If they don't pay rent, won't they be locked out of the lots ? What is 40% of sales ?

If true, that's not fair to those low profit margin shops. e.g. a Kopitim shop might have mthly sales of RM50,000 vs kosmetic shop with only RM5,000 mthly sales. The low profit margin kopitim shop need to pay RM20,000 rental while the high profit margin kosmotic shop pays only RM2,000 rental.

Nam Heong only got few customers at 3pm+ today. Didn't take a look at Sukiya.

Not many people. LG (with the numerous food stalls/trucks) and The Canteen(4th fl) got some people. The rest -- quite bare. Gong Cha RM2 promotion (choice of 2 drinks - U can buy 1 each) - got people buying, but no Q.

The should extend free parking when at least 80% of the shops are opened which might be in another 3 mths.

They've already put out 4 page ad in the Sun a week or so ago, which someone said cost a cool RM200,000.

Lim Ko Pi, their first outlet outside Ipoh opens today ! 10% off till Mar 31. Come and try authentic Ipoh food ! Food and drinks items are like Old Town White Coffee.

Went 4pm+ today. Got some people around but mostly in LG where the there're lots of food stalls. Lim Ko Pi opens today - 10% off all food and drink items till Mar 31. Ipoh mali and USJ Subang Jaya is their 1st outlet outside Ipoh. Very good biz today .... around 80% full. They took up 2 lots - 1 lot facing the road and thus no need to enter from inside the mall, means they have 2 entrances - 1 from inside the mall and 1 from outside the mall, so they can open at 9am but U enter from the entrance facing the road.

Here's their Ipoh outlet - http://alwaystravelicious.com/2014/01/30/lim-kopi-ipoh/

This post has been edited by topearn: Feb 27 2016, 09:17 PM

Lim Ko Pi also full during lunch time.

Any outlets opened in Damen recently ?

To my knowledge Lim Ko Pi and The Canteen are still biz as usual.

If Summit and Damen coorperate to link up the 2 malls. then it might qualify as a large mall.

That's old news. Go back 1 or 2 pages here to get more details about F&B outlets being closed.

This post has been edited by topearn: Mar 5 2016, 05:14 PM

Lim Ko Pi and Nam Heong is almost full house most of the time. While Starbucks "pat wu eng".

Cantonese means swatting the flies (means no customers).

But Lim Ko Pi did not have such dirt-cheap promotions, and yet biz just as good, if not better, then Nam Heong. BTW, both Nam Heong and Lim Ko PI from Ipoh.

The link U posted is Nam Heong Chicken Rice, selling only chicken rice. The shop in Damen is called Nam Heong Ipoh and sells lots more food besides chicken rice.

This post has been edited by topearn: Mar 7 2016, 09:28 AM

Starbucks in most shopping mall frequented by youngsters but Damen has hardly any outlets to atrtact youngsters to it.

Starbucks do not need to give out vouchers to attract customers, but too bad Damen has hardly any outlets to attract the youngsters who usually hang out in Starbucks.

Huh ? Starbucks in Damen has a wash room ? I doubt any starbuck outlets in Malaysia would waste space and expenses to incorporate a non-revenue generating utility like a wash room.