Osaka is very close to Kyoto, and we still admired the magnificent temples of Kyoto, so we started this special training course. In fact, the special training at this station is very simple, with only two words: bento.

FOX's large bento chain in Kyoto will be open soon, and we will support the store within three weeks. This training was carried out with the marketing department's team, each group had a different part of the team to work together, and the number of personnel was allocated according to the size of the store.

Nansan stood in front of the map, and every time he recited a set of names, he pasted a sign on the map, and in a moment the shops in more than 20 places throughout Kyoto were plastered.

Because I am not familiar with others, Gao Xiang and I naturally find each other. My property was assigned the farthest and smallest store, so there were just two of us in the group. It is said that the people who are all handicrafts and low-income people are all gathered there. That afternoon, there was a car to take us there, where there was now a cook, three clerks, plus a total of six of us. The accommodation was on the second floor of the store, the room was small, but we were already satisfied.

In the evening, we found a random place to eat, and then walked around to get a general idea of the surrounding terrain. The next day, I went out shopping with the chef, came back to study the dishes together, calculated the cost, and the morning went by.

"I feel like we're still too costly." I put down the pen in my hand, "This price will not be acceptable to too many people." ”

Gao Xiang also nodded in agreement, the chef is very young, his name is Miki, he has just graduated from the school, and the dishes are also very average. "It's not going to go on like this, we have to find a way."

"Tomorrow, let's do our research!" I cleaned up the things on the table, "The most important thing is to see what everyone thinks." ”

At noon, I dragged two people outside to find the shop where the most workers gathered, and went to eat. There is a Japanese restaurant called Qinghua nearby, and there are the most people waiting outside for dinner, of which the proportion of workers accounts for 70%, and there are also some people who look like employees, most of whom are low-paid expatriate employees.

The restaurant offers traditional Japanese food, a serving of mackerel, a little side dish, plus a miso soup, and a bowl of rice, which costs 600 yen, and an additional 100 yen for each additional bowl of rice, which is 700 yen for the average worker and 600 yen for the staff.

While waiting outside, I chatted with many of the workers, who all enjoyed the food but said that the portions were a little small. The staff said that the style is a bit simple, only mackerel, beef, and vegetarian food are available, but because it is cheap, there is no way.

There were three of us, we chose three set menus, we tasted each other, and the taste was really good. When I came out, I found a place, jotted down my thoughts in my notebook, and then moved on to the next stop. At the end of the afternoon, we took a comprehensive look at the characteristics and prices of the lunches, the cheapest one cost 600 yuan, the expensive one cost 1,300 yuan, and the price that everyone could accept was about 700 yuan.

"It's so difficult!" Back in the store, sitting on the table, "Gao Xiang, I miss the aunt who sold lunch boxes at the school gate so much!" ”

When Gao Xiang heard this, he was quiet for a while in his unique way of thinking, and then stood up, "I have an idea." ”

"I think your thoughts and mine's thoughts should be very much the same." Maybe in addition to feelings, we are a very tacit couple. It's a pity, it's a pity!

"Fried mushrooms, eggplant boxes, vegetable rolls!" The two of us seemed to talk together.

"So what?" Miki asked, puzzled.

"That's it." Gao Xiang took out a pen to record, "Although the menu of the store manager is very good, it is too few for the workers who always do manual work. What the workers needed was something to replenish their strength. And the staff generally like the taste of the feeling. We're somewhere in between, so why don't we split the store into two and make a large amount of food for the workers and a special meal for the staff, so that the tastes of both people can be satisfied. ”

"But what about the storefront?" Now that the store has formed a scale, it is impossible to change it all at once, and I have questions.

Gao Xiang bit the pen, and the problem has not changed after so many years. "The store still hasn't changed, otherwise it will feel like there is a class difference. In this way, we also see that many of our employees buy bento boxes and go back to eat, so we open a window at the door and sell bento boxes, so that we can buy food without entering the store. We can open the floor-to-ceiling window here, and you can see the real thing in the window here, and you can sell it here. ”

"Let's study the dishes!" Gao Xiang pulled me, "How about I want to introduce pasta?" Xiao Xia seems to be good at making noodles. ”

Seeing Gao Xiang's smiling face and Miki's hope, I was touched by the joy of working with my partners! Everyone has been working hard and working together.

"Okay." I took off my coat, put on my apron, and went into the kitchen with them.

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On Friday, we did a trial operation, before going to the construction site and many building doors to distribute leaflets, the leaflets are our own making, different from the head office, the posters and posters in the store are from the hands of Gao Xiang, worthy of the school's top students. At eleven o'clock, the store officially opened, and there were already a lot of people gathered outside.

"The new store is open, I don't know what's delicious?" An uncle-like person came to the front, "Well, is there a discount?" ”

Gao Xiang smiled, "All discounts!" ”

There was a burst of cheers from the people outside, and the windows of the bento boxes were opened, and the people outside automatically lined up in two rows. The uncle in the lead was the first to enter the store and immediately fell in love with my hand-rolled noodles.

"How much does this cost?" The uncle's appearance is about to drool.

"Six hundred dollars for the big portion, four hundred dollars for the small portion." The person at the front desk immediately quoted, "One side dish for each serving!" ”

"Liar, so cheap? Then I want a big bowl. The uncle excitedly paid and then waited to get the noodles.

"Sir, what kind of soup do you want? We've got 12 kinds of soup here! Each one is delicious. The sweet smile of the service lady made the uncle even happier, "It's okay to have anything, I'm already hungry." ”

The waitress took one look at me and served him a beef sauce noodle. Then he took out the side dishes I had put together and gave them to him.

