On our evening walk on a rainy day we decided to have hot Vada Pav and went to a nearby joint. It is a joint which serves only Vada Paav and and has no chairs , tables etc...just a counter selling the eatables...as it was raining we started talking to the owner.We told him that he has got a very good site , a shop in busy college crowded road . The owner remarked " yes but the rent also is very good" . He pays Rs 80,000 pm as a rent ...I was so surprised....then asked him how much is his collection per day ?? His daily collection selling a vada paav at Rs 12/- is between Rs 25 K to 40 K...assuming the mean collection of 30 K and 50 % profitability, his daily profit is Rs 15 K or monthly Rs 4.5 L...from that the rent, payoffs to police, local dadas ( goons) , local corporators etc...still he makes a good money at the end of the month.
The roadside businesses give good profits with low investments but it requires different skills to do such businesses. In normal business ( like chemist shop etc), the investment is also fairly large to get good returns.
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