Chapter 548 Who Will Eat Counterfeit Products After Eating the Authentic Ones?
Although Yun Mo asked the two little guys to go out on their own, she still went along with them.
Just like yesterday, Xie Jinghuai did not go inside the snack street, but set up his stall in the alley next to the snack street.
But this time, Xie Jinghuai gave a reasonable explanation.
"Sister Momo, ice powder and milk tea are all made on site, and the production speed is slow. When there are more customers, you need to queue up. It's better to queue up under the shade of a tree than in the bright sun."
"That makes sense."
Yun Mo nodded in approval, then took off his sun protection clothing and sun hat, put them in his bag, and took out a small flower umbrella from the bag.
"You guys work hard, I'm going to go shopping in the snack street to see what's delicious."
After entering the snack street, Yun Mo walked straight to the left holding an umbrella.
She actually didn't come here to go shopping and eat, but to see if the handmade ice powder sold by Ice Love was really the same as hers.
Yunmo found the Ice Love Sweet Water House without much effort.
Just like the day before yesterday, there was a queue at the door of Ice Love, but there were not many people, only six or seven.
Yun Mo also joined in.
After all, it is a serious store, and Ice Love sells many categories, including red bean paste, mung bean paste, white fungus soup, sago, etc.
Handmade ice powder is the signature of Ice Love. Other sweet drinks only have names, but handmade ice powder has a 30-inch advertising picture printed on it.
Soon it was Yunmo's turn. She ordered a bowl of handmade ice powder and several bowls of mung bean paste.
When Yun Mo returned to the place where Ling Chunhua set up her stall, the cart had already opened.
Yun Mo did not come forward to disturb her, but found a stone table to sit under the camphor tree and carefully studied the handmade ice powder she bought at Ice Love.
From the appearance, there is not much difference between the two ice powders, except that Ice Love's ice powder looks a bit plain.
Ice shavings, ice powder and brown sugar account for two-thirds, and other ingredients account for one-third, so that the specific amount of each ingredient is very small.
There are only seven or eight taro balls in a bowl for souls like taro balls, but the ice powder she prepares for Ling Chunhua is one scoop of taro balls in one bowl, and one scoop is about 20 balls.
In addition to taro balls, other items such as chopped peanuts, white sesame seeds, raisins, winter melon candies, hawthorn pellets, watermelon pellets, etc. are also much less than what she sells.
After looking at the ingredients, Yunmo tasted it again.
The sweetness is enough, and the brown sugar water is very strong. After all, it sells for 50 cents a bowl, and if the taste is bad, no one will buy it.
Yun Mo scooped up another taro ball and ate it. She barely ate one and didn't want to eat the second one.
I don’t know if the ratio of tapioca flour and glutinous rice flour is not adjusted correctly, or if the taro balls are cooked overnight. They are not fragrant and chewy when eaten, but are hard and choke the throat.
With quality like this, it's probably going to go out of business in a few days.
After appraising Ice Love's handmade ice powder, Ling Chunhua and Xie Jinghuai on the other side of the cart were also finished.
Yun Mo walked over with the mung bean paste and gave two of the bowls to the two of them, while taking the rest to the shop for Lingchuan and the others to eat.
Just like yesterday, the 50 portions of handmade ice powder and pearl milk tea on the trolley were quickly sold out. Some people even didn't buy them and even made reservations in advance for tomorrow.
"What's going on? Why did the sales of handmade ice powder drop so much all of a sudden?"
After get off work, Kang Xiaorou came to Ice Love and saw today's sales report, her face couldn't help but look very ugly.
Cheng Wei, who co-owned this sweet water shop with her, explained gloomily: "It's not the spring flower sweet water. They sell it cheaply, and many people go to buy it from them."
Cheng Wei told her about this matter the day before yesterday, but she didn't take it too seriously at the time.
Kang Xiaorou frowned so hard she could kill a fly, "How much do they sell a bowl of now?"
"Sanmao, in addition to handmade ice powder, they also sell a kind of pearl milk tea, which is also Sanmao a cup. Many people rush to buy it, but they only sell 50 copies of each type and call it a day after they sell out."
Cheng Wei hesitated and continued: "The old customers who bought handmade ice powder from us every day said that the ice powder in Chunhua Tang Shui has many more ingredients than ours, and the taste of taro balls is better than ours, but the price is higher than ours.
We’re two cents cheaper.”
Kang Xiaorou was so angry that she slammed the table, "Damn it! We spent so much energy and cost to build a reputation for handmade ice powder, but they took advantage of it.
Okay, you want to use the price to suppress us, right? Starting from tomorrow, we will also sell it for 30 cents!"
"But they also have more ingredients than ours."
“Then let’s add more ingredients too!”
"But that won't make any money. Let's buy this store. The rent plus water, electricity, labor, etc. will cost about one hundred yuan a month!"
"I don't have to worry about so much now. Let's get customers back first. Once you have customers, you won't have to worry about not making any money!"
After all, Kang Xiaorou has a college degree, and she still has some brains, but not much.
Otherwise, she will understand that if she wants to seize the market, she should improve the quality of her products and services instead of blindly entering into a price war with her competitors.
The next day, an advertising banner saying "Summer Sale, Handmade Ice Powder Special Offer for 30 cents per bowl" was hung at the door of Ice Love.
The effect is still there, there are a lot more people buying handmade ice powder than yesterday, but it is far from what was expected.
No way, who would be willing to eat knockoffs after having eaten the authentic ones?
In this era, handmade ice powder is Yunmo's original creation. In addition, she has rich experience in gourmet food, and the taro balls she makes can be regarded as a master's level.
As for Kang Xiaorou, she is just an imitator of Yun Mo, an apprentice who has just started and has not yet mastered the essence of the method.
In the blink of an eye, it has been three days since Ice Love put up a discount banner.
Except for the slight success on the first day, not only did it not attract more customers in the next two days, but there were fewer and fewer customers.
If things continue like this, let alone make money, they won't even be able to recover their costs.
It's exactly the opposite of the bleakness of Ice Love.
Ling Chunhua's cart business is getting better and better, and the sales of handmade ice powder and pearl milk tea have also increased from 50 servings per day to 80 servings per day.
But it's still not enough to sell. Everything is sold out before 6 o'clock every day, and there are still many reservations for the next day.
Kang Xiaorou finally couldn't hold it any longer and went to buy a handmade ice powder and pearl milk tea of Chunhua Sugar Water to taste.
With this taste, she knew that she had not lost unfairly.
Not to mention the pearl milk tea, the handmade ice powder sold by Chunhua Tang Shui is beyond compare in terms of appearance, texture and taste.
At the same price, she would rather buy spring flower syrup.
Since she couldn't win on quality and price, she had to think of other ways.
Seeing the hot scene of a long queue in front of the Chunhua sweets truck, Kang Xiaorou thought unwillingly.
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"Manager Huang, those two people are here again, saying they are looking for you. I told you that you were not here, so they have been guarding the factory gate and refused to leave."
In the bamboo weaving factory, the security guard watching the gate came to the office to report to Huang Zhiqiuhui.
Huang Zhiqiu was also distressed when he learned that siblings Yuan Jia and Yuan Wei were here again.
"I understand, Uncle Tian, you can go back to your class and don't worry about them."