flstandardbreds Chapter 142 Preparation 2
Chapter 142 Preparation 2
Su Yuanyuan also made some improvements to the fruit drinks. The first thing she did was to go to the blacksmith shop and order a simple hand-cranked juicer. She also ordered a few hand-beaten egg beaters to make milk foam.
I also ordered a few small earthenware jars for crushing garlic, which northerners call garlic jars. I ordered three sizes, large, medium and small, for crushing fruit.
Su Yuanyuan ordered several special cabinets with good airtightness. She also asked someone to sew thick pads with cotton, with fine stitches. She placed these pads around the cabinets to ensure a constant temperature.
This cabinet is where Su Yuanyuan plans to store ice, refrigeration and frozen food.
A batch of porcelain was also ordered, some in the shape of wide-mouthed water cups in modern society, in different sizes, including small, medium and large cups; there were porcelain pots of different sizes; there were also popsicle models, etc. Su Yuanyuan thought that ice cream would definitely sell well in the hot summer.
Su Yuanyuan thought that people could use porcelain pots or cups for takeout, but they would have to pay a deposit and return the container to the store to get the deposit back. If they didn't want to pay a deposit, they could pay a small fee for a bamboo cup and use it for takeout, or they could bring their own container. For this reason, Su Yuanyuan even specially ordered a lot of bamboo cups.
She also went to Su Andong's Junhu Village to order a lot of straws. Most of the straws here are made of reed stalks. Su Yuanyuan thought that since she had to find someone to do it anyway, it would be better to find the people managed by Su Andong, so that they could have some income. So things like bamboo cups and straws were all custom-made in the Junhu Village under Su Andong's jurisdiction.
Su Yuanyuan also started her own food tasting, but she was not tasting food, but fruit drinks. She tried making these things while making the drink menu.
Because glass is rare here, there are no glass cups or transparent plastic. So it is a bit difficult to make the drink menu. If you want to keep the authenticity, the cups must not be transparent so that you can't see what's inside; but if you draw it according to the transparent one, the customer will definitely feel disappointed if the drink they get is not what is on the drink menu.
Finally, Su Yuanyuan gave up drawing each one transparent and chose to be realistic. She just drew a transparent one according to her imagination, which looked very novel. She only wrote the names of the remaining drinks. Su Yuanyuan also selectively drew a few popsicles that could be seen.
Finally, in addition to the handheld drink menu, the drink menu was made larger and was planned to be posted on the wall so that customers could see it as soon as they entered the store.
In order to attract attention, Su Yuanyuan also made some models, including drinks and popsicles. The models are restored as much as possible, keeping the colors, and look very beautiful.
Su Yuanyuan handed over the management of the fruit drinks to Mrs. Su. Su Yuanyuan only planned to come up with ideas and be responsible for production, and did not plan to manage the fruit drinks herself.
Su Yuanyuan came up with ideas for the decoration, and Su Anyuan was busy helping his niece. It can be said that the decoration of Fruit Drink was all handled by Su Anyuan.
Old Lady Su was busy gathering people. She looked for middle-aged women who came with her this time, in their 30s and 40s, and selected four people. These four people were responsible for the production, and Old Lady Su arranged for them to learn the production from Su Yuanyuan.
Most of the people who came with them now have jobs, some arranged by Su Anton, and some arranged by other people in the Su family. There is no one left to provide work for Old Madam Su.
Mrs. Su simply went to the Junhu Village managed by Su Andong to recruit a few people, two men and two women, all around 30 years old, to greet customers in the store. Mrs. Su personally selected all the people, all of whom were honest and dutiful. Mrs. Su signed a very complete contract with them, and with Su Andong around, Mrs. Su was not worried about using these people at all. Besides, who doesn't want to make more money and lose this lucrative job?
Old Mrs. Su also placed these four people with Zhou Huilan, and had them train together with the waiters of Huiweifang to learn some service concepts.
Zhou Huilan is very experienced in this area. She has trained these people on everything from dressing etiquette to many small details. She adheres to the principle of customer first. For example, she greets customers when they enter the store; sends them out after dinner; and gives way to customers.
Although the training time is short, it will be continuously improved and strengthened in the future.
Zhou Huilan also implemented a reward mechanism for employees, selecting one outstanding employee from the front hall and back kitchen every month, and this outstanding employee would receive an additional reward of one or two taels of silver.
The selection of outstanding employees is done by the store employees themselves through secret voting.
After half a month of busy work, Huiweilou and Guoweiyin opened first, and both shops opened on the same day.
Su Anton was personally present that day to support the event. As it was his own shop, Su Anton didn't care what others thought, so naturally he had to show his support in person.
Because of Su An Dong's relationship, quite a few family members of officials from Nanling Prefecture came to show their support, and some even came in person.
The arrival of these officials naturally attracted many wealthy merchants and wealthy families in Nanling Prefecture. Are you kidding! The officials gave them face, how could they not know what was good for them? They had to come and show their support on the opening day.
For various reasons, the opening day was very lively, Huiweilou was packed, and the sales of fruit drinks were amazing. Fortunately, Su Yuanyuan had enough goods, otherwise there would not be enough to sell.