need 100 people to survey!!!! please for school project?

Question

me and my friend have a project for entreptrenuer class. and we have to start our own resturaunt and we are deciding to do a seafood place..but im a vegetarian and dont want to have to cook ONLY fish and meat..and would like a vegetarian menu.. (these plans are something we actually want to do in a few years) so for research i need to find out how well we would do if we did risk putting a vegetarian menu on our restaurant
my teacher thinks we could lose alot of profit becuase there arent alot of vegetarians (he says)
so i need people letting me know
i need 100 people.

vegetarians from the meat eaters

everyone is giving great tips for us


but i need people telling me wether they are vegtarian or meat eaters also becuase i need the survey tally :]
thanks guys

DONT SAY YOUR BOTH!!!!!!!!!!! if your a meat eater and you also like veggies thats great..but your a meat eater...

so justy let me know.
vegetarian. non vegetarian

Answer 1

I'm vegetarian.

Answer 2

Even if you have a seafood restaurant, not every item you purchase is going to be fish. You'll going to have veggies for salad, maybe some sort of bread, other ingredients that would be used in other dishes may be vegetarian by themselves. So what you could do is make vegetarian dishes using items you will already be buying that way you won't be purchasing much extra.

But really I think having a vegetarian menu will help you keep business. A lot of my friends eat meat, but every time I go out with them, they are nice enough to work with me to find a place that I can order at. So any place that doesn't offer a veg friendly menu is off the list right away.

Also, so many vegetarian and vegan dishes are healthier than choices with meat. You could offer a low-fat/ healther menu and have a few vegetarian choice (maybe a vegan one too please!) and just mark those that are veg with a V so that we know. Lots of places are doing the low-fat low-cal menus with much succes, because people who are on a diet still want to go out and have a nice meal.

You might bring those points up with your teacher.

Oh and go ahead and count me as a vegetarian (vegan, really).

Answer 3

I'm a vegetarian

I do not think it would hurt sales. There is a restaurant near where I live that also has vegetarian food on the menu. It is a smaller place, but does very well.

I don't think I would separate the vegetarian meals into a separate menu, just mark them as vegetarian, also mark meals are healthy options. Not just vegetarians eat vegetarian food. People that have high cholesterol, healthy eaters, etc would purchase vegetarian meals. However, making it a completely separate menu, makes it look as if it is only for vegetarian and cannot be enjoyed by everyone. Too many menus is confusing to people.

There is a lot that goes into a successful business. I don't know how in depth your research has to be. Surveying people on a computer is not going to be as accurate(you will not get your target consumers here, its too broad). You need to talk to your target consumers, which would be located where you are opening the restaurant. For example, if you are opening a seafood restaurant with vegetarian options, in the deep south, where people are known to enjoy their hearty meats, ect, you are not going to do well. The same restaurant is going to do much better in a location that cares about their health(since fish is usually seen as light and healthy, and many people are willing to eat meals without meat).

The best way to find out if your restaurant will be successful is to research your location(other businesses, people, etc). You need to find out what restaurants are already open(are there other seafood places nearby? If so, you may not do well) What makes a new business successful is giving the customers something they don't/can't get anywhere else.) In my opinion, vegetarian/healthy options on your menu may be your unique aspect. If no one else offers this in your area then anyone looking for this will go to your restaurant. Are your prices competitive, but not too high to scare people away. What are people looking for in the places they eat?(a simple survey of people walking down the street tells you this)

Answer 4

I'm a vegetarian... but you might want to actually look up the official numbers.

If I remember correctly, about 5% of the population is vegetarian. (A little higher in the cities, a little lower in rural areas).

I think it is good to offer veggie friendly dishes... but why would you have to have a separate menu? That's just wasted printing cost. Just put every dish on the same menu.

You wouldn't be losing profit, because non-vegetarians would still eat the meat, but you could get a lot of repeat vegetarian customers since there aren't that many places to eat at as a vegetarian.

It would be best to make sure your restaurant is in a big city, so that there are more vegetarians to serve.

Answer 5

I believe your teacher is misinformed. Offering a vegetarian menu in addition to a regular seafood and meat menu will not cut into your profits. This will expand your market base to include individuals that may not normally visit your restaurant. A vegetarian menu will also appeal to the health conscience crowd as well. Variety is always a plus not a negative.

I am currently in a “divided” family (both meat eaters and vegetations) and find that we are very limited on the places we can go to accommodate everyone’s tastes. Your idea sounds innovated.

Vegetarians are not as obscure as your teacher may think.

Answer 6

I was a vegetarian for years, and my doctor told me that I needed to eat meat occasionally, and I have. Anyway, while I was vegetarian, and even now, I enjoy GOOD vegetarian food. I know of 2 or 3 restaurants that have vegetarian menus, and I often order from them. Just look at the very famous Moosewood restaurant and Cookbook. They have made a fortune out of selling vegetarian food. Good luck!

Answer 7

I'm an omnivore, but wouldn't be put off by a vegetarian/vegan section of the menu. You would actually do very well by adding a vegetarian/vegan selection to your menu. People don't always want meat with every meal, so having meatless options will be very nice.

"Meat eater" implies eating only meat. I don't eat just meat, I eat other things too, vegetables, fruits, grains, etc., so I call myself an omnivore.

Answer 8

If your restaurant is in a metropolitain city or an really liberal type city then a vegetarian restaurant will do fine. There are plenty of them in Chicago, and even vegan restaurants too. By catering to the vegetarian crowd, you'd be giving your restaraunt a special niche and I think plenty of vegetarians (and open minded omnivores) would gladly show up and spend their money. Don't listen to anyone who cries "I'm a carnivore", becasue in reality they only are if they eat ONLY meat -I mean ONLY, like a steak with a side of bacon with come cubes of chicken on top. Would anyoneone go to a restaraunt that served ONLY meat? No, I don't think so.

Sorry- I'm a non-vegetarian but would definitely go to a vegetarian and/or vegan restaraunt

Answer 9

Not sure of the question here... but

1. If you were a seafood resturant and had a small veg menu.. I don't see how that would really hurt sales.
2. Location of Resturant. I bet there are some pretty successful Vegetarian resturants in Cali
3. And I am a meat eater. I would never order a vegetarian meal.

Answer 10

Asking this in a veggie forum won't give you very realistic results. I'd instead look for research and figures into how many of the population are veg. It certainly won't hurt to have a few vegetarian options on the menu to cater for everyone. If you intergrate the ingredients into other meat dishes then it won't do any harm if no vegs turn up... there won't be a surplus of veg ingredients that won't get used. If your teacher says there aren't that many veggies then tell him that a few veggie options will also cater to many hindus and buddhists who are vegetarian. Jewish and Muslim people could eat them too because I doubt your restaurant will be able to cater kosher and halal meat too.

Answer 11

I'm a meat eater and I've always wanted to go to a strictly vegetarian / vegan / raw vegan restaurant because I love food and different preparations of it, so it would definitely be a draw for me. (Even though the extremely rude people on this board are giving me second thoughts about being in a crowd of vegetarians) Good luck!