True Food Kitchen: Competitive Landscape (2)
- Hale & Hearty's main message is surrounding their healthy soups that are made with local and fresh ingredients. Their value proposition and main message are similar. It has to do with their soups, that are made from scratch, with fresh ingredients and have tasted the same since the day they first opened their doors.
- Overview and Value Proposition
- Hale & Hearty Soups own and operate fast-casual restaurants in the US.
- They offer a variety of soups, salads, simmers and sandwiches, all freshly made. Their food contains no
preservatives but rather local, fresh and natural ingredients. - They were established in 1995.
- Their value proposition has to do with the fact that they serve soups made using healthy ingredients. All of their foods are made from "scratch" with local ingredients and stock that is homemade.
- Their ingredients are cut the same day they are prepared and are simmered into their bisque, chili, and chowder. Their food tastes the same as it has the first day they opened.
- Their message highlights the warmth of their food. They also highlight foods suitable for the season. For example, during the summer, they focused on their salads, sandwiches, and burgers.
- However, during the fall, the emphasis is on their soups, and chilies.
- Their menu includes dairy-free, low-fat, vegan, gluten-free, and vegetarian dishes. Examples of their dairy-free food to include H & H Tuna Salad, Fall Turkey Sandwich, Ten Vegetable, Three Lentil Chili and Tomato Basic with Rice soups.
- Some of their low-fat food items include Chicken and Black Bean Chili, Chicken Vegetable with Couscous or Noodles, Vegetarian Split Tea soups, and Avocado and Tomato salad.
- Target Audience and Locations
- Their primary target market is
busy hungry people who enjoy having soup. They target people that are 13 years and older. - Hale & Hearty has 22 locations in Boston and New York. These locations can be found in Boston, Brooklyn, Long Island, and Manhattan.
- Just Salad
- Just Salads
was established in 2006 as a private company. - They own and operate healthy fast-food restaurants that serve salads, wraps, seafood, soups and farm chicken.
- Their value proposition is based on the value of their food. They are committed to selling food that is economically priced. As a result, they serve at least "10 items for $10."
- In addition, their mission is to real food while making people feel good as they reduce waste, save money and eat healthily.
- Just Salad focuses on making healthy food. They use healthy ingredients which are picked and cooked on the same day. These ingredients are served, steamed, raw, baked or roasted.
- The company recently announced that they were replacing real beef with Beyond Beef.
- Their menu includes a wide variety of food that were seasonals, wraps, salads, warm bowls, toast boxes, soups, and smoothies.
- Additionally, their foods are vegan and gluten-free. Some of their seasonals include
Keto Zoodle Bowl, Autumn Caesar Salad, and Spiced Pumpkin Bisque. - Their toast boxes include Avo Blast Toast and Crunchy Avocado Toast. Examples of their soups are Chicken Noodle and Spiced Pumpkin Bisque.
- Target Audience and Locations
- Just Salad's target market includes people who enjoy eating healthy, however, the majority of their customers are college-educated.
- Additionally, given that some of their locations are based on university campuses, their target also includes university students.
- Just Salad has locations in New York, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Florida, North Carolina.
- They have 23 locations in New York, six locations in Chicago, two locations in Pennsylvania, four locations in Florida and two in North Carolina.