pulses jars, others may use the same rack for placing vegetables, garlic or even fruits.<br /><br />Various styles, shapes and sizes of kitchen racks are available which have multiple shelves and segments to store big and small items. Some racks have drawers and can be fixed in a corner or on a wall, while some have wheels that add to their portability. When choosing a kitchen rack the design, the size and the make of the rack are essential.<br /><br />Stainless steel kitchen racks are the most popular and in-demand because they are sturdy, durable and a great way of accessorising and uplifting the look of the kitchen. <br /><br />Here are a few top stainless steel kitchen racks for different types of kitchen spaces.<br /><br /><br /><bulletContentEmbed name="B0827HJZBB" columns="1"><bulletContentHeading name="B0827HJZBB_head"><columnHead col="1"><columnHeadThumb>  <div type="image" title="Top Pick" msid="78000347" hostid="261"></div></columnHeadThumb><columnHeadTitle>B0827HJZBB</columnHeadTitle></columnHead></bulletContentHeading><bulleteContentBody name="B0827HJZBB_body"><bulletContentRow name="B0827HJZBB_1861184188157852"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1">EverEx Stainless Steel Spice 2-Tier Trolley Container Organizer Organiser/Basket for Boxes Utensils Dishes Plates for Home (Multipurpose Kitchen Storage Shelf Shelves Holder Stand Rack)</bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">This product has a very modern appeal, and its rugged chrome steel body makes it very durable. The 2 shelves on this rack can accommodate ample stuff. Small and big, both the sizes of jars or cutlery can be kept on this rack. Whether being used in a kitchen, a bedroom, a bathroom or any other space, things can be kept in an organised way on this rack. This product is recommended even for hostels and dormitories. 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Despite being small in size, it is strong and durable. Due to the thoughtful design of the rack, the spice jars won’t topple over when picking and keeping them. The rack can also be used for keeping cosmetics and other non-food items in the house. Ventilated design of the rack helps in keeping the stored items dry and clean, creating a better shelf life. 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<ul class="summary-list"><li>The cruise ship MSC Seaside failed its CDC's sanitation inspection on April 27, records show.</li><li>The vessel received a 67 out of 100 — the lowest score a cruise ship has received in five years. </li></ul><p>The cruise ship MSC Seaside failed the CDC's vessel sanitation inspection at the end of April with an unusually low score. </p><p>The vessel <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23808254-msc-seaside-cdc-inspection-detail-report-vessel-sanitation-program?responsive=1&amp;title=1">received 67 out of 100 points</a>, nearly twenty points below the agency's passing grade. In the past 10 years, only three other cruise ships have received sanitation scores below 70, CDC records show. </p><p>Since 2004, MSC Cruises have received an average sanitation score of 94.5. The MSC Meraviglia and MSC Seascape scored 98 and 100 points, respectively, during their recent February inspections. </p><p>Many of the inspector's concerns were related to food storage and preparation, including flies located in the bar, buffet, and garbage areas; a "black filth residue" coating four unopened containers of yogurt; dried food residue on dishes being used to serve hamburgers; "a shriveled piece of sausage and an old piece of pineapple" behind an oven; and chopped lettuce, sliced melon, and raw chicken stored at hazardous temperatures.</p><p>One of the more disturbing violations described in the report involved a crew member who was cooking raw hamburgers at a buffet station. </p><p>The employee walked through the kitchen with a trolley cart containing "left over hamburger paper wrappings and a layer of pooled hamburger blood" and went to the cold storage room to get more meat. The inspector then "intervened and observed the crew members hands and refrigerator door handle covered in hamburger blood," the report says.</p><p>An MSC Cruises spokesperson told Insider the cruise line has launched an internal investigation based on the inspector's concerns and took immediate corrective actions. </p><p>"MSC Cruises rigorously adheres to health protocols, and the results of this inspection do not reflect the brand's high standards," the spokesperson added. </p><p>Beyond food, the inspection also found several medical violations, according to the CDC. Five handwashing stations did not have soap (two of which were located in the medical ward) and the medical center did not document or follow-up on public vomit and diarrhea incidents recorded by housekeeping. </p><p>Additionally, medical staff misinterpreted the procedure for reporting acute gastroenteritis and only reported cases if passengers or crew experienced three episodes of diarrhea or vomit and an additional symptom. </p><p>However, the inspector "explained that even one diarrhea episode that is above normal to that individual can make them a reportable case" per the vessel sanitation program's <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/vsp/docs/vsp_operations_manual_2018-508.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">operations manual.</a></p><p><em><strong>Do you work on a cruise ship? Email this reporter at htowey@insider.com</strong></em></p>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Insider traveled to the breakaway "republic" of <keyword id="13718227" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="transnistria" source="Orion">Transnistria</keyword> on the border of <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword>.</li><li>The territory is occupied by Russian troops and controlled by pro-Russia separatists.</li></ul><p>TIRASPOL, Transnistria — This might be the only city in Europe where there is no indication that a war is being waged in Ukraine, despite that country only being a 20-minute drive away.</p><p>Along the main drag in Tiraspol, the capital of what billboards proclaim to be the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, also known as Transnistria, there are smart cafes with modern, all-glass exteriors that look like they would be more at home in Manhattan than a breakaway, unrecognized state currently occupied by 1,500 Russian soldiers. </p><p>There is an Italian restaurant, an India-themed casino, consulates for Abkhazia and South Ossetia (other separatist enclaves recognized by Moscow but not the <keyword id="6356001" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="international" source="Orion">international</keyword> community) and a decommissioned tank commemorating the 1992 war that led this heavily industrialized region along the Dniester river, controlled by oligarchs and subsidized by free Russian gas, to break away from <keyword id="13199147" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="moldova" source="Orion">Moldova</keyword>. </p><p>On a pleasant Saturday afternoon, there were cyclists and children rollerblading on clean, paved streets crowded with trolleys and late-model cars — including a convoy of BMW enthusiasts. A movie theater was lined with posters for "Sonic the Hedgehog 2" and the latest superhero film from Marvel.</p><p>What there was not was any sign of was the conflict next door. Ukrainians live here, as do <keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword>ns, but there is no propaganda either for or against the Feb. 24 invasion, an odd and conspicuous silence given that this pseudo-state's leaders have for decades proclaimed their desire to be annexed by Moscow. The flag of the Russian Federation hangs on all local government buildings, there is a special housing complex built for Russian military officers, and soldiers in Russia's military are manning checkpoints across the territory.