listenup Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Having a beer with my mate last night and we started talking about what street food has the biggest profit margins? I personally think Noodles and those Pork Balls, he thinks Fruit. Your opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khun Jean Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Hamburgers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simcity Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Having a beer with my mate last night and we started talking about what street food has the biggest profit margins? I personally think Noodles and those Pork Balls, he thinks Fruit. Your opinions? Oh yes they really make a fortune , the mercedes car is park few metres away ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigar7 Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Soup. Get into the soup business. Thai's love soup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
listenup Posted July 19, 2006 Author Share Posted July 19, 2006 Having a beer with my mate last night and we started talking about what street food has the biggest profit margins? I personally think Noodles and those Pork Balls, he thinks Fruit. Your opinions? Oh yes they really make a fortune , the mercedes car is park few metres away ! What was the point of your post? I was not asking how much street vendors earn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samran Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Given that you didn't specify in which countries: Hotdogs sold outside British nightclubs at 3am in the morning. 3 or 4 squid a pop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dan Sai Kid Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 This topic would be better viewed in the Food Subforum. Can I presume that you are talking about Thai street food? Hmm, I can't imagine any would be geat money-spinners, or that there is a great difference - but I think fruit as well - it doesn't require any cooking - just some ice to keep it cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaiknot Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Dirty water hot dogs in NYC and crepes nutella in gay Paree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simcity Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Having a beer with my mate last night and we started talking about what street food has the biggest profit margins? I personally think Noodles and those Pork Balls, he thinks Fruit. Your opinions? Oh yes they really make a fortune , the mercedes car is park few metres away ! What was the point of your post? I was not asking how much street vendors earn. My point is : it is a lame business. Working long hours selling sum tum / fruits / noodle or anything , charge from 10 baht to 25 baht. your intro about profit margins sound to me ridiculous , why you do not ask to see a profit and lost statement and balance sheet ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiakaha Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Having a beer with my mate last night and we started talking about what street food has the biggest profit margins? I personally think Noodles and those Pork Balls, he thinks Fruit. Your opinions? The street meat on soi nana. A couple of thousand baht per serving + it is reusable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whynot? Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Having a beer with my mate last night and we started talking about what street food has the biggest profit margins? I personally think Noodles and those Pork Balls, he thinks Fruit. Your opinions? The street meat on soi nana. A couple of thousand baht per serving + it is reusable. Yeah-ya got it-ya sell it-and ya still got it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sing_Sling Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Another brilliant business idea by bar-loungers . . Come to Thailand and start your own business!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samran Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 to do well here, you have to do one thing particularly well, and then people will come from far and wide for it. Whether it be Joke at 3 in the morning, seafood at Soi Texas or fried chicken in Soi Polo, whatever it is do it very very well, and you'll be OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
listenup Posted July 19, 2006 Author Share Posted July 19, 2006 Having a beer with my mate last night and we started talking about what street food has the biggest profit margins? I personally think Noodles and those Pork Balls, he thinks Fruit. Your opinions? Oh yes they really make a fortune , the mercedes car is park few metres away ! What was the point of your post? I was not asking how much street vendors earn. My point is : it is a lame business. Working long hours selling sum tum / fruits / noodle or anything , charge from 10 baht to 25 baht. your intro about profit margins sound to me ridiculous , why you do not ask to see a profit and lost statement and balance sheet ! It may be a lame business for yourself but to Thai's it's a way of earning money to provide for there familes, is that lame? If there wasn't money to be made, why are there so many of them? Grow up! As for the other posts, I did have in mind Street vendors in Thailand but hey, why not spread it across the seas? If we are talking world wide, I would say street vendors at concerts, a bottle of water set me back £2.50 at wembley!! Keep them coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simcity Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Do not bring , moral justice into your answer , I never under look at people ! They do it , because they need to survive , only few are making a ok living and it is because of volume they have ! why so many ? because no other opportunities You want to know the biggest profit margins between selling fruits / soup / sumtum , that is the ridiculous part for me ! Why not to look at transport and difference between a 5 baht and 7 baht bus fare , if a beggar in chiangmai is better of as the one in Bangkok , compare to the population minimum wage ! Grow up , yes did , emigrated from Europe to Australia, make money and retired in Thailand under 40 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poorfarang Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 ^Whats up your ass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sing_Sling Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Why not to look at transport and difference between a 5 baht and 7 baht bus fare , if a beggar in chiangmai is better of as the one in Bangkok , compare to the population minimum wage !Grow up , yes did , emigrated from Europe to Australia, make money and retired in Thailand under 40 ! Lost me there . . . Europe . . . Balkans, perhaps?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuchok Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 (edited) Do not bring , moral justice into your answer , I never under look at people !They do it , because they need to survive , only few are making a ok living and it is because of volume they have ! why so many ? because no other opportunities You want to know the biggest profit margins between selling fruits / soup / sumtum , that is the ridiculous part for me ! Why not to look at transport and difference between a 5 baht and 7 baht bus fare , if a beggar in chiangmai is better of as the one in Bangkok , compare to the population minimum wage ! Grow up , yes did , emigrated from Europe to Australia, make money and retired in Thailand under 40 ! Actually, I think that the ops question is reasonable. What's wrong with finding out the best margin.It might not mean much to high flyers that retire before they are 40 , but I'm sure many Thai vendors would like to know the answer to this as well. Edited July 19, 2006 by chuchok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
