Chapter 245: Machinery Factory Canteen

At the office, Luo Cheng just came to visit and give out bonuses, not because his shop was doing well, but because he was happy to be a father.

Luo Cheng's mind was really on the Huimin Canteen now, not to make money, but because he found it interesting. If he wanted to take care of the elderly and children and let them have a clean, sanitary and affordable place to eat, Luo Cheng really didn't realize it to that extent.

Luo Cheng opened such a canteen, in fact, it was more for fun, just like some people spend money to play games, he just played it as a business game. It's just that while playing, he took care of the people who needed care.

Luo Cheng's canteen planned to implement meal tickets and vegetable tickets for people to eat, and in terms of ticket printing, he also planned to use the meal and vegetable tickets of his time.

As for staple food, he also made steamed corn bread. Of course, the steamed corn bread of this era was made of corn flour, yellow, and tastier than steamed buns. In Luo Cheng's era, the steamed corn bread was not necessarily made of corn flour. It was made by mixing corn flour with some wild vegetables. The color of the steamed corn bread was actually gray or even black.

After leaving the office, Luo Cheng went to his own canteen to take a look. The sign of the canteen is also ready, and the name is ‘Machinery Factory Canteen’

“Boss Luo, why is this canteen called the Machinery Factory Canteen? Our canteen is related to the machinery factory.”

“It doesn’t matter. It’s just a joke. This is just our first canteen. Maybe it will be called the Textile Factory Canteen or the Garment Factory Canteen in the future. It’s just a random name.”

“Oh, Boss Luo, if the canteen is run like this, the profit is too low. If there are too few customers, it’s hard to make a profit.”

“Break even if you don’t charge your own employees.”

“That’s not difficult. With such a price and a good reputation, there should be many people nearby who will come to eat.”

“That’s fine. In fact, a small loss is nothing. After this canteen is built, the employees’ work meals will be transferred here. I have to bear the staff meals even if there is no canteen. With the canteen, it’s profitable to lose less.”

Luo Cheng smiled and said to the manager of the canteen here. The manager is an aunt in her forties. She used to be the manager of a fast food chain. There must be no problem in management. She can take care of the kitchen and the front desk.

Luo Cheng runs such a canteen, which is actually very easy to manage. If it is other fast food restaurants, if the business is good, the kitchen will definitely keep adding dishes. But Luo Cheng uses a registration system. Once the meal ticket is sold, it will be sold for a month. Temporary meals are also sold, but Luo Cheng asked the canteen here to make 30 more meals for temporary meals.

In this way, they will not be sold after they are sold out, and the chefs in the kitchen will be relaxed. And there is no need to arrange special personnel to sell tickets or something. In fact, it is faster to check the dishes and tickets than to make orders.

"Then the opening poster should be posted in advance. The people in the kitchen and the front hall have been recruited."

"Try it. The tables and chairs will be delivered in the next two days. See if there are any tickets purchased in advance."

"Okay, I will go and post the opening notice and the reservation form poster at the staircase tomorrow."

Luo Cheng nodded. The decoration here is simple, mainly the renovation of the kitchen. And there is no need to recruit many employees in the kitchen and the front desk. The only difficulty is whether everyone can accept this form. Many people want to eat. If they don’t make it at home, they will buy it temporarily when they go out.

Let everyone spend money to buy some so-called meal tickets without seeing anything. And they don't accept small purchases. Of course, it doesn't mean that you have to buy for 30 days at a time, but Luo Cheng set the minimum purchase amount to 100 yuan.

100 yuan doesn't seem like much, but if you use the card at other fast food restaurants, you can't eat for a few days. But the price of vegetables here is too low. The canteen manager here is called Zhu Li. When she first came here, she saw the price and thought it was a welfare canteen within a certain company. Or maybe it cooperates with some agency and has subsidies.

Vegetables are actually one yuan per serving, that's right, one yuan. Because the tickets that Luo Cheng asked her to print in the advertising store are just vegetable tickets, and there are no types at all.

And half meat is two yuan, that is, the egg type. Meat dishes are three yuan, but there is no seafood in the meat dishes. According to Luo Cheng, if you want to eat good food, just make it at home. Here are ordinary dishes, and it's enough to have a big meatball for meat dishes. For a big meatball of three yuan, you must ensure that the meat is acceptable, and the cost is controlled at two yuan, and the quantity is enough.

