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jentang

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1st week was 730am
2nd week was 830am
3rd week is 800am- i was expecting today to be 930am

Timing got no sequence.

Really is keep us guessing every week
I also thought it'll be late today coz they always release SS and donki vouchers very late.
 

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Still got 1x haben use

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Still can claim at 117pm for me lol
 

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Wah, 佛心来的.


200 rent. Assume they pay themselves 4k ea. Electricity/water/gas 500.

each cup 30cent.

plastic cup 5cent ea.
cost of soya milk n ice assume 15cents.
each cup profit 10cents.

8000 salary +
500 utitilies+
200 rent
= 8700

they need $8700 in profit to breakeven.
means need sell 87k cups to breakeven.

if work 20days a week, means need sell 4k cups a day :eek:


if adjust cost of plastic cup to 2.5 cents a cup - i buy 500ml cup from JB at 2cents ea, the lid/seal assume is half a cent ea.
cost of soya milk n ice assume 7.5cents now.
selling at 30cents ea, each cup profit 20cents.

if work 20days a week, need sell 2k cups a day.
 
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200 rent. Assume they pay themselves 4k ea. Electricity/water/gas 500.

each cup 30cent.

plastic cup 5cent ea.
cost of soya milk n ice assume 15cents.
each cup profit 10cents.

8000 salary +
500 utitilies+
200 rent
= 8700

they need $8700 in profit to breakeven.
means need sell 87k cups to breakeven.

if work 20days a week, means need sell 4k cups a day :eek:


if adjust cost of plastic cup to 2.5 cents a cup - i buy 500ml cup from JB at 2cents ea, the lid/seal assume is half a cent ea.
cost of soya milk n ice assume 7.5cents now.
selling at 30cents ea, each cup profit 20cents.

if work 20days a week, need sell 2k cups a day.
if they don't take a 'salary', basically anything over $700 will be theirs ?
 

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200 rent. Assume they pay themselves 4k ea. Electricity/water/gas 500.

each cup 30cent.

plastic cup 5cent ea.
cost of soya milk n ice assume 15cents.
each cup profit 10cents.

8000 salary +
500 utitilies+
200 rent
= 8700

they need $8700 in profit to breakeven.
means need sell 87k cups to breakeven.

if work 20days a week, means need sell 4k cups a day :eek:


if adjust cost of plastic cup to 2.5 cents a cup - i buy 500ml cup from JB at 2cents ea, the lid/seal assume is half a cent ea.
cost of soya milk n ice assume 7.5cents now.
selling at 30cents ea, each cup profit 20cents.

if work 20days a week, need sell 2k cups a day.
Only soya milk is 30c. The other drinks r more expensive. And 2 old couple with no children need $4k each for what? They r always at the stall.
 

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if they don't take a 'salary', basically anything over $700 will be theirs ?
most hawkers operate as sole proprietor, so, yes. all earnings above their overheads are theirs to keep. likewise for losses.

and i see from the vid, likely separate charge for plastic cups. their usual dabao is plastic bag with rubberband.


but lets assume 30cents/cup alrdy include cost of plastic cup.

say 1kg soya bean can make 10l of soya milk. 10l = 40cups
1kg soya bean assume $2

the cost of soya milk is 5cents a cup. add 2cents for plastic cup, 1cent for ice, is 8cents a cup.
selling at 30cents, thats 22cents profit per cup.


just selling 30cent soya milk alone, to breakeven, they need sell ~3.2k cups a month, or ~160cups a day if they work 20days a month.

anything beyond that, is their income.


this is not taking into account the other higher profit items.

so yeah, they are not exactly losing out. they are just earning lesser. and their lackof rental and labour is the only reason they are able to sustain this.
 

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Only soya milk is 30c. The other drinks r more expensive. And 2 old couple with no children need $4k each for what? They r always at the stall.
i took 4k cause sg median salary is 5.5k, or household income is 12k. their children alrdy working, so assuming 1 of their child still lives with them, and said child earns 4k, + parents 4k each, a household income of 12k puts them abv the median household income.

4k for a hawker job seems like a reasonable salary to give oneself.
 
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