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Old 26-02-2013, 20:53
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I agree with the standing out thing. Any ideas?
good logo?
good food?
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Old 26-02-2013, 20:55
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I agree with the standing out thing. Any ideas?
The way I'm thinking is that if it's going to be really desirable, it should have a personal touch. I think a good selling-point would be if it wasn't mass produced - if it was all hand-made I think that would appeal to our customers. The worry with that though is that a busy airline is going to find that difficult to carry out feasibly. Maybe that wouldn't work in practise, but it's a starting point.
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Old 26-02-2013, 20:56
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When is the deadline?
We pitch at 8pm tomorrow, so we have to have it all sorted out (ingredients, costs, presentation etc) by that point. Best to do as much as we can tonight I reckon, I'm working tomorrow.
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Old 26-02-2013, 20:57
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Well what Meal we going with?

I know 3 course but what items
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Old 26-02-2013, 20:59
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Well what Meal we going with?

I know 3 course but what items
I'm happy with Naruto's ideas, although I do worry that they might not be original enough.

Actually, I think a pie might be better than a lasagne... I think while pasta is great, it's used so much it could be a bit of a cliche.

Soup and bread, then some kind of pie, then cheesecake sounds good to me.
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Old 26-02-2013, 21:00
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Ok
what u reckon on my trays?
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Old 26-02-2013, 21:01
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I'm happy with Naruto's ideas, although I do worry that they might not be original enough.

Actually, I think a pie might be better than a lasagne... I think while pasta is great, it's used so much it could be a bit of a cliche.

Soup and bread, then some kind of pie, then cheesecake sounds good to me.
I also have the fear that it is not original enough.
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Old 26-02-2013, 21:01
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Remember, your ingredients must be from ASDA Groceries Online, Tesco Groceries Online or Amazon. This includes toys and gifts. Trays or dishes don't need to be from these websites, but you can include them in your pitch. Links must be provided to what ingredients your using (and what website they're from), as well as the costs of the overall meal. Please send the costs and ingredients to Lord Stuart, not Karren. Make sure you do this before your pitch. If you are including a diagram you must send this to Lord Stuart as well.
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Old 26-02-2013, 21:04
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Ok
what u reckon on my trays?
I don't have an issue with them, but also I can't see anything special about them. They look like primary school dinner trays to me.

I also have the fear that it is not original enough.
Maybe it's not the food that we should make original, it's the way we do it. If the focus is on really good quality, enjoyable meals, putting the enjoyment back into airline meals... that kind of thing. The point of this task is that airline food is often a bit depressing, so if we focus on making it sound delicious and enjoyable, then potentially we might be onto a winner even if the food itself is a bit too traditional.
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Old 26-02-2013, 21:06
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Well i dont know then?

just keep it traditional but make it as best we can be
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Old 26-02-2013, 21:08
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Well i dont know then?

just keep it traditional but make it as best we can be
I agree with that, I think it's the best we're going to come up with, otherwise we're just going to keep talking around and around in circles. But, ultimately it's Naruto's decision.
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Old 26-02-2013, 21:11
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Since we only have limited time, i suggest going with bread and soup/meat pie/cheesecake. If we had more time, i am sure we could come up with something better. So agreed?
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Old 26-02-2013, 21:12
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Since we only have limited time, i suggest going with bread and soup/meat pie/cheesecake. If we had more time, i am sure we could come up with something better. So agreed?
Okay... now we have to come up with recipes, based on what is on the three websites we have been allocated.
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Old 26-02-2013, 21:13
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Wouldnt it be better home made rather than stuff from a packet?
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Old 26-02-2013, 21:15
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Shall we each take one dish and find - ingredients, cost of ingredients, images and write a small pitch for it.
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Old 26-02-2013, 21:15
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Wouldnt it be better home made rather than stuff from a packet?
I agree with this. The point of our brand is that we're going for personal and quality, we can't say that and then use cheap stuff from a packet.

So we want things like well-sourced meat, free-range eggs, hand-made bread... essentially, things that taste really good.
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Old 26-02-2013, 21:16
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Shall we each take one dish and find - ingredients, cost of ingredients, images and write a small pitch for it.
I'm happy to work on ingredients, but I must warn you I'm really bad at anything numbers-wise, so I might let you down when it comes to costs. I'm not saying I won't do it, but there might be people better than me.
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Old 26-02-2013, 21:18
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I agree with this. The point of our brand is that we're going for personal and quality, we can't say that and then use cheap stuff from a packet.

So we want things like well-sourced meat, free-range eggs, hand-made bread... essentially, things that taste really good.
I think that is a good idea. We can go down the quality road when it comes to the food.
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Old 26-02-2013, 21:18
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How about a Union Jack tray?
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Old 26-02-2013, 21:20
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So what are we taking one part each?

i call bread and soup (we making from scratch or just finding the best from tesco?
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Old 26-02-2013, 21:20
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How about a Union Jack tray?
I have to say, I hate that idea. I don't think we should have trays that advertise a certain country. It's an airline, I don't think they'll want to look biased?

Naruto, just curious how you are with figures? If you're any good at them, I'd suggest that I take charge of thinking about ingredients for the dishes, you could work on costings and Emma can keep thinking about presentation, because she's kind of been taking the lead on that right the way through. Just a suggestion...
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Old 26-02-2013, 21:21
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Ok, i will start assigning jobs now.

I will take over the Cheesecake.
George, you can take over the Meat Pie.
Emma, you can take the Bread and Soup.

For each meal, find a list of ingredients and find them in high quality in any of the shops. Send all links of ingredients to me please. If you can, sort out cost of meal. Find images of the meal. Finally, write a small pitch on why we chose that individual meal.

Send everything to me!
And i will collate it all.
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Old 26-02-2013, 21:22
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Ok, i will start assigning jobs now.

I will take over the Cheesecake.
George, you can take over the Meat Pie.
Emma, you can take the Bread and Soup.

For each meal, find a list of ingredients and find them in high quality in any of the shops. Send all links of ingredients to me please. If you can, sort out cost of meal. Find images of the meal. Finally, write a small pitch on why we chose that individual meal.

Send everything to me!
And i will collate it all.
Okay, jolly good! (Shall we email it to you privately, or post it on here?)
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Old 26-02-2013, 21:22
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I am fine-ish with figures so i do not mind doing them.
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Old 26-02-2013, 21:23
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Okay, jolly good! (Shall we email it to you privately, or post it on here?)
Private message it to me on this forum.
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