Sur La Table
Sur La Table was founded in Seattle in 1972 by Shirley Collins, a woman with a passion for food and a fondness for community. Living in Seattle, she fell in love with Pike Place Market with its inspiring blend of products, artisans, and farmers. To her, it was a special gathering place for food lovers and culinary visionaries alike. When Shirley opened her first store in Pike Place Market, she was determined to assemble the best selection of cookware, gadgets, linens and books—even importing exclusive specialty items from France, her favorite culinary destination. Using the market as her inspiration, she thoughtfully filled her store with cooking tools that would bring people together in the kitchen and around the table. This sense of connection and love of French cuisine inspired the name Sur La Table, which simply means “on the table.” Since then we’ve grown to 56 stores across America, with the largest avocational cooking program in the U.S. But some things haven’t changed: We’re still the place for an unsurpassed selection of exclusive and premium-quality goods for the kitchen and table. We’re still passionate about cooking and entertaining, eager to share all we know. Whether the job entails interacting with our customers on a daily basis or providing the vital behind-the-scenes support, we’re all here for the same reason – to create happiness through cooking and sharing good food.www.surlatable.com
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Sep 16, 2026
Abbie GellmanGUEST
Yeah.
Abbie GellmanGUEST
If you're going to Sur La Table or a local, you know, at least I'm in New York City, so a lot- they're like $150 or $200 a person a class of a lot of these.
Melissa Joy DobbinsHOST
Yeah.
Abbie GellmanGUEST
We charge $5, and the only reason we charge at all is because if you register and pay $5, you're more likely to show up, right? So we-
Chris WaltonHOST
Headline number three, Sur La Table has launched a peer-to-peer resale marketplace.
Chris WaltonHOST
I can't wait to talk about this.
Chris WaltonHOST
And it's called Second Servings, partnering with resale technology platform Archive to let customers sell used kitchenware, home goods, and dining products directly to other shoppers.
Chris WaltonHOST
According to Retail Dive, the US-only platform Let sellers use prepaid shipping labels to send in eligible items in exchange for either 70% off the sale price in cash or 100% in Sur La Table store credit.
Chris WaltonHOST
Archive, which powers the back end customer support, payment processing, and logistics for second servings, also runs branded resale platforms for the North Face, Lululemon, and others, and raised $30 million in Series B financing in February of 2025.
Chris WaltonHOST
Sur La Table, it should be mentioned, also filed for bankruptcy in July of 2020 and was purchased a month later by a joint venture between Marquee Brands and CSE Generation for just $88.9 million.
Chris WaltonHOST
Ken, is a peer-to-peer resale marketplace a smart play for a kitchenware retailer, or do you think it is a distraction for a brand that's only a few years removed from bankruptcy?
Ken DavidsonGUEST
I'll split the difference, Chris.
Tal MooreGUEST
I think that we spent more than we needed to on branding and industrial design and packaging and Again, we created a killer brand and we're really, really proud of what we developed.
Tal MooreGUEST
And there's an argument that could be made that we probably wouldn't have gotten into Williams-Sonoma and Creighton Barrel and Sur La Table and Oprah's Favorite Things without like a really beautiful brand aesthetic.
Tal MooreGUEST
But that was very, very costly and very risky.
Tal MooreGUEST
So I would suggest people to kind of like stagger their approach when it comes to spending money because you run out of money, you run out of a business.
Michele DiMeoHOST
I'm drawing a blank on the, um, the kitchen, the high-end kitchen, um, you know, the store where they sell high-end-
Melissa ReaganGUEST
Like Sur La Table or-
Michele DiMeoHOST
Yes, thank you
Melissa ReaganGUEST
Yeah, yeah.
Melissa ReaganGUEST
[laughs]
Michele DiMeoHOST
Sur La Table.
Michele DiMeoHOST
And they used to do the little cooking demonstrations, whatever.
Michele DiMeoHOST
And he was coming in to do a cutting or he was a guest, whatever, and he like wandered into our restaurant.
Chris WaltonHOST
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Sur La Table launching a peer-to-peer resale marketplace.
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Headline number three, Sur La Table has launched a peer-to-peer resale marketplace.
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I can't wait to talk about this.
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