Late by a Day!!!!

to jumpstart our meat shop franchise...... as soon as jon arrived home this afternoon.... after only a short time of rest...... we went around to look for possible locations for the shop.

we planned on going only to the places that the Monterey guy suggested to me and these are: the area around Pasig Kapitolyo in Pasig City and around Guadalupe area and Reposo St., both in Makati City.

the Pasig City place is very near where we live, only about 2.5 km away, that's why that is where we went first. as soon as we reached the area, we saw its potential..... and going around it, we saw this apartment for rent which is under renovation and which seems to be a perfect site for the meat shop. i talked to the carpenter in the apartment space and he gave me the contact number of the person to talk to. then i started taking pictures of the apartment's immediate vicinity, while hoping that noone hasn't taken the place yet. as i finished taking pics, i realized that there is a vacant space just next to the apartment.... and this one, although a bit smaller, is also being renovated and is also a good space for a meat shop!

i talked to the lone carpenter guy in the 2nd space and i asked if the place has been taken. he said that it has indeed been taken only that morning. i then asked what it'll be used for and he answered, "a pit shop". i said, "what? a pet shop?". he answered, "no! a meat shop..... a Monterey meat shop!" my heart sank when i heard what he said.... so, we left the place right away.





when jon and i were talking about franchising a meat shop business a year go (after i lost my job) this area was what i had in mind because this is where the bank i used to go to is located and i've seen how busy the area is. then, in talking with the Monterey franchising guy yesterday, he suggested this area because he said that there used to be a shop there, however, the owner closed shop when he decided to migrate to the U.S. so, you see.... we were only a day late!!! oh well, i guess this area's not for us!!!

(from Pasig, we proceeded to Guadalupe and Reposo. we didn't find any possible place in Guadalupe. we found one possibility in Reposo.)