30/05/2024
After running a successful Chocolate fountains business for 12 years I decided to to sit down and work out what I was charging people to what it was actually costing me in items I supplied to run it, the chocolate skewers napkins plates table table clothe strawberries dinky doughnuts marshmallows grapes pink wafers fudge the time it takes to shops for all these items and prepares not to mention the time it takes to drive to the venue, the heavy lugging all the equipment into the venue, and when it’s upstairs with no lift oh man that’s a trek, thr 2 hrs setting up the 3 hrs running time the hour to pack up and drag it all back into the car to drive home to them unpack and start to wash everything down, oh did I forget I have to have business insurance of the car, be registered with the local council( 5 star rating go me new kitchen that cost a fortune) liability insurance 5 million incase little Daryl stick his fingers in my chocolate and gets them stuck !! 🙈 pat testing so little Daryl doesn’t go bang when he sticks the skewers to far in 🤨 and after all the sums -+=%£££££ you find out what you really have made of all that time spending time and effort for that one booking.
Seriously guys if anyone ANYONE !! Says they can find cheaper Congratulations because I know for a fact !!!! There making absolutely nothing unless they 1 don’t have the correct paperwork needed for venues to operate. 2 there’s reusing the chocolate and thinning it down with horrible oil and 3 this is the best bit, they know absolutely nothing about profit margins because they making no profit at all !!! So what’s the point ???? Everyone in business can undercut other established companies but what I don’t get is “ why work for nothing ???? “ and while I’m being undercut with other smaller bookings my established businesses gets all the corporate well paid jobs ££££’s. It’s a hard lesson to learn but I’m sure in say 4 or 5 years time when the penny drops, they will be writing similar on there pages as well 😂😂😂💥
