Bodybuilder's Restaurant

[KG21]

meron na bang ganito sa pilipinas? sa states ang alam ko meron, advisable bang magtayo ng ganitong restaurant? na ang menu ay para sa mga bodybuilder's,health conscious people?

[Wouie]

mahina ang demand?

[KCboy]

try mo. i think there is a market for it but i think if u wanna try it, try to do it with in or close to a gym so that you will have a market right away and see if it will click to your niche market. kung nagclick, dun mo na din targetin yung mga health conscious people. good luck.

[c0zee]

wag mo lang tatabihan ang jollibee hehheh

[squala]

If the food is affordable enough (and of edible taste), why not?

[gwapito69]

ano yung name na yun sa states? parang wala pa kong nakikitang ganun e... tsaka kung health conscious e karamihan na inoorder nila e kung di maraming protein e puro garden salad. meron sa states e yung shakes para sa mga health conscious pero la pa ata akong nakikitang resto para sa mga body builder

[van_wilder]

visit niyo pbfb.co.nr << puro bodybuilders and fitness people sa philippines you could conduct a survey there...

for ilan years naging uso yun magpalaki ng katawan... well isa ako dun sa gusto but hindi ako nakikisabay sa uso, ever since bata ako gusto ko maging arnold... pero biglang nawala yun fad, and nangayayat din ako... dahil sa puyat, gimik, and work... pero if magtatayo ka ng resto marami ka matutulungan na bodybuilders at least hindi na sila kailangan kumain sa fastfood or magbaon ng food at kainin sa mga resto...

fuzion would be your competitor pagdating sa mga fitness people but not sa mga bodybuilders...

[chain]

Van Wilder: bro, I think napag-usapan na natin din yan before. mukhang niche market kasi if you ask me.

pero kung mag-click, ayos! gusto ko din yan. hehehehe

[theveed]

Honestly, it's not that viable.

BB or other fitness oriented food requires a lot of clean protein and low in fat. Which translate to expensive, non-processed food for the most part.

Mga "low calorie" or "SBD/Atkins" friendly resto konti lang talaga these days, most of them siningit lang a couple of dishes to call it "SBD friendly" or something but for them to cover the whole nine yards, mahirap unless you charge a lot.

Lalo na pag BB oriented, you need quite a large serving din.

Not saying na di ok na business, but you MUST pick you spot wisely. The place must be near a health oriented environment but is accessible to a lot of people to take notice.

[KG21]

the site is www.thepumpenergyfood.com most of their food are grilled baked and broiled... i think pang health conscious ang restau na ito...

[IPSG_SlimShady]

Okay lang na maging niche market, konti ang competition. Talagang sasadyain yung place mo. A lot of people are already nauseated eating Jollibee & MacDonalds.

Kailangan lang dito isang magandang Marketing Strategy. Something Anti-Fastfood. And make-sure maganda at INNOVATIVE ang mga line-up sa menu (hindi lasang styrofoam... nakakain nako ng styrofoam eh ).

Saka I think you have to do away with the name "BodyBuilder's" restaurant. Sigurado ma-i-intimidate yung mga matataba at payat na kumain sa resto mo. You don't want to drive customers away. The name must be sometihng conducive to everyone.

[empy]

hmm...i am skeptical to be honest.

when i was looking to bulk up i was eating 6-8 meals every day. mahirap sadyain yan (especially when you're exhausted after a workout, which is when some meals must be taken) for that many meals so it definitely has to be convenient.

honestly it became such a hassle to eat that i would just buy skim milk, protein shakes and protein bars. if you can stick your restaurant right outside a big gym with serious bodybuilders, and make the food flavorful yet high protein/low fat you might be successful (especially since all those shakes and bars taste like ****)

but all-in-all i think you'd make more money selling supplements or buying a franchise

[IPSG_SlimShady]

hmm...i am skeptical to be honest.

when i was looking to bulk up i was eating 6-8 meals every day. mahirap sadyain yan (especially when you're exhausted after a workout, which is when some meals must be taken) for that many meals so it definitely has to be convenient.

That's why you don't have to target gym people only if you want to put up this kind of resto. It has to be mainstream targetting anyone who is sick and tired eating KFC, Jollibee, MacDo, Wendy's, etc. Because we live in a society heavily sedated by fastfood junkfood ads, a counter-programming might be ripe at this point. If you start advertising that Hamburgers and Deep-Fried Chicken equals Heart Disease and High Blood Pressure, then bring-up your Menu rich in Fiber, Low Salt, etc., then customers can start taking notice. Again, marketing is a key here.

And as also mentioned, if you further narrow down your target customers to a selected few (like gym people only), your business will really have a hard time flying off the ground.

Also, Nutritional Supplement Shops are everywhere. You can't go to a mall without seeing one. So lots of competition in that business already. Even local drugstores sell them nowadays.

[oldblue]

ang alam ko favorite ng bodybuilders eh kenny rogers kasi isang buong manok na roasted ang kinakain nila without rice hehehe

[theveed]

oldblue: hehe, ganun ako dati... half chicken remove skin (yung spicy blend)...

[boybi]

naku, baka maging tambayan ng mga badinger-z yang resto!

[theveed]

As I mentioned above, it's not really an issue for me to let people know the "pros" of the restaurant and there's no need to bad mouth fast food which any human being with an iq over 90 should know it's no good for you.

But healthy food is directly proportional to fresh ingredients, and unless you can exhaust your means of grilling and baking, the taste of healthy food will have a hard time competing with regular food (i'm not even talking about junk food and fast food here since there's no way your health food can compete with fast food prices)... that costs a lot of money in terms of raw materials.

If you're making a SBD friendly meal, can you really rely on Splenda and not use regular sugar? It'll be hard.

Market is there, but finding the right price to make it worthwhile as a business owner may not be.

[KG21]

boybi: haha oo nga eh magiging tambayan nila yun...

[IPSG_SlimShady]

We will never get ideas off the ground when we start it with a defeatist attitude. The fact that the market IS there, is a good start and a motivation.

I think a Health-Conscious-themed restaurant can start like an Indie Movie. You preview it to a small audience, then gradually expand it as word-of-mouth starts kicking. You don't need to come out with a bang and go head-to-head with garbage fastfood giants.

Regarding the styrofoam taste of health-conscious food menu, I always believe in culinary breakthroughs. You just have to give these kitchen gurus the break they need.

I'm not worried about pricing. Pricing is always factored in the search for breakthroughs. It's not a breakthrough if that zero-calorie potato salad will cost you a fortune to make.

[theveed]

SlimShady: We're just answering KG's question of "advisable bang magtayo ng ganitong restaurant".

We're not saying it's not a good thing to go for but he should do a lot of studies and not base the idea on how it is working in the US or how mainstream restaurants work.

There's a difference between having a "defeatist" attitude and providing unbiased feedback.