Munch And Sip V3 29th Of November Saturday!

[-Dukes-]

hey Tom, my sister and mum were asking about you, haven't seen you at the shop for a while dude!

Yeah, Haven't been in the area for a while + been at Tafe in Midland for a while

Will pick up some tea sometime soon though, haha

[uncouth32]

omg!! i had the past weekends free but 29th im on night shift again!! *faintz* andrew, can you try to arrange something again? im on a 4on 4 off... so hopefully there will be one i can come along eventually...

[NA_Goodness]

Not going 2 able to make this one Andrew, I'm really sorry. Blame Kelli for buying a piece of shit N13

Hope it all goes well, I'll catch up with you soon. Got done spark plugs for you, and i'll grab a price on those pads.

[350tonner]

hi andrew i should be there man just have to drop off my doughter to her grand mar and ill head down

[xtc]

hi andrew i should be there man just have to drop off my doughter to her grand mar and ill head down

ill see you there andrew, nick and whoever is coming. gonna bring a few other cars down too. gtr and turbo 350z.

also give me a call hoony i might be up north so we head down together.

Edited November 28, 2008 by xtc

[hoony]

i feel like a dickhead guys but i'm going to have to cancel this

something important has come up and i can't ignore the situation...

NOTE: my sister's place isn't open tomorrow either which is a shame... something bad has terribly come up

really sorry guys, will make the next one asap...

if anyone has any queries please call or sms me on 0433 560 364

sincere apologies,

Andrew

Edited November 28, 2008 by hoony

[R33_bAbY]

I went there on Monday.. did the price jump up or something?

Great bubble tea!! I ordered a bubble tea and its $5.00 now rather then $4.50 (what it was before).

It is now the most expensive bubble tea in Australia.

Just curious to know - why the rise?

[-Dukes-]

I went there on Monday.. did the price jump up or something?

Great bubble tea!! I ordered a bubble tea and its $5.00 now rather then $4.50 (what it was before).

It is now the most expensive bubble tea in Australia.

Just curious to know - why the rise?

Financial crisis, Falling dollar...

[R33_bAbY]

Hey Andrew,

As a Business Risk Analysis, I would recommend to keep the prices the same OR cheaper - this would definitely attract new potential customers rather then deflecting them.

But hey, thats my 2 cents.

Falling of the dollar? = So the price of the bubble tea is to rise or fall due to the dollar?

[R32 Driver]

R33_baby

cost of food as we all know has sky rocketed

how can restaurants/food/cafe stores

keep prices down when there suppliers are charging more?

because importers/distributors are paying more coz of the falling dollar

this not only goes for "imported" goods but for Australian grown crops too

eg

a 25kg bag of rice was $25 8 months ago, its $54 today

Cooking oil/Lard was $45/25kg now $73

at the end of the day your trying to make a living

its definately not because shops want to charge more

or because they "can" charge more

i think its more of a necessity

and if people arent willing to spend/consume

then business will fold/down scale

Most business's fail within the first 5 years?

Edited November 28, 2008 by R32 Driver

[reaper83]

have you done work to the brakes yet as you nearly rear ended my ass last time. lol. hopefully ill see you guys there.

i still missed lol

[reaper83]

well bit of a suck u had to cancel andrew but all cool i still going to cruise 5th december from hillarys hope that will be big turn out i enjoyed ur cruise hope u organise another soon

[R33_bAbY]

R33_baby

cost of food as we all know has sky rocketed

how can restaurants/food/cafe stores

keep prices down when there suppliers are charging more?

because importers/distributors are paying more coz of the falling dollar

this not only goes for "imported" goods but for Australian grown crops too

eg

a 25kg bag of rice was $25 8 months ago, its $54 today

Cooking oil/Lard was $45/25kg now $73

at the end of the day your trying to make a living

its definately not because shops want to charge more

or because they "can" charge more

i think its more of a necessity

and if people arent willing to spend/consume

then business will fold/down scale

Most business's fail within the first 5 years?

What I'm trying to get at is that the market is very competitive.

There are at least 3 other bubble teas in the surround area that sell it for alot cheaper = $4.00 includes sago/jelly as to $5.00.

Its all common sense - would you go to a place that sells an item that is $X or go to a nearby store, for the similar product, for a cheaper deal.

Most business's fail within the first 2-3 years and that is because they have not gained enough reputation or market themselves properly.

Majority of consumers are attracted to the PRICE at first, they will only return to the store if the QUALITY is good.

This is just my opinion to make things more attractive which will hopefully increase sales.

Just some pointers to Andrew and his sis with their new biz.

[R32 Driver]

You certainly have a very valid point

Im never up there so i dont know how competitive it is/who else sells bubble tea etc

Im just expressing my opinion that things are costing more

even KFC has rised there prices earlier this year!

(and no im not comparing KFC to bubble teas)

[350tonner]

at the end of the day you will support a mate or your his family if they are in bisness even if it cost you an extra $1.00

andrew sorry to here we have cancled looking forward to the next one

[xtc]

yerh looking forward to the next one hopefully would be next week. rhys i see you reading this looks like you can join us afterall .

as per bbt increase, majority of the food products have jumped in the last month or so. aussie dollar really stinks atm so no one would want to invest with some aus shares, export isnt doing very well so some goods that business buys has increase ---> increase in price on food.

at the end of the day its really deal or no deal for business, regular customers will still come bak and pay that buck extra or stay with same price and see same faces plus new ones but again its not really garanteed.

business is a gamble it really depends on the customer wants, not with prices.

[NA_Goodness]

Yeh Kinh, your right! Kelli had to cancel, so I'm stuck here all day Got a full tank of fuel and everything!!!

Next time Andrew, for sure.

[R33_bAbY]

at the end of the day you will support a mate or your his family if they are in bisness even if it cost you an extra $1.00

andrew sorry to here we have cancled looking forward to the next one

mate, yeah we are all here to support each other but is that enough? Obviously you would need to target the outter market as well. And since the business is so new (2months), rising it very early can cause problems in targeting the market as they may go as well to get the same product.

People that have been there already may come back if its an extra dollar up but for the people that haven't - it surely is a gamble.

[350tonner]

true but every dollar counts and im glad to help when help is needed if we can spread it around it all helps we need more cruzes droping in there see you no the next one

[ZXY]

r33 baby...il pay the dollar for you on the next cruise i go to

but on a more serious note..food prices have risen and sometimes for a smaller business to survive they have to put up prices abit because they cant afford to buy wholesale items and stock like the bigger stores.