Gourmet Bakers has completely changed the bakery scene in Lahore. Before the launch of this chain in the city, we had Shezan and United Bakers among the top bakery names. Now for the customers, Gourmet means neat and bright stores selling fresh and crispy stuff across the city. Whether you are in an upscale area or in some part of old Lahore, you can be sure to find a Gourmet outlet near you.
With the passage of time, Gourmet has continued to expand its products range. Mineral water, soft drinks, ice cream and milk are the examples. I love their ice cream, especially the mango flavour. Gourmet milk is great as well. It has to be stored at 4 Centigrade and must be used before its expiry date.
A few days back, I had to return some packets of the milk to the bakery because the milk had gone bad although the expiry date was yet to come. Therefore today, when I went to buy milk from Gourmet, I requested the salesman to give me the packets from the refrigerator. But he insisted that he would give me the packets from the basket which was lying right next to him.
To avoid walking a few feet to the refrigerator, the Gourmet staff takes several milk packets out of the refrigerator and places them in a basket close to where they are standing behind the counter. It makes the task easy for them but since the milk is no more refrigerated, it turns bad and the customer has to suffer.
Over expansion in businesses leads to weakening of control over the affairs of the companies unless things are handled really properly. I don’t think Gourmet would be able to stop their staff from the above said practice. They appear to be very keen to get suggestions and complaints from their customers but later they don’t do anything to rectify the complaints.
For example, on different occasions in response to their demand for a feedback, I have tried to bring to their notice that the receipts that we get from Gourmet cash registers do not mention names of the items and therefore they are just useless pieces of paper. All reasonably modern stores issue receipts with names of the items bought mentioned on the receipt and therefore Gourmet too should find it possible to do so.
Instead of paying any attention to this, they have now made the receipts even more nonsensical. Now you find electronics brand names like Sharp written on the receipts while there is no mention of the name Gourmet itself. Such high degree of obscurity on the receipts may not necessarily be related to tax evasion schemes but it is quite annoying for the customers.
Despite these snags, I continue to shop at Gourmet because their quality is still good. Also, I love their orange logo. And today while trying to look for their website I came to know that a bakery in Jinnah Super Market, Islamabad is also using the name Gourmat Bakers 
And now watch this video showing cakes section of Gourmet, Kareem Block, Iqbal Town:
April 11, 2009
Abu Ayenab
32 responses to “Gourmet Bakers Lahore”
Saadat
April 12th, 2009 at 10:35
Ah yes, I have seen the Gourmet Bakers in Jinnah Super Market. I always thought they were affiliated with the Lahore’s Gourmet Bakers, aren’t they?
Frankly, though, my experience with Jinnah Super’s Gourmet was not very good. A friend and I had once bought some donuts from there and they left a bad taste in our mouths. Unfortunately for us, we were at the other side of Islamabad when we took our first bite of those donuts, so we just decided to gulp them down and forget that we ever ate them.
Saadat
April 12th, 2009 at 10:37
… so we just decided to gulp them down and forget that we ever ate them, instead of returning them to Gourmet.
Mutant
April 12th, 2009 at 15:24
wow man! only 72 outlets in just one city.
Peshawar has not got a single good Bakery shop.All just Oonchi Dukan Pheka Pakwan.
Hina
April 12th, 2009 at 21:36
Well, I’ve never heard of Gourment before. I wonder if they’ve a branch here. Anyway, maybe they’ll improve their customer service if they had this fear of losing loyal customers like yourself.
You need to instill this fear in them. 
housewife
April 12th, 2009 at 23:14
Gourmet Islamabad is not in the top 3 bakaries of our city. I rate Bakewell, Rahaat and United Bakery above them.
Arimas
April 13th, 2009 at 14:34
Gourmet is just a lot of hype. I have never liked their products much. Especially the Gourmet Cola, and their icecream tastes so…Cakes and Bakes is 20 times better than Gourmet on any given day. Though of course they aren’t the top bakery in Lahore. The best cake I ever had in Lahore was from Kitchen Cuisine!
Ahmed Irfan Shafqat
April 14th, 2009 at 10:00
Saadat,
The Gourmet in Islamabad has no link whatsoever with the original Gourmet which has operations in Lahore only, comprising about 72 outlets.
Your photograph always makes me smile
Mutant,
Yes, 72! That’s what I refer to over expansion.
Hina,
This is one downside of over-expansion: you lose link with your customers never knowing who is leaving and who is staying:)
Housewife,
you know I am a big fan of United in Islamabad
Aramis,
I don’t know why Cakes and Bakes feels like something “made in china” to me:) And as for Kitchen Cuisine, that is a next level thing…Gourmet is not to be compared with them.
R!d@
April 21st, 2009 at 22:05
i luv Gourmet`s FRENCH-HEART cookies.
farhan nawaz
April 23rd, 2009 at 01:32
Apart from all the negativities gourmet keeps on amazing me by their new product launches , they have benchmarked nestle jumbo water and pure water as well as gourmet has come up with its own cola ,available in fresh lime ,orange ,cola,and diet ,and the best part is they have beaten the multinationals like pepsi and coke pretty boldly, even from the neighboring towns people come to Lahore to buy cola in bulks, there ice cream is not of the caliber of walls but i don’t mind buying a liter of good ice cream for 80 rs and in galib market branch they sell it at 65 Rs. gourmet has also come with some packed snacks ,nimko and stuff which are pretty amazing itself ,fresh milk as mentioned above is also a hit product at gourmet,
Ahmed Irfan Shafqat
April 23rd, 2009 at 08:29
No doubt about it Farhan, their ambitious entrepreneurship is quite uncommon.
