Advice on Setting-up Business in Quezon City inc Business Permits & Licenses

As a service to small business entrepreneurs whose businesses are in Quezon City or who wish to set-up shop in Quezon City, an acquaintance of mine is offering Professional Advice in establishing New Business in Quezon City.

I recently read in a newspaper daily that in terms of city revenue, Quezon City has beaten the so-called Premier Business district in the Philippines which is Makati. This could be a sign that Quezon City is the best place to setup your business.

If you are planning to set-up your business in Quezon City or need to seek advice about your existing QC Business permit, just text 0922-8831225 stating your name and "Business Advice".

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As a NEW FEATURE ON MY NEW BLOG, I am conducting a Reader Survey on "Is Scramble a Fad ?". On the Top Right part of this blog is my Survey Poll. Please click your choice  and then click "Vote" button.

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There is Always Room for One More Competitor: Fresh Options Meat Shop

Just when you thought there were enough meat shops everywhere including San Miguel Corp heavyweight Monterey Meat Shop aside from the thousands of Wet Markets in the country, now comes Fresh Options Meat Shop.

  They started in Central Luzon (Tarlac, Pampanga) and now you can see them everywhere in Metro Manila.  I have seen one near Tropical Hut Panay Avenue and newly-opened in Holy Spirit Drive (near Old Rich subdivisions like BF QC, Don Enriquez, Don Antonio Commonwealth Ave).

My sister shops at their Tarlac outlet and she swears by their good quality of meat and poultry cuts.

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As a NEW FEATURE ON MY NEW BLOG, I am conducting a Reader Survey on "Is Scramble a Fad ?". On the Top Right part of this blog is my Survey Poll. Please click your choice as the Best Small Business in Manila and then click "Vote" button.

To see the results of the survey todate, just click the “Show Result” button

Is Scramble a Fad?

I am conducting a survey on what you guys think about the Scramble--- Is it a Fad or can stands the test of time just like the Siomai.

Just click the Poll on the upper right side of my blog.  Hope to hear from you.

Can the New Philippine Peso Bills with NoyNoy's Signature be Faked???? . . . YES IT CAN (SEE UPDATE BELOW)

New Peso NoyNoy Peso Bills:  CAN IT BE FAKED?

Back side of New  NoyNoy Peso Bills:  Wrong color of Beak??

  Along with the New Year, 2011 brought in the new Peso bills bearing President NoyNoy Aquino's signature.

While most of the controversy pertaining to the new Peso bills centered on the color of a rare bird's beak and the erroneous geographical distance of some islands  (or was it reefs), nothing much has been said if the new Peso bills are harder to counterfeit than the previous Ninoy/Arrovo bills.

As a small business owner, I cannot help worry a lot about the frequency of fake or counterfeit peso bills in this country.  The teller of one of the country's largest bank told me that not a week goes by that they do not encounter fake or counterfeit Peso bills being deposited by unwitting depositors.  We also have taken hits on fake moneys and all of us had to share in the loss.

  In the lotto business wherein our margin is only P4.75% (or just 47 centavos for every P10 lotto bet), it mean that we have to sell almost P11,000 worth of lotto tickets to recover just one incident of a fake P500 bill (which is the bill that is so prevalent in our area)!!!!!!

We LOST MONEY from getting paid with FAKEs of the above P500 & P100 Peso bills!!

                                    I wish the government or the Bangko Sentral (Central Bank of the Phils) issue to small business owners on what are the new security features of the new NoyNoy Peso bills and how to spot fake or counterfeit Peso bills.

UPDATE 4 AUGUST 2011

The Quezon City Branch of a commercial bank told me that last week, they encountered a P200 NEW BILL that turned out to be fake.  What struck them was the high quality of the workmanship of the fake.  But the fake P200 was discovered as the image on the white portion of the bill was crudely made but still, it was a Good Fake.  BEWARE!!

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As a NEW FEATURE ON MY NEW BLOG, I am conducting a Reader Survey on "What You Think Is The Hottest Small Business in Manila today". On the Top Right part of this blog is my Survey Poll. Please click your choice as the Best Small Business in Manila and then click "Vote" button.

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SCRAMBLed NEWS: Do You Know You Can Make 60 6oz-Cup of Scramble from One Kilo of Your Own Scramble Premix????

Yup, this is what a supplier of Scramble Premix (Strawberry Classic) told me while I was buying a cup of Scramble from a known-brand Scramble outlet in a medium-size mall in Metro Manila. 

Some more SCRAMBLed TRIVIA:

1.  If you can get 60 6oz-cups of Scramble from a kilo of Scramble Premix and the Premix costs only P100/kg, you could Gross P320 from every kilo as a 6oz-cup of Scramble sells for P7!!!!!

2.  The same Scramble premix supplier was trying to convince me to set-up my own scramble and earn a lot more, instead of getting a franchise.  Hmmmmmmmmmmmm What do you think, readers?

