QUOTE(ADjohn90 @ Sep 3 2009, 04:56 PM)
Excellent info, thx chess_gal, i've read ur bubble tea post b4 i wanted to start doing this. I was thinking f&b business could generate me a steady (more like passive) income, hmmm seems like i need more research b4 starting this.
Yeah, talked to them, they quoted me the price, after some calculation (estimating per day sale) i arrived to a very small profit figure, im thinking of places which i can reduce rent and material cost. Btw care to tell me the prob u experienced when starting this??
Yeah, its true i am not ready =) but the ideas you guys contributed are gold to me, i will start small and even before that do a good research. Im trying to start it as a small family business.
First thing is Halal issue. The head of Leasing mentioned that I should know that all the shareholders inside KLCC are Muslims and although my food is purely chicken, tuna, and veggie but still cannot guarantee all of them are Halal. She said I have to come out with Halal Cert. I have no idea how to apply this Halal Cert. Finding outsourcer who has Halal Cert now. (Muslim brother, is it difficult to apply for this HALAL cert? what's the criteria?)
2nd is, I need "HACCP" cert. She said all of their F&B stalls having this cert. Without this cert, they can simply reject ya proposal.
3rd is, "Your stall image doesn't suit our KLCC style". This is what she replied. I even set up logo, website for brand image but due to the selling way is low cost way, that's why they don't like it. (!@#$%^&*

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I get humiliated there and people there very LCLY.
But what to do? gotta move on.
(By the way, I still havent give up yet due to the flow in KLCC really superb. But I am working on it alone and I really need capable partners too! Anyone who has high motivation and risk taker may PM me for more details.)