DUDO
April 27th, 2009 at 01:24
WELL,I’M REPLYING TO Ahmed WHO SEEMS TO BE A STUPIDLY FAN OF SUCH A BAKERS CHAIN OF LAHORE.
I WONDER HE NEVER GETS A SMELL FROM THEIR SWEETS ESPECIALLY FROM SUFAID (WHITE) CHAM CHAM, MALAI CHAM CHAM (SOCALLED MALAI CHAMCHAM BECAUSE MALAI DOES NOT EXIST IN IT ANYMORE BUT LOOSE BARFI) KHUBANI CHAM CHAM DIM CHAM CHAM AND ESPECIALLY RANGEEN CHAM CHAM AND FINALLY COCONUT LADDU WHICH IS MADE OF ROTTEN AND STALE SWEET RETURNED FROM THE OUTLETS AND MIXED IT IN COCONUT IN ORDER TO HIDE THE SMELL WHICH IS STILL DOMINANT IF YOU EVER SMELLED IT CLOSE TO YOUR NOSE.
AS FAR AS GOURMET MILK IS CONCERNED, IT IS MADE WHILE MIXING MANY INGRIDENTS IN IT TO MAKE IT LIKE AN ADDICTION TO THE CUSTOMERS. WHILE GOURMET ICE CREAM HAS NOT ENOUGH MILK FATS BUT IS FLUFFED WITH HEAVY USE OF GALATINE POWDER. IF YOU EVER THROUGH A SPOONFUL OF GOURMET ICE CREAM ON THE FLOOR, YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO SEE THAT IT NEVER MELTS OR DESHAPES BECAUSE HEAVY USE OF GELATINE POWDER BOUNDS ITS SHAPE.
SNACKS TOO ARE MADE SO MUCH SPICY IN ORDER TO MAKE THEM LONHLIFE WHILE YOU THINK THAT THESE ARE FRESH. ON THE OTHER HAND, BREAD VARITY IS MADE IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT WOULD BE A BETTER IDEA IF I SAY THAT IT STINKS. WELL I KNOW MANY MORE THINGS ABOUT GOURMET BAKRES BECAUSE I’M A VERY SENIOR EMPLOYEE AND STUDIOUS OBSERVOR. AS BEING A PERSON AWARE OF TASTE AND SMELL OF FRENSH BAKERY, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMEND ANY OTHER BAKERY. AS FOR SNACKS, CAKES AND BAKES IS THE BEST, FOR SWEETS, SHEZAN HAVE NO MATCH AND FOR BREAD TOO. AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, ELITE AND EDUCATED CUSTOMERS ARE TURNING FROM GOURMET TO OTHER BAKERS OF LAHORE BECAUSE THEY CAN FEEL AND SMELL BETTER THAN OTHER PEOPLE OF LAHORE WHO JUST WANT TO EAT. NO MATTER IF IT IS ROTTEN OR WHAT. NOWADAYS GOURMET BBAKERS IS MEANT FOR ONLY THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE MIDDLE CLASSED AND NOT MUCH EDUCATED, THE PEOPLE WHO CAN’T DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN FRESH AND STALE BAKERY ITEMS. I’VE MUCH MORE TO TELL BUT TIME TO BED. SO WILL WRITE IN MORE DETAIL AFTER GETTING YOUR RESPONSE.
Ahmed Irfan Shafqat
April 27th, 2009 at 08:39
Thanks for taking time to write such a descriptive note
zain butt
April 28th, 2009 at 21:16
i want job in gourmet tell me method plese
DUDO
May 1st, 2009 at 02:16
WELL MR. ZAIN BUTT. I’M NOT SURE WETHER YOU ARE ABLE TO READ THIS NOTE IN ENGLISH OR NOT, SO I THINK IT WOULD BE A BETTER IDEA IF I WRITE IN ROMAN URDU FOR YOU.
