Chapter 180
Su Yuanzheng asked his daughter: "Miaomiao, what do you think about this?"
"Dad, do you think this will work?" Su Miao asked back.
Su Yuanzheng put on his apron again and said after thinking for a moment, "I think what Manager Jiang said is right, and the sausage is indeed delicious. However, we process all our cooked food ourselves now, so I'm still a little hesitant to buy it directly from outside."
Su Miao nodded and said, "I don't think it's appropriate either. Our family is so popular because of the good taste, fresh ingredients, and genuine materials. At this stage, we can only control these three points by making it ourselves."
When it comes to deliciousness, everyone has different tastes. Su Yuanzheng doesn't dare to say that everyone likes his cooking, but when it comes to the freshness and cleanliness of the ingredients, he is very sure!
"Yes, I go out early every morning to buy the ingredients for our family. I always buy the freshest ones. When I come back, I take the trouble to clean them up. I never dare to be careless."
"Yeah, I think the food industry isn't regulated very strictly right now. It's too risky to let a small workshop handle food processing. Also, Dad, didn't Manager Jiang tell you about their selling price before he left?"
"Yes, he said that if we cooperate long-term, he can give us one yuan and five cents per kilogram."
Su Miao told his father his guess: "The current market price of a pound of pork belly is 1.7 yuan, and he only charges 1.5 yuan for a pound of sausage? Although sausages are not made of pure meat and other ingredients are added, those also have costs. This price is nearly 1 yuan lower than the market average.
Even if he bought the pigs from the village and slaughtered them himself, which would have reduced costs considerably, wouldn't the four or five people working in the workshop be working for nothing? The minimum wage for one person is 70 yuan per month, so for five people that's 350 yuan. How low would the cost have to be, and how many sausages would have to be sold to justify it?
Even if I'm being too narrow-minded, how long can they maintain such a low profit margin? Will they raise prices over time, or will they go bankrupt? If they're such an unstable partner, it's better not to have them.
Su Ji ultimately failed to reach a cooperation agreement with Manager Jiang, but Huang Ji launched sausage rice two days later.
Huang Ji has been neither very popular nor very successful since it opened. Although the boss's cooking skills are good, Su Ji across the street is too popular and his restaurant cannot stand out.
Previously, Su Ji’s shop was small, and many diners who didn’t want to wait for a table would come to Huang Ji as a second choice. The business was pretty good and there was some profit.
However, since Su Ji expanded its storefront and increased its customer capacity, their business has decreased a bit, but it is still maintainable.
Originally, the boss and his wife thought that it would be nice to continue to make some small money by taking advantage of Su Ji's customer base.
But the arrival of Manager Jiang made the boss lady's mind active again. No one in this area sells this kind of sausage.
If they were the first to launch it, it would definitely be popular, and then they would have their own loyal customers like Su Ji.
So she looked at Manager Jiang as if she had seen the God of Wealth. She was so excited by him that she ignored her husband's opinion and ordered fifteen kilograms of sausages every day.
After Manager Jiang left, Boss Huang muttered to himself as he cut some braised food: "You rashly ordered without even asking for directions! If you're a liar, you'll be in big trouble."
The proprietress, unhappy that her ambitions were being dampened, stood before her husband, hands on her hips, and said, "How could he be a liar? Did you eat that sausage? Was it delicious? He only took a two-dollar deposit, and the rest would be settled when the goods arrived. What did he cheat you out of? He spent all that time and effort to get you two dollars? And he even lost half a sausage?"
"Then...then this purchase price is too outrageous, right? How can fresh sausage be this cheap?"
"Are you still not happy about the low purchase price? The cheaper the purchase price, the more money I make, right? Didn't he tell me to go to the village to collect the pigs myself, not to buy them at the market? Didn't he show you the production license?"
"He just said that, and you haven't been to his factory. How do you know if it's true? Is the environment clean? And..."
The proprietress was annoyed by his talk and raised her hand to interrupt him: "Do I have to go to the factory to see if I want to buy a sausage? Then if I want to buy pots and pans, do I have to watch them make them? Huang Deming! You are a stubborn person. If I didn't run this family, they would have starved to death. Just cook your meal! You don't need to express your opinions on other things."
Their sausage rice is indeed very popular among diners. The key is that they purchase it at a low price and the prices are also affordable, which really attracts quite a few people.
"Boss, your sausage rice is cheaper than braised rice. Can you make money?"
"Yeah, yeah, this fresh sausage costs a lot more than offal, right?"
Boss Huang just smiled awkwardly without saying anything, so the boss's wife quickly came over to smooth things over.
"The meat in fresh sausage is expensive, but the seasoning is simple and the cooking method is also simple! Braised dishes are much more complicated, with more than a dozen spices, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. However, our prices are low to begin with, and we aim to make small profits but quick turnover."
Having said this, the diners stopped asking questions. After all, the buyer is never as smart as the seller. It is not their business to worry about whether the boss makes money or not. They just need to eat delicious food.
In just half a month, Huang Ji became the second most popular restaurant in the area, second only to Su Ji.
Su Miao also bought sausage rice twice. A serving cost only 80 cents. The portion was smaller than what she had at home, but it was enough for her, a little girl.
After eating the sausages, Su Miao suddenly wanted to try making them herself, but she had never tried it before, so she asked around with her neighbors, and found that there were actually quite a few aunties who could make sausages at home.
However, fresh sausages cannot be stored for a long time, so they often make cured sausages. The taste of each sausage is different, and the seasonings used are also different.
There are not only sausages, but also cured chicken, duck and cured meat, which made Su Miao drool.
Her grandparents died early, and her father didn't learn the craft, and it was even more impossible for him to learn how to cook willow catkins without getting involved in cooking. Therefore, her family rarely ate cured meats, and most of the time they would go back to the village to eat at their uncles' homes.
Su Miao took the scriptures and went to the library to borrow books, intending to study them carefully.
As soon as I got back to the door of my house, I saw several uncles in uniform talking to my father.
"Comrade, you are the owner of this restaurant, right? We are from the Food Hygiene Supervision Bureau. We have received multiple reports of vomiting and diarrhea caused by food hygiene issues over the past two days. We are now conducting a unified investigation of all restaurants where diners dined in the two days before they became ill. We need to enter your kitchen to inspect and collect samples. I hope you can cooperate."
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