5 cleaners taking care of over 230 stalls. Really ridiculous
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Ok lets see now.... HOW MANY OF YOU HERE CLEAR AND WASH YOUR OWN PLATE AFTER YOUR MEAL AT HOME OR CLEAR AND WASH OTHER PEOPLE PLATES AFTER MEAL AT HOME? I start first... I DO THAT MOST OF THE TIME.
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Originally posted by zulkifli mahmood:
I cup of coffee/Tea how much? S$1 to S$1.10. You just need hot water, 1 spoon of coffee powder, a tea spoon of condense milk and a spoon of sugar.
Nasi Goreng, some rice, half an egg and a little bit of ingredients for S$3 to $4.
You earn more profit if you have plenty of customers and your foods are delicious and famous. If people don’t like your food and price…then you can’t or have problems covering your rent. In food business you can see your profit within 6 months or even lesser.
I used to help my late mother food stalls during my school days and when I had started working. I have done food business before.
How about you….have you washed your own plate at home or you get your maid or parents to do for you?
What you just factored in is only a mere percentage of running cost of a food stall or a restaurant. How about trying to factor in your operation cost, utilities, rent, CPF contrubutions or levy and labour cost ?
Most restaurants in Singapore if lucky makes no more then 30% of their total sales these days. I am still in the food business running and managing 2 restaurants in Singapore, 1 in Thailand and 1 in Taiwan mate.
And to answer your question about me washing my plates at home ? Well, i was my own plates because i live by myself and at work, i have dishwashers to do that for me.
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big fuck meh?
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Originally posted by ben1406:
What you just factored in is only a mere percentage of running cost of a food stall or a restaurant. How about trying to factor in your operation cost, utilities, rent, CPF contrubutions or levy and labour cost ?
Most restaurants in Singapore if lucky makes no more then 30% of their total sales these days. I am still in the food business running and managing 2 restaurants in Singapore, 1 in Thailand and 1 in Taiwan mate.
And to answer your question about me washing my plates at home ? Well, i was my own plates because i live by myself and at work, i have dishwashers to do that for me.
Restaurant is a bigger business than the food stalls at coffee shop or at food court. Of course your profit margin will be lower when you employ more staffs and you have no choice because you have to give good service and good ambience for your customers because they pay for that services besides your food sold there....in that sense I agree with you that your profit will be no more than 30% or slightly over 30% because most of the profit go to them, rent, utility bills....the cost of running a restaurant will be much much more then a food stall. For a small food stall you are the staff, the cook, the server, the cleaner and your own boss....and if you think you can afford you will hire a local assistant to help you at the stall...better still if your own family members can help you at the food stall. I had a small restaurant at bali before which I had operated 24 hrs and then a year later I built a hawker centre in another area just outside Kuta. Good, if you can clear and wash your own plates at home than its not difficult for you to help to clear your own plate after your meal at the public eating premises. -
So lucif...nothing to say anymore?
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I do clear up my plates after my meal , infact i wash for my families too.
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Originally posted by Cinny:
I do clear up my plates after my meal , infact i wash for my families too.
OUTSTANDING CINNY! -
I clean up my family's dishes after everyone finishes their meal...
The problem is in the Smith Street Hawker Centre, there are so few tray return racks, so diners simply leave it on their tables...
last week, i saw a middle aged man directing the cleaning supervisor to clean up a spot on the table because the latter missed it, was very disgusted by Singaporean behaviour... -
Outstanding Acx1688! My main point is that if customers can do that in their own homes than outside they will have no problem helping to clear away their plates to the plate clearing area at the public eating places after their meal. Well done bud.
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Originally posted by lucif:
Even if it is ok for foreign workers for these jobs, does it mean they can work like slaves? It is 5 workers to 230 stalls which is crazy. I have seen how chaotic it was. No place for people to sit because too many tables stacked with plates and too few cleaners to clear the tables.
Singapore is a first world country but with low wages....technically that is economic slavery for the workers here. Singapore is one of the wealthiest country in the world but with cheapskate employers especially the SMEs. -
Originally posted by zulkifli mahmood:
They used to have disposal utensils for the customers and still it wasn’t working efficiently and effectively…aiyah. Just legislate the law to make them clear their own plates that will do it and they may even wash clean their own plates for the food stall owners or the coffee shop owners lols. They will only do it when their money is burn to pay for fines…lols.
I dun encourage disposal untensils. If I see them using I walk away.
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