Can I place an order for the Dutch snacks????? How do they send them, as they are normally frozen?
BelgianK
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For all the European expats!!
Can I place an order for the Dutch snacks????? How do they send them, as they are normally frozen?
BelgianK
I have made a note of those products
, as i said i'm doing my research at the moment its good to know there is a demand for it though. How is bread supposed to be?
I have made a note of those products
How is bread supposed to be?
Like the bread the Belgian Baker makes in Cabarete
For my list :
- chocolate with 80 or 90 % cacao so very dark from Cote d'Or or Jacques
- Vanille pods ( are available sometimes)
- Belgian Picles (nothing to do with English picles)
- Marzipan
- More Belgian beers
- Game (deer, boar, hair, pheasants)
Its early for me, will let you know if some other stuff comes to mind.
Acira
I'm "Dutch", but I never ate "Bitter Balls" ("BitterBallen")as a "Snack"!
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A brilliant idea Miarami. You can put me down for Marmite, Bovril, Colman's mustard powder and others. Yes you can buy a lot of French, German and Italian products already from various supermarkets and shops. I live in Las Terrenas and come from England. Just one important point at this stage, make sure your outlet is convenient to the Guagua parades so that goods can be shipped all over the land. Something you can't find here in none of these outlets is Ground nut oil, the oil the Belgians make such fantastic chips (pommes frit) with! If you get to the stage when you can start asking for suggestions let us all know.
A word of warning: there was a supermarket selling food from various European foods (British, German and others) in Sosua and it closed about a year ago. But it was a big place and competing with more established supermarkets when selling every day items. If you did it on a smaller scale and also had an online sales and delivery operation as suggested by Belgiank, it might work well.
Unfortunately they send me all, except the snacks....they tried to have it dryfrozen and sent over that way, but while I have everything send to Miami and send to me by EPS it wont work, they dont allow it to be shipped into USA, while being meat. There are some online stores though that claim to be able to ship frikandellen, im thinking of trying that. They also seem to send them dry frozen.
as soon as I find a way to get them here I'll invite you to try some bitterballen....or wait until april 30st and sneak into the yearly Queens day reception of the dutch embassy in Hotel Santo Domingo, they serve bitterballen.
I have made a note of those products
How is bread supposed to be?
Bread should taste good, even if you dont put anything on it, and you should be able to keep it at least 2 days outside the freezer or fridge (maybe that's too much asked in this climate). I have found some good bread in some bakeries, but the problem is the continuity, it depends all on who made it and if he or she had a good or a bad day. In one of the business ideas (that are only in my head) I imagine I get an experienced dutch bread baker to teach a local bread maker how and with which ingredients bread should be made.
Im English to actually
where abouts are you from? thanks for all your suggestions its been very helpful! yeah i will be in contact with everybody when i need some more ideas for products.True, but there are very strong rumors that the Russian landlords did not renew the lease. On top of that, they made one huge mistake, in my humble opinion, which was to make everyday items ridiculously expensive. If I really want to buy marmite, f.e., I do not mind paying more then I would in England, as it is a luxury item. But if I have to pay a bottle of coke 65rds, while everywhere else at the time it was 50rds, that is something else.
If I were the OP, I would not sell everyday items, just Europeans, and possibly American items, at fair prices (taking into consideration the import costs, of course). And sell them nationwide, online. I would also try to find suppliers who are flexible. So if a customers comes to him, requesting a particular product, he can supply it, even if there is a waiting time involved.
One downside to all this, I think, and that is the huge investment it will require.
But I wish all the best to the OP, and will sure check him out, and probably order, if he gets it of the ground.
BelgianK
I crave (and all my russian/ukrainian friends also) SELEDKA (herring)!!! I would kill to eat a nice fat malosol seledka omg i so miss it. Also good quality red caviar at reasonable price that is stored in fridge and is not mushed or perished. Tiulka/kilka or moiva/kapelin, smoked mackerel is something i miss eating too.
"Jessica"
There seems to be something "FISHY" about you!
I can't quite put my finger on it just yet!
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By-the-way, is that your house with all the cats outside?
There seems to be something "FISHY" about you!
I can't quite put my finger on it just yet!
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By-the-way, is that your house with all the cats outside?
Hi
I would suggest looking into detail at the import costs and taxes. I can say from experience that the DR is not a place where government help small businesses or any kind of businesses. They are more interested in squeezing every penny they can out of you, and inventing new laws to get more and more.
The import taxes here are ridiculous, and will most likely make you prices so high that people won't buy from you, as a previous poster mentioned. It is not that that store was trying to make a large profit, but it is all the taxes that the government load on top. The owner of the store was probably making less profit, than a supermarket would in the UK on that 645 peso marmite.
Be very careful and do your homework, because the DR government aren't interested in you being a success and creating jobs, they only want to screw every penny they can out of you for themselves.
Regards
Brum
I would suggest looking into detail at the import costs and taxes. I can say from experience that the DR is not a place where government help small businesses or any kind of businesses. They are more interested in squeezing every penny they can out of you, and inventing new laws to get more and more.
The import taxes here are ridiculous, and will most likely make you prices so high that people won't buy from you, as a previous poster mentioned. It is not that that store was trying to make a large profit, but it is all the taxes that the government load on top. The owner of the store was probably making less profit, than a supermarket would in the UK on that 645 peso marmite.
Be very careful and do your homework, because the DR government aren't interested in you being a success and creating jobs, they only want to screw every penny they can out of you for themselves.
Regards
Brum
Well Put Brum!
See, it's not just me that tells the TRUTH about living, and TRYING to do business here!
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See, it's not just me that tells the TRUTH about living, and TRYING to do business here!
Cris Colon
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Hi
I'm new to this forum, I have a business in Canada doing cured meats (charcuterie) salami, culatello, kielbasa, sausages, jerky etc.
I also make pork pies., scotch eggs, samosas, you name it.
Thinking of opening a store in DR, (north coast) not fresh meat in competition with the German guy, but more processed meats.
Anybody have any opinions on the possible success/pitfalls ?
Thanks!
I'm new to this forum, I have a business in Canada doing cured meats (charcuterie) salami, culatello, kielbasa, sausages, jerky etc.
I also make pork pies., scotch eggs, samosas, you name it.
Thinking of opening a store in DR, (north coast) not fresh meat in competition with the German guy, but more processed meats.
Anybody have any opinions on the possible success/pitfalls ?
Thanks!
ah ya......cobassa, beets with horseradish, herring, kapoosta, salt pork, garlic dill pickels, black bread:bunny::bunny: