Hi everyone,
I’m new to these forums, so be gentle with me
I live in Hong Kong in an area with only one place that does pizza, and they only offer 6 pizzas on their menu, one size and one choice of crust. The only option around my neighbourhood is to call up one of 4-5 places that will deliver here, but they all take at least 45 minutes to get the food here.
The area I’m in is less than 1km x 0.5km in area, yet all the buildings are highrise apartments ranging from 15 floors to over 50 with 6 to 8 apartments per floor, I estimate there are over 10,000 apartments just in this small area.
I’ve been thinking of opening a pizza place doing delivery and possibly carry out. Thing is aside from a brief stint as an assistant manager in a restaurant once up on a time, I have no knowledge about pizza making (eating yes, making no).
Pizza is very popular here, I know I have a captive market in this area… I even have the money. So I’m writing my business plan and thought I’d come here and ask for your advice. What should I be aware of that I might not have considered ?
I figure I can deliver within 20 minutes, which will be a huge improvement over the currently available choice. Of course I also plan to offer a better product at a competitive price… then again I’msure everyone says that Incidentally a 14" authentic (their words) New York style cheese and Pepperoni pizza is US$15.50 Typical price range for 14" Pizzas is US$14 to $18 - Additional toppings run US$1.30 to $1.95
Looking forward to hearing what you guys think and asking probably a lot more questions !!
Thanks
Sean
I’m new to these forums, so be gentle with me
I live in Hong Kong in an area with only one place that does pizza, and they only offer 6 pizzas on their menu, one size and one choice of crust. The only option around my neighbourhood is to call up one of 4-5 places that will deliver here, but they all take at least 45 minutes to get the food here.
The area I’m in is less than 1km x 0.5km in area, yet all the buildings are highrise apartments ranging from 15 floors to over 50 with 6 to 8 apartments per floor, I estimate there are over 10,000 apartments just in this small area.
I’ve been thinking of opening a pizza place doing delivery and possibly carry out. Thing is aside from a brief stint as an assistant manager in a restaurant once up on a time, I have no knowledge about pizza making (eating yes, making no).
Pizza is very popular here, I know I have a captive market in this area… I even have the money. So I’m writing my business plan and thought I’d come here and ask for your advice. What should I be aware of that I might not have considered ?
I figure I can deliver within 20 minutes, which will be a huge improvement over the currently available choice. Of course I also plan to offer a better product at a competitive price… then again I’msure everyone says that Incidentally a 14" authentic (their words) New York style cheese and Pepperoni pizza is US$15.50 Typical price range for 14" Pizzas is US$14 to $18 - Additional toppings run US$1.30 to $1.95
Looking forward to hearing what you guys think and asking probably a lot more questions !!
Thanks
Sean
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