WELL. AGAR AAP GOURMET ME JOB KARNA CHAHTY HAIN TO YE BOHT ASAN HAI. HEAD OFFICE JAO JO K HAMDARD CHOWK TOWNSHIP ME HA. WAHAN SUBAH 9 BAJAY JAO. APNY CERTIFICATED BHEE LEY K JANA. WAHAN ALI RAZA (GM) SE MILLO. APPOINTMENT DAILY HOTI HA AUR AROUND THE YEAR JARI REHTI HA COZ SHOP DUTY BOHT TOUGH HA AUR 90% NEW EMPLOYEE JOB AIK WEEK ME HE CHOR DATY HAIN. IF U R TOUGH TO PIR TRY KER K DEKH LO. AIK FORM MILLY GA JO K GOVT EMPLOYEE SE ATTEST KARWA K WAHAN JAMA KARWA DO AUR AGLAY DIN DUTY PE CHALY JAO. IT IS THAT SIMPLE.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND LET ME WARN U ABOUT MANY THINGS; ALL THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOURMET BAKERS IS QUITE NON EDUCATED. EVEN THE GENERAL MANAGER IS UNDER MATRIC AND SHOP MANAGERS ARE MOSTLY BARELY EDUCATED. SO IT IS QUITE HARD TO THINK ABOUT ANY RELEIF U MIGHT GET FROM THEM. AS BEING AN EMPLOYEE OF GOURMET BAKERS, U ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TASTE OR EAT ANYTHING OF THE BAKERY. EVEN U ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SIT DOWN FOR EVEN A SECOND IN URS 10 HOURS DAILY DUTY. U CAN’T GET A LEAVE OF ANY DAY U CHOSE BUT ONCE IN A MONTH MAYBE TWICE. FURTHERMORE WAGES ARE TOO LOW AND U MAY GET JUST RS.4500 AT THE BEGINING. SENIOR STAFF WILL USE U AS A MEAN OF TRANSPORTATION OF THIER HEAVY GOODS FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER IN THE SHOP OR EVEN IN THE AREA. U WILL HAVE TO MAKE URSELF ADDICTED TO FREQUENTLY SPOKEN LIES TO THE CUSTOMERS LIKE
“JEE SIR BILKUL FRESH HAI. AAJ HE AAYE HAI. TRY KARAIN, YE HAMARI SPECIAL RUSMALAI HAI (EITHER ALMOST RAW OR EVEN OVERCOOKED AND HARD LIKE A WALNUT), YE GOURMET K SPECIAL(SPECIAL MEANS STALE OR NEAR TO STALE)SHAMI KABAB HAIN AAJ HE AAYE HAIN. BOHT SPECIAL HAIN AT LEAST AIK TRY KARAIN. SIR GOURMET KA MINERAL WATER BOHT ACHA AUR CHEAP HAI AS COMPARED TO NESTLE OR OTHER TRUST WORTHY COMPANIES. JEE SIR USE KARAIN AUR AGAR AAP GOURMET MINERAL WATER KO KABHI BOIL KER K NA DEKHAIN TO AAP KO AYSA HE LAGY GA K YEAH WAQAI ME MINERAL WATER HE HAI.
TESTE ME HALKI SE JO BITTERNESS HA AGAR US KO IGNORE KER DAIN TO SURELY HAMARA MINERAL WATER THE BEST HA. FURTHERMORE, SIR HAMARI GOURMET PEANUT TRY KER KER K DEKHAIN, YE EXPIRE HONY K BAAD HUM MIX AUR KIRACHI NIMKO ME MILLA K TO NAHI BACHTAY. SIR KIA HUWA JO HAMARY CAKES KAL YA PARSON K HAIN. HUM UN PER DAILY THORY THORY DAR BAAD SWEETS KA SHERA LAGA K UNHAIN POLISH TO KER DATY HAIN NA AUR DEKHNAY MA BILKUL FRESH TO LAGTY HAIN NA. KIA HUWA AGAR AIK CUSTOMER CHEESE CAKE KHA K FOOD POISIONING KARWA BETHA YA KIA HUWA AGAR KISI CUSTOMER KI INNOCENT DAUGHTER GOURMET K SANDWACHES KHA K MARTY MARTY BACHI. HUM AYSAY INCIDENTS KO PUBLIC HONY SE PEHLY HE MUK MUKKA DATY HAIN. SIR AAP HAMARY SHOP PE AAYYEE AUR HER WOH CHEEZ LE LIJAYE JO K HUM SE SALE NAHI HO RAHI LIKE RUS MALAI , SANDWACHES, VEGETABLE ROLLS, SHAMI KABABS, LAYER CREAM PASTRIES 3 DIN PURANY CAKES AUR 2 DIN PURANI BREAD ITEMS AND SNACKS.
mR. ZAIN BUTT! IF U THINK U CAN KEEP UP WITH SUCH HEDIOUS COMPANY AUR GROW THERE THEN U SHOULD JOIN THEM OTHERWISE IT IS A SINCERE IDEA FOR YOU TO COMMIT SUICIDE RATHER THAN BE A PART OF SUCH IMMORAL ACTIVITIES WHICH WILL GIVE YOU NOTHING BUT WILL HARM MANY PEOPLE AROUND YOU. I HAVE TOLD U A BIT OF INNER STORY AND NOW THE BALL IS IN YOURS COURT.
Ahmed Irfan Shafqat
May 1st, 2009 at 15:28
Oh my God, how horrible is the inside scene of the company that looks to us so neat and shiny from the outside
P.S. The downfall of Gourmet is being discussed here.
DUDO
May 2nd, 2009 at 01:38
WELL MR.Ahmed, THIS WAS AN INSIDE STORY OF THE OUTLETS OF GOURMET BAKERS AND SWEETS. IF I EVER TELL U WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MANUFACTURING PLANTS, U MIGHT FAINT. U CAN’T IMAGINE WHAT THE UN-EDUCATED WORKSMEN KNOW ABOUT HYGINE AND HOW DO THEY PREPARE YOUR LOVING CAKES AND SNACKS ESPECIALLY CHICKEN PIZZAZ. I WONDER IF SOMEONE WHO CAN WRITE AND AWARE PEOPLE ABOUT THIER RIGHTS OF BEING A CONSUMER COULD VISIT GOURMET BAKERS PLANTS ESPECIALLY UNIT I WHICH BAKES BREAD AND RUSKS AND UNIT V WHICH IS A BEVERAGE PLANT AND UNIT III WHICH IS A SWEETS, MILK AND DAIRIES. CAN U IMAGINE THE SIZE OF pEt rAtS WHICH USE TO CRAWL HERE AND THERE FREQUENTLY AND LEISURELY. IN FACT, HUMANS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO EAT ANY BAKERY ITEM EITHER AT OUTLETS OR EVEN BAKING PLANTS BUT ANIMALS AND INSECTS HAVE NO RESTRICTIONS ABOUT FREQUENTLY VISITING EVERY PLACE OF IT. PRESERVATIVES ARE USED TO AVOID THE SIDE EFFECTS OF SUCH DIRT WHICH IS UNCONSIOUSLY BUT SURELY MIXES IN ALMOST EVERY RECEIPE OF GOURMET BAKERS.
