Food Pilot Network
A product does not enter the offer because it tastes good.
Four food locations where a new product is checked the way a restaurant checks it: for food cost, preparation time, margin and whether people buy it a second time.
- Krupówki
- Partner Bakery in the Podhale Region
- Partner Pizzeria in the Podhale Region
- Mobile Food Partner Network
Tastings prove very little. Everything tastes good when it is prepared without time pressure and served to someone who was invited.
Our food locations test differently. The product goes on the menu, is prepared by staff during a normal service, and is bought by people who paid for it and did not know it was new.
The path of a food product
The same route for a bakery mix, a semi-finished product and a whole concept.
- 01
Product
- 02
Test location
- 03
Real customer
- 04
Food cost
- 05
Preparation time
- 06
Margin
- 07
Go / No-go
- 08
Scale
What decides the outcome
Four numbers and one observation. Everything else is opinion.
Food cost
The real cost per portion in Polish conditions, including waste and the part of the product that never reaches the plate.
Preparation time
How long it takes at peak service, by a member of staff who is not the owner and has not been on a training course.
Margin
What remains after cost, labour and the price the local market will actually accept.
Repeat purchase
Whether people come back for it. A product bought once is a curiosity, not a business.
Go — the product enters the offer and we look for further locations.
No-go — we report back to the manufacturer with the reason.
A no-go is not a verdict on quality. Often it is a matter of price, preparation time or the local market being too small for the category. We say which one it was.
Photography pending
Krupówki
High-Traffic Food & Consumer Pilot Location
A commercial unit on the main tourist street of Zakopane.
Located in one of Poland's best-known mountain tourism destinations, on a street where a food product meets a large and constantly changing group of consumers.
For a food manufacturer this answers questions a tasting session never will: will people buy it a second time, does it survive service at peak hours, and does the margin hold once staff time is counted.
What can be tested here
- New food concepts
- Italian products and semi-finished goods
- Fast casual, panino, pinsa
- Maritozzo and desserts
- Coffee
- Year-round products, not only seasonal ones
Photography pending
Partner Bakery in the Podhale Region
Functional Bakery Test Site
A local production partner — not our property.
Working with a bakery gives access to something a test kitchen cannot provide: real production conditions, real batch sizes and a baker who will say immediately whether a recipe works in a working day.
What can be tested here
- New flour and mix formulations
- Functional and protein bakery products
- Focaccia, panino, pinsa bases
- B2B recipes for hotels
- Italian bakery technology
Partner location. We test here by agreement — we do not present it as our own facility.
Photography pending
Partner Pizzeria in the Podhale Region
Italian Food Concept Pilot
A partner restaurant with an Italian menu.
The natural place to test Italian ingredients and concepts in front of guests who came specifically for Italian food, in a kitchen that works with them every day.
What can be tested here
- Pizza and pinsa
- Panino and snacks
- Desserts and coffee
- Italian semi-finished products
- New recipes and food concepts
Partner location.
Photography pending
Mobile Food Partner Network
Mobile Food Pilot Network
A network of trailers belonging to a partner producing natural ice cream.
Mobile units reach places and moments that fixed premises do not: events, seasonal peaks, changing locations. They also impose the toughest discipline — a short menu, minimal equipment and no room for a complicated preparation.
What can be tested here
- Affogato and coffee-based desserts
- Espresso and premium coffee
- Hot chocolate
- Panino and focaccia
- Complementary products alongside ice cream
Partner channel. The trailers belong to our partner and are not our property.
Do you manufacture in one of these areas?
Tell us what you make and where you already sell. The first conversation costs nothing and usually settles quickly whether there is a route worth following.