Guy sells 200 to 300 on average depending on weather per day @ $35 RD per pop.
You do the math and see where it goes.
Works less than half a day, since opens up frying late afternoon only into early nights or dark skies.
I usually get a dozen of each, meat and cheese, when I stop by. I only get lucky half the time with a full order.
And most of the time he runs out of them earlier on some options. He says he doesn’t make more because they dry up too fast and don’t cook well. I think he just figures why work more, if sold out go home earlier.
Much like the guy that runs the bike showroom on SES close to Hache. He closes by 12 noon and may or may not show up again after 2 pm to reopen.
Or the público driver that drives the heap of junk on Ruta A and he is the only one that owns the least cars on his block. A total of 5 all rented out, so he drives this old junk.
People here have multiple streams of income, not great but when put all together, it piles up.
The guy by circunvalación norte Exit in Ave Duarte/carretera licey, sells plantains and greens in a corner hut. Buys the plátanos at $4 each from the growers and sells them at $12 each. Day in and day out. I always must wait for a service turn to purchase one dozen each green and almost yellow ones.
Nacional on 27 by El Guano is always busy with shoppers, not to mention the one on Duarte in Villa Olga. Ditto for Bravo after Bellon and the one across Amigos in Rep de Argentina…
Jade is always with orders in Shopping center by Materno and not to speak about the one at Matum.
As for the rest of informal sellers? Plenty to be had all around the city. You know things aren’t that bad when the Shoeshine boy is stepping on his nikes…
There’s poverty, but there’s also a lot of non reported income going around. From the bottom up.
I don't doubt it, I just think that an empanada seller clearing 40K per week is unusual outside of big cities such as yours and SD. Same for the platano seller, but I could be wrong.
Having said that, I am aware that there is money in the DR. I see the luxury cars coming in every week ends. The villa I am renting right now belongs to a Dominican from the capital (unsure about his job). Heck, I even have a friend who has a taller doing porton, and these ugly grills for windows etc...who is doing very good for himself....always busy.