Food stall in Seri Kembangan

After a month selling snacks, ice cream in front of the school and Malaysian chips in the office, cafe and by our distributors; we think that it's about time to start a more proper and legal business.

This is all partly motivated by this particular article by The Star: No junk food outside schools
"KUALA Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) will embark on an operation to weed out junk food sellers doing business outside the premises of schools."

Our latest idea: To rent a stall inside a restaurant
Our menu: Otak-otak , Rojak Buah and Tahu Bakar.

Otak-Otak

Rojak Buah

Tahu Bakar

We are glad that our expedition has been greatly helped by Mr Mohammad - Otak-otak and Tahu Bakar distributor and Ms Mashitah - restaurant owner.

The expected date to open the stall will be no later than 2nd May 2011, Tuesday.

Wish us luck!!

Buying props for Small business

It's about time to start planning for our second business. We went to Pasar Borong Selangor (wholesale market) which is near to our house in Seri Kembangan. Our goal for today:

1. Check the price of plastic bag
2. Buy ice container for ice-cream
3. Buy  other necessary tools
4. Exchange coins at the bank

This shop sells egg, plastic bag, styrofoam container and etc.

We have been to Mydin Subang before but it is very far from home. However the price of the plastic bag or wrapper here is a little bit more expensive than the one in Mydin Subang. Yeah..we lose some, we win some right?

Pasar Borong Selangor is near but wee bit expensive.

Mydin Subang is far but cheaper.

*sigh*

After checking the price of plastic bag, our next target is to buy the ice cream container. Off we go to the a shop across the road.

We bought a red one. Nowadays we sold a lot of 'Icecream Malaysia'!

What can we do without our precious icecream container?

Business Planning

Why do we need to plan?

Remember the saying "If we fail to plan, we are planning to fail" ?
Hence we need plan. It doesn't have to be extravagant and 100% perfect.
The important thing is that we will seriously be involved in every way to ensure the success of the business. Every steps and seconds are precious and crucial to determine the result.

Our plan:

• survey the raw material price from the local supermarkets and grocery stores
• survey ingredients price at local fish market
• survey Malaysian chips price at a few locations eg Muar, Batu Pahat, Sepang

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The first day of WarungBombom

Today, Fatty bom bom and me started our first step in planning WarungBombom. Due to unpredictable economic circumstances, our rejected over time request by the management (feels like strangling them) and we are realistically money crazy; hence the reason of this business idea.

We are planning to do 3 types of small business but 2 out of 3 has to have proper and detail planning. Basically, we have discussed mainly on:

1. The shop's name
2. The shop's blog
3. Menu and price
4. Location
5. Raw material cost
6. Capital
7. Profit

Myself had very little experience in business but I was not shy to try. I had sold Nasi lemak and cookies from house to house in my early twenties just for fun but have never had formal learning of business as my family background is closely related to agriculture.

After two days of heated discussion on our initial business, we went to do price comparison at a few places namely the local supermarket Giant and the Selangor fish market. Later, I created a blog and the pictures below tell all.

Planned and immediately started a blog. So fast!

After that we had hot dog for dinner.

Yummy!! ^^

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