</p><div type="image" title="military base" height="3648" width="5472" msid="91109044" hostid="261"></div><p>A day before Insider visited, a Russian general, Rustam Minnekaev, insisted that his country's goal was to conquer southern Ukraine and liberate this separatist region of some 300,000 people, claiming there was "oppression of the Russian-speaking population." Russian leaders weighed similar accusations in launching the Ukraine war, but fierce resistance in Mykolaiv has stopped their troops from surging west to besiege Odesa, the country's third-largest city, just an hour from Moldova's border.</p><p>But there was no indication of a pending military operation here, although days later there were a series of explosions at a building used by the local services — "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/moldova-warns-of-pretexts-after-explosions-in-separatist-transnistria-2022-4">pretexts</a>," Moldovan authorities said, for inflaming tensions. That was followed by reported attacks Tuesday on radio transmission towers that bore the "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/transnitria-explosions-have-signature-of-russia-military-moldova-former-minister-2022-4">signature</a>" of Russian intelligence operatives, a former Moldovan defense minister said.</p><p>Forty-eight hours earlier, at the de facto border checkpoint between Moldova and Transnistria, yards away from a contingent of Russian troops, a guard in military fatigues did not even ask why someone with a US passport would be visiting, simply handing this reporter a slip of paper granting admission.</p><p>But the war, while absent in Transnistria's public spaces — if not its television, which is flooded with propaganda directly from Moscow — is just behind the facade. There are refugees here, including cars with Ukrainian plates, as well as inflation and a shortage of goods that used to be imported through an eastern border that is now sealed. </p><p>At a train station in the city of Bender, a sign in English informed visitors that there are no more departures. You can enter the station, it stated, "but there is no way you go on rail tracks. We repeat: No way!!!" At the start of the war, Ukrainian soldiers blew up the rails that connected the region to Odesa.</p><p>On an elevated walkway that allows residents to cross the 14 tracks outside the station, a little girl could be heard complaining to a little boy: she can no longer find her favorite Ukrainian brand of chocolate. </p><div type="image" title="tank monument" height="3648" width="5472" msid="91109045" hostid="261"></div><p>Outside the cities, in a village where people can speak with less fear of being overheard by the security services, an old woman, Amina — not her real name — said she opposed the war in Ukraine. But, she added, the conflict was not something she would feel comfortable even discussing with neighbors who had lived alongside her for decades. A code of silence prevails.</p><p>"It's a taboo — nobody talks about this in public, so nobody knows who supports the war," she said. It's the kind of thing one only discusses in the kitchen with the radio on.</p><p>In the first days after the war, she walked around the village with an ornament, called a martisor, that is usually made of red and white string and worn on one's chest to celebrate the beginning of spring. Hers was done in the blue-and-yellow of the Ukrainian flag. Neighbors warned her to take it off, she said, not necessarily because they believe what's on their televisions from pro-Russian channels but because they were concerned for her safety.</p><p>She herself came to oppose the war because the historical analogies were too striking. </p><p>At a museum inside an Ottoman-era fortress in Bender — located above a military base with Russian soldiers, and currently undergoing renovations funded by the European Union — a sign celebrating the foreign military presence justified it in terms identical to those used by Russian President Vladimir Putin today. Russian soldiers, it said, had ended a "bloody genocide" perpetrated by "radical nationalists" in Moldova, whose reactionary preference for the Romanian language, previously suppressed by the Soviet Union, had led them to impose "a number of discriminatory language laws." </p><p>"I was here in 1992," Amina said. "And now I have the same feeling as 30 years ago. It's the same thing happening."</p><p>If war does come here again, locals think it won't stop with Ukraine and Transnistria.</p><div type="image" title="museum statue of Russian soldier" height="3492" width="4656" msid="91109046" hostid="261"></div><p>Since the beginning, before Putin even came to power, Russia has been using Transnistria as a "kind of blackmail," Igor Munteanu, Moldova's ambassador to the United States from 2010 to 2015, said in an interview at his office in Chisinau. The vast majority of Moldova's electricity is generated in Transnistria, the power plants there running on Russian gas and coal. In part, that protects Moldova — Russia is seen as unlikely to cut off the supply to a loyal proxy state — but it also ensures dependence.</p><p>"Anytime that Moldova says that 'we would like to join the European Union,'" he said, Russia responds, 'Well, keep in mind, we are against that.'"</p><p>But the most important political leverage, Munteanu said, is Russia's intelligence and military presence in Transnistria.</p><p>In addition to its own military presence, "they have trained and recruited local inhabitants." The self-declared republic has a military force of its own that is at least as large as the Republic of Moldova's, with better arms and a number of tanks. "And they can enlarge the military contingent, which is following the orders of the Russian Federation, by 10 times — they can easily recruit and mobilize 50,000 soldiers from Transnistria."</p><div type="image" title="sign for coins" height="3648" width="4864" msid="91109047" hostid="261"></div><p>Transnistria is the site of a former USSR ammunition depot that is believed to be one of the largest in eastern Europe. The statelet's railroads, which use the same broad-gauge track as Ukraine and Russia, are seen by analysts as a potential resupply route for the railway-dependent Russian military if the war eventually comes to Odesa. </p><p>In the immediate wake of Russia's invasion, Munteanu thought it reasonable to conclude that Ukraine was not the only objective. Putin has repeatedly expressed his anger not just at Kyiv, but at the rest of Moscow's former satellites in Eastern Europe who have chosen closer relations with the West — he views them as client states of Washington, akin to what he's sought over Ukraine, Belarus, and Georgia  — and at the Soviet leaders who allowed them to regain their independence.</p><p>"I think when he speaks about recovering what belongs to Russia, he means also Moldova," Munteanu said. "And from day zero, he meant an invasion."</p><div type="image" title="railroad cars on tracks" height="3648" width="5472" msid="91109048" hostid="261"></div><p>In Chisinau, life goes on, families packing churches over the weekend for Easter celebrations and taking home with them a candle lit by the Holy Fire — a flame that is delivered by plane from Jerusalem to Orthodox churches across Eastern Europe.</p><p>People are nervous, but Moldovans who fled the country after the Feb. 24 invasion have trickled back, officials say, encouraged by Russian setbacks, particularly the failure to capture Odesa; the Ukrainian port city, a short drive from the border, is a commonly accepted bellwether — if it falls, Moldova will be next. Eyes are also on America: if US diplomats start leaving, thousands of Moldovans will follow.</p><p>No one, certainly, believes Moldova could resist an invasion, should it ever come to that. Locals joke that the country's armed forces would be able to hold the capital for about two hours — the time it would take Russia to drive an armored vehicle from the border. Not even the country's elected officials pretend its armed forces would be any match.