I'm planning opening a pasty shop - what are the profit expectations?

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Right, that sorts out the venue for where we can all meet (ideal as WSM has a train station) ... so now it's just who and when.

Roast tatties in a polystyrene box all round

I've never been to a carvery, so I think if that were going to change I'd want the whole sit down experience.

bo_drinker

Conrad wrote: »

To give you an idea, I'm the one in the airport that stares at all the pipes and beams in the cieling space and gets damned annoyed no one dusts them off:eek:

Now there's a business idea Cleaning in high places

Davesnave

Papas fish & chippie in Weston is OK & does decent 'sit down' meals endorsed by various celebrities who visit the theatre there. Mind you, by the time they are playing Weston, their status as celebrities is questionable!

SingleSue

I've only been in Greggs once...ever!

I've never been to Oggy's.....

My Greggs experience was of a very small shop, everyone being treated treadmill like and very rude customer services...oh and not very clear pricing/display, everything just crammed in with little chance to really sort through in the time in takes to get to the front (you spend most of it outside not being able to see anything)!

inspector_monkfish

The Greggs.
They've got it sorted....

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/business/we-will-never-judge-you%2c-say-greggs-200910062114/

bo_drinker

The Cornwall pasty shop that we have gives the impression that they are made and cooked on the premises, not been there for a long time probably 4 times in all. The pasties are delivered at night in a freezer van all made and ready to cook.
I think they do well but we have 2 Greggs here as well, I don't remember going in there, shouldn't imagine there is much room with all the tattooed underage over weight Vicky Pollards hogging the place.

fc123

inspector_monkfish wrote: »

The Greggs.
They've got it sorted....

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/business/we-will-never-judge-you%2c-say-greggs-200910062114/

:rotfl:............

A spokesman said: "It is not our place to determine right from wrong, or express ill-informed opinions about your lifestyle choices. It is our place to come up with ever more convenient and sophisticated fat delivery mechanisms.

"We are currently working on a large plastic syringe, with a wide hole at the end, that can be filled from a stainless steel vat behind the counter.

"We will liquidise some doughnuts and sausages until they take on the consistency of Mr Whippy ice cream. You then simply fill up your syringe with this pinkish-brown goo and inject it directly into your face."

Conrad

rach83 wrote: »

I live in Cheltenham and we have a fantastic pasty shop. They do a fantastic range of pasties but they also do baguettes (make them while you wait) soups, posh crisps, brownies, muffins etc. They are in a pretty good location (passing trade) but the real key is that their prices are realistic and the quality is spot on. They seem to have the balance and I am led to believe that they are doing a roaring trade. Greggs are a few doors down and all the chavs will go there cause they no know better! Greggs is mingin' in my opinion.

Price and quality range of foods as ever.

For me, the reason so many food vendors fail is they have the dream but they simply do not have the attention to detail - for example;


Food too cold (I want a hot pastie, not tepid - a very common problem)

Drinks / chocolate bars too warm - I never want a warm mars bar yet VERY few vendors think to put things like this in a chiller

Sausage rolls too greasy

Pasties seemingly hit and miss - one week its full of meat, the next it's all turnip

Awkward place to set down your coffee whilst pouring sugar

Mess - I am like an Austrian cafe owner we met - she constanly cleaned every moment for example when lifting out a pie, wiping where it sat

Too hot an enviroment - many people hate walknigninto boiling hot shops, with a down draght of warm air hitting your head as you enter - again lack of proper attention to detail

Clean looking staff

Easy to understand enviroment - no confusing lists on the wall that need 5 minutes to read

Freindly service - I know I get surly service often and I remember it

the loo smells a bit

no soap in loo - again this is down to disorganisation - I would check it every hour at least and have spares on show.

scuffs on the wall

don't wash EVERY SINGLE surface inc plant leaves, light bulbs, skirting boards, door frames, underneath the till etc

inspector_monkfish

Conrad wrote: »

Price and quality range of foods as ever.

For me, the reason so many food vendors fail is they have the dream but they simply do not have the attention to detail - for example;


Food too cold (I want a hot pastie, not tepid - a very common problem)

Drinks / chocolate bars too warm - I never want a warm mars bar yet VERY few vendors think to put things like this in a chiller

Sausage rolls too greasy

Pasties seemingly hit and miss - one week its full of meat, the next it's all turnip

Awkward place to set down your coffee whilst pouring sugar

Mess - I am like an Austrian cafe owner we met - she constanly cleaned every moment for example when lifting out a pie, wiping where it sat

Too hot an enviroment - many people hate walknigninto boiling hot shops, with a down draght of warm air hitting your head as you enter - again lack of proper attention to detail

Clean looking staff

Easy to understand enviroment - no confusing lists on the wall that need 5 minutes to read

Freindly service - I know I get surly service often and I remember it

the loo smells a bit

no soap in loo - again this is down to disorganisation - I would check it every hour at least and have spares on show.

scuffs on the wall

don't wash EVERY SINGLE surface inc plant leaves, light bulbs, skirting boards, door frames, underneath the till etc

you're scarey...:eek:

Conrad

Davesnave wrote: »

Papas fish & chippie in Weston is OK & !

There's a case in point; chippies and thier wildly varying offerings.

It's a rare thing to find one that does;

Hot chips straight from the fryer (not siting around 7 minutes)

Not soggy chips

The perfect DRY batter, not full of pockets of wet fat, crisp and firm

Nice sausages - very rare indeed

Really spotless

Not cooked in oil that has a buttery tinge - yuk

Not using old oil


The best chippy by some margin is in Lynmouth Devon