3.  In that same mall, there used to be only one Scramble but according to the counterperson of the first outlet, his sales has gone down by about 50% since opening last year BECAUSE THE MALL ALLOWED ANOTHER SCRAMBLE OUTLET TO SET-UP JUST  30 STEPS AWAY.  His daily sales is now only P2,000/day.

4.   The other Scramble outlet (of a known-brand) is run by the owner himself (without any crew to save on costs) and his sales is only P1,500/day.  The owner was telling me he is planning to set-up another outlet in his house across a school but this time, he will use his own Concept (i.e. own name and use premixes etc from third parties).

5.  At the Ever Gotesco Grand Central Supermarket area, there are 4 Scramble outlets, 2 siomai outlets (but there must be about 10 in the whole GRand Central Mall), 2 sisig (sisig in the city pulled out), 2 pearl shakes (Black Pearl and Zagu) etc.

     One of the counterpersons told me that Sales is getting cannibalized and let the strongest survive!!! Woe is the small business owner.

6.  Strangely, the 2 scramble outlets prepared their Scrambles in 2 ways:  One used a Premix while the other mixes-up the different ingredients themselves.  The former claims better shelf life and less wastage while the latter who mixes the individual ingredients claims to have a better product.

7.  Likewise, both outlets crushed ice differently. One uses the P15,000-Automatic crusher which is good for heavy orders while the other uses the Industrial Manual crusher because it gives a more fine mixture.  Which is which?

8.  Some Scramble outlets use Buttermilk ((better tasting) but others use Skim Milk (better texture visually). Which one?

9.  Lastly, Scramble is the Star of the Foodcart business at the moment (Twisted potatoes coming in) but with malls not controlling the number of Scramble outlets in a given selling area, will this be bad for future and existing scramble owners?????  PRETTY SCARY, DON'T YOU THINK?

Let me know YOUR TAKE ON THIS. . . . . . .

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As a NEW FEATURE ON MY NEW BLOG, I am conducting a Reader Survey on "What You Think Is The Hottest Small Business in Manila today". On the Top Right part of this blog is my Survey Poll. Please click your choice as the Best Small Business in Manila and then click "Vote" button.

To see the results of the survey todate, just click the “Show Result” button

Why Not Set-up Your Own Scramble Brand?

During the SME Food and Franchise Expo at the WTC, I came across the Bubbles Best Food Supplies Corp., Quezon City and they specialize in supplying the Premixes of the following:

1.  Scramble Classic Vanilla (strangely, it is Vanilla Flavor that gives the Strawberry color of most Scramble miz)



2.  Gulaman drink



3.  Gulaman Jelly mix

4.  Pearl Shake mix



As an example, the Scramble mix is sold at P130/kg and you can make so many cups from a single kilo thereby increasing your margin.

If you want to request for further information, send me a message or comment on the above post, please kindly click the "comment" button below this post.

As a NEW FEATURE ON MY NEW BLOG, I am conducting a Reader Survey on "What You Think Is The Hottest Small Business in Manila today". On the Top Right part of this blog is my Survey Poll. Please click your choice as the Best Small Business in Manila and then click "Vote" button.

To see the results of the survey todate, just click the “Show Result” button

A Scramble Business with an Initial Capital of Just P18,000!

I am sure many of you Would-be Entrepreneurs would like to jump into the Scramble Business but cannot find the means to raise P65,000, much less P200,000 (for a Top-brand Scramble Franchise).

  How about if I told you that there is a company that is offering a Scramble business for just P18,000?  . . . . Included in the P18,000 is a simple cart with tarpauline signage (not lighted panaflex), manual ice crusher, styro boxes and condiment rack for your toppings.  Also, no franchise fee and no royalty to worry about.  You also do not have to renew any franchise as you are basically buying the cart and equipment from them.

  Also, no binding supply contract, meaning, you can source the supplies from them or you can find your own supplier.  Sounds Fantastic??!!

The pics show a particular brand name but you are expected to provide for your brand name and logo design.  Just send them a JPEG file and there you have your own-concept Scramble biz.

  This is Binondo Metalcraft.  They are better known as a kitchen and restaurant local fabricator but they branched out into the Foodcart making business.  Find them in all the trade shows featuring foodcarts.

If you find their cart construction too basic (what else can you expect for the price?), you can ask them to make a quote and a simple CAD-CAM lookalike of your own design.  Prices of course can go as high as P30,000.  Adding panaflex lighting signages will cost just P2,000.

If you want to request for further information, send me a message or comment on the above post, please kindly click the "comment" button below this post.

As a NEW FEATURE ON MY NEW BLOG, I am conducting a Reader Survey on "What You Think Is The Hottest Small Business in Manila today". On the Top Right part of this blog is my Survey Poll. Please click your choice as the Best Small Business in Manila and then click "Vote" button.

To see the results of the survey todate, just click the “Show Result” button