</p><p>In his office on the sixth floor of the Soviet-era parliament building in Chisinau, lawmaker Radu Marian, vice president of the governing Party of Action and Solidarity, rubbed his face and sighed when asked if his country would be able to put up a fight.</p><p>"With Russia?" he said. "I don't know how."</p><div type="image" title="Flags of Transnistria and Russia" height="3648" width="5472" msid="91109049" hostid="261"></div><p>At 32, Marian is one of a slew of young people with no prior experience in politics who have come to power in Moldova. PAS, the pro-Western party of President Maia Sandu, was founded in 2016 and won a parliamentary majority with 60% of the vote in 2021, campaigning on an anti-corruption platform and defeating a Socialist party widely seen as a proxy for the Kremlin. </p><p>Since then, the party's anti-corruption message has been overshadowed by consecutive crises: two deadly waves of COVID-19 followed by a war that has changed the tiny country's demographics, with nearly 100,000 of its 3 million inhabitants now refugees from Ukraine.</p><p>The war has not, however, changed Moldova's security policy. The country is not in the EU and, so long as part of its territory is controlled by Russian-backed separatists, it can never join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.</p><p>In order to avoid a confrontation, Moldova, its constitution committing it to military neutrality, has condemned the war in Ukraine and accepted more refugees per capita than any other nation. But it has refused to allow its territory to be used for the transfer of weapons. It has also declined to sanction Moscow — and it's not requesting any new weapon from its allies in Washington and Brussels, fearing that would put a target on its back.</p><p>There is no Plan B.</p><p>"We are not Ukraine," Marian said. "We don't have Stingers, we don't have tanks, we don't have planes, and we have no combat experience whatsoever. It's just the reality."</p><p>It's a reality that raises an uncomfortable question.</p><p>"Do you put up a fight and trigger massive killings?" Marian asked. "Or, you know, just do what the Netherlands did in the Second World War when the Nazis came in —  and just hope that the regime will be overthrown at one point."</p><p>"It's a bit crazy to talk about these things," he added, "but we need to talk."</p><div type="image" title="man walking in front of supermarket" height="3648" width="5472" msid="91109050" hostid="261"></div><p>Back in Transnistria, the normalcy is artificial. People are scared to act any other way.</p><p>According to Moldovan authorities, Russia's invasion of Ukraine prompted a large uptick in residents there applying for passports issued by their ostensible "radical nationalist" enemy in Chisinau, needing documents from an internationally recognized country if they wish to escape their self-proclaimed state ahead of an invasion.</p><p>Andrei Crigan of the business consulting group Gateway &amp; Partners in Moldova, who was born in Transnistria, said the lack of real opportunity is another driving factor. "There's a group that holds a monopoly on the economy, called Sheriff," Crigan noted, founded by Viktor Gushan and Ilya Kazmaly, both of whom enjoy Russian citizenship. "They're controlling everything. If you want to open a business and you want to grow it, you cannot do that. You will be slapped on your head at some point and they will take this business from you."</p><p>Many people in Transnistria "kind of feel like Russians," Crigan said, "but they see the reality and they say, 'What kind of Russia is that? Or what is Russia doing for us?'"</p><div type="image" title="Lenin statute" height="3648" width="4864" msid="91109052" hostid="261"></div><p>But people stay in undesirable situations for the same reasons people do anywhere else.</p><p>Amina, for example, has seen both her children move away. And now she lives with the fear of a coming war.</p><p>Why stay, then, in a breakaway state? "This is home," she said. Generations of her family lived here, Amina said, and it's like a magnet: if she tries to leave it pulls her back.</p><p>Many of her neighbors may well identify with Russia, but merely residing in the territory should not be read as support for any purported liberation by Moscow.  </p><p>As Amina spoke, <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">news</keyword> was breaking that Russian missiles had struck residential buildings in Odesa, killing eight people, including a mother and her newborn child.</p><p>Pouring some wine in her garden, she proposed a toast: "To the death of Putin."</p><p><em>Have a news tip? Email this reporter: </em><a href="mailto:cdavis@insider.com"><em>cdavis@insider.com</em></a></p>

In Transnistria, controlled by pro-Russia separatists, a fear of war and a toast: 'To the death of Putin'

<p><strong><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5beb08ad01b12d5f7266a833-2400/ap100426023212.jpg" border="0" alt="cruise ship food" data-mce-source="Ted S. Warren/Associated Press" /><p class="source"><span>Ted S. Warren/Associated Press</span></p><p class="caption">Some cruise ships hide food to avoid inspections.</p></div><p></p></div></div></strong></p><ul class="summary-list"><li><strong>On some cruise ships, managers will order crew members to hide improperly-stored food or dirty equipment in their cabins to make sure they aren't found by health inspectors, according to Jim Walker, a lawyer who specializes in cases involving cruise line employees and passengers.</strong></li><li><strong>A ship operated by the luxury cruise line Silversea was caught hiding food, dishes, and utensils in </strong>2013,<strong> when the <span>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</span> conducted a surprise inspection after receiving a tip from a crew member.</strong></li><li><strong>A Silversea representative told <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/24/travel/luxury-cruise-inspection/index.html">CNN</a> at the time that the ship was an "anomaly," but Walker said over 90% of the respondents (more than 100 in total) in a Facebook poll he posted said they had been instructed to hide food in their cabins while working on a cruise ship.</strong></li></ul><p> </p><p>Cruise ships can be breeding grounds for food-borne illness, as the effects of rotten food or dirty kitchen equipment can ripple through the hundreds or thousands of passengers on a ship. That's why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) inspect cruise ships to make sure they follow proper sanitation and food-storage procedures.</p><p>But sometimes, a ship tries to skirt the rules, Jim Walker, a lawyer who specializes in cases involving cruise line employees and passengers, told Business Insider. In some cases, cruise ship managers will order crew members to hide improperly-stored food or dirty equipment in their cabins to make sure they aren't found by health inspectors, Walker said. He added that this food can later be served to passengers.</p><p><em><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-royal-caribbean-gets-customers-spend-more-money-2018-4">The world's biggest cruise line uses this psychological trick to make you spend more money</a></strong></em></p><p>A ship operated by the luxury cruise line Silversea was caught hiding food in 2013, when the CDC conducted a surprise inspection after receiving a tip from a crew member. The government agency gave the ship a <a href="https://wwwn.cdc.gov/InspectionQueryTool/InspectionDetailReport.aspx?ColI=MTgwMDAzOTQ%3d-n6DxX6qpl9c%3d">failing grade</a> and cited it for conducting an "organized effort" to move 15 trolleys of food - including milk, raw meat, and cheese - as well as dishes and utensils from the ship's galley to the cabins of crew members to make sure they wouldn't be seen during an inspection. The CDC said it poured "concentrated chlorine liquid" over the food to make sure it wasn't later used.