The weather in the Northern region is experiencing prolonged hot days, causing people's demand for cooling services to increase. Many services are becoming "hotter" than ever, and can make a lot of money these days.
Electrician
The refrigeration market becomes more attractive when entering the hot season. Accordingly, the maintenance, repair and installation of air conditioners not only increases the number of customers but also the price is pushed up 15% higher than the previous year. Due to the sharp increase in demand for air conditioner maintenance, but the number of skilled workers is limited, so every year in the hot season, refrigeration repairmen are sought after, many people have their schedules full all week.
Air conditioning repairmen "make a fortune" on hot days. (Illustration photo)
It is known that the price of air conditioner installation and maintenance services this year has increased by 15 - 20% compared to last year. Specifically, the price of air conditioner maintenance ranges from 250,000 - 500,000 VND/unit, the price of air conditioner installation is similar depending on the capacity of the unit.
The hourly wage of an air conditioner maintenance technician during peak times can reach millions of dong/hour. Sometimes it can be even higher depending on the diligence of each person in the profession.
Although the job of repairing air conditioners offers high income, the danger also increases when repairing and installing air conditioners on extremely hot days.
Having to work on high-rise buildings, precarious working positions along with the hot sun makes air conditioner repairmen susceptible to heatstroke or dizziness. That puts air conditioner repairmen at risk, if not careful, accidents can easily happen.
Beverage business
Having to travel outside in hot weather increases the need for cooling off. Therefore, beverage shops with cool locations and affordable prices are the most popular. Here, the number of customers increases 5-6 times compared to normal days.
Currently, sugarcane juice costs 10,000 VND/cup, if bought by the liter it costs 25,000 VND/liter, if bought from 4 liters or more it costs 20,000 VND/liter. On hot days, many sugarcane juice shops can sell up to several hundred cups/day.
Popular beverage shops have 5-6 times more customers than usual. (Illustration: Dan Tri)
Not only sugarcane juice, coconuts are also in high demand. Many stores sell hundreds of coconuts every day. Currently, the wholesale price of coconuts is from 15,000 to 17,000 VND/fruit, and the retail price is from 20,000 to 25,000 VND/fruit.
Sidewalk lemon tea and iced tea shops attract customers in the afternoon and evening. The price of a cup of lemon tea ranges from 10,000 to 12,000 VND/cup, a cup of iced tea from 3,000 to 5,000 VND/cup. With a small investment, each evening, tea shops at crowded places such as university gates, market gates, and outdoor public entertainment venues can sell up to 200 to 300 cups.
Delivery service, food delivery
Not only home delivery service but also online meal ordering service is becoming increasingly "hot" in this hot season. Quickly grasping the needs of customers in general and office workers in particular, many places providing office meal service have launched online food ordering websites.
Customers just need to sit at home and choose food online, with affordable prices ranging from 30,000 - 40,000 VND/meal.
Food delivery services are in high demand during hot days. (Illustration: Dan Viet)
However, home delivery is definitely more expensive than going to the store, the buyer will have to add shipping costs. Although expensive, this service is still popular and growing, especially in the hot season because of the customer's mentality "it is better to suffer a little loss than to go far, both in the sun and wasting money on gas".
Ms. Vu Hong Hanh (Nam Tu Liem, Hanoi) said that these days she always chooses to order food on app platforms or social networks because she is afraid of going out in the hot weather: " My colleagues and I all choose to order food delivery on these hot days. We accept to spend a little more money but don't have to go out and can still enjoy the food we want."
Ice for sale
In the hot summer, the need for cooling is always high, so ice is also one of the products that consumes a lot. Many ice factories are constantly "out of stock" and have to increase their manpower and ice production time almost 24/24.
Along with ice factories, street vendors also earn millions of dong every day. However, the job of transporting and selling ice is quite hard. Every day, street vendors often have to run on the street under the sun, sometimes reaching over 40 degrees Celsius.
Accordingly, each trip carries about 300 kg of stone, earning about 500,000 VND/trip, after deducting costs, the profit is about 250,000 VND.
On a normal day, they carry 4-5 trips, but on hot days, they carry 7-8 trips/day. Even on hot days, the price of ice increases because the production facilities increase their prices, so the income of street ice vendors also increases somewhat.
The price of ice bags in Hanoi currently ranges from 10,000 - 15,000 VND/bag, sometimes reaching a peak of 20,000 VND/bag.
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