Posted on 08/02/2010 5:39:38 PM PDT by JoeProBono
NEW YORK, - A New York man says he took a page from drug dealers to sell his perfectly legal product -- grilled cheese sandwiches -- on street corners.
The man, who asked to be identified only as Ronnie, said he takes orders from customers via text messages, cooks the grilled cheese sandwiches at his brother's apartment and makes deliveries on street corners, the New York Post reported Monday.
"I feel like a drug dealer because I'm handing people a paper bag and they're handing me cash," Ronnie said.
He said the sandwiches range in price from $5 to $7, depending on the types of bread and cheese and the addition of extras such as jalapenos and bacon.
Ronnie said his business model has been so successful he is cooking about 40 sandwiches per day.
"I'm worried that I'm getting too busy. I'm instituting a friends and friends-of-friends policy," he said. "I kind of want to quit, it's getting too big, but I want to feed these people."
"It's not cool with the Department of Health," he said. "I don't know how much longer I want to do it because I'm living in fear. It would be such a stupid thing to get in trouble for."
Undocumented nourishment? (PC term)
Nothing beats a big ole fat grilled cheese samich with a bunch of dill pickles!
He will be crushed like a bug.
Tomato soup for me.
Lenny Bruce’s girlfriend:
“Swiss cheese? SWISS CHEESE? You do it with SWISS CHEESE?”
That is better than a TV ad! Snack Time!!
He could potentially make over 100K because of this business model assuming he’s not shut down.
Another classic, photo-rich, diverting, and apocalyptic
posting from the great Joe ProBono.
This is exactly the kind of 3rd world style, low carbon footprint business leftists say they support, but destroy with government regulation and interference as soon as it appears.
Dang! Even if he's not buying his supplies at a Sam's Club, that's some kind of markup!
Yummy, this thread makes me hungry.
My husband is either going to be jazzed or jonesed. He is the grilled cheese maker in our home and they are tasty! We’ve kidded him about starting his own grilled cheese fast food joint. Looks like this street vendor has beaten him to it!
That’d be his gross, not the net.
"grill cheese and bacon, MMMMMMMMM"
The trick to a great grilled cheese is to lightly toast the sides that will face the cheese first.
Extra crunchy.
It also melts the cheese faster.
> Dang! Even if he’s not buying his supplies at a Sam’s Club, that’s some kind of markup!
Apparently not in New York City
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