What should my deli stock?

[Basildog]

If i can ever find the right premises, i would like to open a small deli in Padstow.I 'am after a top 10 of "must haves " from you guys.Thanks

[macrosan]

White truffles at £1.75 a kilo ?

[Simon Majumdar]

Josalito Iberico Pata Negra

As with the truffles @ £1.75 a kilo

Perhaps that could be your slogan.

"Line your stomach not my pockets"

catchy, huh?

S

[Jon Tseng]

cassoulet!

[mogsob]

San Marzano canned tomatoes

Good cheese

Polaine bread

Pam

Free range eggs

Good ice cream

Dried pasta range

Fresh herbs

Wine

White truffles for £1.75 a kilo

[Flossie]

Chocolate!

[Miss J]

Hmm - do the people you're selling to like to cook (ie they'll want fine ingredients), or do they want high-quality ready-to-eat items?

[Basildog]

both

[Charlene Leonard]

De Cecco pasta

Cirio tinned tomatoes

Pate

Extensive range of spices

Good quality dark chocolate

Proper bacon and pancetta

Garners pickled onions

Chutneys - I'm a sucker for homemade pickles

Cheese

Olive oil

I'm hungry now...

[Akiko]

Gherkins!!!

And

Dill Pickles!!!!

And

An excellent selection of mustard

As Well As

An even better selection of salts

[Gary Marshall]

i mentioned this on another thread but,

the star 'corner shop' sells basically the fresh produce the restaurant uses, it is almost an extension of their stores and bakery.

one thing i do like that might help your margins is they sell 'leftovers' ie things that are on the menu that can be easily re-heated such as casseroles, rissottos, soups. they sell really well and sell for about £7 for a tub with enough for 2 (think last i had was a venison bourginon (never can spell that)).

they also sell a big cheese range cookbooks and local 'tat'.

[Adam Balic]

A selection of products that reflects the locality. Meat goods made from local breeds or at least from local farms, local cheeses (what else do they have in Cornwall?).

No naff biscuits in cellophane or jam will ribbons.

[Simon Majumdar]

And of course, limited editions prints of the painting of you that you keep in the loo

S

[Wilfrid]

Yarg.

[Miss J]

Excellent local cheese, and a few posh imported varieties

Good ham (Italian, Spanish), pancetta

Local seasonal fruit & veg (cobnuts, new garlic, etc)

Good bread

Pesto

A couple of fresh filled pastas

A couple ready-to-be-heated main dishes (pies, boned stuffed chicken legs, etc - changing regularly)

A regularly changed salad/antipasto type dish

Something gorgeous and chocolate - an eat-on-your-way-home item

[Charlene Leonard]

one thing i do like that might help your margins is they sell 'leftovers' ie things that are on the menu that can be easily re-heated such as casseroles, rissottos, soups. they sell really well and sell for about £7 for a tub with enough for 2 (think last i had was a venison bourginon (never can spell that)).

oohh, I really like the sound of that. I could pop into Basildog's deli on the way home and pick up some risotto and poached pears for dinner, shame it's a bit of a detour from London, it's not fair

[circeplum]

sausages, all sorts: salamis, saucissons, local butcher made, specialty, toulouse, chorizos and on and on and on. echire butter. a really great selection of breads.

actually, just those things almost constitutes my perfect shop.

[Basildog]

the star 'corner shop' sells basically the fresh produce the restaurant uses, it is almost an extension of their stores and bakery.

Thats my idea too

[Basildog]

oohh, I really like the sound of that.  I could pop into Basildog's deli on the way home and pick up some risotto and poached pears for dinner, shame it's a bit of a detour from London, it's not fair

Mail Order?

i see an empire forming.....MUHAHAHA

[Miss J]

Mail Order?

i see an empire forming.....MUHAHAHA 

I can see the web order form already...

[Basildog]

We already run a mini deli in the window of the restaurant 10-4pm ish

This is just a table top chiller, but we sell

Roasted Peppers and Aubergines

Kalamata Olives

Poached Pears

Sticky Toffee Puddding

Local Leaves

Chorizo and Parma Ham

One Variety of Bread

Some locally made Jams and Chutneys (with cloth tops Simon )

Caramelised Walnuts

we sometimes also sell shortbread, cookies and fudge

edit...weird nobody mentioned olives...probably our best seller

[Varmint]

Sorry to deviate from the thread, Basildog, but have you posted a recipe for your sticky toffee pudding yet? It sounds ridiculously decadent, and I'd love to say I learned how to make it from this British chef I know.

[tommy]

i find it amazing that neither the word "steak" nor "artisinal" has been mentioned yet.

ok, back to the regularly scheduled thread...

[Miss J]

Nobody seems to talk about "artisinal" food in the UK. There's good food, and not good food...and that seems to be it.

[researchgal]

some good vinegars, in addition to all the fine suggestions above.

oh and some large made-that-morning, daily-changing panini that can customers can buy by the piece.