According to Specialty Food Magazine, restaurateurs are rethinking menus to keep up with the new food industry paradigm shift toward marketing health to patrons. Restaurant goers representing just about all demographics are seeking “healthy” food. With the intent of ‘giving them what they want,’ prudent operators are altering the menu focus to plenty of fresh salads.
Elevate Menus with Creativity
With salad sales skyrocketing, it’s time to elevate menus with creative flair. Consumers expect to see words on menus like, “real,” “sustainable,” “locally sourced,” “all natural,” and “farm-to-table.”
For example, Wendy’s® had the right (and profitable) idea of issuing a food challenge to customers called, “look beyond the bowl.”
Here’s a little marketing trick restaurant operators can put into play immediately. Simply start salad descriptions on the menu with signature, which indicates these are exclusive items that other restaurants do not serve.
ARE MAMMOTH PECANS THE MISSING ELEMENT IN CREATIVE SALADS?
For instance, mammoth pecans could be the missing element in a perfectly composed dish. Either top existing salads with pecans or create new signature salads with pecan recipes.
Tip: Capitalize on saving money by ordering pecans for sale in bulk.
Here are ideas to get the creative juices flowing:
Signature Pecan Citrus Salad
Toss together: baby spinach, 3-4 citrus fruits such as: tangerine, tangelo, mandarin oranges, oranges, kumquat, grapefruit or ugli fruit. Top with pecans just prior to serving.
Lovely with poppy seed dressing.
Signature Pecan Cantaloupe Chicken Salad
Peel rind from cantaloupe and slice into thick rings. Remove seeds. Prepare chicken salad: cooked cubed chicken, green seedless grapes, finely chopped celery and Jicama and Sea salt.
Dress ingredients, (mayo-based dressing or house specialty) except pecans and serve on cantaloupe ring. Add toasted pecan halves immediately prior to serving.
How to Order Pecans for Sale in Bulk
By ordering pecans for sale in bulk, it’s affordable to use generous portions of pecans on signature salads.
Today’s restaurant patrons are cautious spenders. They expect what they pay for. If a restaurant doesn’t meet their expectations, they won’t come back! For more information, contact us at pecans@Stahmanns.com or call 575-526-2453, ext. 108