"Ah~" The uncle took a bite and stopped, "It's delicious!" It's really delicious! He gulped down and didn't even pay attention to someone talking to him next to him.

When everyone saw the appearance of the uncle, many people ordered noodles, and they couldn't resist the temptation of side dishes, and they wanted a little when they saw beautiful side dishes. "One hundred yuan a plate, very cheap." The waitress took out a small plate and shouted hard. Because it is cheap, many people will add a side dish of 100 yuan after ordering noodles, so that the people behind them also ordered. All of a sudden, business in the store was very good.

The take-out bento window is also very lively, and many people who can't get in because of the large number of people choose to take out the bento. Take-out dishes are divided into 100 yuan, 150 yuan, and 200 yuan each, and you can combine them at will.

From eleven to half past one, we hardly stopped. But seeing everyone's hot buying scene, I am still quite proud. When the bill was settled in the afternoon, the income from the trial operation was more than 170,000 yuan.

“YAH！” When I gave the numbers, the people in the store were very happy.

"The next step is to streamline the process." I announce.

Just now I watched with Gao Xiang on the side, and the sales time of each bento varies from five minutes to seven minutes, there is no special person for collecting and making change, and the service ladies do the work of two people alone, and the probability of error is very high and very slow. In order to speed up the sales process, we came up with a very old method: meal cards.

"Yes, I have already submitted the report to the head office." Gao Xiang works very fast, "Those who have this meal card can eat at any bento shop in Kyoto, and they can also top up at any bento shop. In addition, if you have a meal card, you can get a 5% discount on each meal. In this way, we will speed up our sales and improve our work efficiency. ”

In the afternoon, the head office responded to our suggestion and put all the credit card machines in place before the official opening of the store on Monday.

"I don't know what about other stores?" In the evening, Gao Xiang and I sat in the store, "Our store is the smallest, and the income should be the least!" ”

Gao Xiang smiled, "As long as we work hard, more and less things are not within our ability." ”

"Two weeks to go, let's do it!" I reached out and struck his hand in the air.

"Come on!" Gao Xiang said very seriously.

On the weekend, Gao Xiang went to the market to negotiate with suppliers, and Miki and I had special training in the kitchen. I taught Miki how to wrap meat in a hot pot and tried to make Japanese-style spring rolls, and when Gao Xiang returned, the two of us were already playing crazy in the kitchen.

"What is this?" Gao Xiang asked me as he pointed to the contents of the plate.

"Maruko." Miki replied proudly, "Four Joy Maruko." ”

Gao Xiang couldn't hold back for a moment, and was happy, "You taught him the four joy pills?" Gao Xiang asked me, "Don't spoil what our ancestors left behind." ”

"Where's the?" I was a little unconvinced, "Isn't it possible to call a ball made of four things a four-joy ball?" ”

"I'll taste it first." Gao Xiang picked up the chopsticks and put one in his mouth, tasted it for a long time, and swallowed it, "No, I still have to taste one." ”

After four bites, he ate all the four balls on the plate, and looking at our eyes waiting for his judgment, he only replied to us: "Is there anything else, I'm hungry." ”

The next two weeks were spent in a state of busyness and searching. We have improved many business methods, and by the end of the two weeks, our bento shop has a takeaway business, many companies come to us to order meeting meals, and there are many regular customers.

After lunch on the last day, a person came to the store, it was the uncle on the day of the soft opening, and the uncle came to our store almost every day to eat, and he tasted almost all the dishes.

"I'm sorry, the business is over." The waitress said in the window.

"Ah~ It's really not a coincidence, I just came back from work and haven't eaten yet." The uncle's face was tired, "I can't walk anymore, can you help me make something to eat?" As long as you can eat it, it doesn't matter what you have left. ”

Gao Xiang walked up to me, "Please let him do some!" Miki has just gone out, so it's up to you to be the chef! ”

I looked at the poor uncle, nodded and walked into the kitchen, almost everything we make every day can be sold out, we have always been based on the principle of not wasting. There are still some main ingredients in the kitchen, but there is only some rice left for the main dish.

I cleaned up a few dishes, washed and cut them, nodded them, poured oil, and the fastest and easiest meal was assorted fried rice. Here's the kimchi I made a few days ago, too.,It was originally said to be for Miki.,It was only sealed last night.,It's cheap today, uncle! Cut a few slices of grilled sausages made by yourself, put the soup in place, take out some of the kimchi, mix well, and bring it to the uncle.

"It's so rich. Thank you! The uncle was not polite, and lowered his head to eat.

I saw that the uncle was eating happily, and I was also happy, and I cleaned up the store with everyone, and waited with Gao Xiang for the car of the special training team to pick us up.

"Well, how much?" The uncle finished eating and called us over.

"Even if it's today, it's not an official sale." I waved my hand and signaled that I didn't need to.

"I want to ask, how is this soup made?" The uncle pointed to the clear soup on the table.

I was stunned for a moment, and half of the clear soup was left, "Isn't it delicious?" ”

"No, it's very tasty. I've never drunk such a soup, and it tastes very fragrant, how do you make it? The uncle asked seriously.

I was a little embarrassed, "This soup is actually very simple, cut a little coriander, pour suitable light soy sauce, a drop of sesame oil, a little chicken essence, and then add boiling water." ”

The uncle listened and didn't say anything for a long time, and we couldn't guess it, everyone stood there for a while, not knowing what to do.

"Mr. Toyama." I don't know when, Nantian was standing behind us, maybe he was talking to the uncle just now, and he didn't notice their arrival, Nantian was followed by Miki.

"Yes, you guys." I pointed at the two of them, "It can't be a foreign acquaintance!" ”

Nanda smiled, "Mr. Toyama and Mr. Miki are the chief judges of the two of you. ”