</p><p>A Silversea representative told <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/24/travel/luxury-cruise-inspection/index.html">CNN</a> at the time that the ship was an "anomaly," but Walker said over 90% of the respondents (more than 100 in total) in a Facebook poll he posted said they had been instructed to hide food in their cabins while working on a cruise ship.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"You wouldn't believe how many crew members said, 'Why is this a story? This happens all the time on cruise ships that I've worked in,'" Walker said.</span></p><p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Have you worked on a cruise ship? Do you have a story to share? Email this reporter at <span>mmatousek@businessinsider.com</span>.</span></em></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-you-shouldnt-be-afraid-to-fly-2016-10">Why you shouldn't be afraid to fly, according to a pilot with over 20 years of experience </a></h3>        <div>            <iframe class="bijwplayerclass" data-player="jwplayer" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/v662gdrQ-CEZHWCBG.html" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" style="margin:0px;" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><script>function receiveMessage(event){ console.log(event.data.fullscreen); Android.fullscreen(event.data.fullscreen); }window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);</script>        </div>    </div>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Gerard Danks is a 45-year-old <keyword id="6371031" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="IKEA">IKEA</keyword> worker in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. </li><li>He's worked for IKEA for over four years and is currently employed as a quality support specialist, doing home deliveries and assembling furniture for customers. </li><li>During the pandemic, Danks never stopped working, and says he spends six hours on average driving products to customers' homes across Amsterdam. </li><li>This is his story, as told to freelance writer Meira Gebel. </li></ul><p>After working in the casino industry for years in the UK, I started working for IKEA four years ago in its Amsterdam warehouse after moving to the Netherlands to be with my partner. I've always had a customer-facing job because I love working with customers. I've held many roles since I started at IKEA, but now I am a full-time quality support specialist. </p><p>The quality support specialist role is somewhat new — I'd say about two years old. When I started at IKEA, I would rotate through roles, and then one day this position became available. Sometimes I feel like it was made for me, because I truly enjoy helping customers. </p><p>I help customers solve problems with IKEA furniture in their homes, which sometimes includes going to see them in person to diagnose the issues they are having. Most of the time the customer has read the manual wrong, or there is a missing piece from their order. Other times, it's issues like a sofa bed that is slumping, which is often a quick fix, like fixing a bolt that turned the wrong way. </p><h2><strong>The majority of my job entails assembling the furniture for customers, assessing missing orders and parts, and collecting the necessary pieces to their order for same-day delivery.</strong></h2><p><strong><div type="image" title="Gerard Danks" height="774" width="1032" msid="79355562" hostid="261"></div></strong></p><p>When I <keyword id="6355058" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="work">work</keyword> the early shift, I wake up at 6 a.m. and get ready for work. I try to be out of the house by 7 a.m. so that I am at the warehouse by 9 a.m. I live in Almere, which is a 30-minute drive by car to the Amsterdam IKEA. </p><p>I first check in with my supervisor and see if there is anything outstanding that I need to do right away. Then I go into the back office and sign into the PC. There is usually a queue of quality support tasks lined up there for the day. </p><p>I look through the queue and see if there are any items that need to be picked from the warehouse floor and put in those orders. For example, if a customer ordered a dresser and one or two drawers are missing, I'd add those items to the picking line.</p><p>Once I have my list of tasks for the day, I will print out a list and create a route on Google Maps of all the deliveries I need to make. I make sure to call the customer to tell them I plan to drop off their order before I leave the warehouse, and schedule a time when it is best for me to come by. </p><p>On an average day, I make around six to 10 deliveries to customer homes across Amsterdam and Almere — that means I am in the car for about six hours of my eight-hour workday.</p><p><em><strong>Read more</strong>: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/job-diary-interior-designer-who-creates-dream-luxury-playrooms-2020-10">I design $100,000 luxury playrooms for the children of wealthy execs and celebrities. Business is wild right now — here's what my job is like.</a></em></p><h2><strong>I've never had a problem putting together IKEA furniture. It comes easy to me. </strong></h2><p><strong><div type="image" title="Gerald Danks" height="1695" width="2260" msid="79355566" hostid="261"></div></strong></p><p>Many people think putting together IKEA furniture is difficult, but it comes very naturally to me, probably because I played with a lot of Legos as a kid. Most of the time I've found that customers aren't reading the manual right, or they're skipping a step. </p><p>The manuals from IKEA are largely visual and drawn, with pictures and graphics, so some customers who aren't visual learners may find them more challenging to understand. </p><p>When I go to a customer's house to diagnose an issue with their furniture, it usually takes me five minutes to figure it out, even with furniture I'm assembling for the first time. If I am ever stumped, I read through the manual carefully, and usually by the second time I am able to grasp the problem. </p><p><em><strong>Read more</strong>: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ikea-us-ceo-furniture-chain-future-2020-3">IKEA's US CEO explains why the furniture chain is investing in brand new stores even as it doubles down on e-commerce</a></em></p><h2><strong>During the pandemic, I never stopped working. </strong></h2><p>Our warehouse closed to customers for about six weeks, but we were still filling hundreds of online orders everyday. </p><p>During the lockdown, I couldn't go into any customer's home, so I was mainly delivering orders to their doorsteps. Because everyone was in their homes, there was less traffic on the roads, which made my job easier. </p><p>Since IKEA had to close its stores to customers during <keyword id="8763838" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19">COVID-19</keyword>, at one point the Amsterdam warehouse had a backlog of over 1,000 orders. Even compared to the busy holiday season, the pandemic increased our workload by a lot. </p><p>Usually the delivery orders we would get for our store were big pieces of furniture, like beds that couldn't be rolled up or heavy dressers. During lockdown, orders started becoming a lot smaller, like candles and kitchen items. </p><h2><strong>The safety precautions IKEA took made me feel safe and comfortable working there.