AS BEING A PERSON WHO CHECKS AND CONTROLS QUALITY (ACCORDING TO GOURMET BAKERS REGULATIONS AND NOT THE GENERAL RULES) I WILL ADVICE YOU TO BE CAREFUL AND AS IT IS SAID “LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP”, SO DO I SAY “SMELL BEFORE YOU BUY OR EVEN EAT”. AS BEING A STUDENT OF PSYCOLOGY,I CAN GET THIER POINT OF VIEW AS ” ALWAYS KEEP CLEAN THE OUTLETS AND MAKE COUSTOMERS THINK AND REALIZE “UNCONCIOUSLY” THAT AS THE OUTLETS ARE ALWAYS CLEAN SO SURELY THE EDIBLES WILL ALSO BE MADE AND KEPT AT THE SAME LEVEL OF HYGINE. WHO BOTHERS TO INVESTIGATE ABOUT WHAT HE OR SHE IS ABOUT TO EAT. HAVE FUN AND HAVE GOURMET UNTIL U GET HOSPITALIZED.
ehsan
May 3rd, 2009 at 03:53
mr dudu what do you do?
i mean your job type it is very easy to say about anyone but hery difficult to face the customers for ur kind information the breakfast products have oneday expiry like sandwhich,layer pastry,kareem roll,rusk malai etc. n u r asking that they sale the stale products it i wanna tell you that why gournet prices are very low bcos of their low advertisement cost. do u know the original cost of pepsi and coke just RS 3 and why they sale it with heavy price @ RS 12 they include heavy advetisement cost they advertise on media and charge from us but we are bilnd and cant see their blender we can take comments on our Pakistani products.do you know how many times they use a glass bottle which are available anywhere in Pakistan but no comments they become the cause of deseases. on the other hand they provide the residential facility and duty timing free meal facilty to their employees and offer 4 leaves in a mounth if the employee will not do that they pay the amount of these leaves…… think before you speak about anyone……
DUDO
May 4th, 2009 at 09:53
WELL MY DEAR EHSAN. I’M NOT GONNA SAY MORE THAN JUST ANSWERING UR QUESTIONS AND MINSUNDERSTANDINGS THAT EITHER UR CREARTING OR EVEN UR MISUNDERSTOOD URSELF.
1 BREAD ITEMS DON’T HAVE ONE DAY EXPIRY, FOR WHEN THESE ARE DELIVERED TO OUTLETS, THEY ALREADY HAVE SPENT 12 HOURS OF THIER LIFE COZ IT TAKES TIME TO COOL DOWN A BREAD AND THEN SLICE IT AND PACK IT IN PLASTIC BAGS. AFTER AT LEAST 12 HOURS, THESE BREADS ARE DELIVERED TO SHOPS. IN THE SHOPS, USUALLY THE BREAD SUPPLY REACHES AT 1 TO 2 PM. IT REMAINS IN SHELVES AND WHEN TIME APPROACHES TO CLOSE DOWN THE SHOP, STAFF BEGUN TO WRITE DOWN A CODE NUMBER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BREAD POLYTHINE AS IT IS DONE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE OTHER BAKERY ITEMS LIKE CAKES . HOW MANY TIMES U NOTICED THAT THE BREAD WHICH U HAVE HAS A CODE NUMBER WRITTEN AT ITS BOTTOM WHICH SHOWS (ONLY TO STAFF AND CUSTOMER CAN’T IMAGINEWHAT IT IS WRITTEN FOR.) THE CODE NUMBER LIKE PRICE OF THE BREAD OR IF YESTERDAY WAS 23RD OF MARCH THEN CODE SHOLUD BE LIKE (03) OR ON 4RD APRIL THE CODE WILL SHOW EITHER PRICE OR LIKE (04). AFTER GETTING CODING THESE BREADS REMAIN IN SHELVES FOR ONE DAY MORE AND IF SOME CUSTOMERS CHECK BREADS BY THEMSELVES AND GET THE FRESHIEST ONE THEN THE CODE IS AGAIN CHANGED TO (05) WHICH SHOWS THAT BREAD IS NOT MORE THAN 24 HOURS OLD IN SHELVES.
