Chapter 392 - 21 The Heart Sent to the Doorstep_2
After Jiang Xiaomei, Shen Chi and the three elders at home had helped her pack mooncake gift boxes for a few days, they finally finished preparing all the boxes for sale.
Guangdong-style mooncake boxes were thirty-two yuan each, Suzhou-style mooncake boxes were twenty-nine yuan each, coconut milk mooncake boxes were thirty-five yuan each, and French mooncake boxes were forty yuan each.
"Mrs. Shen, do you have any more mooncake gift boxes?" another elegant lady hurried into the store and asked.
"We’re out of coconut milk mooncakes and French mooncakes, but we still have about ten boxes each of Guangdong-style and Suzhou-style mooncakes," Lin Xiaoguai replied with a smile.
She hadn’t expected that the coconut milk mooncakes and French mooncakes, which were not very well-known at that time, would sell so well; it took only three to five days to sell out.
It was her oversight, forgetting the brand effect. The gift shop already had a good reputation, so even though the customers had never heard of coconut milk mooncakes and French mooncakes, these two varieties were priced higher than Guangdong-style and Suzhou-style mooncakes. Out of curiosity, they would naturally buy some to try. After all, money was not much of an issue for the guests who came to the shop.
Lin Xiaoguai didn’t like to be involved in the food business for the long term, except for products like sweet rice wine and fruit drinks that could be preserved for a long time and sold at high prices. Foods like mooncakes and fruit, which have a short shelf life and belong to the category of snacks, were troublesome. For one thing, they couldn’t be sold at high prices, and they required a lot of effort. Furthermore, these kinds of food were consumed quickly, and more customers meant less leisure time for her.
However, she didn’t mind making seasonal gifts like these, since it was only for a short time, and she saw it as an opportunity to make some extra money. Plus, running a store meant catering to the customers’ tastes and adding some festive atmosphere.