</strong></h2><p><strong><div type="image" title="Gerald Danks" height="2328" width="3096" msid="79355569" hostid="261"></div></strong></p><p>Many of my coworkers were wearing masks before it was mandated. We keep a six-foot distance, and many of our most frequented routes in the store were made into one-ways so that we weren't crossing one another as much. </p><p>I don't recall any of my coworkers at my location getting laid off. Those who worked in the restaurant or the Swedish market were given new roles, like picking orders from the shelves. </p><p>The strangest part of the pandemic was that customers were no longer in our stores. It was only IKEA staff. I remember one time when the warehouse floor was so empty, it was almost like everyone went on lunch break at the same time. There were trolleys just sitting in the aisles, almost as if they were abandoned. It felt like it was a scene out of a disaster movie, because there was no one else around except me. </p><p><em><strong>Read more</strong>: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/day-in-life-magician-hired-by-billionaires-2020-7">A day in the life of a 'billionaire's magician,' who's hired to fly around the world and entertain the elite</a></em></p><h2><strong>One month after the Netherlands went on lockdown, our store reopened to customers again. </strong></h2><p>In mid-June, I resumed doing in-person assemblies in customer homes. I prefer working in a customer-based environment, so I was happy to have customers back in the store and felt safe knowing there were health precautions in place. It felt weird without them. </p><p>Now when I go do in-person assembling, I wear a mask and make sure I have the space I need to do my job effectively. Customers will often tell me what is wrong with their products, and go off and do something else while I am working. </p><h2><strong>I have a strong sense of pride working for IKEA knowing that the company and its products are used and loved all around the world. </strong></h2><p><strong><div type="image" title="Gerald Danks" height="774" width="1032" msid="79355571" hostid="261"></div></strong></p><p>All over the world you will find people who just love IKEA and it has been one of the nicest and most supportive places I've worked. </p><p>In terms of staff, everyone gets along well. Management is supportive and gives you a gentle shove in the right direction, always building you up instead of trying to knock you down. I feel like the company has also been looking after its workers a lot better than other industries during the pandemic. </p><p>It's not the sort of place where you will be told not to come into work tomorrow if you did something wrong. They always ask you for your opinion and never use any kind of negative reinforcement, but instead offer suggestions on how better to complete tasks in the future. </p><p>I'm proud to tell people I work for IKEA. I get a lot of job satisfaction from working here, interacting with people, and feeling that I have colleagues who care about me. </p><p>Editor's note: In an email to Business Insider, IKEA said it is mandated for workers wear a mask in the store in customer areas, and strictly advised in the coworker only areas. IKEA added that most coworkers in the Amsterdam store do wear their masks voluntarily all of the time.</p>

I'm a 45-year-old IKEA worker who travels to people's homes to help them build their furniture. I love my job — this is what it's like.

<img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5e207dbbb6d52d7ee555ec65-1200/mcgregor haircut.png" alt="mcgregor haircut" /><ul class="summary-list"><li>Meet Craig Nolan, the barber responsible for keeping Conor McGregor's hair fresh, clean, and stylish.</li><li>Nolan told us he took over a dishevelled unit in Crumlin, Dublin, in 2015, only made $25 in his first Saturday of trading, and thought he had screwed up.</li><li>But a later association with McGregor and the Irish fighter's escalating popularity caused plenty of traffic to his Old County barbershop in McGregor's hometown. He now has nine stores in and around Dublin.</li><li>Nolan cuts the hair for many athletes including Artem Lobov, Dillon Danis, and Matt Miazga. But McGregor is his most famous client and one of his favorites, he told Business Insider.</li><li>He gets calls from McGregor at all times of the day and night as the welterweight seeks a trim before a fight, a big event, or a movie premiere.</li><li>McGregor has been embroiled in many controversies in recent years, but Nolan said he remains a "normal bloke" and a "genuinely nice guy."</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul><p>To get Conor McGregor's distinctive look, you need an expensive gold watch, a large tattoo on your chest which shows a crown-wearing gorilla munching on a heart, and the fresh "hard top" haircut.</p><p>That haircut was tweaked by Craig Nolan, owner of the Old County barber shops in Dublin.</p><p>As the man who has been styling McGregor's mane for years, he says he gets phone calls from McGregor at all times of the day and night to trim the famous Dubliner's hair in one of his many stores, or even at <a href="https://www.irishpost.com/life-style/conor-mcgregor-move-kildare-purchase-e2-million-mansion-169029">McGregor's $2.2 million mansion</a> in Castledillon, Kildare, near Ireland's famous K Club golf course.</p><p>Nolan's version of the hard top and his association with McGregor helped see his Old County business flourish, with plenty of  boys walking through the doors of his stores all wanting to look like the UFC fighter.</p><p>It is a far cry from 2015, when he left a good shop in Dublin to take the keys to a dishevelled unit in Crumlin, with approximately $500 to his name.</p><p>"I tried to make it stretch," he told Business Insider. "I went to the pound shops, [do it yourself] stores, found wallpaper in the cheapest section, and used Gumtree to find a microwave for $40. I tried to spend what little money I had, and if it didn't work … I was f-----."</p><p>On his first Saturday of trading in McGregor's hometown of Crumlin, there was only $25 in the cash register. "I was like, 'Oh my God, what the f--- am I doing.' I thought I'd made a big mistake."</p><p>He says he worked 12-hour shifts through six days of the week, and "worked my bollocks down."</p><p>After a year, things began changing and people were noticing his craft, he said. One of those people became a regular - Lee Dunphy, the managing director at The MacLife, a McGregor-owned MMA website.</p><p>A childhood friend of McGregor's, Dunphy recommended McGregor see Nolan for a trim. Now, whenever McGregor has a big fight, a suit-and-tie event, or a movie premiere, he gives Nolan a call.</p><h2>What McGregor is like, according to Nolan</h2><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5e207d3724306a7d74522946-1200/conor mcgregor craig nolan.png" alt="conor mcgregor craig nolan" /><p>Nolan styles the hair for the bareknuckle brawler Artem Lobov, Bellator fighter Dillon Danis, and the American soccer player Matt Miazga.</p><p>But on what his most famous client, McGregor, is like, he said he's "still a normal bloke."</p><p>Since losing a 10th round stoppage in a boxing bout to Floyd Mayweather in 2017, McGregor has attracted negative headlines - for <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/conor-mcgregor-charged-with-three-counts-of-assault-2018-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">throwing a metal trolley at a bus</a> injuring people on board, for <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/conor-mcgregor-reaction-after-phone-arrest-in-miami-2019-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">slapping a phone out of a fan's hand and then stopping on it and walking away</a>, and for <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/video-conor-mcgregor-punch-whiskey-proper-twelve-2019-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">throwing a punch at an older man in a pub because he apparently refused a measure of his Proper no. Twelve</a> whiskey.</p><p>He's one of my favourite customers and a genuinely nice guy.</p><p>The New York Times then reported in March 2019 that McGregor was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/26/sports/conor-mcgregor-sexual-assault.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">being investigated by the Gardai</a> - the Irish police - regarding a sexual assault.</p><blockquote class="pullquote">He's one of my favourite customers and a genuinely nice guy.</blockquote><p>The UFC president Dana White said in August that McGregor had told him it was <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/dana-white-conor-mcgregor-sexual-assault-was-somebody-else-2019-8?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"someone else."