A Focus on High Margin items.
John Byberg
Bush Dreams Seasonings- Creating Flavorbonds in seconds. Betterflavor=Bettersales
Many years ago, in the year 2000, we created an interesting seasoning blend designed from the Native Pepperberry from Tasmania. The berry, once dried and ground, had a beautiful gentle heat to it that only came in the very back of ones palette. The blend we created was very dynamic as it created a layering of flavors. As most seasoning blends are designed for proteins, our friends at my Bistro realized it had many broad applications on beef, poultry, fish, wild game and pork.
In 2004, we thought.."Why not try it out on French Fries during our lunches"??? Low and behold....we found that people were actually coming back to our Bistro for lunch..."Because of our fries!!!" I honestly would never of believed it.
Sometimes in life...you need to be hit over the head a few times to realize what you got. What we had created, was a product (Pepperberry Rub) that enhanced a product (French Fries) that carried a 15% food cost. To keep customers coming back.
However, Pepperberry rub was not perfect as it was coarse in nature. Not all of the rub would stick to a fry when sprinkled on. So finally, last year we designed Spud Dust tm. Simply a finer Pepperberry Rub for you and your clients to enjoy.
A Focus on flavoring your High Margin items can immensely help your bottom line and keep customers coming back for more.