At 2 p.m., less than 50 of the 600 bottles of apple cider vinegar that were delivered yesterday afternoon remained.
Xu An called Liu Tong and asked him to restock 500 cans.
Liu Tong was dumbfounded after receiving the call. Yesterday, Xu's Fast Food Restaurant had ordered a full 600 cans of apple cider vinegar drinks. Why did they need to order more today?
Normally, customers would learn about the event on the first day, and things would gradually start to look up from the second day. It would take at least a week to sell all 600 cans of drinks, and that's under ideal circumstances.
Although he had arranged for the factory to deliver the goods, the high sales volume made Liu Tong feel uneasy, so he decided to make a follow-up visit tomorrow at noon.
I arrived at Xu's Fast Food Restaurant at 11:10 a.m. and looked around both floors. About 60% of the customers were buying drinks, which is not a low percentage.
I happened to see Xu Heping putting drinks into a styrofoam box. He stopped when the box was full, went to the kitchen to get some ice to cover the gaps, and then carried it to the tricycle outside the shop.
Even if this foam box is filled with two layers, it will only hold about sixty cans. With the customers who make purchases in the store, the daily sales are estimated to be around one hundred and twenty cans, which is still far from five hundred cans!
At this moment, a worker paid the bill, picked up the tray, turned to Liang Dani, and asked, "Are there any free drinks today? I had some yesterday and it was pretty good."
"Starting today, you can buy it for 1 yuan. We also have Coke, Sprite and orange juice to choose from, but these drinks are not included in the promotion."
The worker peered into the freezer and saw the price of the cola—2.5 yuan, 1 yuan more expensive than the apple cider vinegar.
Thinking of the apple cider vinegar I drank yesterday, the cool, sweet and sour taste of it on my tongue came to mind, and my Adam's apples involuntarily bobbed up and down: "Give me a bottle of apple cider vinegar."
"Alright!"
Liang Dani took a drink from the freezer and handed it to the worker, saying, "This promotion ends at the end of next month. After the promotion ends, the price will return to normal, 3.5 yuan a can."
When the workers heard Liang Dani say this, the last bit of reluctance in their hearts vanished instantly.
The drink that originally cost 3.5 yuan now only costs 1 yuan. How wonderful!
Liu Tong, who had watched the entire transaction from the sidelines, was still thinking about the 'free drinks' the workers had mentioned earlier, and reached out to stop them from leaving.
"Hey buddy, what's this about the free drinks you mentioned?"
Seeing that Liu Tong looked unfamiliar, the worker assumed he was a new customer and explained enthusiastically, "Yesterday the store had a promotion where everyone who came in got a free drink. You're late, though. Today we're charging you, one yuan a can."
Offering a free drink with every purchase violates the contract!
Liu Tong was furious, but several clauses in the contract suddenly came to mind.
It seems that there is no clause that prohibits giving things away for free.
The contract requires customers to make a purchase before they can buy drinks; this requirement has been met, and the customer has indeed placed an order.
The complimentary drinks were bought by the owner himself and given to customers for free; the contract did not state that this was not allowed.
Vulnerability!
Xu's Fast Food Restaurant has taken advantage of our weakness!
Liu Tong hurriedly left the shop, took out his phone, and called the company.
At this moment, Xu An came out of the kitchen carrying a styrofoam box full of boxed lunches. When he saw the figure outside the store, he thought it looked like Liu Tong, the promoter from the beverage company.
Judging from the looks of it, they've been discovered, and they found out really quickly.
However, Xu An didn't care at all; he had already achieved his goal.
Yesterday's free giveaway was initially successful; today, six out of ten customers who came to the store were willing to spend an extra dollar to buy apple cider vinegar.
Fewer people are willing to add items to their carts among takeout orders, only two out of ten, but the sheer volume of takeout orders is overwhelming; four hundred boxed meals would require eighty cans of apple cider vinegar.
The two combined amount to over a hundred, making daily sales of two hundred a realistic possibility.
Elsa Apparel Company.
At 11 o'clock, the printer in the company broke down. We contacted a repairman, but he can't come to repair it until tomorrow. The documents that need to be printed are needed for the meeting this afternoon.
The receptionist had to brave the sweltering heat to go out and find a print shop to print her meeting materials.
Just outside the company gate, not far away, I saw that the advertisement on the bus stop sign had been changed from electric vehicle posters to beverage posters.
Sweet and sour, refreshing and perfect for summer – Haiquan Apple Cider Vinegar
Oh, I just had this drink yesterday!
Looking up at the opposite side, I noticed that the advertisement on the bus stop sign had also been changed to this one.
Looking at the bright red apples in the advertisement, the receptionist's mouth watered noticeably as the sweet and refreshing taste filled her mouth.
Or, when you order tomorrow's boxed lunch, could you add a bottle of apple cider vinegar to your order?
It's only one yuan!
The advertising space will not only be placed at a few bus stops near the Haishi Library, but at all bus stop advertising spaces throughout Haishi. For the next month, Haiquan Apple Cider Vinegar will be in full swing.
Many passengers waiting for the bus and passersby saw the advertisement and gained an initial impression of Haiquan apple cider vinegar.
The main conference room of the real estate company building belonging to the Zijing Garden construction site.
After nearly half a month of discussion, consideration, reporting, and meetings, the meal plan for the workers at the Bauhinia Garden construction site was finally finalized.
Five hotels will be selected for bidding, and the winning hotel will supply boxed meals to the construction site.
The five bidding hotels have been selected, and today is the day for the bidding.
The logistics manager was washing his hands in the restroom when a middle-aged man slipped into the restroom, placed the "Do Not Enter" sign behind the door at the entrance, locked the restroom door from the inside, and then looked at the logistics manager with a smile.
"Old Qi, why are you being so secretive? Is something wrong?"
"Didn't anyone see you come in?" Old Qi was very cautious, opening every toilet door to make sure no one was inside before saying, "I just found out the bidding prices for the other hotels: 9, 8.5, 8, 8."
"Wow, two companies are offering 8. They got the information too." The man rubbed his hands together, looking somewhat embarrassed. "Eight is already the lowest price. Even if we lower it any further and win the bid, we won't make any money."
"I also heard another piece of information: if the implementation at the Bauhinia Garden construction site goes smoothly, other construction sites will also improve and implement it according to this standard."
What do you mean?
“Yes!” Old Qi nodded confidently: “As long as we take over the Bauhinia Garden construction site, we might be able to take over the other construction sites as well.”
"But if the price is any lower, I won't be able to explain it to my superiors."
“You can lower the price by one cent, but that won’t do. One cent would be too deliberate. How about two cents? Seven dollars and eighty cents!” Old Qi lowered his voice even further. “There are twelve construction sites in Haishi, with a total of three to four thousand workers. If we take them all, won’t you be in charge of the hotel’s logistics from now on?”
Old Qi's words were quite tempting, and the man's expression changed repeatedly before he finally gritted his teeth.
"Okay, then it'll be seven yuan and eighty cents!"
The bidding process went smoothly, and Jinxiu Hotel ultimately won the bid with a meal price of 7.8 yuan.
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