Unless you make sandwiches fresh and salads then please give people the option about having tomato and cucumber in them.
Me and DP, my best friend and her kids, two of my other friends and my sister have a strong hatred both of these foul fruits and they are often used to bulk up sandwiches and added to ready made salads and garnishes.
I feel like every time we go somewhere for a quick lunch in a cafe there are loads of places off limits as the baguettes and sandwiches are made up with tomato and cucumber and it’s often hiding in other things. We had never been to a Greggs except to buy kids sausage rolls but every single sandwich that was pre made had one or the other when we went last week. Even when we request that we don’t want them staff often forget and it’s like Russian roulette when my DP, best friend and her kids are all autistic. My friend and her kids have ARFID whereas DP would just stop eating if he comes across something unexpected and had requested for it not to be there.
Surprisingly most of us like a salad and me and DP love going to places with salad bars with lettuce, olives, peppers, feta, cous cous, cold meats, coleslaw etc. there is a place in our small town that’s always packed because of the salad bar.
Jacket potatoes are always a good choice and quiche, soup and paninis. I live in a busy tourist town and have managed/ran single handedly a few cafes. Jacket potatoes cooked in the oven often sold out early, we also did fish finger sandwiches that were the most popular with a proper ploughman’s with cheese/ham pickles, pork pie, coleslaw and fresh bread.
Wetherspoons do the poke bowls and superfood salads and that kind of thing, I think it’s popular for some crowds but it depends on the area. Where I am in a small town up north they haven’t really caught on.
In summer iced coffees and frappes are always popular no matter where you are.
I have made myself very hungry now and I just woke up in the middle of the night so I don’t want to start eating. I should have avoided this thread!