The next morning, Xu An called a short meeting with everyone and told them that Xu's Fast Food Restaurant had seven new employees.
After a simple welcoming ceremony, everyone got back to their busy work.
Some washed vegetables, some chopped vegetables, and some cooked vegetables; everyone did their job.
Liu Daxi's team of seven was divided into two groups. Liu Daxi led three people to work in the kitchen of store number three, while the other three followed Zhou Qi to work in the kitchen of store number two.
As for Xu An, he finally got rid of his identity as a chef and could be a hands-off manager!
However, since it was their first day at work, Xu An wasn't entirely at ease.
Yesterday, after talking with Liu Daxi, I learned that the other six people entered the hotel with the support of the policy. They are good at their hands, but they have no experience in cooking large-scale dishes.
Therefore, Xu An was mentally prepared to step in if the others couldn't adapt, since they needed time to adjust.
However, the problem that Xu An was worried about did not occur. The group was a little rusty when cooking the first batch of food, but they got the hang of it with the second batch, and by the third batch they were quite skilled.
After confirming that the seven people had adapted to their work, Xu An sat behind the cashier and discussed the store's income since August with Grandma Xu.
You don't know until you calculate it, and you'll be shocked when you do. Before you know it, the store's working capital has reached nearly 60,000 yuan.
With such a large sum of money, we need to plan it out carefully.
Many contrasting ideas flashed through Xu An's mind: insulated food carts, storefront renovations, and new packaging.
Everything seems urgent, yet it seems we can wait a little longer.
Ultimately, Xu An's focus shifted to packaging upgrades. Customizing packaging from manufacturers was far more cost-effective than buying from wholesale markets, and this approach of reducing costs and increasing profits was naturally the most important thing.
I wonder how far Taobao's designer is progressing?
Just as Xu An was thinking about this, his phone beeped with a notification. He took out his phone and saw that it was Tao Bao, the designer, who had sent him a sketch.
There are three sketches in total, each with a different style.
The first image is a chibi-style figure wearing a chef's hat, holding a spatula in his left hand and giving a thumbs-up with his right hand. Below the figure are the four standard Chinese characters "Xu's Fast Food".
The second image is a semicircle drawn with a brush, with a flowing "Xu" character in the center, giving it a simple and profound feel.
The third image is a full moon, with the character "徐" (Xu) carved in a large seal script. Below the image are the four characters "徐氏快餐" (Xu's Fast Food) in a neat and upright manner. The overall feeling is both lively and light, yet stable.
Xu An looked at the third logo and felt that it was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it before.
To this end, Xu An even went online to search for well-known restaurants, but found no one that used a similar logo.
Perhaps a restaurant or a popular online store in later generations used a similar logo, and I just happened to see it and that's why it felt familiar.
After failing to find the logo, Xu An stopped worrying about it and selected the third logo for the designer to refine.
At 10:30 a.m., the rider team arrived in front of Xu's Fast Food Restaurant in a grand procession.
After so much development, the number of riders has grown from ten to seventeen.
The other two who joined the rider team with Zhang Dezhen have found stable jobs and left. Although the salary is not as good as delivering food at Xu's Fast Food Restaurant, it is more stable and reassuring.
However, there are also many newcomers. The emerging profession of delivery rider for Xu's Fast Food Restaurant has spread in various job and part-time groups in Shanghai. Some people who cannot find a job temporarily and want to earn some money to get by, as well as some people who can only do part-time work, have all turned their attention to Xu's Fast Food Restaurant.
I'm not bragging, but if there were no limit on the number of riders, Xu's Fast Food Restaurant could definitely have thirty to fifty riders.
After loading all the boxed meals for the day onto the small truck, Xu An and Xu Guosheng began their delivery journey, with the final stop still being Elsa Clothing Company.
The person in charge of liaison is still Luo Min, but now Luo Min has two assistants by her side. She no longer needs to personally count and check, but only needs to issue invoices. Judging from this, she should have been promoted.
Today, four-fifths of Elsa Apparel's employees choose Xu's Fast Food Restaurant's boxed lunches as their employee meals, while of the remaining one-fifth, half choose meal subsidies and the other half choose Yipinxiang Fast Food Restaurant.
Just as Xu An was making contact with Luo Min, a familiar van pulled up in front of them.
The new manager of Yipinxiang Fast Food Restaurant got out of the car, greeted everyone present very politely, opened the trunk, took out a meager eight boxed meals, and stood aside to wait.
Suddenly a strong gust of wind blew in and into the van with its windows wide open, swirling up several flyers placed on the passenger seat.
The flyer was blown out of the car by the strong wind, twirled a few times in the air, and then suddenly the wind changed direction, slapping the flyer directly onto Xu An's face.
"What is this thing?"
Xu An reached out and peeled the flyer off his face. Just as he was about to roll it up and throw it away, he saw the eye-catching headline on the flyer: Shanghai Fast Food Association Launches Takeout Delivery Campaign!
Shanghai Fast Food Association? Food delivery activity?
What is this thing? I've never heard of it before.
Just as Xu An was about to examine the flyer more closely, the new manager of Yipinxiang Fast Food Restaurant rushed forward and snatched the flyer from his hand, saying apologetically, "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, the car window wasn't closed properly."
The new store manager then stuffed the flyer into his pocket, turned around, got back into his car, and closed the window completely.
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