RSS FeedSouth St. Burger Co. creates a buzz with our website refresh.
Filed under: Environmental Design, Jason, Web Design & Dev — Jason Hemsworth @ 3:22 pm
At South St. Burger Co. every item on the menu is designed to be “Best in Category” – offering not only top quality ingredients, but the best taste as well. Our latest refresh of the South St. website helps the customer clearly understand this point of difference.
From naturally raised, 100% pure beef to fresh cut onion rings, serving real food with outstanding flavour is what sets South St. Burger Co. apart. To date, we have helped South St. launch 12 locations, and South St. Burger Co. is more focused than ever on ingredient quality, simple cooking methods, the customer experience and their obligation to operate responsibly and conscientiously. South St. Burger Co. is involved in each step of the process, from “farm to fork” to ensure that their mandate is fulfilled.
South St. Burger Co. believes that better beef really does make better burgers; that’s why they buy their beef from small co-op farms that practice conscientious and natural farming. The beef has no hormones, antibiotics, preservatives or filler. And, like the fries, these patties are fresh, not frozen. They are flame grilled and made to order giving them a juicy, home-made taste, and served on your choice of regular or whole wheat bun, which are baked locally and delivered daily. But it’s the company’s vast selection of toppings that truly makes it stand out. With a variety of real cheeses and over 25 free condiments, including unusual items like guacamole, wasabi mayo and mango chutney – your burger will be unique and outstanding.
For the complete South St. experience, add an order of New York Fries, signature poutine, or onion rings. All are hand made in-store from fresh ingredients and cooked in trans fat free sunflower oil. Hand-scooped milkshakes are made with premium ice cream from a local dairy. Side orders are treated with the same respect as the burger. Because of this, South St. Burger Co. believes it is unmatched in the Canadian burger business.
Telling customers about the food is only half the story.
When you eat at South St. Burger Co., you’ll get more than just good food — you’ll get a good feeling, too. Here’s a sample of the areas they impact:
- They use 100% clean, renewable electricity for five of their stores from Bullfrog PowerTM, reducing their stores’ environmental impact.
- Purchase local ingredients. Their beef, buns, potatoes, chicken, cheeses and ice cream, are all purchased locally; reducing their carbon footprint and supporting local farms and businesses.
- Employ grill hoods with high technology heat exchange ventilation systems so their heating requirements are reduced by more than 300 cubic meters of gas per month, with a carbon savings of 6.84 tonnes per year, per store.
- Use LED bulbs as 50% of their store lighting requirements, saving 4,400 KwH annually and reduces carbon emissions by 1 tonne, per store, per year.
- Use environmentally friendly, non toxic cleaning products and post-consumer recycled paper products wherever possible and practical.
- Changed to air-cooled ice makers from water-cooled ice makers eliminating 2,600 litres of water per day or 950,000 litres (950 m3) in a year, per unit.
- Installed a solar-powered water heater and solar electric panels in 2 restaurants so far, with plans to add more.
- South St. Burger Co. is committed to its support of both local and international charities and to continuing their efforts to reduce their footprint on the environment.
So while we have been busy designing their restaurants and shaping the customer experience, the folks at South St. have been working hard to deliver best in category food and limit their impact on the environment. Check it out at http://southstburger.com/.
Bülgaria welcomes Yogen Früz
Filed under: Environmental Design, Eric, Uncategorized — Eric Boulden @ 3:08 pm
Jump Branding & Design Inc. is happy to announce the opening of the first Yogen Früz location in Bulgaria. Initial reaction has been overwhelming as the brand takes hold in this new market.
As the originators of the new brand identity and retail store design for Yogen Früz, we (Jump) are most impressed with how our design has been understood and adapted for this regional market. The success of this adaptation is a combination of the set of critical elements and design tenets that have been defined in an online guide developed by Jump Branding & Design Inc., initial design intent from Jump and the architectural group (Bulgaria’s) ability to realize and understand the brand from a visual and consumer experience. We tip our hats to the group from Bulgaria, you have made the brand proud!