listenup Posted July 19, 2006 Author Share Posted July 19, 2006 Do not bring , moral justice into your answer , I never under look at people ! They do it , because they need to survive , only few are making a ok living and it is because of volume they have ! why so many ? because no other opportunities Exactly, with few opotunities Thai's try and earn a living by selling food on the street, so why is this a lame business? You want to know the biggest profit margins between selling fruits / soup / sumtum , that is the ridiculous part for me ! If you thought that this thread was ridiculous, then why did you participate? Why not to look at transport and difference between a 5 baht and 7 baht bus fare , if a beggar in chiangmai is better of as the one in Bangkok , compare to the population minimum wage ! Come on, stop being stupid. Grow up , yes did , emigrated from Europe to Australia, make money and retired in Thailand under 40 ! Congratulations on retiring under 40. I hope I can do the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samran Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Moderator warning: NO FLAMING and keep nationailty and country of origin out of this. Get it? Got it? Good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin_l Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 them chicken kebabs they sell in pattaya, i bet ya they make a fair few quid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charma Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Has anyone ever seen a falang selling street food? (no I am not suggesting that this was your intention). I wonder what reaction that would get from the locals? What about a pie and pasty stand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Has anyone ever seen a falang selling street food? Yes in Pattaya.. Walking Street at one of the many many street festivals they have had there,if I remember rightly they where members of "Rotary" selling for charity. Anyway the reason I'm writing here is because... my next door neighbour was just telling me ( moments before reading this ) that she makes 1000 baht per day selling boiled corn on the cob from her push cart..that's quite a good wage,she said its enough to raise 3 kids pay the repayments on a car and mortgage and have some left over..but said its hard work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charma Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Has anyone ever seen a falang selling street food? Yes in Pattaya.. Walking Street at one of the many many street festivals they have had there,if I remember rightly they where members of "Rotary" selling for charity. Anyway the reason I'm writing here is because... my next door neighbour was just telling me ( moments before reading this ) that she makes 1000 baht per day selling boiled corn on the cob from her push cart..that's quite a good wage,she said its enough to raise 3 kids pay the repayments on a car and mortgage and have some left over..but said its hard work. I reckon they got away with it as it was for charity. Would have to be careful as they would end up taking business away from people like your neighbour. 1000 a day is a good wage, but like you say, it must be bloody hard work. Not sure I know many falangs that would be up for that. Now if I could only persuade the wife...........? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLah Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Not exactly street food but hey you are asking for what kind of food you make the biggest profit on. Those bags of icecubes, 100% profit. Plastic botlles of water, 50% profit. Beer (large botlle) on average, 25% profit. A friend of mine owns a small supermarket in an appartment and after I let her do some marketresearch and by selecting the right products, the shop is now having a 30% net profit on a monthly average sales of 100.000 Bath. I asked a papaya pok pok lady in patpong about her sales per night and she told she have a sales of 5000 Bath per night on average, not sure how much costs she have to buy all the stuff and to pay for being there. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Those Shwarma guys are banking it on Nana 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy-ham Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Selling anything to do with pinapples ,drinks, fruit, juices this fruit is sold at really low cost per kilo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutsiwarrior Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Those Shwarma guys are banking it on Nana 3. yassuh...I say that's the best reply so far on this thread...but in order to stay politically correct make sure it's a skinny thai guy in ragged shorts and flip flops rather than a pakistani in the usual clean livery and paper hat that's trimmin' the meat offa the rotisserie... tourists might get the wrong idea otherwise...'I would like some nam prick, please...' 'falang bah...mai mee nam plik...mee tahini sauce mak mak...' and with a glint of white teeth in a brown emaciated face holds up the prepared schwarma sandwich for inspection and appreciation...(wrapped up tightly as they do in the Gulf in the translucent paper) mmm, mmm...good...wouldn't even wait to get home...unwrap that mother on the sidewalk and devour... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiPauly Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Ive got a freind who works a noodle shop inside one of the big banks on the corner of Suk Soi 1. He says he is making 50,000 Baht a month, and I beleive him His noodles are delicious, he even does food by phone too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 The stickmeat boy near the Ambassador on Soi 11 sells 1,200 pieces a day I hear, and quite a bit of sticky rice too. Who knows what other sidline street activity he is involved with. Do the math, He does very well. He looks dirt poor to keep the "rent" low. Broken down cart, worn out shoes, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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