ONE MORE THING, I NEVER ASKED ANYONE TO BELEIVE ME BUT I ALWAYS ASKED TO CHECK IT YOURSELF. CAN’T U SMELL THE SWEETS AND HAVE A CAROSINE OIL LIKE SMELL AND IF U DON’T GET ANY SMELL THEN KEEP HAVING THESE ITEMS. NO PROBLEM WHAT. BUT THESE COMMENTS ARE MADE NOT FOR YOU BUT THOSE WHO HAVE SENSE, WHO CAN DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN OPPOSITE TASTES LIKE ROTTON ONES AND FRESH ONES. THOSE WHO CAN SMELL AND WHO CAN DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN FRESH FLUFY SNACKS AND ALMOST STALE COMPRESSED AND DEAD LOOKING SNACKS. AND AS FAR AS COLA DRINKS OR SOFTDRINKS ARE CONCERNED, JUST DO AN EXPERIMENT. TAKE TWO DIFFERENT BRANDS OF YOUR CHOICE LIKE COKE AND MOUNTAIN DEW. CHILL THESE ALONGWITH ANY BOTTLE OF GOURMET BEVERAGES . NO MATTER DIET OR REGULAR. WHEN ALL THESE STUFF IS NEAR TO FREEZE THEN OPEN UP THE BOTTLES. HAVE A SIP OF OTHER BRANDS AND TASTE IT AND AFTER THAT SIP A LITTLE FROM GOURMET. OBSERVE THE SUDDEN BLAST OF GAS AT YOUR TONGUE AND U WILL FEEL LIKE THERE IS SURELY AN UNPLEASENT CHEMICAL ACTION HAS STARTED IN YOUR MOUTH WHICH IS DECAYING AND ELIMINATING YOUR TEETH. IS THIS WHAT U CALL ADVERTISEMENT SAVED PRICE OR ARE YOU HAVING A NITROGEN BOMB IN YOUR MOUTH. I WILL NEVER COMMENT ON WHAT YOU OR ANY PERSON WILL FEEL AFTER HAVING SUCH EXPERIMENT. IT IS NOT ME WHO CHANGES THE FLAVOR, AS I HAVE TOLD EARLIER AND WRITTEN EARLIER IN MY COMMENTS, I’M JUST GIVING REASONS AND TRYING TO AWARE PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE AS BEING A CONSUMER. IS COLA ALRIGHT OR IT IS A GAME OF GENUINE CARAMEL WHICH IS MADE OF ALMONDS AND OTHER NUTS AND WHICH IS USED IN COKE AND PEPSI AND OTHER WORLDWIDE KNOWN BRANDS AND WHICH ADDS TASTES TO THIER DRINKS. ON THE OTHER HAND, AS USUAL THE SEED OF PLUM (AALU BUKHARA KA BADAM) HAS REPLACED THE ALMOND CARAMEL IN GOURMET BEVERAGES AND GAS LEVEL IS INTENSIFIED TO HIDE THE TASTE DIFFERENCE. CHECK IT BY YOURSELF OR ASK PCSIR LABORTORIES TO DO IT CHEMICALLY FOR YOU.
AS YOU HAVE MENTIONED ABOUT THE RESIDENTIAL FACILITY, IT IS PROVIDED JUST FOR THIER SELFISHNESS. WHAT IF I HAVE DONE MY NIGHT DUTY AND I’M SUPPOSED TO HAVE A REST OF AT LEAST 8 HOURS AFTER STANDING AND WORKING MORE THAN 10 CONTINIOUS HOURS BUT ON THE OTHER HAND WHEN I GOTO SLEEP IT IS ALMOST 01:30 AM AND WHEN THE SHOP OPENS AND THE INCHARGE FINDS THAT STAFF IS NOT ENOUGH, HE COMES, KICKS MY ASS AND ASKS ME FOR A DOUBLE DUTY. WHAT IF I’M DEADLY TIRED? DOES IT MATTER TO GOURMET? NO . THE ONLY THING WHICH MATTERS IS THE GOURMET. WHAT IF I STUDY IN A COLLAGE IN THE MORNINGS. THEY WILL ASK ME TO ABSENT MYSELF FROM COLLAGE, NO MATTER HOW MUCH IMPORTANT MY LECTURES ARE OR WHATEVER. BY THE WAY IS THIS WHAT YOU CALL RESIDENTIAL FACILITY? OR IS IT A CAGE LIKE PLACE WHERE U KEEP YOUR EMPLOYEES IMPROSIONED FOR EMERGENCY DUTIES. WHAT IF I LIVE AND WORK AT A DIFFERENT BRANCH AND I’M SENT TO A DIFFERENT BRANCH TO DO MY “OVERTIME”. THIS KIND OF THING IS NOT CALLED RESIDENTIAL FACILITY HONEY BUT “ROUND THE CLOCK DUTY” OR “ON CALL DUTY”.
AS FAR AS THE SALARY SYSTEM IS CONCERNED, I WILL NOT SAY EVEN A WORD BUT ASK U TO ASK SOME ONE OF THE COMPANY’S EMPLOYEE IF HE IS SATISFIED BY THE CALCULATION WHICH THEY DO IN ORDER TO MAKE SALARY SHEETS. NOPES HONEY. STAFF IS TRICKED BY THEIR SALARY SYSTEM AND THEY WONDER WHERE THE HELL THEIR OVERTIMES ARE?
NOW A LITTLE ON DUTY TIME MEALS. WHAT IF SOMEONE WORKS FOR YOU. WILL YOU DENY HIM NOT TO HAVE HIS DINNER? ABSOLUTELY NOT. WHAT IF I SAY THAT I WILL DINE ON A SPECIFIC PLACE? WHAT IF I TAKE ONE HOUR IN MY DINNER? TO AVOID THESE THINGS, THERE MUST BE SOME RESTRICTIONS LIKE WHAT IF U PROVIDE ME WITH MY DINNER? WILL I STILL BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF SHOP AND GO SOMEWHERE AND TAKE ONE HOUR THERE? THATS THE BOTTOM LINE OF PROVIDING RESIDENT AND SO-CALLED MEAL FACILITY? IN MY VIEW IN A 10*10 ROOM TEN PERSONS CAN’T KEEP THEIR “rEsIdEnCe”. AND AS FAR AS FOUR LEAVES ARE CONCERNED, JUST LOOK FOR AN EMPLOYEE WHO CAN SAY IN YOUR FAVOR THAT HE HAS GIVEN OR PAID FOR THESE LEAVES. YOU KNOW THAT OUR SALARY SYSTEM IS SO STRANGE THAT ITS KEEPERS AND RUNNERS CAN’T TELL WHAT WILL IT MAKE OUT OF YOUR SALARY.
