RAMEN LAB by TopZpin
Saskatchewan’s Ultimate Ramen Experience
60+ South Korean ramen choices. Mix and match your favourites. Try one in the Ramen Lab. Or bring the Ramen Lab concept to your own business.
Welcome to Ramen Lab by TopZpin — a new way to discover, try and enjoy South Korean instant ramen in Saskatoon.
Located inside TopZpin Hitlabs, Ramen Lab brings together three unique experiences in one concept: the Ramen Wall, our self-serve automated Ramen Lab, and an affordable turnkey business opportunity for entrepreneurs and existing facilities.
Explore more than 60 South Korean ramen varieties. Build your own mix-and-match ramen pack. Pick a ramen from the wall and make it in our automated Ramen Lab to discover what it tastes like before stocking up on your favourites.
And for entrepreneurs, Ramen Lab is more than a customer experience. We’ve developed the concept into a small-footprint business opportunity that can be added to an existing facility or launched as a new business.
Whether you want to shop, slurp, or start a Ramen Lab of your own — it all starts here.
THE RAMEN WALL
One of Saskatchewan’s Largest Selections of South Korean Ramen
Why buy an entire multipack of one flavour when you can choose exactly what you want?
The Ramen Wall at TopZpin features more than 60 South Korean ramen choices, giving ramen lovers one of the largest and most varied selections in Saskatchewan to explore.
Instead of buying a multipack filled with the same flavour, our ramen bags are available individually. That means you choose the ramen and you build the package.
Try something spicy. Add something creamy. Grab an old favourite. Discover something completely new.
MIX. MATCH. DISCOVER.
1 RAMEN
Try something new.
BUILD A 3-PACK
Choose any three varieties you want.
BUILD A 6-PACK
Create your own customized ramen collection with six choices from the wall.
Your package. Your flavours. Your choice.
No more buying an entire multipack of one flavour only to discover you don’t like it. With more than 60 choices on the Ramen Wall, you can experiment, discover new favourites and build a different combination every time you visit.
Pick one. Mix three. Build six. You choose what goes in your pack.
THE RAMEN LAB
Don’t Know What It Tastes Like? Make One Here.
The Ramen Wall is only the beginning.
See a ramen you’ve always wanted to try? Pick a package from the Ramen Wall and bring it over to the Ramen Lab — our interactive, self-serve automated ramen experience.
SCAN. TAP. MAKE. ENJOY.
The process is simple:
- PICK YOUR RAMEN
Choose a ramen from our selection of 60+ varieties on the Ramen Wall. - PICK YOUR TOPPING
Choose from cheese, egg, seaweed or SPAM. One topping is included with your Ramen Lab experience, with additional toppings available. - PAY AT THE COUNTER
Bring your ramen and toppings to the counter and pay before heading to the machine. - SCAN. TAP. MAKE.
Scan the barcode on your ramen package at the automated Ramen Lab machine. Follow the on-screen instructions, choose your preferences and let the machine do the rest.
The Ramen Lab automatically handles the water, heat and cooking time for your selection. In just minutes, the package you were curious about becomes a hot bowl of ramen ready to enjoy.
LOVE IT? TAKE SOME HOME.
Found a new favourite? Head back to the Ramen Wall and add it to your customized take-home pack.
That’s the idea behind Ramen Lab — discover before you stock up.
Instead of buying an entire multipack without knowing whether you’ll like it, purchase one ramen, make it in the Ramen Lab and experience it for yourself. If you love it, grab more. If you don’t, there are 60+ other varieties waiting to be discovered.
MAKE IT YOUR OWN
Ramen + Toppings + Drinks
Ramen Lab isn’t just about cooking noodles. It’s about creating your own ramen experience.
Customize your bowl with our Topping Bar, featuring cheese, egg, seaweed and SPAM.
JUST RAMEN — $6.99 + taxes
Includes one topping.
K-TOPZ COMBO — $7.99 + taxes
Includes one topping plus a Korean drink or pop.
EXTRA TOPPINGS — $0.99 + taxes each
Pick it. Customize it. Make it. Slurp it.
And when you discover one you love, head back to the Ramen Wall and build your own mix-and-match pack to take home.
OPEN YOUR OWN RAMEN LAB
Bring Ramen Lab to Your Facility
Ramen Lab isn’t just something we’re building at TopZpin.
It’s a business concept we’ve designed to bring to other facilities, businesses and entrepreneurs.
Ramen Lab is a compact, affordable and easy-to-operate food and retail concept that can be added to an existing facility or used as the foundation for a new small business.
START A RAMEN LAB FOR UNDER $5,000 CAD
The Ramen Lab Starter Package is $4,995 CAD and provides the foundation you need to bring the Ramen Lab concept to your location.
The starter package includes an automated ramen cooking machine, 300 special ramen induction cooking bowls, the Ramen Lab branded concept and customer experience, Ramen Wall merchandising guidance, pricing and menu framework, signage, topping station guidance, product costing framework, operator training and setup, launch marketing assets and remote launch support.
BUILT TO KEEP THINGS SIMPLE
Ramen Lab is designed around a small footprint, low startup investment and simple operation compared with opening a traditional restaurant.
The core concept does not require a traditional chef-driven menu or conventional restaurant cooking line. Packaged instant ramen also offers the advantage of a long shelf life while allowing the same inventory to support both prepared ramen experiences and take-home retail sales.
MULTIPLE WAYS TO GENERATE REVENUE
One Ramen Lab can create several potential revenue streams from the same core concept.
(1) Sell individual ramen packages.
(2) Sell mix-and-match ramen packs.
(3) Turn a ramen package into a prepared Ramen Lab experience.
Add toppings.
Add Korean drinks and pop.
Sell customized take-home ramen packs.
The goal is simple: turn a relatively small amount of space into an interactive food and retail experience that gives customers multiple reasons to spend.
A SMALL-FOOTPRINT BUSINESS WITH BIG POSSIBILITIES
Ramen Lab can be considered for entertainment facilities, recreation centres, sports facilities, universities and campuses, convenience-oriented retail locations, malls, food halls and other high-traffic environments.
It can be especially attractive for an existing business with an underused retail, concession or customer area.
Instead of making the investment required to build a conventional restaurant, Ramen Lab is designed to create an additional food and retail revenue opportunity using a compact footprint and automated preparation.
RAMEN LAB #001 — SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN
Our first Ramen Lab at TopZpin Hitlabs in Saskatoon serves as the working showcase for the concept.
Visit Ramen Lab #001. See the Ramen Wall. Try the automated cooking experience. Explore the merchandising and customer flow.
Then imagine what a Ramen Lab could look like inside your facility.
WANT TO OPEN YOUR OWN RAMEN LAB?
Turn an empty corner, concession area or retail space into a new customer experience and potential revenue stream.
RAMEN LAB STARTER PACKAGE — $4,995 CAD
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