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    Yesterday — while waiting in line at this tiny shop to buy some cheesecake for a friends sick daughter (she loves this cheesecake) — I did some mental calculations to pass the time.

    48 cakes per oven per hour @ $10 cake = $480/hr/oven

    3 ovens = $1440/hr

    store is open 8am-11pm, 15hr x $1440 = $21,600 / day

    open 7 days/week = $151,200 / week

    54 weeks = $8 million

    8 million dollars

    This shop has lineups from the moment it opens until closing time. 30-40 minute wait for a maximum 1 cheese cake per person. Tiny store, sells nothing else. 4 minimum wages workers toiling away.

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    • food synthesizer ovens what converts pure air to cheesecake? food is like clothing if you do it right you can make with a little investment 200-400% margin.sted
    • you watch them mix all the bits by hand and pour into the molds. they're automatons. every cake sold is still hot - they don't keep inventoryGnash
    • http://uncletetsu-ca…Gnash
    • 54 weeks!robotron3k
    • lol. oops. 51 (they close for a week)Gnash
    • Knew it was Tetsu before seeing the notes.i_monk
    • have you tried them? not bad. wouldn't line up again, thoughGnash
    • I'm allergic to dairy, so no cheesecake for me.i_monk
    • We're in the wrong business.monospaced
    • Multiply by 4 locations in the city? Or are you counting that as well?_niko
    • not counting all the locations. that one has 3 ovens, not sure about the others.Gnash
    • no kidding, mono :)Gnash
    • 54 weeks is a bakers year.BH26
    • Your numbers aren't accurate. Most successful food places make about $500g a yearHayoth
    • i'm just basing it on observation. Having had a restaurant I'm familiar with the economics. Hence my posting about these guys. It's an anomaly.Gnash
    • I wonder how long they can keep this up for. You'd figure after a certain point people would have their cheesecake fill satisfied :)monospaced
    • it's been over 2 years and it hasn't slowed down yet. I'm not sure if it's the same story in other cities. but they're killing it here.Gnash
    • minimal inventory. minimal equipment. minimal space requirements. minimum wage workers.... damn.Gnash
    • impressivemonospaced
    • http://68.media.tumb…
      like this every time a pass by      Gnash
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