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7 Reasons Why Foods Price Increase in Restaurants

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7 Reasons Why Foods Price Increase in Malaysia Restaurants



Since food price never goes down there is no point arguing. These may or may not be reasons of food price increase in Malaysia. This is some theory or story that you may like to hear !



1. Fuel Price or World Crude Oil Price

I have heard they say this over and over again but when it goes down by 50 dollars none of this restaurant operators say a word about decreasing their soaring high food price. We have a new fuel price which is RON 95 priced at RM1.91 but still no one spill a word of decreasing food price.

Do you think we never notice that you do no need to follow downward but just the upward trend ??

So the RON97 price is RM1.91 in the year 2015 now when the next time local oil price RON95 increase 30 cents like in the year 2016 is another reason for food price increase ??



2. Minimum Wage Policy

It is fairy food policy for all employees working in Malaysia. In order to maintain profitable restaurant business the employee wages in balance sheet of a restaurant must remain 20 to 30% when the percentage goes up due to implementation of minimum wage policy, they will increase the food price maintaining the original 20% while the boss get 70% gross profit.

Food price increase will affect demand !!



3. Goverment Service Tax


This is a tricky one the tax is widening and not increasing tax rate then, why they have this reason of increasing food price ?? They have the right to increase food price in our favorite restaurant but when we do not like it they do not want to bring it down !! I guess majority like it the way treating us we have to pay this money to eat this food since it like the voice of dissatisfied were minority !

Restaurant operators like to use many reasons increasing our favorite restaurant delicious food's price. We just want to eat more foods and save more money eat at there !



4. Bonus and no Bonus


We have salary increment and bonus from a company. Sadly to say some of us do not have it.



5. Shop Lot Rental

Do you ever heard of Increasing of monthly shop lot rental ? That property probably gains in value over time and then there is an inflation in monthly shop lot rental ?? The cost bearer would be transfer to end consumer that will be all of us.

If demand is strong in a place where everyone go there for shopping shop lot rental usually higher



 6. Subsidy

No more subsidy from higher authority means work harder because authorities need fund to do some big projects for the everyone benefits living under the same roof and riding the same boat. Raw food materials price soars due to withdraw of subsidy !



7. Natural Disaster

Flood in many states would resulting rip-off food price. Imagine flood victims lost their homes the demand for foods doubled or tripled for temporary as long as you have money in your hand there is no worry for tomorrow !







 



Breakfast at Kim Hing Lee Coffee Shop

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Kedai Kopi Kim Hing Lee or 金兴利茶室 literally means in English as Kim Hing Lee's Coffee Shop 




Kota Kinabalu Kim Hing Li 1982 Raw Pork Noodle-Sang Nyuk Mian



When I glimpse on this tagline "Kota Kinabalu First Raw Pork Noodle", "Kim Hing Li 1982 Year" I thought of entering a time machine travelling back to year 1982. I quicky jump back to reality or year 2014 when they ask me to pay RM9.30, that was really close because I was about to pay cents like RM1 ??


Who knows how much it costs in the year 1982 a bowl of Sang Nyuk Mian. They said, Raw Pork Noodle is first invented in Sabah, originated from Sabah we should be proud, they said.




You must at least see the above pictures 10 times because you apparently hungry right now and the word "breakfast" makes you even more I know it as I am having that now in front of the screen. That black Soya sauce and that salty pork soup it will make your day brighter and don thank me for that !


If you want an oily-heavy-pork-salty-noodle-black-soya-sauce breakfast choose Sang Nyuk Mian ! 




That was a RM2.50 or lesser Nescafe Ice ! Prepare RM10 because that is the rate you are going to pay for Sang Nyuk Mian and Nescafe Ice when you are breakfast at Kim Hing Lee Coffee Shop. 

I wonder if they serve 100 peoples in a day that would be RM1000 gross profit before deduction of material cost. 100 peoples eating Sang Nyuk Mian that not some difficult task. 


Place: Kota Kinabalu Sinsuran (Nearby Centre Point, Le Meridien Hotel)


Secret Recipe Banana Chocolate and Meat Ball Spaghetti

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International chain restaurant Secret Recipe opens another chain restaurant at Oceanus Waterfront Mall.


Beef Meatball Spaghetti


Secret Recipe restaurants are located at Centre Point Sabah or Oceanus Waterfront mall and various other places. Expanding rapidly due to favorable market condition. Unrivaled making of mouth-watering cakes and serving western style foods is just a perfect place for casual dining. The beef meatball spaghetti priced at RM18.50


Staff are adorable and quick in learning their mistake without arguing with their customer when they billed wrong item into my bill. I have paid extra foods that I did not order and consume. 



Secret Recipe Banana Chocolate Cake

It is not worthy visiting Secret Recipe without ordering its cake, A big slice of chocolate banana cake at RM8.00 is more than enough for your afternoon tea break. Life is wonderful with Secret Recipe cake !!


Oceanus Waterfront Mall Secret Recipe



One of the place to hangout after salary disbursed to employees !!

Delicious Japan Boat Takoyaki at Sabah

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Available for only RM3.50 with a special sauce plus the juicy seafood meat hidden just cant get enough of it.


