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Would you recommend someone selling jar salads?

Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

Char Nolan - Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

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This event was on October 8, 2024

Join Chef Char Nolan in her virtual office as she welcomes all of your questions. This event was created for you and we encourage you to ask anything – from cooking techniques to course-specific questions, to how to turn your cooking passion into profit or simply hearing the perspective of a professional chef, Chef Nolan is ready to answer them all.

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Question

Toni Crawford

Would you recommend someone selling jar salads?

Answer

Well actually there's a chef in Philadelphia who started a very successful company doing just that. He was even on Shark Tank. His name is Jared Cannon and uh, he has his in plastic jars. Some people are opposed to using plastic jars. I think selling them in uh, a glass container would probably be a good selling point. And if they are private clients, when you deliver your next group of salads, then you take back the ones that they have left for you. However, plastic is much more cost effective if you're concerned about margin. And there are many different philosophies on making salad dressings in glass jars and they will keep very well. Some people like to put the dressing at the bottom and then put a sturdy green on top of that. I personally prefer to stuff it with those different layers of vegetables and then take a four ounce container that will fit inside the opening of the jar so that the greens don't get overly saturated with the dressing. But I think it's a great idea. I love that I would buy a salad in a New York minute.

Char Nolan

Chef Instructor

Char Nolan is a serious crusader for plant-based education, armed with a degree in public health from Philadelphia’s Temple University. She teaches nutrition and plant-based cooking throughout Philadelphia, and in many underserved communities. Char holds a certificate in plant-based nutrition from eCornell and completed Rouxbe’s Plant-Based Professional Certification course in 2015. In 2019, Char completed post-graduate course work in social media marketing at the University of the Arts. When she is not cooking or teaching, she manages social media accounts for several plant-based influencers. Char prides herself on learning everything she knows about cooking from growing up in her grandparents’ Italian restaurant. Her favorite vegetables are Brussels sprouts and kale, of course. Char originally hails from Queens, NY, but has lived in Philadelphia most of her adult life. She is a former Peace Corps Volunteer.