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Chapter 105 Pre-prepared dishes

After hearing Li Yi's request, Yu Mancang said, "The entire Yunzhou is full of food processing factories. You can buy any equipment you want. In China, there is no shortage of food processing factories. They can do everything from roasting and packaging dried fruits to canning food, stewing dishes, and instant noodles. If you invest your money in these, it will be a waste of money."

Food processing is a very tiring industry, the main reason being that food has a shelf life.

Products with shelf life are destined to be distributed in large quantities, but traditional distribution channels have long been occupied by big brands.

For example, there is a type of soda in Yunzhou, but it cannot be found in any large supermarket in Yunzhou, let alone other places.

Foreign daily chemicals, fast food and beverages developed earlier, and after entering the domestic market, they quickly seized the channels. Domestic related brands were either acquired or beaten to a pulp and could only survive.

Yu Mancang could probably guess that Li Yi probably wanted to use the Internet channel, but the Internet channel is currently not as good as the traditional channel, and the express delivery fee is too expensive.

Even if you sell a large quantity of goods, the cost of one express delivery order will not be less than three yuan.

According to the net profit of the food industry, one can only make money if the value of an order is at least 30 yuan.

Li Yi is doing well at Wuyou Media now, so there is no need for him to get involved in other industries. Even if the food processing industry can generate hundreds of millions in revenue, the profit may not be as high as Wuyou Media.

"Mr. Yu, do you want to hear my thoughts?"

Li Yi came here this time to persuade Yu Mancang to invest.

Because it is difficult to work in the physical industry, you must have sufficient personal connections, and there are many things to do in the process, which are beyond his current capabilities.

"Of course, I believe your thinking is very valuable for reference."

Even if he disagrees with Li Yi's direction, Yu Mancang is willing to believe in Li Yi's thinking.

"Mr. Yu, do you know what industry is the hottest right now?"

"What industry? It's the internet industry. For example, opening an online store, making various software and games, all of which are closely related to the internet."

Li Yi shook his head and said, "Strictly speaking, the most profitable industries are those that combine the internet with brick-and-mortar businesses, such as food delivery."

Takeout food delivery appeared three years ago, and last year it had basically covered all major cities in China.

As a new first-tier city, Yunzhou naturally covers a lot.

However, the current food delivery is not standardized. For example, there is no fixed delivery person or rider. It is more like they only provide a platform and other businesses handle it on their own.

At present, a team of riders has been formed, who specialize in delivering various takeouts. Even if they deliver to schools, there are dedicated people to coordinate.

Among the part-time jobs for students, there is a delivery job, which basically involves delivering food from the university gate to the dormitory gate, and they can get one yuan per order.

Yu Mancang was stunned.

"The food delivery industry is profitable? There aren't that many orders in a day, right? Is there something wrong with your statistics?"

Li Yi explained, "Mr. Yu, the current scale of food delivery is indeed small, but there's a reason for that. Just because many people can't afford a proper smartphone doesn't mean they're unwilling to order food. Right now, many people order food through computer websites or by calling restaurants privately, which is very inefficient. Last year, the two platforms launched their own apps, and this year, the installed base of smartphones in China has increased by over eight million, compared to just three million last year..."

There is a lot of data that Li Yi did not mention.

For example, the Fruit 4S, which is about to be released, will see an explosive increase in production because it will soon be produced domestically.

For example, with the rapid development of domestic smartphones, the installed capacity will exceed 30 million per year in the future.

These are all sources of traffic in the mobile app era.

In the past two years, those who chose to do takeout have basically been able to get a share of the pie, and they are unable to handle the orders.

After all, with various subsidies from the platform and increasingly convenient food delivery, restaurants can sell at least twice as much food as usual.

It was normal to earn 7,000 or 8,000 yuan a month in the past and 30,000 or 40,000 yuan a month in the future.

Yu Mancang frowned. He didn't know where Li Yi got this data.

"According to this data, it seems that making smartphones should be very profitable..." Yu Mancang joked.

Li Yi: “…”

He certainly knows that making smartphones is profitable, but the problem is that he doesn't know how to do it. A few years ago, there was no barrier to entry for that product, but there is one now. This statement also suggests that Yu Mancang isn't particularly interested.

However, Li Yi was determined to drag Yu Mancang into the water.

"Mr. Yu, do you think the food delivery industry can be scaled up and mass-produced?"

Yu Mancang immediately shook his head and said, "No, it's not easy to find a chef. Currently, takeout is basically a small family workshop model."

"In my opinion, it can be scaled and mass-produced."

"Ok?"

Yu Mancang was stunned.

Catering industry scale? ? Batch?

Take-out food is aimed at the general public, and even those chain restaurants currently adopt some franchising models.

There are gains and losses in franchising, and most people don’t do well.

Those that operate their own businesses often only have a few stores across the country, as costs are high and it is difficult to hire chefs.

Although there is no shortage of chefs in the country, good chefs are still hard to find and extremely expensive.

Currently, only McDonald's and KFC are large-scale and mass-produced in the catering industry.

Because of their large scale, they are able to support mature cold chain transportation.

Yu Mancang knows what large-scale and mass-produced catering means.

Food is the most important thing for people. We cannot live without food at any time.

Food, clothing, housing and transportation, each of them is a trillion-level market.

Even if you only get a piece of the pie, you will make a fortune.

"Tell me in detail?" He became interested.

Li Yi said: "Pre-prepared dishes."

Yu Mancang frowned.

Pre-made meals?
That’s it?
Pre-prepared meals have been around for a long time.

For example, the various meatballs and dumplings currently sold in supermarkets.

Strictly speaking, KFC and McDonald's also serve pre-prepared meals.

The same goes for the braised food sold online.

Indeed, only pre-prepared meals can be produced in batches and on a large scale.

But the market for this thing is very limited.

Li Yi also feels that making pre-prepared meals is a bit unscrupulous, but this thing really makes money.

Currently, pre-prepared meals have not yet shifted towards Chinese food. At most, there are only some niche products that use pre-prepared methods for various reasons, but because of their small scale, they are not profitable.

In fact, the main reason is that no one has discovered the real use of pre-prepared meals yet.

With just an electric rice cooker, a kettle and a freezer, you can open a takeout shop. This is the real purpose of pre-prepared meals, which can easily support a restaurant's monthly revenue of over 100,000 yuan.

They can operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

You can eat the braised pork, fish-flavored pork shreds, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, braised chicken anytime and anywhere you want...

(End of this chapter)