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While I was visiting my grandmother for Christmas, I ended up getting donuts from a little hole-in-the-wall place near her house. As soon as I saw the place I immediately thought of this thread, so I decided to check some figures. The place was at the very edge of a little strip mall anchored by a gas station. They had 2 parking spaces (there was other parking, but the other businesses seemed to use most of those and there were just 2 spots in front that had "Donut Parking Only 5-10 Min" signs in front of them). I went in and there was one customer in front of me. Total amount of time I spent from walking into the store to walking out with my dozen chocolate glazed donuts was 2 minutes and 57 seconds. (They did take Apple Pay, which helped speed things up by a few seconds.) Total amount I paid was $12.25. This is how the place looked:  The lady at the shop threw in a half-dozen chocolate donut holes for free, as well:  This was in suburban DFW, in an area with a median household income of around $63,000. After I left there wasn't another customer coming in after me, and the place seemed fairly slow, but it was also ten in the morning on Christmas Eve. Rationale posted:Obviously there are downsides in needing refrigeration as well as 10 eggs and 3 sticks of butter in like 27 doughnuts but brioche is pretty easy and very good so I’m gonna gently caress around with brioche instead of buttermilk now. If you are serving any type of coffee drink other than regular drip, you're going to need refrigerators for the milk that you'll need to store. I don't think it's possible to execute the plans you've made so far without having a refrigerator.
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LanceHunter posted:the plans you've made so far buddy,
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Dec 27, 2022 16:46
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LanceHunter posted:While I was visiting my grandmother for Christmas, I ended up getting donuts from a little hole-in-the-wall place near her house. Congrats, you've put more effort and thought into this than op
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Dec 27, 2022 16:58
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LanceHunter posted:The lady at the shop threw in a half-dozen chocolate donut holes for free, as well: These hexagonal donuts are way too futuristic for me.
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Dec 27, 2022 17:00
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LanceHunter posted:This is how the place looked: Excuse me, but where is the "I could get killed at any moment in this place" ambiance? gently caress you for trying to fancify OP's dream donut delivery experience! There's no room for frills like "a likely murder-free experience" or "no fear of getting stuck by a used needle" if OP's gonna be stacking cash like he
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Dec 27, 2022 17:24
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This sign is probably more fitting
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:This sign is probably more fitting Are the taco shells two donuts?
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LanceHunter posted:This is how the place looked: There’s tons of places in Illinois that look like this but they’re just a “restaurant” so they can fill the space with slot machines.
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Dec 27, 2022 18:54
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Did y’all determine if OP is doing a bit I don’t wanna read 30 pages
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OP - I recall this Japanese grandma who has a similar hovel to yours selling food out of vending machines. She operates them manually talking through the speakers or with a puppet. She's on to something here. I'm pretty sure you could cobble together a similar setup with all the fine equipment you've been buying. https://twitter.com/i/status/1480379813131358211 https://soranews24.com/2022/01/19/meet-the-japanese-grandma-who-manually-operates-vending-machines-in-the-countryside/
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Dec 29, 2022 05:41
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the yeti posted:I'm lazy and expect others to cater to my laziness You're in luck, there's a handy link to all the good posts. It's the little question mark under my avatar
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the yeti posted:Did y’all determine if OP is doing a bit I don’t wanna read 30 pages It's still unclear, but he's certainly committed to the bit if so, and it is 100% worth your time to read. Dough not skip this thread!!!!
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the yeti posted:Did y’all determine if OP is doing a bit I don’t wanna read 30 pages Probably a troll and it’s been a bit boring recently , but overall gotta give it , funny either way.
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Volmarias posted:It's still unclear, but he's certainly committed to the bit if so, and it is 100% worth your time to read. Agree. Just enjoy the ride for what it is: A good thread.
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Duckman2008 posted:Probably a troll and it’s been a bit boring recently , but overall gotta give it , funny either way. If the op is trolling then it's the stupid 'hrrrr jokes on you guys I was only pretending' kind in which case he's still a dumbass
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I can be trolling and also getting into a coffee and doughnut situation
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Rationale posted:I can be trolling and also getting into a coffee and doughnut situation This is why I like this guy
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Rationale posted:I can be trolling and also getting into a coffee and doughnut situation I’m glad you understand that you’re getting into a coffee and doughnut situation, and not a coffee and doughnut profitable business. It seems like the thread has been valuable.
