As August arrived, seeing that the factory stabilized over there, Cheng Su found some free time and went to inspect the Joy Soon Loy Restaurant, preparing gifts for the Mid-Autumn Festival for various households.
Mooncakes have long been sold by bakeries. The packaging this era naturally doesn’t compare to the 21st-century standards, and using a paper box for packaging is considered high-end. Mostly, they are wrapped in wax paper, four in a barrel, tied with string, and a sheet of red paper printed with "Mid-Autumn mooncake" is pasted on the outside. When the oil from the mooncakes seeps out, the red paper gets infused with a layer of oil, seemingly scented with that sweet aroma, which appears more traditional.
Old Song suggested whether they should also stock some products for sale to match the season since most restaurants sell their homemade products.
Cheng Su replied, "Better not. If we sell, we should make them ourselves. This year it’s too late, but I’m thinking next year we’ll make Joy Soon Loy’s mooncakes ourselves."
Currently, Joy Soon Loy isn’t large, and the place is small, making mooncakes would be troublesome.
Her intention is to expand the floors of Joy Soon Loy, and then set up a pastry section. When conditions are met, it would be easy to make house-brand pastries.
She recalled that some famous Cantonese restaurants she saw in her previous life had shops selling pastries and their own brand products. When the scale grows, they could have one too.
Old Song listened, then said, "It’s rare for you not to make money when you can!"
Cheng Su gave a faint smile and said, "It’s not that I don’t want to make money, I just don’t want other items tagged with our restaurant’s brand. Old Song, you should know, building a brand is indeed not easy. If we sell now and it doesn’t go well, will people trust us someday when we truly make our own products?"
Old Song was taken aback, it seemed to be the truth.


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