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Perfect Fry Testimonial – Degani Cafe, Westfield Doncaster

22 July 2020

The latest Degani Café opening is a kiosk located in Westfield Doncaster. This is one of a few kiosk layouts that Degani currently has. However, they are looking at expanding over the next couple of years, said James Marshall, National Store Development Manager for Degani. “The kiosk format is one of the models that we see real growth potential in. We are looking to open 40 more Degani outlets over the next 12 months alone throughout Australia.”

Meris Food Equipment has supplied some of the commercial food equipment for the latest fit-out, which includes a Perfect Fry.

In a kiosk environment, there is less infrastructure, such as exhaust hoods and reduced kitchen space. The Perfect Fry was suggested as it enabled Degani to produce the freshly fried food options on their menu despite the non-typical environment.

“Given Degani wanted to include some of their most popular fried menu items, even in this smaller format store, the best solution was the installation of a Perfect Fryer,” said Andrew Brick at Meris Food Equipment. We worked with the Degani team through the design process to come up with the best solution to meet their business needs”.

Aside from the small footprint and being completely self-contained, the Perfect Fryer has the added benefit of being automated to produce a consistently high-quality product.

“We were impressed with the quality of food the fryer produced, right from the trial cooking our chefs did. But additionally, all staff members’ cooking will now be able to produce those results,” said Mr Marshall. “That is imperative to us, as our customers expect the same high standard of menu items across all our stores and locations”.

Degani started back in 1999 and has grown the number of venues predominantly in Melbourne, but also some in Queensland. Degani sells over 100,000 cups of coffee a week. They continue to work on expansion and have multiple projects for store development.

If you have any franchise enquiries for Degani they can be contacted on (07) 3373 1090 or email [email protected]

An image of food served at Degani. Degani uses the Perfect Fry from Meris

About The Author

Michael Brick is a Partner & General Manager at Meris Food Equipment. For over 20 years he has helped food-to-go businesses boost sales and profitability by introducing innovative food concepts. His passion lies in creating a holistic solution, focusing not just on the right equipment (like Perfect Fryers or Flexeserve displays) but also on perfecting the menu, packaging, and in-store processes for increased sales, basket value, and food traffic.

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