Is the price of flour going up too? Also doubled!
When Brother Le and Jiabao heard this, they all looked at Yu Qingze.
The matter was so serious that neither of them knew what to do.
The two seafood dishes in the restaurant have little impact, and other new dishes can be used instead. But in the snack bar, flour is the most used. If the price of flour doubles, their cost will undoubtedly be greatly increased. If you increase it, you won't make any money.
Yu Qingze frowned and asked Brother Chang, "How much flour is there in the store? How long will it last?"
Brother Chang thought about it and replied, "It can be used for three days."
"Three days..." Yu Qingze walked around the room, his mind racing fast.
The owner of the flour shop has cooperated with him for a long time, and he will not double the price for no reason. He must have been threatened by someone just like the owners of the seafood stall. Fortunately, he also sent someone to tell them in advance, instead of waiting for them to deliver the goods in two days. Otherwise, they will be more passive at that time.
Brother Chang was very anxious, but looking at Brother Le and Jiabao, he didn't say anything. He asked suspiciously, "Why aren't you surprised at all?"
Brother Le sighed.
Jiabao said to Brother Chang: "Brother Chang Chang, the price of shrimp and clams has also increased in the restaurant, and all the seafood vendors in the market are all at one price, and the price of the seafood they sell to us has doubled. All are at normal prices.”
"Seafood has doubled? Are all the vendors like this?" Brother Chang asked in disbelief.
There is not a lot of seafood in Tongshan City. The price of seafood is already very expensive, and now it has doubled, and it is only aimed at them. This is obviously someone doing things deliberately.
Jiabao nodded and was very angry: "There are not many seafood sellers in the city, and they can't be bought now."
"His grandfather, who is going to mess with us?!" Brother Chang was so angry that he scolded people directly.
Brother Le shook his head, indicating that he didn't know yet. He didn't tell Brother Chang about his guess, for fear that Brother Chang would go directly to someone to settle the account in a fit of anger.
But he didn't say it, but Brother Chang remembered it himself. He glanced at Brother Le and said, "Is it Xiangmanyuan?"
Yu Qingze shook his head and said, "Brother Chang, we can reasonably suspect that we close the door, but there is no evidence. We can't talk nonsense when we go out this door, you know?"
Hearing this, Brother Chang nodded and said, "I know the severity, Boss Yu, don't worry."
Yu Qingze nodded, and then said: "So, Brother Chang, you ask Tie Zhu, Er Niu, and you to go to the flour store to buy flour. One person goes there every day, and they go there instead. They only buy three bags a day at most. They are in the kitchen. , most customers don’t know them, and the store owner doesn’t even know them. Let them go in and out through the back door, and after buying them, put them in the house where they live in Xicheng Jiabao, and then we will deliver them to the store at night.”
"Okay." Brother Chang nodded immediately, and then worried: "What if someone recognizes it?"
Yu Qingze said: "Then go to another person. Today, let Tie Zhu go again in the afternoon. I will go to the flour shop to check the situation later."
"Okay. What about the restaurant?" Brother Chang asked again.
Yu Qingze said: "Also let other people in the kitchen buy it, it should last a few days. In the past few days, I will try to find a way, the worst case is to remove these two dishes, and the impact on the restaurant side is still small. , don't worry, take care of the snack bar first, don't tell them about this except a few people in the kitchen, so as not to cause panic."
"Okay, I understand, then I'll go back first." After that, Brother Chang hurried back.
When Brother Chang left, Yu Qingze said to Jiabao, "Jiabao, go and call Dasong and Dazhi in."
"Okay." Jiabao went out to call someone, and brought the two in together.
Yu Qingze explained the matter to them again, and then explained: "Later, Dasong will go to the market to buy first, after half an hour, Dazhi will go again, Dasong will buy 15 catties of shrimp and clams, Dazhi will buy 10 catties, except for shrimp and clams. Clams, buy some other fish, pick the cheap ones and buy one or two at random, take a bucket with you, you have to fill the water from the boss's basin, they have sea water. After you buy it, put it in your house, and then come back to the restaurant ."