Ahmed Irfan Shafqat
May 4th, 2009 at 18:24
acha DUDO you are recommending Shezan and Cakes and Bakes…but how can we be sure that the inside story of these two bakers is different from Gourmet? Do you have some insight about these two bakers as well?
DUDO
May 5th, 2009 at 03:06
WELL BRO Ahmed!
I KNOW THE OWNERS OF SHEZAN AND GOURMET AND HAVE HEARD FROM MY ELDERS WHO WERE ONCE CLOSE FRIENDS OF MR. AFZAL CHOUDHARY (SHEZAN BAKERS) AND MR. NAWAZ CHATHA (GOURMET BAKERS). (ISN’T IT SOUND INTRESTING THAT THE OWNERS OF TWO RIVAL COMPANIES WERE ONCE CLOSE AND FAST FRIENDS.) AS I’VE PERSONALLY MET THESE TWO AND WORKED FOR ONE SO I’M SURE I CAN GUIDE YOU. SINCE THE BREAD IS BAKED IN SHEZAN AND SENT TO OUTLETS AT ONCE. U CAN FIND THIER BREAD RATHER BETTER TO SAY LOAF COZ IT IS NOT SLICED YET. EVERY SINGLE BRANCH OF SHEZAN HAVE ITS OWN BREAD SLICER MACHINE INSTALLED IN STORE ROOM. ONE OF THE SALESMEN GO THERE AND SLICE BREAD AS IT GETS CLOD ENOUGH TO BE PROCESSED THROUGH SLICER.
SO I CAN GURANTEE BLINDLY THAT ITS BREAD IS ALWAYS FRESH. I MYSELF USE SHEZAN’S BAKERY. ITS BREAD VARIETY IS FRESH AS I’M ALSO A QUALITY SENSITVE PERSON AND CAN EASILY DISTINGUISH BETWEEN WHAT IS TO EAT AND WHAT IS TO SELL. AS FAR AS IT GOES TO SNACK, I KNOW THE MOST SKILLED AND EXPERIENCED PERSON IN WHOLE OF LAHORE. HE IS A KHAN. I ALWAYS LIKE TO EAT HIS PREPARED SNACKS NO MATTER WHERE HE IS WORKING. WELL HE IS A PERMANENT EMPLOYEE OF SHEZAN AND ONCE GOURMET HIRED HIM ON TRIPLE TO SHEZAN SALARY. HE WORKED THERE FOR A WHILE BUT AS THE ATTITUDE OF ADMINISTRATION WAS WRONG TO HIM AND AS HE WAS BEING CONSTANTLY ASKED TO COME BACK TO SHEZAN AND JOIN IT AGAIN, SO HE IS NOWADAYS IN SHEZAN ONCE AGAIN AND HE SAYS OPENLY THAT IT WAS A BLUNDER ON HIS PART TO QUIT SHEZAN AND JOIN GOURMET. AS ONE OF MY FRIEND’S FATHER IS A CLOSE FRIEND OF HIM, MR. KHAN WONDER THAT HOW THE OTHER EMPLOYEES ARE STILL WORKING THERE IN GOURMET. WHEN HE WAS IN GOURMET, HE SHAPED ITS PATTIES AND THE SNACK BEGUN TO SELL. EVEN THE SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN USED TO TAKE SNACKS FROM GOURMET THOSE DAYS. BUT NOWADAYS YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PATTIES AND OTHER SNACK OF GOURMET HAS AGAIN WENT BAD AND SALE OF SNACK HAS REDUCED. ON THE OTHER HAND, SHEZAN IS MAKING MOST OF ITS INCOME FROM SNACK AS WELL. AND ALL THIS IS JUST BECAUSE OF ONE SKILLED PERSON WHO HAS NO MATCH IN LAHORE, NOR IN WHOLE OF PAKISTAN BUT JUST IN KARACHI. ON THE OTHER HAND, ALL THE OWNER BROTHERS OF SHEZAN ARE QUIET CONTENTED AND THEY ARE NOT GREEDY AS THEY ARE BORN IN MENSIONS AND NOT IN VILLAGES LIKE MR. NAWAZ CHATHA WHO WAS ONCE AN EMPLOYEE OF MARRIOT HOTEL AND THEN OBVIOUSLY A MANAGER OF SHEZAN BAKERS. LET ME TELL YOU ONE THING THAT QUALITY IS THE ONLY PREFERENCE OF SHEZAN. NO ONE ASKS ITS SHOP MANAGERS WHY YOU CUT THE CAKES ON THE SECOND DAY AND GIVEN IT TO THE STAFF OF THE SHOP. IF YOU ARE A SUPERVISOR AT SHEZAN AND YOU WRITE SUMMARY LIKE THAT THAT YOU HAVE CONSUMED THE STUFF OF RS 2000 WHICH WAS NOT FRESH AND U LET IT EAT IT TO SALES STAFF. NO ONE WILL ASK YOU ANYTHING ABOUT IT. COZ IT WILL BE AGAINST THE PRIORITY OF SELLING FRESH THINGS. THE ONLY DUTY OF THE SALE STAFF OF SHEZAN IS TO SELL FRESH THINGS AND RUIN THE STALE THINGS AS THEY PLEASE, NO MATTER HOW MUCH IT COST TO BAKERY. ON THE OTHER HAND IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT GOURMET DOES WITH ITS NEAR TO STALE THINGS, TRY VISITING GOURMET (ANY OUTLET WHICH YOU LIKE TO) AFTER 10:00 PM. YOU WILL FIND THAT EVERY SALES PERSON THERE WILL BE TRYING VERY HARD TO SELL YOU SOMETHING. SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC LIKE NOT JUST DRY CAKES BUT JUST SOME CHEESE CAKES WHICH HAVE NUMBERING ON ITS