Are you ready for 7 million people on tiny Singapore?

[limlim]

I just feel the consumers should open eye big big where to spend their money.. They shd support the biz which they feel is worth supporting (subjective)..


Just an example.. there have been this break talk on other forums.. how the shops keep on upping the price of a piece of, say, floss bread can sell for $1.70..... and many other item seemingly grossly over priced.. when most of their workers for imported which is supposed to keep price down in the first place. Seems like all the savings gone into profits while all costs are passed to consumer.

Sure, it's a fair game.. they do what they like, nobody can say anything..

BUT, consumers have a choice. Let those who deserves consumers' support stay in the biz..

[sleepy]

limlim:

bcoz.. the govt is not listening properly at all..


Pple are complaining about oversupply of skilled workers (PMETs) which Singapore have no lack of.. But Govt go and restrict the supply of low skilled workers which Singapore is facing difficulty in meeting the demand.
in fact EP should have quota, and stricter quota than WP!

They should go and limit the mostly white collar workers instead of blue collar workers.

They need hearing aids la :evil:

[sleepy]

limlim:

Just an example.. there have been this break talk on other forums.. how the shops keep on upping the price of a piece of, say, floss bread can sell for $1.70..... and many other item seemingly grossly over priced.. when most of their workers for imported which is supposed to keep price down in the first place. Seems like all the savings gone into profits while all costs are passed to consumer.

BUT, consumers have a choice. Let those who deserves consumers' support stay in the biz..

Can always choose not to buy bread talk floss bread.


My favourite yakult drinks increased from $2.85 to $3.05 and I have to continue buying. Only got 2 brands either yakult or vitagen so not that many choices, unlike bread. I thought yakult factory already quite automated, doubt it's due to loss of workers le :scratchhead:

[WeiHan]

limlim:

I just feel the consumers should open eye big big where to spend their money.. They shd support the biz which they feel is worth supporting (subjective)..


Just an example.. there have been this break talk on other forums.. how the shops keep on upping the price of a piece of, say, floss bread can sell for $1.70..... and many other item seemingly grossly over priced.. when most of their workers for imported which is supposed to keep price down in the first place. Seems like all the savings gone into profits while all costs are passed to consumer.

Sure, it's a fair game.. they do what they like, nobody can say anything..

BUT, consumers have a choice. Let those who deserves consumers' support stay in the biz..

I thought they have a central kitchen to prepare their breads and that should make their price very competitive. But to my surprise, neighbourhood bakery shops that have a smaller scale of economy can beat them both in price and quality of the bread.

[raysusan]

limlim:

I just feel the consumers should open eye big big where to spend their money.. They shd support the biz which they feel is worth supporting (subjective)..


Just an example.. there have been this break talk on other forums.. how the shops keep on upping the price of a piece of, say, floss bread can sell for $1.70..... and many other item seemingly grossly over priced.. when most of their workers for imported which is supposed to keep price down in the first place. Seems like all the savings gone into profits while all costs are passed to consumer.

Sure, it's a fair game.. they do what they like, nobody can say anything..

BUT, consumers have a choice. Let those who deserves consumers' support stay in the biz..

Yes. Use to buy from them. But had stop buying from them due to the price and quality

[daisyt]

WeiHan:

limlim:

I just feel the consumers should open eye big big where to spend their money.. They shd support the biz which they feel is worth supporting (subjective)..


Just an example.. there have been this break talk on other forums.. how the shops keep on upping the price of a piece of, say, floss bread can sell for $1.70..... and many other item seemingly grossly over priced.. when most of their workers for imported which is supposed to keep price down in the first place. Seems like all the savings gone into profits while all costs are passed to consumer.

Sure, it's a fair game.. they do what they like, nobody can say anything..

BUT, consumers have a choice. Let those who deserves consumers' support stay in the biz..

I thought they have a central kitchen to prepare their breads and that should make their price very competitive. But to my surprise, neighbourhood bakery shops that have a smaller scale of economy can beat them both in price and quality of the bread.

I have the same thought too. Centralized kitchen, automated machines. Spend less on advertising and renovation of the shops, sure can bring cost down. For a business like bread talk, what are their top operating costs?

[sleepy]

daisyt:

I have the same thought too. Centralized kitchen, automated machines. Spend less on advertising and renovation of the shops, sure can bring cost down. For a business like bread talk, what are their top operating costs?

My guess is rental.

Next to bread talk there is usually also a Toast Box. They occupy rather prime shop front at shopping malls - ground floor &/or near main entrance. Although I've seen some at basements too. And they require a rather large floor area for these 2 adjacent shops. Rental cost should be a high % of their total operating cost

[wonderm]

daisyt:

WeiHan:

[quote=\"limlim\"]I just feel the consumers should open eye big big where to spend their money.. They shd support the biz which they feel is worth supporting (subjective)..


Just an example.. there have been this break talk on other forums.. how the shops keep on upping the price of a piece of, say, floss bread can sell for $1.70..... and many other item seemingly grossly over priced.. when most of their workers for imported which is supposed to keep price down in the first place. Seems like all the savings gone into profits while all costs are passed to consumer.

Sure, it's a fair game.. they do what they like, nobody can say anything..

BUT, consumers have a choice. Let those who deserves consumers' support stay in the biz..

I thought they have a central kitchen to prepare their breads and that should make their price very competitive. But to my surprise, neighbourhood bakery shops that have a smaller scale of economy can beat them both in price and quality of the bread.

I have the same thought too. Centralized kitchen, automated machines. Spend less on advertising and renovation of the shops, sure can bring cost down. For a business like bread talk, what are their top operating costs?[/quote]I thought bread talk breads are baked on site? I still prefer their breads to those from other bakeries.

[WeiHan]

wonderm:

I thought bread talk breads are baked on site? I still prefer their breads to those from other bakeries.

Not true...other smaller bakery chain like Baker Talent is very good quality also...but they tend to occupy less primed location.

[Irrelevant]

sleepy:

My guess is rental.

Coincidentally, I have had a big debate with my friend over this. I would have thought that manpower should be top.


Anyway, I have just taken a look at Breadtalk's latest financial statements:

Profit before tax is arrived at after charging/(crediting) the following (figures in thousands):

Operating lease expenses 90,350
Personnel expenses 122,774