Opening of Supermarkets

After a lot of talks, Ferdinand finally left Princess Clémentine. In fact, Ferdinand is still a bit afraid of Princess Clémentine. After all, he has taken over her family. His heart is always a little guilty.

Ferdinand went back to making supermarket plans. The most important thing now was the training for staff, which was also the most difficult.

Ferdinand plans to hire a hundred people first, at least a middle school graduate, to conduct early training. Concerning raising instructors will only be his personal priority. By the way, it is possible to find the old butler to make up for it. He manages hundreds of people inside and outside the castle in smooth order. His abilities to manage are still good.

Vienna in 1881 is still not the same as the later world in the end. It is impossible to copy it exactly. After all, this is now still the world of the aristocracy. The waiters must also receive the most basic aristocratic etiquette training, which can enhance the class of the supermarket.

The second step is the site, which is ideal solutions. Vienna's largest locations in line with the terms are still there in a hundred or eighty places. He can rent or buy over and simply renovate it.

In any case, he cannot afford to open a few stores now. It is not possible to put together so many goods. Those kinds of snacks in the future and the many brands of daily goods are not yet out.

He seems to have found another way to make money. The company seems to have a good future in making sales of low-tech snacks. Let us open a supermarket first, Ferdinand thought to himself.

The third step is to buy the goods. It should be trickier in the early stage. Forget it. You can first pick up the goods in the wholesale market. When the supermarket rose in size, it is time to find factories first.

The fourth step is to go through the proper customs, which is not a problem at all. Ferdinand is at least a major aristocrat, which still has prestige.

Finally is the money. For the supermarket 500 square meters, Ferdinand will pay about one thousand pounds. That includes the cost of staff training, site fees and the purchase of goods and other mess together. (Note: The Austro-Hungarian currency was the gulden in 1881. They change to the krone after 1893. Because the value of the currency changed at the time, there are multiple results. For easy use, I will apply the pound directly. 1 pound = 7.32238 grams of pure gold)

Taking into account his real condition, Ferdinand chose to open five supermarkets in Vienna first. The problem is not the money. In fact, taking out a few thousand pounds at once was not a burden for him. The staff could not keep up the progress is the reason.

It took more than three months of preparation for Ferdinand's supermarket. From market research to training personnel, choosing the site, furnishing and stocking, and finally, it was ready.

It has been more than half a year since he came into the world. When he saw the supermarket that is about to open, he felt a sense of pride, which carries his dream to begin. If it was in the previous life, such a small supermarket is enough for him to live most of his life.

On June 18, 1881, Ferdinand chose it for the opening of his first supermarket. Its name simply stole from Volvo.

It was natural for a traverser not forgets the publicity. Two days earlier, he arranged for all his employees to stand out. He took his staff out, put up banners and came onto the streets of Vienna to publicize the opening of Volvo.

1881 is a memorable year, both in the East and in the West. On February 24, Zeng Jize makes the Sino-Russian Treaty of Ili and the Statute of Land Trade with the delegates of Russia.

Russia returned Ili to China but left a large territory west of the Khorgos River and north of the Ili River. China pays nine million rubles to Russia for the expenses of the war.

The Manchu aristocracy is still asleep. The country is indeed sliding towards the abyss.

Bismarck sought to prevent Russia and France from aligning themselves on two sides. Russia also wanted to ally with Germany to counter Britain in the Near East and the Two Straits.

Bismarck and the Russian and Austrian ambassadors renew The League of the Three Emperors in Berlin on June 18, 1881. It took place for three years.

On the same day, the world's first supermarket Volvo was born. Ferdinand firmly believes that June 18 is the right day. He will never admit that he chose to publicize for the event.

However, it is also a fact that the citizens of Vienna, when they mention the League of the Three Emperors, they will think of Volvo.

Ferdinand's hopes are fulfilling with Volvo. He can see the two long lines of people on the street on an opening day. The number of people is so large that it is necessary to limit admission.

Just like Chinese people, many westerners also like to watch the commotion. Some people simply want to buy cheap goods for the sake of shopping. Others are simply curious because people are just blind followers. When they see others buying in big bags, they cannot help but buy it too. (After the '80s, you can recall the rush in the early '90s when supermarkets began to open in the county.)

It went on until the evening, and there were three restocks in the meantime. The spectacle is a shock to Vienna. Tomorrow's newspapers will certainly have to report it.

The profit of the supermarket did not let Ferdinand down. It is even more than that, however. The turnover of the opening day is up to fifteen hundred pounds, with a gross profit of up to thirty per cent.

However, it is normal to think that the first time the supermarket appears. Many people walk in because of interest on the first day of opening and buy a whole lot of things in fun and immersion.

This good thing will not last long. It will slowly return to normal later, and turnover will indeed shrink greatly.

The retail industry is always profitable. Even in the highly competitive twenty-first century, many small supermarkets in good locations make a perfect time.

While the iron is hot, the other four supermarkets will open one by one in the next month. Its market is still booming. The store managers have chosen from the best talents from the trainee staff.

In fact, such a small supermarket did not need much great skills in management. Of course, as long as they can follow Ferdinand's system prior and implement it.

The contenders are still waiting to learn, but they will soon come. It is likely that in a few months, Vienna will be swarming with its own supermarkets.

The most urgent task now is to recruit and seize the market. No matter how fierce the future struggle, getting a lead now will be helpful later.

Ferdinand has become active with the previous success and plans to add thirty new supermarket chains within six months. It involves many staff hiring. Each supermarket will need not less than ten to twenty employees. With logistics and management, there will be no less than a thousand people.

It is also a great challenge for Ferdinand as Butler Karl, who is now in his grip, is too busy all day to manage the castle.

It made Princess Clémentine furious, and Ferdinand simply went home, and he got caught.

"Ferdinand, why are you hiding? It's not like I'm going to kill you!" Princess Clémentine said with great contempt.

"Oh, my dear mother, for what purpose do you seek me?" Ferdinand said jokingly.

"Are you that busy? It's just a small department store, why do you need it? Don't you have any idea how to get help? If you want to manage the Koháry family, you might as well die from the work!" Princess Clémentine said with great complaint.