Dasong and Dazhi nodded, Yu Qingze told them the seafood price, and then gave them the money, and Dasong went out through the back door with a bucket.
Taking advantage of Dasong to buy seafood, Yu Qingze explained what happened in the store, and then went to the flour store. Passing by two other grain and oil stores on the road, Yu Qingze went in and asked, and sure enough, the owners of other grain and oil stores also doubled the price.
When he arrived at the store that delivered them, he didn't see the owner of the store, and the man knew him well. He said that the owner was doing the inventory in the storage room in the backyard, and Yu Qingze went directly to the backyard.
"Boss Kang." Yu Qingze called from outside.
When Boss Kang heard the words, he looked over and saw that it was Yu Qingze. He walked out and said, "You're here."
Yu Qingze didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly: "Boss Kang, have you been threatened with the price increase?"
Boss Kang sighed, nodded and asked, "Have you offended someone? I want to deal with you like this."
Yu Qingze shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I honestly open the door to do business, how can I offend anyone, and I don't know who it is."
Boss Kang said: "Maybe your business is too good and you are hindering others."
"I think there is only one possibility." Yu Qingze was helpless, and turned to ask: "Boss Kang, I want to ask, who is the person who came to tell you?"
Boss Kang frowned, pointed his hand up, and said, "Do you want to check?"
Yu Qingze nodded and said, "I have to know who my opponent is."
Boss Kang looked left and right, walked over and closed the door leading to the backyard, then pulled Yu Qingze into the storage room, and then said, "That man is a guy from the dock, just here to spread a word."
"Then who is the person above him?" Yu Qingze asked.
Boss Kang whispered: "This guy is from Fortune."
"Fortune?" Yu Qingze frowned and asked, "I remember this was a shipper?"
Boss Kang nodded and said: "They originally only hauled goods for others, but later they made it themselves, and they specially brought back flour from the north, and I don't know where they purchased the flour, which is better than the flour returned by another company. ."
"You usually buy goods there?" Yu Qingze asked.
Boss Kang nodded and said, "Yes, all the flour I get here is from them. As far as you know, the quality of flour like mine, there are only six or seven in the city, and they are all from Hongyun. Got it there."
"So it is." Yu Qingze said thoughtfully.
When he was working as a food stall earlier, he visited all the flour shops in the city, and he understood. Indeed, as Boss Kang said, some flour shops were better than others. The two shops he asked about before he came were also shops with better flour.
The flour used in his shop is of good quality, so the desserts made are also very delicate, which is why customers like to eat them so much.
And now, they can't use inferior flour instead. The taste is indeed different. Customers can eat it as soon as they eat it, which will affect the reputation.
Boss Kang sighed and said, "Otherwise, why don't you go to other homes?"
Yu Qingze is his big customer, and he feels a pity to lose such a big customer, but there is no way, he can't risk losing the supply of goods for a customer.
Yu Qingze smiled bitterly and said, "I stopped by and asked before I came, just like you."
Boss Kang opened his mouth wide and said in surprise, "All like this?"
Yu Qingze nodded, and then he asked, "Boss Kang, do you usually buy goods every few days? When do you go?"
Boss Kang said, "Usually once every five days, in the afternoon, at the hour. There will be a boat coming back tomorrow afternoon. Do you want to go see it?"
Yu Qingze nodded, "I don't know people from Hongyun, and I won't come against me for no reason. I have to check."
"Yes, you go, be careful."
"I see, thank you Boss Kang." Yu Qingze thanked Boss Kang, suddenly remembered another question, and asked, "Boss Kang, do you know that besides flour, does Hongyun also do seafood business?"
Boss Kang nodded and replied, "Yes. But it's not a batch of ships. They have two lines, one for flour and other grains, and one for seafood, which seems to be brought back from the north."
Hearing this, Yu Qingze understood and said, "Thank you, Boss Kang."