BrandStandards.ca is an online tool developed for Franchise-based organizations through Jump’s knowledge of roll-out store design and brand development. Our objective is to assist in the development of consistency and clarity of execution and adaptation of your brand, while providing the tools and resources necessary during the planning and design phases of a roll-out store design program. Brand equity is critical to your success and maintaining consistency across all consumer touch-points will ensure clarity of your brand message. Please visit www.brandstandards.ca for more information and how this online tool will provide your team with the right tools to manage your brand.
Jump is a true creative solutions agency that combines strategy, creativity and technology to provide branding, marketing and design solutions for our clients. To find out more about our work on the Yogen Früz program, visit the brand identity development and environmental design case studies on our website.
Z-Teca Gourmet Burritos goes BIG
Filed under: Environmental Design, Eric — Eric Boulden @ 12:14 pm
Not only are the burritos at Z-Teca big but so are their ambitious plans to expand, with two restaurants opening within a month of each other in North Toronto. The first to open was at York Lanes at York University and has only seen “big lines”, it seems that the students at York U are craving the Mexican-inspired gourmet burritos of Z-Teca. Parents can now relax knowing that their offspring are being well-fed. The second location opened this week at Fairview Mall in Toronto just west of Hwy 404 and north of the Hwy 401. This location has gone big with a dominant exterior design program that is sure to catch the attention of traffic that is hungry for the rolled up goodness of a Z-Teca Gourmet Burrito. There are reports of traffic back ups everyday on the DVP, speculation is that people are heading to Z-Teca’s newest location.
Jump is excited to be a part of the development of these two latest restaurants and want to wish the team at Z-Teca continued success.
The York U. and Fairview locations are the latest additions to the restaurant chain including; 327 King Street West in Toronto, the Commerce Court and Gerrard St. E. locations and the Burrito kiosk at BMO Field during the Toronto FC season.
Click the link to see more of the restaurant design work we’ve done for Z-Teca.
The Stampede to South St. Is On!
Filed under: Environmental Design, Kevin — Kevin Hemsworth @ 1:47 pm
We at Jump have always been proud of the success of our clients’ brands, which is why we are extremely pleased to announce to the good people of Calgary the opening of the very first South St. Burger Co. in Alberta. Not only is it the first South St. to be opened outside of Ontario, it is also the first franchised location, first mall location, and the 10th South St. restaurant in the chain.
In keeping with the South St. mandate to serve food that is “best in class”, their 1/3 lb burgers are cooked from fresh patties made from 100 per cent pure, hormone and antibiotic-free, naturally raised beef from Calgary’s own Spring Creek Ranch.
The newest member of the South St. family makes its home at the CrossIron Mills Shopping Centre, beside the Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World store. Come on Calgary…get out and Rethink Your Burger!
View the full press release about the South St. CrossIron Mills opening on the South St. Burger Co. website.
BentoZushi opens Sun Life Centre Store
Filed under: Environmental Design, Kevin — Kevin Hemsworth @ 3:22 pm
We are proud to announce the opening of a new BentoZushi store, this one in the Sun Life Centre in the heart of the Toronto Financial District. We are particularly excited about this opening, as it is a new and improved BentoZushi that comes to the Sun Life Centre; the result of a concerted effort by both our team here at Jump and the team from Bento Nouveau to build a stronger BentoZushi brand.
The Sun Life Centre BentoZushi is only the second inline store (the rest being kiosks), and also provides seating for customers. We’ve added menuboards and photography, including some mouthwatering sushi shots that are sure to tantalize taste buds and encourage trial. The sushi chef is now front and centre, lending authenticity, personality and freshness to the concept. We’ve upgraded the food presentation, improved the salads, and included some exciting new product lines. All of this combines to deliver a better brand experience to existing BentoZushi customers, and bring the taste and experience of BentoZushi to even more sushi-lovers.
The Sun Life Centre BentoZushi brings the total number of stores to 11, as it joins the Galeries d’Anjou and Fairview Pointe-Claire in Quebec, Hawthorne Center and Fox Valley Center in Chicago, Scotia Centre in Calgary, Walden Galleria in Buffalo, Stone Road Mall in Guelph, Bramalea City Centre, RBC Plaza and Water Park Place in Toronto.
To find out more about our work on the BentoZushi program, visit the brand identity development and environmental design case studies on our website.