</a></p><p>Later in the year, the Times reported <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/19/sports/conor-mcgregor-sexual-assault-accusation.html?smtyp=cur&amp;smid=tw-nytimes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a second sexual assault allegation</a>. A spokesperson for the former two-weight UFC champion <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/conor-mcgregor-denies-second-sexual-assault-allegation-2019-10?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied the claim</a>.</p><p>Those close to him, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-its-like-training-with-conor-mcgregor-2019-10?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">his MMA coach John Kavanagh</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-conor-mcgregor-is-really-like-according-to-business-partner-2019-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">his Proper no. Twelve business partner Ken Austin</a>, tell a different story of McGregor, one that Nolan seemed to back up.</p><p>"We chat anything and everything," Nolan said. "When you're with him he's normal. He's still very much grounded. We have a laugh. He's one of my favourite customers and a genuinely nice guy."</p><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5e207fc9b6d52d028f39f622-1200/mcgregor nolan.png" alt="mcgregor nolan" /><p>After a training session at the Straight Blast Gym in 2017, McGregor called Nolan. He told him his documentary movie, "Notorious," was premiering that night, and asked if Nolan was free to swing by his house so he could get his hair cut and styled before the red carpet event.</p><p>"I was cutting his hair for the release of the "Notorious" film and we were in his house, these cars came, and in this kitchen they rolled out shoebox after shoebox of brand new shoes. There must have been 40 or 50 different pairs from stores in Dublin.</p><p>"We were laughing away after the haircut, having a yap in the kitchen. And he asked me if I liked them. And I said, 'They're really nice.' And he said, 'Pick one.' So I picked a pair, and he turned around saying, 'No, no … any but them, I'm wear them tonight at the premiere!'"</p><p>In the end, Nolan said McGregor let him take whatever he wanted. "He's a sound bloke."</p><h2>McGregor's popularity helped Nolan grow his barbershop business</h2><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5e207fed24306a02265c3245-1200/mcgregor laughing nolan.png" alt="mcgregor laughing nolan" /><p>Nolan told us he "may as well have a degree in doing the hard top" because of all the foot traffic caused by McGregor popularizing the haircut when he was at the peak of his powers in the buildup to UFC 205, when he dominated Eddie Alvarez in New York in 2016.</p><p>Nolan said McGregor's successes in sport, together with his undeniable charisma, led many young boys to walk through his nine barbershops to ask to get their hair done like McGregor. Nolan estimates 90% of people at the time wanted the hard top. "Conor really did kick it off," he said. "He had a major part in young Dublin lads wanting that haircut."</p><p>Though he says he tweaked it from its original style more than a century ago, he is loathe to take any credit for the haircut as he wouldn't want to be thought of as "pretentious" but does say he "pushed it along."</p><p>Nolan said: "I don't know if I started it. Even 100 years back, people would have a variation on it and in 40 years time it will come back in a small variation."</p><p>On the essential features of the hard top, he went on: "It's a shaved part with nice, strong, square contours. I use a guardless fade process on Conor to get that clean, crisp look, which he loves. It makes the head shape really strong and suits his style."</p><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5e207f8c62fa810265261232-1200/conor mcgregor hair.png" alt="conor mcgregor hair" /><p>Nolan credits McGregor for there being a boom of popularity in the hard top, too - as well as for helping him now run nine barbershops.</p><p>Nolan told Business Insider that his plans for the future include continued growth and branching out into other countries.</p><p>So, in the not-too-distant future, there might be even more young boys mimicking Conor McGregor's billionaire strut, rocking the hard top haircut, in a city near you.</p><p><strong>Read more:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/conor-mcgregor-does-what-he-wants-in-training-trainer-says-2020-1?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conor McGregor can do whatever he wants in training for his next fight because his coach says he knows more than they do</a></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cowboy-coach-said-conor-mcgregor-is-a-one-trick-pony-2020-1?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone's coach has said Conor McGregor is a one-trick pony who can easily be lassoed</a></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/john-kavanagh-this-is-the-best-ive-seen-conor-mcgregor-2020-1?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conor McGregor's coach says the Irishman is in the best shape he's ever seen him ahead of his comeback UFC fight in Las Vegas</a></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/conor-mcgregor-has-massive-ego-loves-mirror-john-kavanagh-2019-11?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conor McGregor loves the mirror, has a massive ego, and will never be a 'fat, old guy,' his coach says</a></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/conor-mcgregor-wants-jorge-masvidals-bmf-belt-dana-white-says-2019-12?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conor McGregor wants the $50,000 'baddest motherf---er' belt from Jorge Masvidal, the UFC boss Dana White says</a></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-its-like-training-with-conor-mcgregor-2019-10?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conor McGregor recently surprised beginner boxers by taking over their lesson, shouting at them, and showing them how to punch</a></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-conor-mcgregor-is-really-like-according-to-business-partner-2019-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">What whiskey 'unicorn' Conor McGregor is actually like, according to his Proper No. Twelve business partner</a></p>

What Conor McGregor is really like, according to the man who cuts his trademark hair

<p>A ceasefire has <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/19/us-ukraine-crisis-donetsk-idUSKCN0I80G820141019">technically been in place</a> in eastern Ukraine since negotiations began in Minsk between the Ukrainian and Russian governments on September 5. But this attempted cessation in hostilities has failed to take effect on the ground. </p>
<p>Large parts of Donetsk have been destroyed as a result of the fighting, which has included large-scale and possibly indiscriminate shelling by both the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists. There have been <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/21/cluster-bombs-ukraine-human-rights-watch">allegations</a> from Humans Right Watch that both sides have used cluster bombs in the attacks. </p>
<p>The fighting in eastern Ukraine has <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/separatists-fight-in-donetsk-airport-2014-10">devastated</a> Donetsk's international airport. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled the region as fighting has continued, especially in the city center. One of east Ukraine's major population centers now has a post-apocalyptic quality to it. And it's partly because of fighting that occurred during what was supposed to be a halt in combat.</p>
<h3>Despite a ceasefire that was meant to allow for a Russian-Ukrainian peace process, fighting continued almost unabated in Donetsk. </h3>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5447e90beab8ea4a268ac6c6-1200-924/rtr4az0p.jpg" border="0" alt="Ukraine Donetsk"><p class="source"><span>Shamil Zhumatov/REUTERS</span></p><p class="caption">A woman walks past the burnt-out remains of a grocery stall, which was hit by recent shellings, in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, October 21, 2014. </p></img></div><p></p></div></div></p>
