Okay, well for my upcoming venture project, I'm thinking to introduce to the school a delicious Indian appetizer; Samosas! As for now, I'm thinking to purchase up to 10dozens of samosas everyday from a popular restaurant situated on Fraser street, Bhaiya Sweets and Restaurant. The reason the idea of selling samosas erupted in my mind was because firstly, they are absolutely delicious and popular among every cultural background and secondly they'll be very economical in terms of our purchase budget. Selling samosas during break and lunch time will be both a delight for the students(the consumers) and an excellent way to earn profit for our team!
A fall back option would be selling special kinds of ice cream cones, maybe even homemade type! My team and I could work on inventing some delicious new flavoured ice creams and then introducing them to the Trojan market. I realize that Trojan market already carries ice cream but the type I would come up with would be different from all the other types of ice creams in the Trojan market. My ice creams would also be very economical ; maybe 75c a cone. Students would be my biggest target market and I think with my pricing and the flavour of my ice creams, I will be sure to attract lots of em! ;)
I really like how esthetic and detailed your venture ideas are. Your first venture idea to sell samosas is an excellent idea. Cultural food is always a hit everyone likes to try different culture food. The samosa is one of the most popular Indian appetizers and appreciated by many different cultures. I feel you would have to purchase a lot of samosas daily because this would attract both the staff and student but in the end you would make a lot of profit too. I’m not very keen on the ice cream cone idea because I would say you would only be profitable during the summer season rather than the whole school year. You would be spending more than actually profiting. It would be a competition for the Trojan market because you plan to sell different varieties of ice creams when the Trojan market has fewer choices.
ReplyDelete- Asma Iftikhar.
Selling samosas is such a unique idea. I will definitely be a costumer because I absolutely adore indian food. Also, it'll attract a lot of students because there's no indian cuisine near the school.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of icecream because teenagers love icecream. Also, the price is very affordable. Though it's to the point where I question if you're going to be able to make a profit. Different flavours will catch the students' eyes because trojan market sell limited amount and flavours. Also you'll get a lot of costumers during the summer.
-Anna Zhu
I like the idea of selling samosas at school. It is such a tasty food and many people of all different cultures enjoy them. One thing that makes me wonder is if it would pass through the Ministry of Health because samosas are deep fried in oil and is totally opposite of what the Ministry is trying to achieve.
ReplyDeleteAs for selling ice cream, I think it would be a really smart idea. Which teen doesn't like ice cream right? Maybe instead of selling those ice cream bars, you could invent some sort of gelato and advertise to the school.
I also like the idea of selling samosas within our school; it'd be something different for people to try. Also, none of the competitors in our school (trojan market, the cafeteria, vending machines) sell this product so with it's new appearance, people will be willing to buy it.
ReplyDeleteI like the samosa venture much more than the ice cream venture because although ice cream is a nice, sweet treat, it is more of a seasonal seller. It can really only be sold from spring to summer, if the weather is right. Also, I worry that if you don't sell all of the ice cream within the certain time frame, wouldn't they melt? Or do you have a way of storing them temporarily as you sell them? (e.g. freezer/cooler)
I really like the idea of selling samosas in school again. I don't know why they don't sell it anymore anyways? Even I was planning of this idea. I guess "smart brains think alike" ;. I will definately be a customer because I just love samosas. I think you will make a lot of profit because I know so many people who just love samosas. They might don't know any other indian snack/dish but pretty much everyone knows and love samosas.
ReplyDeleteAlso, having different kinds of ice creams could be a very successful business as everyone loves ice-cream. I really like how you explained that you will also introduce Trojan Market about such ice-creams and make them sell it. :)
Nitasha Sharma
I think that the samosas will be very popular because as mentioned already, there is very little to no competition, and it's a pretty popular food.
ReplyDeleteIce cream would also be a good product to sell, the main competition for frozen desserts would come from mostly the Trojan Market, so I think it would be a decently profitable business.
I think the selling samosas at school is a good idea but is there really going to be much profit in this business? howcmuch are you going to make out of selling samosas that we already premade at another restaurant?
ReplyDeleteI like your icecream idea, but is it really possible to create new icecream flavours? and also there's school healthy eating policy. Icecream isnt that healthy.
Selling Samosas at school is a great idea because it brings variety to our food choices but how are you going to get the Samosas to school? Where will you be selling them? And where will you stock or store your left over Samosas?
ReplyDeleteThe second idea sounds creative but you haven’t mentioned if you have a food safe certificate and how are you going to package your ice cream cones? Will your ice cream be within the healthy foods program for Trojan Market to sell them?
Overall, I think you have delicious ideas. Good luck with your venture Vandita! :)