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Zagat. The Zagat Survey, commonly referred to as Zagat (stylized in all caps; / zəˈɡæt /, zə-GAT) and established by Tim and Nina Zagat in 1979, is an organization which collects and correlates the ratings of restaurants by diners. For their first guide, covering New York City, the Zagats surveyed their friends.
Nina S. Zagat (née Safronoff) and her husband, Eugene Henry "Tim" Zagat, Jr. (born 1940, New York City) (pronounced / zəˈɡæt /) are the founders and publishers of Zagat Restaurant Surveys. They met at Yale Law School and were both practicing attorneys when they founded Zagat Surveys. [1] [2]
[2] [3] [4] Clark changed its name to the Pittsburgh Food & Beverage company and was acquired by Leaf International in 1983. [5] The Zagnut brand was later part of an acquisition by Hershey Foods Corporation in 1996. [6] Bon Appétit, in a story about nostalgic candy, said, "We’re honestly flummoxed that Zagnuts aren’t more popular."
Struggling With Publishers. In 1979, when the Zagats started distributing their reviews, the restaurant criticism business was firmly in the hands of professionals, and the idea of soliciting the ...
Zagat was founded back in 1979, and, according to the company, now includes ratings and reviews submitted by 350,000 'surveyors' — its own consumers submit content for use in future guidebooks.
Zagat's innovations -- and indeed, its entire history as a company -- have revolved around changing the way that people relate to information. In 1979, this took the form of a then-revolutionary ...
Seven years after picking up Zagat for $151 million, Google is selling off the perennial restaurant recommendation service. The New York Times is reporting this morning that the technology giant ...
She shared a story from founder Tim Zagat who said a customer once called him for a guide and mispronounced it. When he tried to correct the customer, the customer refused the correction. This is ...