Hi Jason and Amanda,
We just wanted to pass on a huge thank you for the effort you went to in looking after us for Sophie's birthday, it was really appreciated. The food was wonderful and the sandwiches were a good assortment with no vegemite in sight....how fantastic! The sausage rolls and sushi were great too and the adults ended up just sharing what we had, which is a nice testament to the quality of the food and the fruit salad was so fresh too! I think a few kids were surprised by the lack of 'colours and numbers' but we loved it and it is good to set a precedent for a party where everything isn't toxic but rather 'real'..... well done!
Sophie chose your venue for her party so I hope this aspect of your business takes off and we'll certainly tell everyone what a great experience it was for us.Amanda is a wonderful asset to your business of which I'm sure you are aware and was very prompt in getting back to me regarding organisation and menus. She also did a beautiful job with the ice cream cake, it was delicious.
Thank you also for the gorgeous gift we weren't expecting that, Sophie was delighted.
Please also thank Tracey again, she was so attentive and caring and really looked after us.
I have left a message Amanda for you regarding the photos. I just wanted to check with the parents that they were ok about us forwarding those to you, one family is away at the moment so I'll get back to shortly on that one. I don't think it would be a problem so long as names aren't used. We are happy if only Sophie's first name is used.
Please feel free to use some of the text of this email for promotional purposes if it can be helpful in any way.
Thanks again and we'll look forward to our next visit to Olivers when we are heading north.
Kind Regards
Simone Glover
Thank you!
We are very Grateful & Optimistic!
Keep up the good work, we sincerely hope Oliver’s is the McDonalds of the future!
Cathy Smith, QLD 4179 (15-02- 10)
I loveeeeeeeed the healthy food options and atmosphere on a road trip where there are usually very little healthy options. Please PLEASE open some of these cafes in Sydney suburbia? We need them!!!!
Would really like to know if any stores planned for suburban Sydney. I am in the north west and think there is definitely a market in Rouse Hill/Hills area of Sydney for these cafes. Please open one! we need more healthy options and I know that so many other locals would buy from you especially having the nutritional information available!
Lucy, NSW 2768 (12-02-10)
What a joy to find a place serving good food and drink. I'd just about given up. I live on the Mid-North Coast and hope you open more stores north, including nearer Brisbane.
What did you like most: Coffee that was actually drinkable and enjoyable! Also loved the fresh fruit salad with yoghurt AND seed/nut mix. Raisin toast serving was huge - and delicious.
Mandy Wright (15-02-10) NSW 2455
My wife and I (and baby daughter) were delighted to find Oliver's - finally a place to stop and eat. Not sure how long you have been there, we have been overseas for 4 years. So congrats on a brave move, and one I hope will reap rewards for you.
Marcus Dervin, NSW 2030 (26-01-10)
Hey, that FreshNess handmade BIRD BAR is THE BEST!!
YOU ARE GREAT!! KEEP IT COMING!
Minnie Biggs, NSW 2758 (31-12-09)
I had butter chicken with rice & choc mousse, the taste was cleansing and great. The food did not repeat on me....
Could you please open more stores in the Hawkesbury district where I am from.
Bernadette Nolland, NSW 2756 (23-01-10)
I would like it very much if you could open a store in Sydney as I do not get to go to your store as often as I would like to thanks.
Adam (08-12-09)
I'm just completely gobsmacked that you exist at all. We've become more used to these kind of options in the City or regional centres, but at a service centre on freeway, incredible. It's so refreshing to have a choice beyond Maccas or standard Australian fare. As well I try and avoid gluten so it's incredible to me that you sell gluten free options. Fresh, more healthy options without being too austere. And yeah, the loos are in good nick.
It would be great if you could have a whole franchise all the way around Australia. Wherever there's a service centre. Also, if you could have a presence at the Sydney Cricket Ground where I go to see Swans' matches. The food there is disgusting and very expensive. I try and take my own food, but sometimes I run out of time. I don't mind the occasional pie or chips, but this food is dead at the SCG.