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Rationale posted:Joyful seasons everyone Yeah looks like you’re figuring out the pros and cons of brioche. I have a customer facing reach in cooler for some milk and yogurts for peeps to grab but I’ve been using it as overflow for some eggs and butter and it’s been fun to be able to show custies exactly why donuts are so expensive, it’s because I use the same hella good eggs and butter in my hella good croissants! Getting into fillings and glazes and such will require the most specialized knowledge, imo. Bread is wild n crazy but sugar and eggs are two of the most complex foods to work with. You might pick up the textbook Advanced Bread and Pastry, it’s really pretty intermediate and not everything directly applies but it will give you base knowledge to pursue more interesting garnishes going forward.
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If only all of this were real, we'd be able to tell OP that he's never going to get anywhere if he keeps changing the type of dough he's going to center his business on each time he runs into a new option. But since this is all a joke anyway, why not experiment some more and find a new type of dough each month, just to justify reversing another month of progress in donut development
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Dec 31, 2022 19:19
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Rationale posted:I can be trolling and also getting into a coffee and doughnut situation this post was leaps and bounds better than the post it was replying to, and it's the comedy aspect of this thread that keeps it rolling
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Dec 31, 2022 19:21
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EricBauman posted:If only all of this were real, we'd be able to tell OP that he's never going to get anywhere if he keeps changing the type of dough he's going to center his business on each time he runs into a new option. More like d'oh, am I right?
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dough-not miss this thread! https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4020879 BFC mods seeking feedback on modding and subforum rules for 2023
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Tarnop posted:Have you considered Vibes, the low effort, great tasting alternative to Plan Giraffe posted:Also, I know there's no way to calculate what it costs to make a donut or how much to sell it for, but Holy poo poo lmao
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EricBauman posted:If only all of this were real, we'd be able to tell OP that he's never going to get anywhere if he keeps changing the type of dough he's going to center his business on each time he runs into a new option. This is absolutely bonkers. Being that I literally don’t know about doughs why wouldn’t I familiarize myself? Do you think that I think I’ll come up with a better recipe than my distributor? Do you think the story will be “everything is built, everything is official. I’ll open as soon as I like the doughnuts.”?
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Rationale posted:This is absolutely bonkers. Being that I literally don’t know about doughs why wouldn’t I familiarize myself? You’re right about this one. That poster got carried away lol
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So buttermilk/cake donuts are cool and actually perfect for a lot of applications Making them in my driveway it occurred to me that the whole setup could fit in a four-door car along with two people who could fry and finish a few hundred per hour for the entire horse gender reveal party. There’s a reason there are like forty cake-only operations closer than the nearest honest-to-goodness doughnut shop and that’s because cake is easier and faster. They’ll still charge 2-3 times what dunkin does and they’re open. But yeast dough is better than cake dough I’m a snob now and I do doughnuts not donuts. E: also we’re having a baby June or July we’ll see what that does to the schedule Rationale fucked around with this message at 22:54 on Jan 1, 2023 |
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Rationale posted:E: also we’re having a baby June or July we’ll see what that does to the schedule Congratulations! Your wife will be incredibly happy with you spending OK that's excessively mean. I genuinely mean it, congratulations, and I genuinely hope that 2023 brings you financial and personal and doughnut success. I doubt it, but I'm hopeful!
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Congratulations! Iirc this is young kid #3 and your wife is the only reliable paycheck coming in? Ymmv obviously, but to me it seems like this would be a good time to get more risk-averse, and also a good time to spend more time with your family / caring for your kids. I mean, I love donuts and restaurant supplies, but it seems like a good time to minimize betting
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Rationale posted:E: also we’re having a baby June or July we’ll see what that does to the schedule Aw, man, this thread totally jumped the shark this season. What's next, a long-lost evil twin?
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Powerful Katrinka posted:Aw, man, this thread totally jumped the shark this season. What's next, a long-lost evil twin? childhood rival owns the best cake shop and is putting the other ones out of business. the only way to save the town is if this big city baker visiting for the holidays learns to love small town america and maybe, just maybe, love someone else as well. wait that second one was a hallmark movie sorry.
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An ominous Twin Peaks but it IS about the
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These people have the audacity to dunk yeast doughnuts in batter before they fry them
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hallo spacedog posted:An ominous 
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Holy poo poo If their avatar wasn't so good already I would already have plonked the $20 down for an av change
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Giraffe posted:I'm getting the vibe that you like the problem-solving aspects of starting this business (e.g. figuring out the best way to make donuts, optimizing the process, designing the kitchen, sourcing the equipment, etc.) than the business itself. Which is kind of like having kids because you love newborn babies.
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I’ve never seen the show because I’m too busy squandering my time and money
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Fun vid for thread: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JRyenMZ6u4
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I got some donuts from Dunkin' today. solid but unspectacular, as always. I'm a fan of their sour cream donuts in particular. also tried the turkey sausage english muffin: mediocre. anyway, thread, figured you all may want to know that baddog and I have posted updated rules for BFC. have a look: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4021411
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