Aluminium Shop in begum bazar
Thursday, December 23, 2004
Troubled by the food in Hyderabad
Troubled by the food in Hyderabad
Pissed by the spices..I planned to strave but couldnt hold on for a long.
Everyday I had a question "What to eat and where to eat?"
I got an idea. I called up a guy in UP who was running a restaurent there.
Within a week he was here with his cooks and I saw my dream coming true.
But I had no idea about this kind of business.
How to get a place form setting it up?
Called up all brokers who had given their ads. Finally Found a place to stand.
Where to buy utensils from?
It was toughest task as I never went with my gf to buy any thing. Reason: I never had a gf. Came to know that Begumbazaar is famous for wholesale dealing of utensils and other groceries.Bought everything from there.
Moral: Have a gf
How to get customers
Aah. I thought it would be pretty easy but turned out to be toughest one.
I called up all guys who I knew were staying near Madhavpur and told them I will deliver food for free. Some couldnt belive that I have started such a low profile business. Some couldnt belive that 'There is something called free lunch.'
For the first day, to get real taste of the work I planned to go for delivery my self. And it was a nightmare.
Moral: Until you feel the pain you dont evolve.
I hired few local guys for delivery and bought a bicycle. It worked.
Next day was yet another terrible day. Out of 40 people who were free customers first day. Only 2 people turned up while I was expecting to be atleast 20 people.
Moral: Never give anything for free.
Thanks to my customers. Akansha, Sweta, Ambuj and few others gave their valuable feedback. At first it sounded like a critisism but it was true.
They told me not to have the plastic packing.
The plastic packing was replaced by beautiful isolated 4-box tiffins. I added other required accesories like Napkin, toothpics, Shoanf and spoon too to the pack.
It worked wonder. Thanks again for the valuable comments.
Moral: True feedback sounds like critisism.
Now, Giri Kitchen is working doing great. Thanks all.
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