Archive for October, 2010
October 31st, 2010 | 
Author: If your looking to start up a sandwich shop or currently run a sandwich that isnt going as well as you would like then the answer to the golden question – What makes a good local sandwich shop? could be what you need.
Location is important to the sandwich shop as you have to think – will you get passer’s by? can people park nearby and pick up their order? do you have a constant guaranteed crowd from either school or local companies?
Once you have the location sorted the menu needs to have a mix of classic sandwich’s, which will always be ordered and also have some specials to fit in with the time of year and to get the taste buds going.
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The 31st of October every year see’s the tradition known as Haloween. To celebrate this day you will probably get a few children knocking at your door in fancy dress which is known as Trick and Treat.
Once the child has performed a trick (not always done as some just knock on your door wanting sweets) they will be wanting some st kind of treat. You will see in the supermarkets in the run up to haloween a lot of offers on multi packs, which have common chocolates in like twix, milky way and smarties. I think these are the best options and kids will love them!
Brisket beef is one of the most popular choices for customers these days but what is the best way to cook it?
My personal choice is to get a large frying pan and fry leeks, garlic cloves, carrots and onions together. Then add the beef into a large caserole dish with hot water and the fried vegatables you just made. It is also a good idea (but not a must) to add some red wine and a beef stock cube.
You should then place the caserole dish in an oven (170 degrees c) for 2-3 hours. The longer it is left in the more the beef soaks in the vegatables flavour. It is then ideals to serve the beef with mash potato, a large yorkshire pudding and some of the friend vegatables from the caserole dish.
With Christmas fast approaching i decided to ask my work colleagues what there favourite christmas sandwich’s were?
I didn’t give them a list to choose from as i thought it would be better to let the imagination run wild.
From the 15 people i asked we got two top choices the classic turkey and stuffing was one. The other was chicken, bacon, cranberry and brie. I then asked the people who gave me a different answer to the choices their opinion to get an ultimate winner.
With 11 out of 15 votes the christmas sandwich we should all be getting this year is – chicken, bacon, brie and cranberry. Enjoy people.
Whatever type of shop you run, you will always have those loyal customers who visit time and time again, and who you now consider as friends.
This is likely to ring particularly true if you run a local sandwich shop, and whether it’s office workers, builders or retired members of society who pay you a visit on a regular basis, it’s always nice to show just how much you value their custom and their conversation.
Offering a loyalty discount scheme in the form of stamped cards is a good way of showing your appreciation and keep regulars coming back for more, and with everyone looking to save the pennies nowadays, a loyalty scheme could really come in handy. These cards will be really cheap for you to make too- which makes the idea a winner all round.
As well as showing your gratitude in the form of delicious discounts, with the festive season approaching with alarming speed, why not think about creating personalised Christmas cards for your most loyal of customers?!
Giving Christmas cards might only seem like a relatively small gesture, but you will be amazed at how grateful your customers will be at such a personal and thoughtful gesture.
Give your customers something to really smile about next time they pay you a visit by showing them just how much they mean to you.