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Plan b - Serviced Apartments

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    #31
    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
    It's more likely to cost £8-10 a day for an evening meal rather than a week as otherwise it won't be cost effective. Remember restaurants and pubs need to charge VAT on the meal.
    top on Google

    Chicken meals | COOK

    £3.99 / portion.

    Frozen Meals & Desserts delivered to your door : Main Meals and Desserts

    £3.95 / portion.

    So if you said to your local pub / restaurant we order by 9am, cook at lunchtime and we will collect on the way back from the cleaners It will be £3.50 / portion and we will put £0.50 on top for delivery.

    Its a service you might only use a couple of times a week so I didn't give a weekly price.

    £10-20 per week was for the washing which for 5 shirts ironed + socks & undies is about right on SE prices.
    Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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      #32
      motels are routine in new zealand, basically a premier inn style bedroom with a small kitchen/dining room attatched. I really liked them and dont understand why they dont do it like that here.

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        #33
        Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
        Good point. Make sure it has parking or even better a secure garage.

        With nice organiser cubby holes and good strong ceiling joists?

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          #34
          Originally posted by mudskipper View Post
          With nice organiser cubby holes and good strong ceiling joists?
          Blast

          You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to mudskipper again.
          Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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            #35
            Originally posted by vetran View Post
            Blast
            FTFY (well I was about to neg her and now I won't)
            merely at clientco for the entertainment

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              #36
              Originally posted by vetran View Post
              top on Google

              Chicken meals | COOK

              £3.99 / portion.

              Frozen Meals & Desserts delivered to your door : Main Meals and Desserts

              £3.95 / portion.

              So if you said to your local pub / restaurant we order by 9am, cook at lunchtime and we will collect on the way back from the cleaners It will be £3.50 / portion and we will put £0.50 on top for delivery.

              Its a service you might only use a couple of times a week so I didn't give a weekly price.
              In the food industry you must present a perception that you are good to gain custom in the first place. So if you offer someone a meal that is around the price of a M&S/Waitrose preprepared meal then they are unlikely to take you up on the offer.

              You also need to convince people to sign up for days at a time - so a discount for ordering for a week in advance would allow you to bring the price down but for a one off you would need to charge more.

              Originally posted by vetran View Post

              £10-20 per week was for the washing which for 5 shirts ironed + socks & undies is about right on SE prices.
              Wouldn't you just bring enough with you and wash them at the weekend? The washing and iron is in case you have an accident which is why a washer drier, iron and ironing board would be sufficient.
              "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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                #37
                Originally posted by SueEllen View Post


                Wouldn't you just bring enough with you and wash them at the weekend? The washing and iron is in case you have an accident which is why a washer drier, iron and ironing board would be sufficient.
                This - and its something to do in the evening

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                  #38
                  NSFW

                  I do have to admit that the recent one I stayed at, NSFW, did cost me €120 an hour and I didn't get anything to eat, just drinks and was well serviced and as for a tax expense, you couldn't beat it
                  Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
                    In the food industry you must present a perception that you are good to gain custom in the first place. So if you offer someone a meal that is around the price of a M&S/Waitrose preprepared meal then they are unlikely to take you up on the offer.

                    You also need to convince people to sign up for days at a time - so a discount for ordering for a week in advance would allow you to bring the price down but for a one off you would need to charge more.


                    Wouldn't you just bring enough with you and wash them at the weekend? The washing and iron is in case you have an accident which is why a washer drier, iron and ironing board would be sufficient.
                    It's reheated in Microwave food it competes squarely with M&S, if I want fresh food I can just surf just-eat. Your edge /USP is the convenience of it being in the Fridge.

                    you can charge more, but the minimum price to make a profit seems to be £4. If you charge £8 then the tenant may just say I can go to the Pub/McDonalds. I can get a pint & meal for £6 or I can sit at home with reheated meals only one of these gives the owner of the flat revenue.

                    Its suggestions not mandatory pricing. Agree a long term deal can include a discount but the minimum of reserve by 9am means its cooked with the lunch order which tends to be quieter and cheaper staff costs plus minimum delivery cost.

                    If you want to spend all weekend at Darmadstat's favourite play scene then maybe you don't want to do washing at the weekend or take it home to the wife / girlfriend.

                    again optional services. If no one uses them you can take them off or put the price up, they cost nothing to have on the list.
                    Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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