Chapter 104
"By the way, you guys are going to make some soaked lunch boxes and disposable chopsticks, right? Are you starting to focus on takeout business again?"
Su Miao replied, "When the weather gets colder soon, we're going to switch the self-service porridge to braised rice or pork rice. We can eat in or take away. If you take away a lunch box, you definitely need chopsticks, but we can't find any disposable chopsticks for sale in the market."
"Because we don't use much here right now, and several disposable appliance factories are located in the north, the cost of shipping them here is high. But you're asking the right question. A boss recently opened a factory here. He's negotiated wholesale prices with my uncle, so the price isn't too expensive, and I can give you a discount."
“Do we have a factory here?”
"Yes, we have good timber resources here, and labor is cheap, so it's relatively cheap to set up a factory here. More and more people are eating out these days, so I think disposable chopsticks will develop very quickly once they're popularized. My uncle also seized the opportunity first."
Brother Xiaopang took them to see the samples. The packing box was the same as the one they ordered before. The tails of the disposable chopsticks were glued together. When using, you just need to hold the two chopsticks with both hands and break them apart.
However, nowadays disposable chopsticks are not individually packaged. A package contains fifty pairs, and the chopsticks are directly inside after opening the outer packaging.
Nowadays, diners are not so picky, so this is already very good.
Xiaopang Ge’s company is engaged in department store wholesale, and there are all kinds of samples in the warehouse. Su Miao ordered two more specifications of plastic bags.
The smaller one can hold one take-out box, and the larger one can hold two.
When leaving, Kuku loaded five boxes of goods onto the tricycle. The fat guy probably had a broken bone, so he only charged 15 yuan.
After returning home, they tested the portions, first putting a large amount of rice on the enamel plate, then a large spoonful of vegetables, and finally the meat dishes.
The spoon I used to scoop up the pork offal was quite suitable. A full spoonful was the same amount you would normally get when drinking porridge.
Braised food is also cut into two pieces and spread to fill the empty space on the plate, which is about the amount of half a take-away box. Finally, according to the needs of the customers, they can choose whether to pour sauce on the rice.
This way, a full plate of rice contains enough staple food, as well as both meat and vegetables, and you can also scoop in some side dishes.
Su Miao held the enamel plate and felt that it was bigger than his head. It had the perfect fragrance, perfect weight, and perfect color!
Then comes the takeout portion. First, use a takeout box to pack a portion of rice, and then take another takeout box with half meat and half vegetables, which is just about the same amount as dine-in.
Put the two boxes into plastic bags and put chopsticks on them. Guests can enjoy the food anywhere even if they go outside.
Now that the meal is ready, we will eat it at noon today. It is also very convenient. We can just take the two packed portions to Ye Jiayin and Ye Han, and they will eat it on enamel plates.
"Miao Miao, how do you want to price this set meal? Rice costs more than porridge. Look, that Laoyou pork offal rice noodle is only 1 yuan a bowl."
"Our large bowl of porridge is 50 cents, and the one with pork offal is 60 cents. So, should we also sell it for 1 yuan? When customers see that our rice is the same price as Laoyoufen, they will definitely think our rice is more cost-effective."
Su Yuanzheng calculated the costs, including labor, space, and materials. If the quantity was large, the cost of a meal would be about 50 cents. If he could sell 200 meals a day, it would still be quite profitable.
Instead of cooking so many side dishes, he could make another pot of braised food and stir-fried pork offal, which would not affect the takeout business, and the store's profits would also be able to go up a level. However, he still thought of a problem.
That night, Su Yuanzheng said to Su Miao, "Miao Miao, if we want to increase production, I'm afraid we won't have enough staff in the store. We handle our ingredients more meticulously than other shops, so it takes a lot of effort. Your brother Yu also has to make deliveries at noon, and if there are too many people coming to eat, I'm afraid there will be a long line."
Su Miao thought for a moment and said, "Dad, after all this time, what do you think of Sister Yingzi?"
"Yingzi? She's great, hardworking and sweet-talking. But the hard part is that she's down-to-earth and doesn't go around in circles."
"Then let's ask her about giving her a 10 yuan raise and asking her to come in earlier in the morning to help with the food preparation. We can also hire someone to help out in the store. I think with the launch of these lunch boxes, there's a good chance that a large group of people will place orders, and then we'll need to deliver the food, so we won't have enough staff in the store."
Su Yuanzheng loved large orders the most and became excited for a moment: "That's good too. After all, we can earn back a month's salary for someone in half a day. But if we want to raise Yingzi's salary, your brother Yu's salary must also increase."
"That's as it should be. From now on, cooking and braising will only be done by the two of you. You can ask the staff to help with everything else. Just keep the old braising sauce and the recipe packet, and you don't have to worry about anything else."
So it was settled. When Su Miao and Su Yuanzheng told Yingzi about this, she agreed immediately: "Then I will come over at 7 o'clock every day. My home is close anyway. There is no need to increase my salary. When I came, they said that the store would open at 11 o'clock in the morning and close at 8 o'clock in the evening. From 3 to 5 o'clock in the afternoon is rest and preparation time.
Now we have plenty of downtime, but the store closes early every day when everything is sold out at 6:30 or 7:00, and I always feel like I’m getting a bargain.”
Nowadays, the company lets employees get off work at 5:30, and the clock-in system is relatively loose, so the restaurant is usually full of diners at 5 o'clock, and the ingredients will be sold out between 6:30 and 7 o'clock.
Su Miao smiled and said, "Sister Yingzi, the work in the kitchen is very tiring, as there are many things to wash, cut and prepare. So a pay raise is necessary. We are not Zhou Paopi, so how can we just work without any pay?"
Yingzi was amused by her analogy and nodded: "Okay then, just let me do the work."
"Sister Yingzi, we plan to hire someone else to look after the store."
"Do we need to hire someone else? Wouldn't that cost more salary? I'm not tired, I can do it myself."
"Because we plan to expand production, we can't guarantee quality without adding more staff. In the future, our store will become bigger and bigger, and there will be more benefits in the future."
After hearing her say this, Yingzi also came to her senses. The boss wanted to make the company bigger and stronger, which was good. As long as she worked hard, she would always have a stable job.
Here the salary is high, the food is good, the work is not tiring, there are days off every week, and the boss also dotes on children. Last National Day, he even closed the store for three days so that he could be with his children.
People who do business outside would rather stay open from morning till night, how could they have such a leisurely mentality? Her sisters work day and night in the hemp spinning factory, I wonder how much they envy her.
I still have to ask Tang Ziyi to continue helping with the recruitment. I don’t know if there are still unemployed people on the last list.
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