Sentences with phrase «few holidays a year»

They work in a company and have a few holidays a year.

Not exact matches

Lower gas prices — down about 9 % compared to last year — are adding a few billion to U.S. consumers» 2014 holiday spending budget, Customer Growth Partners President Craig Johnson told Fortune.

Yet fewer than half of employers (47 %) plan to pay holiday bonuses this season, according to the same poll, a slight increase over last year's 45 %.

Netgear's (ntgr) stock has done fine, but trailed the S&P 500 index for most of the past five years until a big rally the past few months, largely over excitement about how well Arlo cameras sold in the holiday shopping period.

In September, the department store, which has been beset by 11 straight quarters of comparable sales declines, said it would hire 80,000 temporary workers for the holiday season, the second year in a row it was taking on fewer seasonal associates.

We've already marked a few women's holidays this year — including International Women's Day (March 8) and Equal Pay Day (April 4)-- so you're well within your rights to wonder what exactly we're celebrating on Women's Equality Day this Saturday, Aug. 26.

Before last year, however, International Women's Day just wasn't that big of a deal, and few Americans knew this «holiday» existed.

Every year, a few weeks before Thanksgiving, I'm asked for my top tips on holiday marketing.

Unlike other events such as the Lunar New Year, China's biggest family holiday, it involves few other expenses such as travel or banquets, leaving more money for gifts.

Strategies should be based, too, partially on what the competition is doing (or what they're not doing), so pick a few holidays throughout the year when nobody else will be sending their clients and prospects gifts.

By last year, Uber was working with a few big retailers, and during the holiday season partnered with Shopify on a campaign for buying last - minute gifts.

With shoppers expected to visit fewer stores this holiday, sales are projected to advance 2.4 percent, the smallest increase since the year the recession ended, according to ShopperTrak, a Chicago - based researcher.

It doesn't help that Amazon's huge logistics investments over the last few years mean it can flex its muscles the most during the holiday with its arsenal of express shipping capabilities when customers are often looking for last - minute gifts.

Though the shopping festival was only launched a few years ago by Alibaba, the event has quickly surpassed the combines sales of the major U.S. shopping holidays, Cyber Monday and Black Friday.

East Tennessee doesn't have a large Jewish population, so for the first few months of my year of biblical womanhood, I searched high and low for a Jewish source to answer my questions about Jewish holidays, kosher eating, mixed fibers, head coverings, and niddah.

Just for fun, this weekend I'll be posting a few excerpts from A Year of Biblical Womanhood that relate to the holidays.

I think our love for the holiday comes from our visit to New York a few years ago.

And now this year, John and I only have a few days between returning from a huge trip abroad and leaving yet again to visit family for the holidays, so I developed a recipe that's delicious but quick.

So just in case you too are looking for something different this year, here are a few non-traditional sides for your holiday table — from my kitchen to yours.

Instead of the usual Foodie Favorites today, I thought we'd mix it up with a seasonally appropriate round - up of my favorite treats for holiday baking and gifting that I've featured here on this here blog over the past few years.

The recipe works well in either case, and seeing as we all need a few holiday helpers this time of year, I say go for the frozen ones if that makes getting dinner on the table easier for you.

This tart, adapted from a recipe by Deb over at Smitten Kitchen, became an important part of our family's holiday repertoire when my sister - in - law brought it a few years ago for Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving is just a few short days away and, while we're sure you have your stuffing, sweet potato, and gravy recipes secured, why not pumpkin - spice up your holiday dessert routine with a delicious new dish this year?

Whether this is your first year celebrating the holiday of love with a vegan or you've been vegan for years, I have a few tempting treats to make you swoon:) I shared my favorite vegan Valentine's Day treats on Pittsburgh Today Live!

We hadn't until a few years ago, and now they are one of our favorite parts of the holiday season!

I made Cranberry Bliss Bars a few weeks ago and have been so into cranberries with my holiday baking already this year — great post!

If you're looking for a few great holiday ideas, make sure to visit Gallo Family's Labor Day Entertaining blog post... and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, & YouTube for wine - spiration all year long!

This year I am trying to revamp a few holiday favorites including this PALEO BREAD STUFFING and this CRANBERRY SAUCE (TWO WAYS).

I made these again last night, and I have to tell you that they are one of my favorite holiday cookies of the last few years.

It happened one year after we picked up a few boxes to serve during the holidays.

We all wanted to shed that holiday weight, so I decided to go live on Instagram with my husband, so he could share all the wisdom and experience he has amassed over the past few years.

All you need are a few different holiday molds and you can make these any time of year.

«This year, we've introduced Peanuts characters to our Nestlé Easter collection and a few exclusive, novel treats that are sure to surprise and delight this holiday season.»

Along with millions of other holidays bakers this time of year, I inevitably end up cranking out a few dozen gingerbread cookies.

It's been eight years since we started collecting recipes on this website, and over those years we've accumulated quite a few holiday recipe ideas.

This year my cookies lasted the entire holiday season, and when the last of my family left, I only had a few broken cookies left that I tossed.

This orange spice granola is flavored with orange zest, cinnamon and spices, and loaded with sweet cranberries and crunchy almonds.Over the last few years I've probably given out more granola holiday gifts than cookies.

Although the busy holiday tea season can mean long hours with few days off, Lisa says working in the tea salon gives her a quality of life that she could never have imagined over 25 years ago.

For a few years now I've wanted to document her process of baking these recipes, the one's I've grown up with and have been an important part of our family holiday traditions.

It was going to be a two cranberry sauce holiday, and for a few years, it was.

Come on everybody and hulla dance with me Happy New Years and Christmas, Happy holidays, happy everything I've missed in the last few months.

I got hooked on making cinnamon rolls around the holidays a few years ago, and it's a tradition that is just too delicious to end.

I've kept with tradition the last few years with apple pies and holiday cookies, but this year I'm planning to spice things up a bit with these White Chocolate Sweet Potato Blondies that are perfect for all scenarios.

There are a few elements missing, like my holiday ham and slow cooker turkey breast I've made for the last few years.

The holidays can be a very indulgent time of year which is why I love having a few healthier options on hand for a quick breakfast or travel snack.

I was telling my husband the other day (while watching a famous chef making tortilla de patatas in television) that we actually rarely ever ate Spanish food, except what we had during our holiday in Tenerife a few years ago.

So, try these out over the holidays... or any old day, but my family suddenly saw the light and became raving fans of Brussels sprouts a few years ago when I made these at Thanksgiving.

A few Ziploc bags of her cookies in the freezer could get us through the holidays and well into the New Year when rationed carefully.

This year (and last year), while we've been traveling we've probably forgotten about a few holidays, not the main ones, who can forget Christmas, New Years or Thanksgiving, but some of the tier two holidays simply slip right past us.

A few years ago I committed to creating all of my Christmas and holiday gifts.