1. Based upon data
a) there are 180 active primary schools in Singapore
b)average birth rate in Singapore is 32,000/yr.
c)average students in Primary one = 32,000 kids / 180 schools = 177 students in Primary one.
d) Primary school is from primary one to six = 177 students X 6 levels = estimated 1062 students in one school.
2. If you friend is not ambitious but laid back, then he can try to sell 2 menus & a drink within one stall - Fish ball noodle & Chinese nasi lemak. Such food are easy to prepare as they come in frozen ready prepared pack. One just need to work on boiling the soup with condiments & ENSURE it is tasty & not just salty. It must be for the specialty that one aspires than just in it for easy money to fool others, in order to be successful & have repeat customers.
For nasi lemak, it is just boiling rice, prepare the chilli paste & frying chicken wings. And for drinks, one only needs to buy industrial prepared jerry can type of fresh prepared orange juice - just pour it into cups & sell to customers.
Such capital outlays are small, if one is resourceful to seek out wholesalers for better pricing & discounts based on regular purchasing orders.
3. In order to be successful, hardwork is the only way. There are no shortcuts in life. When one works smart & hard, rewards come....
a) With est 1000 students in one school & your friend operates on stall with good & cheap nutritious food, there are NO other competitors in the school as each school will attempt to diversify food types served.
b) Just an average 500 students buying your food for one meal per day sold at $2 will work out to gross profit $1000/day or $24,000/mth on 6 day school week/mth. Anything else will be a bonus.
c) Some canteen operators failed & had to close. The reasons vary - from bigger opportunities elsewhere to
had been serving lousy food that its customers gave up.
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