Chapter 347: Pastry Combo Launch

"That's it for the reform plan."

"If anyone has different suggestions or ideas, feel free to speak up and discuss them."

Su Dan looked up at the many store managers in the conference room.

She hoped these managers would offer better suggestions to help the coffee shop develop even further.

To her disappointment, after she asked this, all the managers fell silent, and no one offered an opinion.

A while later.

Suddenly, one manager raised their hand to ask a question.

"Manager Su, the proposal to add pastries is indeed good. But there's a problem now: we don't have a channel to purchase those pastries."

"Don't worry about that. I've already secured the channels for the pastries. When the time comes, pastry chefs will come to your shops to guide you through the production process and some precautions."

Regarding the pastries, after discussing it with Song Xia last time, she had already started contacting manufacturers.

Now, the prices and everything else have been settled.

The purpose of today's meeting was to let these managers get informed first. In a couple of days, the ordered pastries will arrive at each shop, and the coffee shop will officially implement the new offering.

They briefly discussed some specific operational details following the reform within the conference room.

For instance, making posters to stick on the windows or creating standing signs to place at the entrance of the coffee shop.

After all, they needed to publicize the addition of the pastry combos; otherwise, no one would know.

"Alright, there's nothing else. Meeting adjourned."

"Everyone, go back and handle this matter properly. It concerns the future of the coffee shop, so don't be careless."

The meeting ended.

All the store managers packed up their notebooks and left the conference room in an orderly fashion.

After leaving the conference room, Su Dan headed straight to the general manager's office. She arrived at the door, knocked gently, and then walked in.

"Teacher Su, is your meeting over?"

Song Xia looked up at Teacher Su as she entered.

"Yes, it's over."

Su Dan nodded.

"How about you? How was your video conference?"

"It just finished as well. I've already communicated the coffee shop reform plan. Now we're just waiting for those pastries to arrive at each shop."

Song Xia nodded, unable to help feeling a bit nervous.

She wasn't sure if this reform would actually succeed.

"Alright, based on my experience, this reform will definitely be effective. The only uncertainty is to what extent this effect will change Nanhe Coffee."

Seeing Song Xia's anxious expression, Su Dan naturally knew what she was worried about.

She knew Song Xia quite well.

On the surface, it didn't look like much; she didn't seem to care much about the development of the coffee shop or its losses.

But during offline investigations, Su Dan couldn't compare to her enthusiasm and diligence.

She knew that Song Xia really hoped the coffee shop would improve.

"I know, Teacher Su."

Song Xia smiled slightly. Hearing such a confident answer from Teacher Su, she felt much more at ease.

…

A few days later,

Nanhe Coffee flagship store.

This was the first store that was opened.

Song Xia and Su Dan sat on the chairs behind the counter, looking at the scene inside the shop, and both smiled in relief.

Since the last meeting, on the third day, every coffee shop received the pastries, and several chefs came to provide simple training to each location.

The training was also very simple.

After all, these pastries were shipped as semi-finished or finished products.

The staff only needed to perform simple processing, such as heating them up or adding some fruit for decoration… that was basically it.

So, basically, within two days, the coffee shop staff had already mastered the essentials of preparing the pastries.

It was now the fifth day of operations since the coffee shop reform.

As the coffee shop added pastries and coffee-pastry combos, and displayed the price information on a standing sign at the entrance…

Things were about as they had anticipated.

In the past few days, the number of customers coming into the coffee shop has started to gradually increase.

Especially in the morning and at noon, many people chose to come to the store to buy coffee and pastry combos.

*Ding-ling,*

The door of the coffee shop was pushed open, and a young man and woman walked in.

After the young man led the young woman to a seat, he went to the counter, asked briefly about the combos on the standing sign at the door, and finally ordered two 59.8 pastry combos.

This 59.8 combo was the cheapest one in the store.

An Americano worth 50, plus two pieces of pastry.

Most people who came in to order combos these past few days ordered this one.

Before long,

The staff delivered the two combos to the table of the young man and woman.

Ever since that young couple entered,

Su Dan had been watching, and after the staff served the combos,

she saw the young man wanting to eat, but he was stopped by the young woman. The young woman picked up her phone and took a few photos of the coffee and pastries on the table, followed by two selfies.

Whether she included the young man in the photos, though, was unknown.

After taking the photos, the young man started drinking his coffee, while the young woman was still fiddling with her phone.

"That girl is probably posting on her Moments."

Song Xia spoke slowly. Ever since the couple entered, she had been watching too.

Based on the girl's series of actions just now, she could be certain that she was posting on her Moments. Even if it wasn't Moments, it was something similar.

"Yes, this is a good thing!"

Su Dan nodded slightly upon hearing this.

Being able to make that girl post on her Moments meant that, at least within her circle, their Nanhe Coffee held a decent status.

As long as this effect continued, making drinking Nanhe Coffee something worth posting on Moments…

…just like Starbucks back in the day. Many people went to Starbucks not for the coffee, but because they wanted to buy Starbucks to post on their Moments.

This invisibly elevated Starbucks' status.

If Nanhe Coffee could eventually be sought after by many people just like Starbucks was, not for drinking, but just to post a status on Moments…

By then, the reputation of Nanhe Coffee would be completely established.

And that would also be the time when Nanhe Coffee turned losses into profits.

At that time, even if Nanhe Coffee were a bit more expensive, it was estimated that many people would still come to buy it.

Because by then, it wouldn't just be about the taste of the coffee, but more about showing off one's style.

To put it vulgarly,

drinking Nanhe Coffee is something worth showing off.

"Yes!"

Song Xia also nodded in agreement.

Since the Nanhe Coffee reform, she had been keeping an eye on things for the past few days, and not just at this flagship store.

It also included other branches in Jiang City and the branches in Kyoto.

The feedback received was very good, especially for some coffee shops opened near office buildings; sales in recent days were growing rapidly.

Of course, the fastest growth was still at the branches in Kyoto.