Li Lei, a native of Hubei. I have been a chef for 20 years, and I have always had a dream to make my own Lei Ge chicken soup into a brand store and open a branch.
In his 20-year career as a chef, Li Lei spent the first 10 years working for others. After 10 years, I worked for myself.
He opened a Chinese fast food restaurant called Lei Ge Chicken Soup. Brother Lei's father is a chicken raiser, and he has been exposed to it since he was a child, and he knows a lot about chickens. Their home-grown pheasants taste very good.
Brother Lei wants to make his Brother Lei chicken soup into a brand store like a country chicken.
But after ten years of hard work, he is still the same shop. He is both a boss and an employee. In addition to him, he hired three employees. His wife, mother, sister.
Although the store did not develop much, he did not make much money. But there is no problem with raising a family, and it is better than a part-time job.
He only paid 8,000 yuan a month as a chef. You can earn 10,0002 a month by deducting expenses from opening a store by yourself, and you can earn 230,000 when you are busy at the end of the year.
But this year's business is particularly bad, how bad is it?Sometimes the monthly turnover is only 15,000 yuan. There are four people in their store, how to open the salary, and what to do with the rent.
After gritting her teeth and persisting for three months without improvement, she fired her mother and sister.
My mother and sister saw that her business was not good, and they didn't ask for her salary for the last two months.
In the end, he and his wife were the only ones left in the store. Even if there are only two people left, they are very idle.
What's going on?Don't the guests eat now? It is said that this year's consumption will be downgraded, how can I not eat after the downgrade?
Seriously, a lot of people are eating at home this year. Because it's too hard to make money.
Some people don't have enough money to spend, and some people don't dare to spend because they have money.
The number of customers is decreasing, but the number of new food and beverage outlets is increasing. Because it is not easy to make money, everyone is looking for opportunities, and more and more people are doing business.
Brother Lei feels that this year's business is particularly difficult. He is an honest man, he doesn't play tricks for marketing, he only makes dishes in a down-to-earth manner. I didn't expect that the store he had been running for ten years would one day not be able to do it. Even if he fired his sister and mother, he could only save his capital in the store.
After deducting the rent and the cost of ingredients, the store only has a profit of 6,000 yuan. On average, he and his wife each cost 3,000 yuan.
Now that consumption is so high, he still has two children in school, how can he support his family with 6,000 yuan?
The store didn't get better for half a year, and Brother Lei finally couldn't stand it anymore and transferred the store.
He went to work as a chef for a restaurant brand company. A month, 9000 yuan. His wife gave her a monthly salary of 6,000 yuan. Two people together can earn 15,000 yuan a month, which is similar to when their store is doing good business.
A chef in his forties, if he wasn't forced by life, how could he easily give up the restaurant he had been running for ten years. That's his dream. Once you give up, it's hard to have a chance in the future.
We all thought we were strong, but in the end, we found that we were so vulnerable in the face of reality.
I once went to Brother Lei's shop to drink chicken soup, and it tasted very delicious and pure.
I just don't know why his business is not big, and in the end it is still closed.
I also saw some restaurants with poor service and dishes but they didn't close. Really don't understand.
Maybe that's a person's luck. Although the general environment is not good this year, and it is not easy for all walks of life, there are still some catering people who are swimming against the current. They're doing a very hot business.
The reason for this is too mysterious, and it can only be explained by luck.