What's your favourite sandwich filling? Opening a shop soon

[Blown2CV]

got to be honest here, whilst simple is often the best, you'll find it hard to differentiate yourself if you just pick 'classics', unless you do them REALLY well. Then you'll just be into a race to be the cheapest, and all you'll get in the door will be builders with 50p to spend. As much as people might hate the idea of spending a fiver on a sandwich, if it's really good, uses unusual and incredibly tasty ingredients and combinations, nice bread etc then you'll be busy and with a booming business.

[Sunnyone]

Simple cheese and tomato, with nice ingredients (not cheap chease and tasteless toms) and good bread.

[CubanPete]

Coronation Chicken
Ham and Coleslaw (no cheap ham please!)
Barbecue pulled pork and tomato
Peanut butter and jam toast sandwich
Philadelphia and cream crackers (in a bread sandwich)

I don't like sandwiches that pull the entire contents out on the first bite, and grated cheese - you might as well just through it down my shirt as put it in the sandwich.

[RizzoTheRat]

Chicken club
Brie and bacon

Preferably in a granary baguette/sub.

[Thankyou4calling]

Is there an update from the OP as to how the fit out is going?

[bazza white]

Pickled onion monstor munch and salad cream.

[Countdown]

Pate de foie gras in an organic buckwheat with a drizzle of olive oil, pesto, and brown sauce (not the cheap stuff).

[sidekickdmr]

Countdown said:

Pate de foie gras in an organic buckwheat with a drizzle of olive oil, pesto, and brown sauce (not the cheap stuff).

[technodup]

Blown2CV said:

As much as people might hate the idea of spending a fiver on a sandwich, if it's really good, uses unusual and incredibly tasty ingredients and combinations, nice bread etc then you'll be busy and with a booming business.

Without wanting to rerun the thread that is a recipe for being out of business inside a month in the vast majority of the country.

A fiver for a piece. Pfft.

[DoubleSix]

Egg Mayo, Parmesan and Rocket.

[Bacon Is Proof]

Trabi601 said:

When running a business, you have to separate what you like from what is profitable. It may not seem expensive, but I can almost guarantee it'll be more expensive than bulk bought from the cash and carry - especially once you factor in the preparation time.

Food service is all about chasing down every cost you can - if you can save 0.5p per scoop of coleslaw, then do it.

No it isn't, or doesn't have to be.
Enjoy your McDonalds.

Trabi601 said:

I advise on businesses where a 2% miss on gross margin tips a business from substantial profit into losses.

So no experience of the business in question?
I sell, amongst other tasty fresh foods, fresh coleslaw. Successfully.


ETA: Bacon, avocado, tomato and hummus in a pitta.

Edited by Bacon Is Proof on Tuesday 13th September 18:17

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Bacon Is Proof said:

No it isn't, or doesn't have to be.
Enjoy your McDonalds.

McDonalds is a very good example of the "pile it high and sell it cheap" brigade. They seem to have been fairly successful....

Nobody disagrees that there is a market for premium sandwiches using premium ingredients but it's a lot smaller than the market for £1.50/£2 sandwiches that nearly every large supermarket, mini-market and even corner shops sells.

[Bacon Is Proof]

Obviously McDonalds is successful, I was just pointing out that fresh food does work.
Fresh coleslaw takes a minute or two to make and costs peanuts, the only reason not to is laziness.

http://breadandmeat.co.uk/

Been rammed since it opened almost two years ago.
11th on tripadvisor out of 500+
Fresh coleslaw.
ETA: nothing to do with me.

[Countdown]

That looks similar to this

http://bakeriemcr.com/

There is a market for it because of where it's located. It wouldn't work in areas like Bolton, Salford, Stockport, oldham etc simply because of the local clientele. OTOH it maight work in places like Bury, Chorlton, Didsbury, Wilmslow, Prestbury etc etc....

Somewhere cheap and cheerful has a better chance in most places than a posh high end sandwich shop.

[technodup]

Bacon Is Proof said:

Obviously McDonalds is successful, I was just pointing out that fresh food does work.
Fresh coleslaw takes a minute or two to make and costs peanuts, the only reason not to is laziness.

http://breadandmeat.co.uk/

Been rammed since it opened almost two years ago.
11th on tripadvisor out of 500+
Fresh coleslaw.
ETA: nothing to do with me.

Rammed full of wkers. £7 for a vegetable sandwich? And that's the cheapest option?

I'd like to see how that goes down when they open up in Glasgow, or Sunderland or Cardiff.

[Trabi601]

Bacon Is Proof said:

So no experience of the business in question?
I sell, amongst other tasty fresh foods, fresh coleslaw. Successfully.


ETA: Bacon, avocado, tomato and hummus in a pitta.

Edited by Bacon Is Proof on Tuesday 13th September 18:17

C
I hope your idea of success isn't reflected in the cars in your profile!

If that's success, I'd give up now.

[dazco]

Trabi601 said:

C
I hope your idea of success isn't reflected in the cars in your profile!

If that's success, I'd give up now.

You utter dick

And where are your cars?

[anonymous-user]

dazco said:

You utter dick

And where are your cars?

he is a troll and if the mods had balls would have been banned months back..

I would love a sandwich shop but I know a lot that have opened and closed so must be a hard market to crack.

[dazco]

The Spruce goose said:

dazco said:

You utter dick

And where are your cars?

he is a troll and if the mods had balls would have been banned months back..

I would love a sandwich shop but I know a lot that have opened and closed so must be a hard market to crack.

I apologise to everyone for biting

[ZedLeg]

technodup said:

Bacon Is Proof said:

Obviously McDonalds is successful, I was just pointing out that fresh food does work.
Fresh coleslaw takes a minute or two to make and costs peanuts, the only reason not to is laziness.

http://breadandmeat.co.uk/

Been rammed since it opened almost two years ago.
11th on tripadvisor out of 500+
Fresh coleslaw.
ETA: nothing to do with me.

Rammed full of wkers. £7 for a vegetable sandwich? And that's the cheapest option?

I'd like to see how that goes down when they open up in Glasgow, or Sunderland or Cardiff.

There are plenty of places in Glasgow that seem to do alright with more than selling bacon rolls and bottles of ginger. Kember and Jones probably charge about £7 for a sit in sandwich and they're always busy. If the food and coffee are good people will come.