TRAY AT THE BOTTOM SAYING THAT IT IS EITHER THREE DAYS OLD OR EVEN FOUR. IF SOME ONE IS TRYING HARD TO SELL YOU A SPECIFIC SNACK ITEM THEN YOU MIGHT FIND THAT THE THING HE IS TRYING TO SELL YOU HAS A BUTTER PAPER UNDER IT ON THE DISPLAY TRAY WHICH DENOTES THAT THIS IS EITHER NOT FRESH OR GONNA BE STALE NEXT DAY. AS THERE IS NO SUCH PRESSURE ON SHEZAN STAFF SO THEY WILL NOT ASK YOU NEITHER INSIST YOU TO BUY A SPECIFIC THING. THEY DAM CARE ABOUT THINGS WHICH ARE GOING TO BE STALE. THEY ARE NOT PRESSUREIZED TO SELL THESE STINKING THINGS TO CUSTOMERS. THEY SIMPLY THROW AWAY SUCH THINGS AND THATS ALL FOR THEM. NO ONE ASKS THEM TO REDUCE OR EVEN ELIMINATE SUCH LOSSES. THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT QUALITY AND CUSTOMER AND NOTHING ELSE.
AS THE NEXT GENERATION OF SHEZAN’S OWNERS IS NOT INTRESTED IN BAKING SO IT IS A POSSIBILITY THAT SHEZAN MIGHT GET CLOSE AFTER A WHILE AS THEY HAVE MANY OTHER BUSINESSES TOO TO CONCENTRATE AND GAIN PROFIT FROM THERE AND NOT ONLY THE SHEZAN BAKERY. THATS WHY SHEZAN IS NOT INTENDED TO EXTENDING ITS BRANCHES.
NOW A BIT ABOUT SWEETS. TAKE A SAMPLE OF GULAB JAMAN OF SHEZAN AND A SAME ONE OF GOURMET BAKERS. AFTER HAVING IT SLOWLY AND FEELING BOTH TASTE, TELL ME OR DECIDE YOURSELF WHOSE GULAB JAMAN WAS MADE OF CHEESE AND WHOSE ONE WAS OF JUST WHITE REFINED FLOOR (MAIDA). DECIDE IT YOURSELF. ON THE OTHER HAND FEEL THE SOFTNESS OF KHOYA (KHOYA MEANS A THING WHICH IS MADE FROM MILK AND WHICH USUALLY COST RS.250 TO 300 PER KILOGRAM AND NOT THE THING WHICH IS CALLED “BAZARI KHOYA” WHICH IS MADE OF YEAST AND ONE CAN GET IT AT RS 40 TO 50 PER KILOGRAM.) TRY TO GUESS WHO IS USING PURE DESI GHEE AND WHO IS USING THIRD RATE GCP VANASPATI AS IT HAVE A SPECIFIC SMELL WHICH CAN BE REALIZED VERY EASILY.
WELL DEAR, I CAN’T PUT MY TONGUE IN YOURS MOUTH OR MY EXPERT PROFESSIONAL SENSE OF SMELL IN YOUR MIND. I CAN JUST GIVE YOU GUIDELINES. IF THERE IS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO HELPING IS THAT MAKE YOUR SENSES STRONG. THERE IS NO HIDIOUS INSIDE STORY ABOUT SHEZAN COZ ITS LOWEST STAFF IS EVEN MATRIC PASSED EXCEPT SWEEPERS AND THEY HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE. CHILDREN OF DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OF LAHORE OFTEN VISIT SHEZAN’S PLANTS AND DO THEY DO THE SAME AT GOURMET? WHY?????????? I THINK YOU CAN GUESS. AS CAKES AND BAKES IS SAID TO BE THE LEADER IN SNACKS ESPECIALLY IN PIZZA VARIETY. YOU CAN ALSO TRY IT BUT LET ME TELL YOU THAT I DON’T HAVE ENOUGH INSIDE NEWS ABOUT THEM.
Asma
May 6th, 2009 at 17:52
Hello all,
i have read all above comments now wanted to share my comments, i like gourmet no doubt coz of many reasons, fine quality, cheap rates and easy eccessibility. Now the standard is not like before but but still good as compared to many other bakeries especially Sheezan. i bought thier cakes and they were outdated, fungus attacked. cakes and bakes is better than sheezan but not like gourmet at all and BTW the inside story of all restaurents, bakeries, hotles is the same…….. horrible
i just wanted to mention one thing here that Gourmet supplies its items to many hospitals for free on daily basis, like children hospital. It is also a good thing.
Any way if u visit Kitchen cusine and PC pastery shop, rates are very high really that a normal man cant afford simply. A normal pastery is of 50 or 60 rupees and in gourmet ice cream 1 liter pack is of 65 rupees so it is ecnomical and poor ppl can also eat good things. anyway they should constrate on thier quality always.
and as there is a talk of Gulan jaman and pizza i have learnt both so now making at home and enjoing
bye
DUDO
May 7th, 2009 at 16:20
HI MISS OR MRs ASMA WHATEVER!
