| A start-up business does not become an immediate sensation; like any other business, there are growing pains and challenges that they must endure and learn, at the same time, listen to those who have experienced it, and apply what they have learned from all the mistakes they have to deal with in putting up something sustainable and consistent. It’s not only having the skill, but also the knowledge to keep going.
In the case of a new business, B & C Flavors is the type of business that recently started and still has A LOT to learn about putting up something like a mobile food trailer to make money. It has to make good relationships, and make sure the products they produce are consistent with the way the trailer was crafted from sheet metal. |
If you live in a rural area where options are limited, the idea and concept should not be obstacles to these limitations. You have to work around it and make sure you do not cut corners when it comes to making your menu stand out from the rest. It’s not that from day one you became skillful with making the food you want to sell.
- Just for the Crowd of it
- Quantity over Quality
- Social Media Awareness
Just for the Crowd of it
There has to be a way to ensure your business doesn't go off the rails and remain unaware of how to make it unique, rather than just because everyone in town knows you through word of mouth. The first thing in this business is that you never get dismayed by sudden, unexpected events.
The other part is, never just use your business for opportunistic reasons, as you have only been situated in that particular location because you believe heresy about a lack of people in that side of the place, and only there because people are crowding the location for your business to take advantage of the situation.
Quality over Quantity
Remember, in this business, it is about building customer relationships and not because everyone knows you. Even a random individual should feel appreciated by your efforts in serving them with your product, and not just making them because you have just achieved that skill to serve the food that’s out of reach somewhere else.
Case in point, the quality of the food, namely the fried quail eggs (Kwek Kwek), which, in a personal account, is great in texture and detail, but when you start consuming the food, it starts to break into pieces when you start poking it with a stick. Normally, the batter does not peel off from the hard-boiled egg, and it does not disintegrate after you pierce the quail egg with the stick.
This shows that they used small eggs with a crack, and the batter was not thick enough to hold on to the hard-boiled egg’s skin. It was enjoyable to consume, and yet messy for the lack of quality put into the product, which shows it was not made with care or quality to be something you expected.
The rest of the menu looks promising; it becomes ‘common’ if you continue to keep serving the same thing day in and day out. You have to flip things out and come out with a limited-time-only product to test the market, and not be afraid to play it safe.
The breaded “Isaw” (Fried Chicken Intestine) is great, but don’t lean too much because everyone buys it. They are the drivers of your business, and don’t just lean too much on them to survive the day.
Always have other products on your menu to keep things interesting and not just be too dependent on one or two of your popular products. Lastly, it’s not Takoyaki without a Tako (Octopus meat) or other alternatives instead of shredded cabbage with diced cheese.
Social Media Awareness
You don’t just build a page and call it a “business account,” and “having no time” to sit through it is no excuse. You build a business, and when things materialize, that’s where you start making your social media awareness without the knowledge to actually make one that is for the public to see and not to “add you as a friend.”
There’s a difference between having a “business page” and a personal account. Your business is not your personal account. They did not come here to add you as a friend. They came here to “follow” or “like” to see your business.
Nobody in their right mind would use their personal account to add your business as a friend. It’s also a breach of privacy that you want to add people as your friends because you lack the knowledge to make an actual business page.
B & C Flavors have a business account, but you can’t follow or like their page; you need to “add them” with your private account. You can’t even mention them because the settings are set to private and not for public access, which is not a way to start a business. You want a small business, but make sure you have planned and set up that idea before things materialize. Sometimes, making things while you move along does not work for everyone. There always has to be a prepared plan.
- Branch: Mobile, mostly stationed at Beato Macaryra High School
- Customer Service: A-
- Food Quality: 6/10
- Overall: Does not have an Appropriate Business page on Social Media. The quality of food needs to be consistent.
For more about this food service, you can add them on their social media through Facebook and no Instagram Account.
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