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Establishing an Exotic Mobile Food Cart in Sampaloc, Quezon

Richard Raymond Sagana | Jeng Abellana

Discipline: Food and Beverage Production

 

Abstract:

The proposed business is a food cart that will concentrate on the offerings of variety of exotic foods. The business form of ownership is sole proprietorship. It will occupy a space at the front of the owner’s house. The cart body dimension of La Exotika Food Cart will 230 cm long, 165 cm wide, and with a height of 220 cm. The space will be good only for two (2) persons to move around the area to perform different activities including preparation of order and serving. Business operates seven days a week. The target users of the service of La Exotica Mobile Food Cart are the residents of Sampaloc, Quezon and other individuals who happened to pass by the cart, All people of all walks of life can avail their products and services because the owner made sure that their service are affordable and match their customers’ preferences for exotic foods. Hence, young and adults, employed or unemployed are all possible users of their service. The cart body dimension of La Exotica Food Cart will 230 cm long, 165 cm wide, and with a height of 220 cm. The space will be good only for two (2) persons to move around the area to perform different activities including preparation of order and serving. The cart body will be plain sheet of galvanized iron, while the flooring will be made of aluminum as well as the counter for rust proof and easy cleaning. There will be a lift-up window for serving area and a side door for entrance. It will have wheels for easy mobility if the proponent wanted to transfer or go to another place. La Exotica Food Cart will give an employment to those who are qualified on the job specification needed and will decrease the unemployment rate of the province. It can also be a big help for the Government since the business is paying tax that can be used to increase the income to support the Government programs. Likewise, the Local Government Unit of Sampaloc will also benefit in this project because it would be another source of income of the municipality in the form of taxes, permits and fees. This business can generate income not only to the owners, but also to those people who will be hired as employees as well as other beneficiaries such as the suppliers of exotic meat products such as snail, frog, monitor lizard, snake, and balut, as well as the carpenter who will construct the food cart and other suppliers of the raw materials ranging from sari-sari stores, and other businesses. It will also affect the people of Lucban because of the number of its employees that will be hired once the owner decided to expand his business. The organizational structure of the business is a line-type organization and management. The form of ownership of La Exotika Food Cart is sole- proprietorship. It took almost 5 months for the business to operate. The business uses quick or fast-food service as term of scale.