<h3>The separatist prime minister of the Donetsk People's Republic <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ukrainian-ceasefire-is-over-2014-10">declared</a> that the ceasefire was over following a massive explosion - along with weeks of continued fighting in the city - on Oct. 20. </h3>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5447e96f6bb3f7ee068b456a-1200-858/rtr4apjb.jpg" border="0" alt="Donetsk Ukraine"><p class="source"><span>Shamil Zhumatov/REUTERS</span></p><p class="caption">A local resident removes debris at a kitchen of a flat at a residential block which was damaged by a recent shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, October 19, 2014.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div></p>
<h3>The conflict has had a nightmarish effect on the city, as shells have hit targets ranging from schools ...</h3>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5447e9dc6bb3f70b098b4568-1200-800/rtr4apks.jpg" border="0" alt="Ukraine Donetsk"><p class="source"><span>Shamil Zhumatov/REUTERS</span></p><p class="caption">School coach Yuriy Balabanov meets his students inside a gym which was damaged by a recent shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, October 19, 2014. </p></img></div><p></p></div></div></p>
<h3>... to grocery stores.</h3>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5447eb7069bedd4a53758aab-1200-800/rtr49f97.jpg" border="0" alt="Donetsk Ukraine" style="color: #000000;"><p class="source"><span>Shamil Zhumatov/REUTERS</span></p><p class="caption">People walk inside Amstor shopping center after it was shelled in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, October 8, 2014. </p></img></div><p></p></div></div></p>
<h3>Hundreds of thousands have fled the city in an attempt to avoid the conflict. There are more than 250,000 <a href="http://reliefweb.int/report/ukraine/number-displaced-inside-ukraine-more-doubles-early-august-260000">internally displaced people</a> in Ukraine. </h3>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5447ea7f6bb3f7d5098b4570-1200-750/rtr4aaqb.jpg" border="0" alt="Ukraine Donetsk"><p class="source"><span>Shamil Zhumatov/REUTERS</span></p><p class="caption">A woman pulls her shopping trolley as she walks past a building that was damaged by shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, October 15, 2014</p></img></div><p></p></div></div></p>
<h3>The UN <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29029060">estimates</a> that over one million people have fled the fighting in eastern Ukraine, with over 800,000 refugees crossing over the border into Russia. </h3>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5441666369beddbc64b7912c-1200-800/rtr494j4.jpg" border="0" alt="Ukraine Donetsk Airport"><p class="source"><span>Shamil Zhumatov/REUTERS</span></p><p class="caption">Fire-fighters extinguish fire on a vehicle hit by shelling near Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport during fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government forces in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, October 6, 2014. </p></img></div><p></p></div></div></p>
<h3>Sadly, the Ukraine crisis does not appear to be any closer to reaching an end. </h3>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5447ebdeeab8ea6b3d8ac6ba-1200-924/rtr49hck.jpg" border="0" alt="Ukraine Donetsk Russian Seperatist"><p class="source"><span>Shamil Zhumatov/REUTERS</span></p><p class="caption">A female pro-Russian rebel stands on a truck as she gets ready to take position near the Sergey Prokofiev International Airport during fighting with Ukrainian government forces in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, October 4, 2014</p></img></div><p></p></div></div></p>

Here Is The Major Ukrainian City Destroyed During A Supposed Ceasefire

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5762e8e152bcd025008c9ac3-1600/gettyimages-144933988.jpg" alt="four seasons restaurant nyc" data-mce-source="Getty Images" data-mce-caption=": A view of the venue during dinner at the Through The Kitchen Benefit For Cancer Research Institute at The Four Seasons Restaurant on May 20, 2012" /><p class="source"><span>Getty Images</span></p><p class="caption">: A view of the venue during dinner at the Through The Kitchen Benefit For Cancer Research Institute at The Four Seasons Restaurant on May 20, 2012</p></div><p></p></div></div>Talk to restauranteur Julian Niccolini, and the way he tells it, it's almost the right time for him to take a break from the world of fine dining.</p><p>"People don't have as much fun anymore," he told me as we sat in a quiet corner at a table in his landmark restaurant, The Four Seasons Restaurant on<span> </span><span>99 E. 52nd St. in Manhattan</span>.</p><p>Well, what is fun?</p><p>For the Wall Streeters and CEOs, the fashion executives, publishers and political power players who've been dining at The Four Seasons since 1959, fun - if you're looking at the serene, cathedralesque dining room at lunch - seems like it could be a quiet, measured conversation about fiscal responsibility.</p><p>Maybe a very civilized discussion on fiduciary duty.</p><p>But that's not really what Niccolini means. An example; Once upon a time, in the 1980s, an unnamed Wall Street banker called the restaurant and said that while, sadly, he wouldn't be able to come for dinner, he would be sending some of his close lady friends.</p><p>"They ended up naked swimming in the pool," said Niccolini. "That was fun."</p><p>Fun, apparently, was also private performances from, say, Aretha Franklin and Elton John. It was various birthdays and corporate gatherings and engagement parties of the 0.01%. It was hosting presidents and celebrities and dignitaries. It was lunches with Charlie Rose and Zac Posen and Barry Diller (at his center table).</p><p><span>"It's a canteen for a lot of this town's power elite," Jason DeSena Trennert, CEO of<span> Strategas Research Partners, told Business Insider.</span> "The food was great but the company was better. Aesthetically it's one of the most interesting restaurants in the city and it's evocative of a time when business people weren't seen as bad guys."</span></p><p>But the fun is over, at least for a while. The exact date when Niccolini and his decades-long business partner Alex von Bidder will open another iteration of their restaurant down the street is as yet unknown. What we do know is what will happen to the space they once occupied.</p><p>It's getting a full <em>dining in New York City in the year 2016</em> treatment.</p><h2>Off the wall</h2><p>The Four Seasons Restaurant was landmarked by the city of New York for its glorious interior space in 1989. That, however, did not make it untouchable. The restaurant is located in the Seagram Building, which is owned by real estate tycoon Aby Rosen. </p><p><span>And something like two years ago he started showing signs that he was not happy with his arrangement with von Bidder and Niccolini. The first sign was that he took down<span> "Le Tricorne</span><em>,</em><span>" a Picasso wall hanging that had been hanging in the Four Seasons for 55 years. Art experts told Rosen, a contemporary collector, that if it was taken down it might break.</span></span></p><p><span><span><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5762e60352bcd01b008c9ccf-1800/rtr3ji4k.jpg" alt="picasso le tricorne four seasons" data-mce-source="Reuters" data-mce-caption="A 19-by-20-foot theater curtain &amp;quotLe Tricorne&quot; painted by Pablo Picasso hangs at the Four Seasons restaurant in New York City, April 1, 2014." /><p class="source"><span>Reuters</span></p><p class="caption">A 19-by-20-foot theater curtain "Le Tricorne" painted by Pablo Picasso when it hung at the Four Seasons restaurant in New York City, April 1, 2014.</p></div><p></p></div></div></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span>But it's gone now.  