If you can sell real Aussie frankfurters you will have me as a customer.
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Really? But you can't get Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Lucky Charms, Poptarts, etc. in PNS or welcome. These are all American's favourites, and you couldn't get them anywhere except in Americome!
actually, our neighbourhood wellcome now stocks a product eerily similar to poptarts. you can get reese's PB cups at gateway in sheung wan.
Hi.
My 2 penny's worth would advice you to tap into as many researches in HK as possible, favorite brands? etc.
I would stay away from comparing my ideas to ParknShop and Wellcome and other larger chains. You will mainly be competing with local smaller shops.
With good research and stock inquires with local shops combined with a few small ideas of how to differentiate your idea from the typical local places, I'd say you could start earlier than a year from now.
Since you are new in the business, why don't you go with a franchise, such as 7-11, Circle K, etc? Or then with some "restaurant" franchises such as Triple O, Wendy's (I think there isn't any in HK), or Burger King? Or then real restaurant, such as Spaghetti House?
i like the chicken strips at 000's!
all three of the previously mentioned places were here in 1995. DQ left very quickly (they specialise in ice cream treats, but all hkers want is Haagen Daaz)... wendy's left around 1997ish...arby's somewhere in between. hardee's was gone by about 1998-1999ish...
In fact, it is important for U to find a shop asking affordable rent and easily accessible by expatriate or health conscious customers, which means your shop need to be located in commercial district.
I have a shop in Quarry Bay, 3 min. from Taikoo Place and Island East, the shop is in basement, easily accessible, but with low pedestrian traffic. So, if U have confident that your product has unique selling point and would be highly appealing to customers, and eager to find a shop with relatively low rent, then maybe this is the case.
The shop size : 260 sq. ft.
Asking rent: HK$10k
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