Susan Charlton (09-10-09) NSW 2011
Hi there
I just wanted to send a big THANK YOU and congratulations on your stores. I have been wanting something like this to open for years along the highway as I don't like the fast food. It was so refreshing to be able to stop and feed our family good healthy food on a road trip.
I hope that in the future there will be more of your stores than there are McDonalds etc.
All the best.
Angela Stafford (09-10-09)
I have been to your restaurants on the highway between Newcastle and Sydney and also your restaurant which has now opened up next to the shell petrol station at Hexham.
You really know how to create a good restaurant that offers healthy food at good prices in a clean environment. The food is perfect for when you have been stuck in the car for hours and you know that a greasy burger will just make you feel even worse.
I have to say my favourite meal was the bircher muesli. I am a big bircher fan and I have not found a tastier one than yours.
I would like you to open up a restaurant in Coffs Harbour. I think the patronage would be there, and even if you didnt get anyone else, I would be eating bircher muesli there every morning.
I really think you should consider this :D
Gemma Frith (04-09-09) NSW 2450
That breakfast wrap makes me want to head 2 hours down the freeway, get it, and turn back around. open more franchises!
Tim NSW 2036 (28-08-09)
In my travels, I could not believe my eyes when I noticed Oliver's with the fantastic choices for healthy food. For years, I have been frustrated by the lack of innovative choices in fast food for travelling. Oliver's is brilliant!
I just wanted to compliment you on your outstanding philosophy in providing excellence in travel food. I was impressed by so many of your features including: recycling practices, healthy food and alternative health information. The recycled napkins are great! The food is not only tasty and good but I love the low fat sweet options. My husband loved the organic steak pie. Your DVD presentation promoting lifestyle change for improving health outcomes was interesting too!
Oliver's is like an oasis in the desert of fast food outlets. Please keep up your fantastic work and I hope to see more of Oliver's in other places.
How inspiring!
Kind Regards,
Sylvia De Nardi, January 2008
At a recent team offsite we took a busload of staff from Newcastle to Sydney for a day’s events. Having left Newcastle very early in the morning we had some hungry people on board the bus and needed to ensure they were all well fed & watered before arriving in Sydney. With the amount of fit and health conscious people we have in our company I wanted to ensure that the food they ate was nutritious and of course delicious! I spoke to Jason at Oliver’s Real Food about our options and with his assistance we were able to pre-order our food, juices and coffees. This ensured that when we arrived we had a minimal turnaround time and apart from a quick leg stretch our staff were able to stay on the bus and we could literally eat on the run. The food was freshly prepared, of an extremely high quality and we all loved it. Our staff couldn’t believe they could get such yummy food at a road stop and were very impressed with the breakfast options they had. I highly recommend Oliver’s Real Food to any passerby travellers whether you are on your own or in a group. Nothing is a problem for them and you will be grateful of their high standards and quality real food.
Regards,
Jacqui Mackley, Sydney, January 2008
I recently saw an add for your establishment and had the opportunity to visit Olivers yesterday.
How impressive, you have created an amazing place that caters for the "aware" individual. Well done.
How wonderful it would be to have Olivers in every town that has a McDonalds. What a pleasure it would be to buy healthy take-away on the way home from footy etc.
Muswellbrook needs you!
I am an Independent Representative for Organic and Natural Enterprise Group and am very passionate about educating the community on the benefits of an organic lifestyle. If you are interested I would very much like to provide your establishment with some FREE organic and natural living newspapers that will reinforce the health message to your customers.
Being in the organic industry allows me the opportunity to share information to many, so I would be happy to spread the word about Olivers, perhaps you could provide me with some pamphlets to share.
Have a happy and healthy day,
Warmest Regards,
Rae Witt
Oliver's is a slick polished set up and although it felt like years in the making - it is now a reality, providing people with an alternative to unhealthy stomach fillers ... you know health is my absolute passion and i can only hope that we will soon be seeing a chains of Oliver's around the country. I especially need to congratulate on the quality of the food you are serving ... we know there are a lot of people claiming to serve healthy food but is bland, boring and totally devoit of taste. The food I tasted was hot, healthy and really delicious. I am looking forward to my next trip down the highway when I shall be sampling more of your fare.
