World gourmet fast health food facility

Abstract

A method for providing quality exotic foods or foods from a variety of countries at prices comparable to fast food restaurants where the restaurant includes a menu selection book used to pick a food item. The table area includes the ability to order the food. Payment for the food can be made from a self-pay station at the table or at a self-pay cashier station exiting the facility. The restaurant facility specializes in international gourmet foods representative of popular foods typically found in various countries around the world. The menu book includes informational data related to a food item being considered for selection including one of pictures of the food item, seasonings in the food item, history of the food item, ingredients within the food item, nutritional data and any combination thereof.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The invention relates to a fast food facility specializing in gourmet foods from around the world.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Typical fast food restaurants have kitchens where whether the cooking process is visible or not from the customer, there is a strong food odor. This is due to deep frying kitchen equipment and a multitude of ovens. Further, wait persons are required, cashiers are required, cooks are required, refrigeration for uncooked food is needed, etc., and the variety of foods available is limited to basic meats, seafood and pasta meals, many of these fried foods.[0003]In addition, the overhead of these facilities is considered high given that typical fast food restaurants such as Taco Bell™, Subway™, Denny's™, Steak & Shake™, Olive Gardens™, IHOP™, Burger King™, McDonald's™, and other similar eating facilities typically employ from 8 to 35 employees.[0004]All of these typical restaurants have limited variety of foods and have specific th...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

[0007]Any family or person will be able to enjoy this new concept with many advantages for the following reasons: many different dishes from different countries will be offered; the dishes will be ready as fast as the average fast food franchise time; the food will be very healthy and tasty and comparable to the same food served by an expensive restaurant specializing in this type of food; the price will be comparable to an average fast food franchise; any taste can fit into the new concept; the market will target all classes of people including race, culture and religion; people will be able to frequently eat at a facility without getting tired of the same food because of the variety of dishes available and also the internal ambient that will be able to change constantly including the smell of the place that will be able to be fresh all the time with this new concept of a restaurant franchise or facility; there will be no need for tips because the facility will not have a waiter; the facility will always be clean and quiet because there will be a different concept of kitchen with no mess and no noise and also very few people; there will be no oil or fat smell impregnating the place with this new concept of restaurant franchise, this concept could be fit in a very small place like a food court at the mall or anywhere else in the countryside due to the simplicity, and low cost and maintenance; this inventive concept would also be very adaptable for establishment in other countries; this concept could even be set up at a temporary places very easily, like shows and confernces troughout the world and also places with very little people like very small cities and villas due to its low overhead and easy way to set up; and finally this new concept could become one of the largest restaurant franchise fast food establishments in the world due to all the reasons listed above. Additionally, the number of health inspections could arguably be diminished. Expensive quality control could be eliminated or reduced, losses and waste could be minimized, extensive cleaning can be reduced, high insurance rates / premiums can be reduced, thousands can be saved in licenses, specialized labor, intensive training and the normal high investment in kitchen equipment. Overhead cost can also be significantly reduced.

[0008]An ideal facility is a facility with the same size as any other fast food franchise, but much more optimized due to the size of the kitchen that will be reduced at least at 60% of size and cost to build, with at least the same income but with one third of the overhead cost, also a significant reduced time to get licenses and permits to build. The ideal facility finds it much easier to find people to work due to the simplicity of the job, it means that an entire business could begin much faster than any other in the same category with the advantage of not having problems with quality control and recruiting several employees.

Problems solved by technology

Further, wait persons are required, cashiers are required, cooks are required, refrigeration for uncooked food is needed, etc., and the variety of foods available is limited to basic meats, seafood and pasta meals, many of these fried foods.

In addition, the overhead of these facilities is considered high given that typical fast food restaurants such as Taco Bell™, Subway™, Denny's™, Steak & Shake™, Olive Gardens™, IHOP™, Burger King™, McDonald's™, and other similar eating facilities typically employ from 8 to 35 employees.

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