Rosen </span>had it taken down and the New York Landmarks Conservancy, its owner, gave it</span><a href="http://www.nyhistory.org/exhibitions/picassos-le-tricorne"> to the New York Historical Society</a><span> so it could hang next to John Audubon <span>watercolors of geese or maybe some dioramas</span>.</span></span></span></p><p><span><span>After that he raised Niccolini and von Bitter's rent from <span>$20-per-square-foot to $105 per square foot.</span></span></span></p><p><span><span>There's reason to believe it just wasn't about the money too. About a year later he gave <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/06/29/landlord-beaux-arts-on-the-bowery">The New Yorker</a> the impression that he wanted the clientele in the restaurant's two massive dining rooms to change. I say impression, but perhaps that too gentle.</span></span></p><p><span>"You want to have the guy coming to The Four Seasons who has the ripped jeans and a T-shirt equally as much as you want the guy with the Tom Ford suit.</span><span> Because the guy with the jeans, I promise you, has a lot more money."</span></p><p><span>This was after he referred to himself in the third person during the interview.</span></p><h2>The new kids</h2><p>In keeping with his contemporary sensibilities, Rosen has hired Major Food Group, the hottest restaurant group in New York City, to take over his 587 seat dining experience (the deal includes a separate restaurant, Wall Street power breakfast spot downstairs, Brasserie).</p><p>Major is run by a four of New York City natives whose sensibilities have generated massive hits like Carbone and Dirty French (to name just two). Their restaurants are loud. You cannot get a reservation.  And the staff does not know you - not if you're in the industry, not if you're a downtown kid, not if you're a Wall Streeter willing to drop tens of thousands of dollars on a private party...maybe if you're Woody Allen.</p><p>Otherwise, no.</p><p>According to a prospectus that's been making its way around the New York City fine dining community, Rosen plans to raise $30 million dollars to revamp the two restaurants. Half of that will be used for construction. The restaurants are projected to generate over $52 million in revenue the first year.</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5762e6a991058426008c9853-2400/gettyimages-157841778.jpg" alt="Kanye West, Aby Rose" data-mce-source="Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Kanye West wears a T-shirt and jeans, maybe that's what Rosen (pictured) is talking about." /><p class="source"><span>Getty Images</span></p><p class="caption">Kanye West wears a T-shirt and jeans, maybe that's what Rosen (pictured) is talking about.</p></div><p></p></div></div>This, if you read the charts correctly, is contingent upon packing the place, and on every diner walking away spending $150-$180 on dinner in one of The Four Seasons' dining rooms. Brasserie is less ambitious </p><p><span>"The biggest challenge I see are in late night dining.  It's a lot of seats to fill for two full turns," said Rocky Cirino, Managing Director at Altamarea Group, the company that owns Marea, among other favorites of the Four Seasons crowd. </span><span>"Additionally, the possibility that all staff would be at union wages (I believe it's a union house) would make labor costs daunting to say the least."</span></p><p>That said if you do decide to contribute to this crusade you become a "member," which is a status we're certain many in New York City would like to take up. It's all defined in the prospectus.</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;">The members (investors) will receive:</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;">• 100% of the distributable cash until they receive an amount equal to 120% of their initial equity.</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;">• Once all members have received 120% of their initial equity, distributions will be made as follows: 40% to members, 60% to Ginger Ale LLC.</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;">• Members will have a 40% interest in 375 Park Food LLC.</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;">This project will be managed by Major Management TCZ LLC. There will be a 5% management fee.</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;">We estimate total first year revenues, under a relatively conservative case scenario, to be over $50M and to generate an operating profit of $8M. In this scenario, investors will receive approximately 120% return on their original investment within 4 years, and an IRR of 19%.</p><h2>Schadenfreude</h2><p>Now Cirino is a gentleman, he doesn't talk much and especially not about other people. What's more, two of his company's restaurants, Marea and The Four Seasons' neighbor, Vaucluse, will likely see their customers more often once The Four Seasons is closed for business for a while.</p><p>But there are others in his community who are whispering that Major has taken on more than it can chew. It plans to turn the two dining rooms in the Four Seasons, The Pool Room and the Grill Room, into two separate restaurants, ostensibly. </p><p>More form the prospectus:</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;">1. The Grill Room will be classic. It will pay homage to the historic food of The Four Seasons and of America through the years. Every element of the experience will be upgraded and improved, but the soul will be something familiar. There will be duck and there will be Dover sole, but there will also be a newly-restored outlook on what this upscale restaurant can truly be.</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;">2. The Pool Room will be a fantastical adventure in fish and seafood. It will be innovative. It will be extravagant. It will aim to create the greatest dining experience in the world that is full of fun and that exhibits unparalleled levels of quality. From the beginning to end, this restaurant will be like no other.</p><p>According to Major's discussion of this matter in the<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/18/dining/four-seasons-restaurant-major-food-group.html?_r=0"> New York Times</a>, there will be a tasting menu and specially designed trolleys for food display and tons of other budget busting extras. </p><p>And so the industry is talking. Part of this is naturally upstart envy. But another part is just the reality of the two different worlds colliding with this project. It's an Uptown vs. Downtown thing. Uptown, clients want the quiet, they want to be remembered, they want to be served. Downtown, they think, is noise. And so many of them have rallied around the ringmasters of their hushed circus.</p><p>"People went to The Four Seasons because they felt there was an unquestionable dedication to the clientele," said Alexandra V. Preate, CEO of CapitalHQ, a communications firm that straddles the intersection of Wall Street and conservative politics. "The staff could sense needs before they happen and 'no' was not even a part of their vocabulary."</p><h2>Time was</h2><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/4b901f5c7f8b9a6725620000-590/4seasonsap.jpg" alt="Four Seasons" /><p class="caption">Julian Niccolini</p></div><p></p></div></div>There was a time when restaurants were extravagant affairs, when Wall Street was wilder with its wads of cash. Back then, at least I'm told, the parties were crazier and no expense was spared on any lunch or dinner. Eating was an event.</p><p>"That's over," Niccolini told me. </p><p>Now he says a lot of restaurants are doing too much of the same. And it's a staid same - a lukewarm version of the fund that was. </p><p>People always say that, but of course, they're usually not talking about anything special. They're talking about a place that can be replaced. They're talking about an atmosphere that can be replicated in some other location given the right people and the right time. 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