Jody Vassallo
Jody Vasallo is the author of the highly successful marie claire style series recipe books. Jody has a strong interest in nutrition and health and is responsible for the recipes in the National Heart Foundation of Australia's "Deliciously Healthy Cook Book". Her other titles include Murdoch Books' Vitamin & Mineral Counter, Fat & Fibre Counter and A Big bowl of Noodles. Jody works as a consultant to the NSW Institute of Sports and is a regular contributor to Australia's top food magazines.
I just wanted to reinforce how delighted we are after travelling the highway between Port Stephens and Sydney for 24 years to at last have a healthy choice when we stop to 'revive and survive' on our journey north (and soon southbound). The meals without additives are a fresh and tasty alternative, the coffees are great (and we are very fussy!), the service bright and friendly and the bathrooms spotless (I love the added touch of the lavender hand lotion!)
I have acquainted all my family and friends with details of your new venture and hope that all your other clients are passing the word in their own circles. We look forward to seeing your business go from strength to strength and hope to see you open one day in our own area.
Congratulations on what appears to be a great success and thank you for taking this leap of faith and not giving up on your dream, despite the four year lead time before opening.
We look forward to seeing you again.
Regards
Sandi Warren (Corlette)
“I've just returned home
to Newcastle from Sydney. My family and I stopped at Oliver's and I just feel compelled to write and tell you how thrilled
I am that you've opened your stores at Wyong. I grew up
in Newcastle and now have a large family of teenagers and
young adults - you couldn't count the number of times I
have travelled that road in my life! Throughout the earlier
years of raising my kids I often moaned at the lack of
a fast food outlet that had all the benefits of one of
those places - fast service, slick set-up and low prices
- but that served fresh healthy foods- AND YOU HAVE DONE
IT!
Thank you SO much. There were six of us and between us we tried just about everything
on the menu! It was all great. We loved the big table, the fresh juices, the
sophisticated coffee options,the stirfries and wraps (Which were so easy to continue
eating in the car). These were all foods that I feed my family at home - even
down to the miso, the wasabi mayonnaise, the brown rice and chick peas. The service
was friendly, the place was sparkling, the coffee was hot and it was SO affordable.
I could go on! I was gobsmacked - and well fed.
Thank you again, we will spread the word,
and keep on dropping in.”
From a happy and grateful mother,
Nicola Hensel
"Just wanted to congratulate you on your
wonderful Oliver's on the F3.... The toilets were just
amazing (clean, modern, there wasn't water all over the
benches) ..... and those automatic taps and that lavender
hand lotion! Oh, what a great surprise!! And then, to be
able to have a lovely hot cup of yummy pumpkim soup was
such a lovely surprise. The coffee to follow was even better
so I drove on my way to Hawks Nest, extremely happy
and satisfied. As a result, I have told all our friends
and customers" ...... "make sure you stop
at Olivers on the freeway because it's the best."
Many, many thanks for a great idea and a great healthy place to stop!
Best regards,
Amanda Cooney
"The food was fantastic, the service
was genuine and really friendly.Thanks for starting up
here" - Sarah from Terrigal
"Wow! We didn't expect to
see such a fresh, new place here on the highway. We're
definitely stopping here everytime." - Martin & Hanna
on their way to the Hunter Valley
"My kids loved it. They were
on the internet and watching the plasma while we enjoyed
our Italian coffee and we felt like we could stay a while."
- Kristin
from Tuggerah
"I'm a vegetarian and there were
finally healthy options catered for me- and the staff knew
what was in the food." - Pete from Newtown
"No preservatives, no additives
and all fresh and tasty. We felt great after our meals
and smoothies. Thanks guys." - Karl, Vania and
kids from Chatswood. |