Sabah Japan Boat Takoyaki


It is not selling ramen or sushi. They are mainly serving the ball-like snack from Japan. It will be good if they do serve ramen. What is your first impression on this decoration ?? All they need is a linen enough to cover the body of customer till knee and import some quality Ramen with experienced Ramen chef !!



Japan Boat Takoyaki



The demand of Japan Boat Takoyaki in Sabah is great leads great expansion of Japan Boat Takoyaki business in Sabah ! It used to be RM3.00 only around the year 2012. There is a RM0.50 price increase between 2013-2014.


Japan Boat Takoyaki at Sabah


I never know what was inside till today. It was minced octopus !


Another Japanese delicacy happening in Malaysia. Takio Ikayaki's Ikameshi (Giant Squid)

Restaurants Increase Nescafe Ice price to RM2.50

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New price for Nescafe Ice at Restaurants the year 2015





We should be happy there is no need preparing a cup of Nescafe at home or office that every time someone prepares for us at a fee. I believe It is historical remark because it will remain the same in the future increasing RM 0.50 for a cup of Nescafe due to GST and inflation. One thing is missing oh, shall not mentioning about  the possibility of oil price affecting it because it go downward instead of upward trend.


It is always delicious somebody brew Nescafe for us no need go out buy sugar or Nescafe powder or washing the cup with water and detergent. We should remember today the price of our favorite Nescafe cost at RM2.00 or RM2.30 !


Will the price threshold for a Nescafe stop at RM2.50 or awaiting for RM3.00 for a cup of Nescafe in the future ? It sound so intriguing finding out ! I remain resilient and optimistic that it will hit RM3.00 threshold when everyone denied that everything is not certain there is one thing constant that will be price of food never goes down. At least I have not seen it with my naked eyes in this 20 years !
  

Sabah Restaurant Receipt shows GST 6%

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It is under business right to exercise prior to the agreed date ?





It never one intention to harm anyone but to states the fact or truth or reality. I will never reveal because it will be a common thing at the future nagging it just feel no right. Demand and supply still rule. . You have the right to impose but we have the right to say and comment!


When demand and supply rules the above receipt is nothing at all. World crude oil fell 40 dollars and more it is amazing to know that nothing get affected at here everything is still normal because there is no decreasing price in our local oil price. When the oil price just increase a little bit locally, everything seem goes up !


There is one significant question in my head a little voice saying that "When it the right time for our favorite restaurants trim it price down ?" I had this questions when I am still young I always glimpse on the price of my favorite food. Apparently, it was just a fairy tale ! As I grow up, I realized that when food and service goes together nothing really goes down.


It never goes down I was hoping a miracle that could bring this dream materialized. The reasons behind it I heard that the restaurant owner wants to maintain profit. Due to some minimum wage policy or local oil price increased or 5-star service. One of the most sound reason of all will be go and you try to open a restaurant business yourself !  I was so guilty being so naive by stating all this facts




Business operator used to be charging RM3 for a bowl of kon lao men or RM 3.50 for big portion chicken rice or RM1.50 for 3 Dim Sum or RM0.70 for a roti canai. Nowadays, no one hardly get the prices



Do you ever miss paying RM 1.00 for a fried rice or fried noodle ?? I mean it not like the salary is catching up the inflation of food. There is only one certain thing in the future "price of your favorite foods goes up in the restaurant if demand is still strong" . 


We talk too much about demand what about the supply well, my favorite restaurant might want to maintain it price if there are many new and good restaurants doing business around there. Besides, people changes their diet too during a life cycle or due to some significant event happened like disease that would be something entirely unpredictable but it does occur !


So stop everything start eating your favorite food with the food price set by the restaurant ! Although their business depend very much on customer do not forget they listen when you comment on the food taste but not food price !

Chicken Foldover is here at McDonalds Malaysia

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McDonalds Malaysia latest menu Chicken Foldover





It is a roti canai folds with two chicken meat and tomato. They should seriously think some special sauce in it because it quite dry. I was hoping some roti canai's curry or bbq sauce. I still vote for spicy Mc Deluxe or Big Mac. They should put scramble egg in between !!


I do not buy your idea of latest menu Chicken Foldover ! It is a genius idea combining roti canai and two pieces of nugget-like chicken meat !


 

Ah Huat White Coffee Canned Beverage

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"Ah Huat" or in English Mr Huat, "Xin Xiang Shi Cheng" or in English May Your Heart Desire, Come True.  





The brand is "Ah Huat" . Tagline is may your heart desire, come true. Taste is White Coffee. One of the most prominent coffee brand due to the brand ambassador to be "Ah Niu". Partly to that its wide advertising contributes successful of the brand penetrating beverage market in Malaysia.


I am guessing it is the first coffee manufactured with a Mandarin characters. Produced by the same company manufacturing Power Root coffee or Alicafe. You will know this company because they extensively advertises drinking its coffee one of you will take away RM 1 million prizes.


Ah Niu becomes ambassador of Ah Huat coffee although it does not look like him at all. He then read something attracting you drink coffee and take home some attractive prizes. The truth hurt there will be few lucky participants only to win this contest,


Well, another opinion of mine is that all the white coffees does not taste differ only difference is the packaging !


I may have bought this RM 2.50 ??