Imagine eating a slice of chocolate cake drizzled in chocolate liquors and topped with toasted pecans, candied cherries and whipped cream. This delicious and sinful dessert could do wonders to satisfy that sweet craving that you’ve had all day long. What better way to end your favorite restaurant meal? Right?
Dessert Profitability
If you you’re like many people, you can’t wait to sink your teeth into a delectable dessert at the end of a pricey dinner, or even an inexpensive lunch. However, did you know that many restaurants don’t consider desserts to be a profitable menu item? According to Specialty Food Magazine, in-house bakeries are too much of a hassle to maintain. They aren’t profitable for the average restaurant. This is because the margin is low due to many factors:
- The higher quality ingredients are expensive and pastry chefs have specialized skills. This means that it is too expensive to keep them on regular staff.
- Restaurants could invest in pastry chefs, but there is no guarantee that diners will order a dessert after every meal. This could be for dietary or budgetary reasons. So, the extra staff might be a waste of money, time and space.
- People who eat dessert take up space that other paying customers could have. The lack of space and time decreases profits. Unfortunately, desserts don’t bring in as much profit as drinks and entrees.
Outsourced Desserts
As a result, many restaurants tend to outsource their desserts to dessert specialty vendors. They can get fresh or frozen desserts delivered to them and they can concentrate on their main menu items. There is no need to invest in the services of a pastry chef and decrease the profit margin. The restaurants will serve outsourced desserts and make them look as if they are made in-house. The line cooks and chefs can add a little bit of creativity to them and make them a part of the restaurant’s distinctive brand.
Who doesn’t love desserts that are topped with crunchy nuts such as estate grown pecans? They can be added to cakes, pies, ice creams and even combined with other condiments and added to specialty drinks.
Contact Stahmanns Pecans for Shelled Pecans
Contact us at pecans@Stahmanns.com or 575-526-2453, ext 108 for more information about our delicious mammoth pecans.