As for rice, Luo Cheng asked Zhu Li to make two-liang tickets, with three specifications of two liang, four liang, and six liang. As for the price, two liang of rice costs one yuan. The rice is organic rice, but Luo Cheng did not measure it according to the weight of rice in his era, but after it was cooked.

One catty of rice is about two catties of rice, which is actually ten yuan for one catty of rice. It is similar to the retail price of his rice shop. All rice aspects are considered to be retailing ecological organic rice. And the rice used in this canteen is organic rice, which can also be used as a means of publicity.

In this way, the elderly and children don’t eat much. Of course, there are also those who eat a lot, but generally they don’t eat as much as young and strong people.

Rice costs one yuan, and two vegetarian dishes are only three yuan. Even if there is one vegetarian and one meat, plus rice is only five yuan. And Luo Cheng’s dishes are also quite large, much more than those in fast food restaurants that put a little bit of food on a small plate.

If you really want to save money, or some elderly people don’t eat much, one dish can be a meal.

There is also breakfast here. Noodles are two yuan, the kind with vegetarian noodles, and extra things are charged. Steamed buns, fried dough sticks, and soy milk. The steamed buns are big, the vegetarian ones are one yuan, and the meat ones are one yuan and a half. Fried dough sticks are also one yuan each, and some additives are not added. The fried dough sticks may not look as good as those sold outside, but they are healthy and affordable.

Porridge is also one yuan a bowl, and soy milk is two yuan. In fact, the cost of soy milk is not high, but in Luo Cheng's era, soy milk and tofu were rare.

Anyway, everything has a little profit, but if this profit is used to pay for rent, water, electricity, and labor, according to Zhu Li's calculations, if there are no hundreds of people coming to eat, there is a high possibility of losing money.

However, Zhu Li has been the manager of a fast food restaurant for so many years, and it is not for nothing. She personally analyzed that at this price, if Luo Cheng did not set a minimum purchase of 100 yuan and required registration of information. After opening, he only accepted 20 to 30 temporary individual customers, and would not sell extra if more than that. Without this restriction, Zhu Li felt that there would be no shortage of people coming to eat.

But Luo Cheng was willful. Not only did he limit the minimum purchase, but he also did not provide tableware for free. The store has prepared some tableware for dining, but the charge for each use varies from one yuan to several yuan depending on the number of items used.

Luo Cheng also sells aluminum lunch boxes and chopsticks and spoons. Those who don't want to bring their own tableware can buy these and then put their own names on the lunch boxes. Luo Cheng had someone make a large cabinet for lunch boxes. You can store your tableware here and find your own when you come to eat. The sink is connected to the entrance and you can wash your own tableware after eating.

Anyway, as long as you don't use the tableware of Luo Cheng's canteen, it is recommended to bring your own tableware and use it for free. And Luo Cheng doesn't need to recruit many dishwashers. Just recruit one to clean the table. The staff can wash the dishes together.

All this is the same as the machinery factory in Luo Cheng's era. There are no dishwashers in his factory canteen. Some helpers in the back kitchen just wash the plates for serving dishes. In addition, if there is a reception meal in the factory, those dishes will be washed.

Workers and even leaders go to the canteen to get food and dishes with lunch boxes. After eating, they wash them individually. Even the factory manager washes his own lunch box when he eats in the factory.

Zhu Li doesn't know how such a canteen will turn out, but she comes here to work because she values ​​it. There is no pressure on turnover. She worked well in a fast food restaurant before, and it was a brand chain fast food restaurant. But the virus infection for several years has led to less door-to-door business. For takeout, the profit is mostly taken by the platform, and there is no advantage on the takeout platform for good locations and remote locations.

When customers order takeout, they look at the distance within the range, and it has nothing to do with whether your store is located at a busy intersection. Anyway, in recent years, many industries have been difficult to do, and many have closed down. This is the case with the store where Zhu Li works, and it has little to do with her ability.

Luo Cheng wants to run a canteen like this, and he is arbitrary. In fact, Zhu Li is relieved. Just follow the arrangements and execute them, and you don't have to think about organizing activities every day to increase sales. What I am afraid of is that after seeing the losses, Luo Cheng himself will not be able to resist and will open up those restrictions. By then, the price will be able to make a profit, but it will not be high. Otherwise, the monthly net profit will be less than the salary of a chef in the kitchen, which would be ridiculous.