Recommending Cooking Fries in Olive Oil vs. Vegetable Oil for a Healthier Burger Restaurant

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Recommending Cooking Fries in Olive Oil vs. Vegetable Oil for a Healthier Burger Restaurant

As a healthier type of restaurant, serving organic food, with the exception of our fries, the customers expect great products from us. So far, I have noticed that the sales for fries are not so great. However, cooking fries in olive can help boost sales and at the same time help reassuring our customers about our products and our concern to serve them with healthy foods. As a restaurant, we have a vision and people that we serve expect great products from us. Cooking fries in olive oil is healthier, would help boost sales, and would help confirm our concern about selling an “elevated product”.

Olive oil is considered to be a healthy type of oil and have a lot of healthy monounsaturated fats. It’s known to have components that help “prevent heart disease, lower cholesterol and blood pressure, and reduce the overall effects of aging” according to an article that I read (25 Facts About Olive Oil which was published in 2007). Cooking fries in olive oil is healthier, but the only down side is the temperature. However, we can still use the same fryers and keep the temperature down.

I performed a survey in which customers tasted the fries and gave me feedbacks. This same survey was used in order to determine that sales would increase if we were to have the fries cooked in olive oil. 93 % of the customers agreed that the fries tasted better, did not feel greasy, and also confirm that they would definitely purchase them as soon as we add that to our menus.

Last, serving fries cooked in olive oil would help differentiate us from the competition and would also confirm that we serve better products. We already serve organic burgers and adding this to the menu would just put our restaurant to the next level, while at the same time increasing sales.

In conclusion, fries cooked in olive oil are healthier, would help increase sales and would help in differentiating our brand from...