These hot pots and dishes were delivered by No. 9 Hot Pot Restaurant, and the first dinner party started in the new home in a lively manner.
Everyone's seats are chosen at will, and there is no strict order.
Jiang Xiuping, Liu Hanwen, Liu Hanqing and his wife, and Zheng Ziyun occupied one end of the long table, forming the senior group.
Sitting in the middle of the long table were Mesozoic people from three families. They were divided into two parts, basically divided into men and women, and each talked about different topics.
However, there is Cao Yue Tanlian among them who likes to make loud noises, so they will never be left alone.
At the other end is Chef Cao leading the third generation. Sun Dahai is sitting next to him, drinking wine with him.
Gao Yi originally sat next to Sun Dahai, but Sun Yuanyuan, who had not seen her brother for more than two months, asked her to change seats and wanted to sit with her brother.
Gao Yi naturally agreed, and then he saw Sun Dahe looking at him eagerly, followed by Cao Shanshan and Liu Ruoxuan waiting in line.
Gao Yi shook his head helplessly. Sun Dahai's child was so lucky. After Cao Yue saw it, she pulled Gao Yi and sat beside her.
Cao Yue likes Gao Yi very much. She has always been like this in China, and she has never hesitated to express it.
No. 9 Hot Pot Restaurant has more than 40 branches. Except for the Blue Ocean Garden branch in the United States, which is already open for business, and the branch to be built in the Banatt New Stadium in London, the remaining branches are open in Asia.
Half of them are in major cities in mainland China, and the rest are opened in other Asian countries and regions.
These branches have a unified decoration style, work clothes, logos, tableware, service items and business philosophy, but the ingredients are adapted to local conditions. Although the general direction remains the same, the specific details are still slightly different in each store.
Needless to say, there are several branches in Dubai and the Islamic region. Most of the ingredients are selected from the Islamic region. There are special ingredients that cannot be obtained from the Islamic region, such as secret dipping sauces, regional unique ingredients, etc.
Imams will also be dispatched to the production areas from branches in Islamic religions to supervise production and strictly abide by religious requirements.
The situation of the mainland branch is quite special. Due to restrictions on import policies and taking into account the customs clearance speed, logistics efficiency and quality assurance of imported ingredients, almost all the ingredients in the mainland branch come from the mainland. Among them, the various bases of Shiweitian
Providing contributed more than 60% of the supply.
Therefore, for the same No. 9 hotpot restaurant, the cost of dishes at the mainland branch is lower, while the overseas branches are superior in terms of variety and quality of dishes.
The dishes on the table now are naturally provided by the Xiangjiang Main Store, and many of them are imported. Among them, the beef is a special offering from Garrison Ranch.
Currently, Jiahua is preparing to conduct preliminary inspections for the acquisition of pastures in Australia and New Zealand. If the acquisition can be completed, dairy cattle and meat sheep breeding will be the main business species there.
In a few years, No. 9 Hot Pot Restaurant will be able to use these ingredients. However, mainland branches cannot directly import them yet. It depends on the development of import policies in the future.
The main consumer group of No. 9 Hot Pot Restaurant is middle-income earners, taking care of both ends of the spectrum. Therefore, they are highly price-sensitive when selecting ingredients.
Due to this restriction, it is difficult for branches in mainland China to choose high-quality, higher-cost imported ingredients at this stage.
The difference is that Taotie House has no scruples. With the permission of the import policy, more than half of the ingredients of Taotie House are imported, especially the main ingredients, such as steak, lamb chops, seafood, etc., almost all of them are imported.
All are imported.
Jiabao International Project Management Company, a subsidiary of Jiahua, itself produces supporting agricultural and animal husbandry products.
Garrison Ranch, Daqingshan Development and Management Company, Liangqiu Pu'er Tea Company, Liangqiu Coffee Company, and the recently completed Jiabao International Salmon Marine Aquaculture (Norway) Company, etc., are all owned by Jiabao International.
Jiabao International takes a high-end route and only produces top-quality products and specialty products. Several projects that have begun operations have successively produced agricultural and animal husbandry products.
However, due to the short period of operation, except for the beef cattle and goats of Garrison Ranch, it would be good if the output of other project products can meet self-sufficiency, but it is far from reaching the point where stable external supply can be achieved.
Therefore, other products cannot be added to the supply chain for the time being and cannot be expected in a short time.
(Sheep meat is tender and more suitable for cooking, while goat meat is suitable for barbecue and other cooking methods. Therefore, the meat goats from Garrison Ranch are only supplied to Taotie Home.
The overseas branches of No. 9 Hotpot Restaurant import fat beef slices from Garrison Ranch, and the mutton is specially selected lamb leg meat imported from New Zealand, as well as other specially selected cuts suitable for hotpot, including fresh meat.)
The business philosophy of Shiweitian Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Products is different from that of Jiabao International. They are based in China and take a middle-of-the-road approach.
For example, as per capita income continues to increase, price controls are gradually relaxed.
The planned pork supply in the capital last year was 1.95 yuan per city pound (using meat stamps), and the average price of negotiated pork was 2.2 to 2.4 yuan per city pound (without meat stamps).
Shiweitian is a foreign-funded enterprise, and the pork it produces is not included in the supply plan. Since the Chunguang pig breed has been optimized many times, it is rich in nutrients and is a lean pig. It is very popular with foreigners in China, major institutions, and enterprises.
, so demand has been in short supply.
Chunguang pigs have always been divided and sold according to parts, with prices ranging from 2.8 yuan to 3.5 yuan per catty (wholesale price, and no meat stamps are required).
Daqingshan Development and Management Company also has a hybrid wild boar production project, which is now able to provide three generations of hybrid wild boars to holiday resorts.
The so-called third-generation hybrid wild boar is a cross between a breeding pig (a first-generation wild boar) and a domestic sow. After giving birth, the outstanding second-generation hybrid boar is selected as a breeding pig and continues to be crossed with other domestic sows.
Their offspring are third-generation hybrid wild boars. After being free-range and properly fattened, they can be sold as meat pigs for food.
This is the third generation hybrid wild boar. In addition to retaining the advantages of wild boar with unique taste, rich nutrition and high lean meat rate, it also reduces its shortcomings of strong fishy smell, rough meat and poor taste. It is recognized internationally as one of the most popular wild boars.
Healthy ingredients with nutritional value.
Since it is a healthy food, the shortcomings of this third-generation hybrid wild boar are also very obvious, that is, the breeding cycle is long, and the daily food is natural ingredients and a small amount of organic feed, and the breeding cost is extremely high.
Therefore, after careful cost accounting, the wild boar project in Daqingshan was sold to holiday resorts at a price of 8 yuan to 12 yuan per catty. This does not include the wild boar belly, the most valuable and medicinal part of the wild boar.
(What we are talking about here is that among the edible parts of the wild boar, the wild boar belly is the most valuable. In fact, the bristles and whole skin of the wild boar are more valuable.)