Chapter 205 Assembly Line, you really think highly of me!
August 31, 2012.
As agreed, Han Yuanping arrived at the entrance of Xu's Fast Food Restaurant with the equipment ordered by Xu An and the installation technician. After exchanging pleasantries with Xu An, he asked with some curiosity, "You're not in the business of selling boxed meals, so why are you using a vacuum packaging machine? Are you planning to sell vacuum-packed boxed meals?"
"Haha, Uncle Han, it seems business is good at the expo. You haven't had time to keep up with the news in Haishi lately!" Xu An joked for a moment before saying, "I opened a new shop in the Yinxing Office Building, specializing in braised food. This machine is used to package braised food!"
"Wow! Mr. Xu, your business is doing quite well! You've already entered a new field so quickly!"
The two then engaged in another round of mutual flattery. As they chatted, Han Yuanping seemed to have thought of something, turned around, went back to the car, and took out a brand-new product brochure, handing it to Xu An.
"This is our company's latest product. Mr. Xu, you can take a look. If you have any needs, just contact me, and I will deliver it to you as quickly as possible!"
Upon hearing about the new product, Xu An immediately took the booklet and began flipping through it on the spot.
The added products in this manual include specialized meat processing equipment that can slice, shred, cut into strips, grind, and perform other functions; apart from that, the remaining products in the manual only introduce one item - the assembly line!
Yes, assembly lines, and not just one!
There are automated vegetable and fruit production lines that integrate everything from adding vegetables, washing, peeling, secondary washing, and food processing; and there are also integrated noodle processing lines that cover everything from mixing flour and kneading dough to resting, preparation, and cooking...
One of the production lines, named "Cooked Food Packaging," caught Xu An's attention. After being washed, the ingredients entered a pressure cooker for cooking. They were then processed into sizes convenient for human consumption by a high-speed cutter. After cooling in the cooling zone, they were transported to the next stage, where they were divided into portions according to specified weights and orderly entered into a vacuum packaging machine for the first step of vacuum packaging. Finally, they were sent to a bag packaging machine for outer packaging, and a bag of fully packaged cooked food products was freshly produced!
Looking at the assembly line, Xu An didn't think of boxed lunches, but rather of Xu's Braised Food, which became an instant hit shortly after opening!
But when Xu An glanced at the lowest price displayed on the page, his heart sank. That price was enough to buy the entire two-story furniture store outright. Uncle Han really thought highly of him, showing him such high-end and expensive products.
The food vacuum packaging machine was a finished product installed and debugged in the factory. The installation technicians first checked the equipment to make sure there were no problems with the assembly, then plugged it in, put the whole raw pig's trotter that Xu An had prepared into the vacuum machine in a bag, and pressed the start button.
Through the transparent cover above the vacuum machine, you can clearly see the air in the bag disappearing quickly. The transparent plastic tightly wraps around the pig's trotter, and even the gaps between the pig's toes are perfectly sealed together without leaving any gaps.
As the beeping sound rang out, a ring of slightly warm gas was released from the bottom of the machine with a hissing sound.
The installer took out the vacuum-packed food, carefully checked it to make sure there were no problems, and then handed it to Xu An.
While Xu An was inspecting the machine, Han Yuanping explained, "This is a multi-purpose packaging machine. Besides vacuum packaging, it can also handle everyday packaging; it can be used for dry, wet, powder, and even oil products. A special note is that meat and cooked food have a shelf life of only ten days. If they exceed this date or if the packaging leaks or becomes airtight, they should not be consumed..."
After giving Xu An his instructions, Uncle Han and the installation technician returned to the car and headed to the next shop. This time at the Shanghai Machinery Equipment Expo, aside from other aspects, sales of small automated kitchen appliances, thanks to the real-world example of Xu's Fast Food Restaurant, were 1.5 times higher than at other expos! The results were truly remarkable!
Otherwise, Xu An only had a small vacuum packaging machine, and even considering the friendship between the two, Han Yuanping wouldn't have needed to make the trip himself.
The vacuum packaging machine has been installed and the results are already visible. The first thing to do is to contact Uncle Dongliang's friend to apply for a food packaging license.
The second thing is to find designer Orange to modify the logo, mainly to change 'Xu's Fast Food Restaurant' to 'Xu's Braised Food Restaurant' at the bottom, and nothing else needs to be changed;
The third thing is to contact the factory to produce the outer packaging bags for vacuum-packed food, and the bags must have the 'Xu's Braised Food Shop' logo on them;
The fourth thing is to have Tang Wen promote the product online after completing the above steps. If there is a lot of public demand, then launch the vacuum-packed "Xu's Braised Food" into the market.
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After working from morning until four o'clock in the afternoon, Xu An finally finished the first two tasks and sent the revised logo to the factory for packaging. He could barely consider today's work done.
In Zhang Dezhen's rented room.
As always, Xu's Braised Food Shop sold out of its 1,150 jin (775 kg) of braised food today. Although it took a little longer than the previous three days to sell out, the shop still closed for the day before 9:00 PM. After cleaning and tidying up the insulated boxes, I returned to my rented room close to 10:00 PM.
I'm really tired. I was distracted for a moment on my way back to my rented room and almost tripped and fell, but luckily my body reacted quickly enough and I only stumbled a few times. But I'm also really happy. The more I cook and sell, the more commission I get.
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