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Product/service idea: Salad rental.

114 replies

Mysterian · 26/03/2022 20:43

You phone the salad rental depot nearest you and they pop round with a lovely bowl of salad for your party. The guests see the healthy vegetables and rainbow of pretty colours sitting among your tasty beige buffet and judge you to be a good and worthwhile person. Then after the party has finished the salad rental van comes back and packs up the uneaten salad so it can be taken to the next party.

Could maybe rent out pineapples as well for when you have visitors.

Any investors?

OP posts:
boireannach · 26/03/2022 23:41

How early the next morning would you collect the rented salad ?

crackofdoom · 26/03/2022 23:41

Damn Polly, hope you check the T&Cs before you go eating the non edible food 😆

andysgirl22 · 26/03/2022 23:42

Hehehe can we have as pp have suggested the rented banana but could we have a rented pomegranate or passion fruit or something for partner to take to work and bring back u eaten on repeat . But a posh fruit like the pomegranate or something.i would like everyone to know how vair middle class my fruit buying is hahaha

andysgirl22 · 26/03/2022 23:44

Polly i will be your alibi and legal defense if you have invalidated your t and Cs by scoffing the pink wafers. I shall scoff alongside you and defend your right to chomp.

PollyPutTheKettleOnKettleOn · 26/03/2022 23:47

@andysgirl22

Polly i will be your alibi and legal defense if you have invalidated your t and Cs by scoffing the pink wafers. I shall scoff alongside you and defend your right to chomp.
Brilliant, thank you!

Pink wafers are a hill I'm prepared to die on but I'm not sure they give them out in prison so would scoff them at liberty!

Saffy321 · 26/03/2022 23:48

I'm sad for Sarah who is yet to master the art of carrot sticks.

Do people really judge you on your salad worthiness? is this where I went wrong with my pre-prep parties and countless mini sausages and mini sausage rolls?

JedEye · 26/03/2022 23:49

My local Indian takeaway chucks in a limp bag of salad free with every order. It arrives warm of course and goes straight in the bin.

But your rental company could step in here if there’s an option to hire a 5 minute garnish?

Original poster
Mysterian · 26/03/2022 23:54

I reckon a robust salad could do two shows a day.

I'd do the obvious small, medium, and large, but also a middle class selection with micro greens and "edible" flowers.

I'm still wary of fruit, but I could venture into the truly uneatable ones. Pomegranates, papaya, dragon-fruit, etc. Could do tongs as well. What's a party without tongs?

OP posts:
Wendyer · 27/03/2022 00:07

If you’re going to dip your toe into fruit, you need some of that god-awful one that smells and tastes of sick. I have temporarily and inconveniently forgotten it’s name now, but rest assured, it will be an investment in your future.

Original poster
Mysterian · 27/03/2022 00:09

I think it's called a Darren Fruit.

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Crankley · 27/03/2022 02:48

You would pick up the leftovers from one party to deliver to the next one? That's gross.

DoYouSeaWhatISea · 27/03/2022 02:54

I’ll invest 100,000 GBP for 20% of your co, OP.

LabelMaker · 27/03/2022 04:27

@JedEye

My local Indian takeaway chucks in a limp bag of salad free with every order. It arrives warm of course and goes straight in the bin.

But your rental company could step in here if there’s an option to hire a 5 minute garnish?

Ooh good idea, good opportunity to scale up the business.
TosstTastic · 27/03/2022 08:29

Have in reserve, when you've had enough fun and want them all to fuck off.

Durian has been described as the most foul-smelling fruit in the world. Its aroma has been compared to raw sewage, rotting flesh and smelly gym socks. Durian's smell is so pungent that the spiky-skinned, custard-like fruit is even banned from public places in Singapore and Malaysia.

FuzzyPuffling · 27/03/2022 08:33

To save on your costs you could fill the bottom of the bowl with those potato-based packing blobs and just add the stunt salad on top.

TinySaltLick · 27/03/2022 08:34

@Cheeseandlobster

I genuinely love salad as do a lot of my friends. We also love cake and biscuits so not a stealth boast. You are assuming no one would eat the salad but we would demolish it which would leave no salad for the next party. Out of a party of say 20, you could guarantee at least 5 people would have a bit of salad so why would the next party want a salad that has been partially eaten?
I imagine a small part of the fee goes towards the salad insurance which would cover any losses in this unlikely event
LabelMaker · 27/03/2022 08:53

I imagine a small part of the fee goes towards the salad insurance which would cover any losses in this unlikely event

Good idea.

Also is there scope to make this national with mail order? Like when you used to be able to hire dvds and post them back.

Wendyer · 27/03/2022 08:57

@TosstTastic

Have in reserve, when you've had enough fun and want them all to fuck off.

Durian has been described as the most foul-smelling fruit in the world. Its aroma has been compared to raw sewage, rotting flesh and smelly gym socks. Durian's smell is so pungent that the spiky-skinned, custard-like fruit is even banned from public places in Singapore and Malaysia.

That’s the one! Just one of those will be sufficient I think. Nobody will go anywhere near the fruit if you garnish each fruit bowl with that. Win win!
Wendyer · 27/03/2022 08:59

In fact, for an agreed percentage of your business, I will provide the Durian fruit.

HappyAsLarry2022 · 27/03/2022 09:01

You should have been the next apprentice, I’d invest!

HappyAsLarry2022 · 27/03/2022 09:03

Loving the posters who don’t get it 🤣

AngelinaFibres · 27/03/2022 09:15

@StripeyDeckchair

Thats gross, who would want salad that'd been to multiple other parties!!!
Doh SmileSmile
Saucery · 27/03/2022 09:20

If it had avocado in it you would need hefty insurance in case it got stolen.

BarryKentPoet · 27/03/2022 09:30

I already rent an apple to my DS, for his packed lunch. So with that in mind, I'm in.

Buzzinwithbez · 27/03/2022 09:41

When we had children's parties we used to refer to them as stunt fruit and vegetables.

At our last party, we were packing up and discussing what should happen to the leftover ( untouched) salad and I commented that I could bin it there or take it home and leave in the fridge for a week and then bin it. We all agreed best to deal with the guilt straight away and put it in the bin there.