I HAVE ONE MILLION REASONS TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DISBALANCEDLY BALANCED COMMENTS. WELL AS THIS IS POST IS ABOUT GOURMET AND NOT THE SHEZAN OR OTHER BAKERS SO I’LL TRY KEEPING COMMITED TO IT. HOPE ITS FINE UPTO NOW AND IT WILL REMAIN SO IN NEAR FUTURE AS WELL. YOU HAVE TOUCHED ANOTHER WEAK POINT OF GOURMET WHICH I WAS NOT WILLING TO DISCUSS BY MYSELF AND DIDN’T WANT TO MAKE THIS ISSUE PUBLIC WHICH YOU HAVE WRONGLY MESSED UP WITH. I THINK YOU EITHER DON’T KNOW OR HAVE FORGOTTON TO MENTION THAT GOURMET IS ALSO PROVIDING not its items BUT MEALS TO PATIENTS OF CHILDREN HOSPITAL AND SHEIKH ZAID AS WELL.
NOW A BIT OF INSIDE STORY OF THIS GENEROUS CHARITY. DO ANY OF YOU KNOW THAT GOURMET IS GETTING AN AVERAGE SALE OF ALMOST RS.300000/- PER SHOP PER DAY? WHAT TOTAL WILL IT MAKE DAILY FOR 72 OUTLETS? IN CRORES I ASSUME… WELL EXCISE AND TEXATION DEPARTMENT ALSO WANT GOVT SHARE IN THE FORM OF TAXES AND DUTIES. THEY NEVER SHOW THIER INCOME TO THESE DEPARTMENTS BUT AS IT IS MY DUTY TO KEEP A RECORD OF DAILY SALE OF MY SHOP, IN ORDER TO UPDATE MY SENIORS AND COLEGUES IN MEETINGS, SO I KNOW ABOUT THE SALES EXACTLY. THE REASON BEHIND BEING SO GENEROUS TO PATIENTS TO DIFFERENT HOSPITALS IS THAT WHILE MAKING THIER INCOME STATEMENT FOR GOVT DEPARTMENTS, THEY MENTION ALL THE CHARITY THEY DO IN THE WHOLE YEAR AND SHOWING BOGUS AND EXAGERATED EXPENSES IN RESPECT OF THE MEALS SURVED TO PATIENTS IN ORDER TO SAVE HEAVY TAXES FROM GOVT. LET ME ASK IF THE SAID COMPANY IS SOO GENEROUS THEN WHY THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT THIER STAFF AND WHY THEY DON’T FEEL THAT THESE ARE ALSO HUMANS.
AND ASMA Ma’am! IF YOU ARE HAPPY TO BUY A BOX FULL OF GELATINE POWDER MIXED IN EXPIRED OR NEAR TO EXPIRE DRY MILK powder IMPORTED FROM AUSTRALIA ON DISCOUNT PRICE OR BETTER TO SAY ON ALMOST NO PRICE THEN LET YOUR TASTE BUDS KEEP ENJOY IT AND LET YOUR HEALTH PAY IT BACK IN THE LONG RUN.
AND THE very LAST THING YOU HAVE MENTIONED THE HALF FACT THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED TO BAKE GULAB JAMAN AND PIZZAZ AS WELL BUT I THINK YOU HAVE FORGOTTON TO MENTION WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE SUBJECTS WHO WERE SUBJECTED TO EAT THESE NEWLY EXPERIMENTED THINGS.
(JUST A JOKE, NO HARM DONE.)
ANYHOW WELCOME IN A BLOG WHICH IS ALMOST BEING RUN BY A STUPID LIKE ME. MY APOLOGIES TO ALL THE READERS FOR MY POOR ENGLISH AND GRAMMER SKILLS, MAKING MY COMMENTS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO READ AND UNDERSTAND DUE TO MY DEFICIANCES OF LANGUAGE. BUT I THINK IT IS IGNOREABLE AS I’VE MENTIONED EARLIER THAT GOURMET IS A (I DON’T KNOW WHICH IS THE PROPER WORD TO EXPRESS THE CORRECT MEANINGS. BETTER YOU CHOOSE IT YOURSELF) PACK/HERD/COVEN/GANG OF UNEDUCATED PEOPLE LIKE ME. THANKS AGAIN FOR TAKING TIME TO READ MY POSTS, OR EVEN TRY TO READ.
Ahmed Irfan Shafqat
May 7th, 2009 at 21:48
Asma, comparing Gourmet with Kitchen Cuisine is like comparing Corolla with Mark X
Zahid
May 20th, 2009 at 15:56
Mr.Dudu it took me half an hour to go through all these comments especially yours. I can’t understand several things i.e. why all bad things have gathered at one place (Gourmet management) – you described them like villain.
I am using Gourmet when it had only one shop at Chauburji and found no major problem with them except for some rudeness of staff of one new branch.
I believe that Gourmet produces cheap quality on cheap rates but there seems no reason that they only produce unhygienic products. You tell me from where they get so much rotten stuff for their products that you can’t have fresh things from them anyway? And why would they do so? are they Indian agents came here to make lahorities sick??
Your credibility can be challenged as you have links with rivals of Gourmet and you have been probably ousted from Gourmet so your bad comments are natural.
Your biased towards Gourmet is visible from the fact that you take their philonthropy as a tact.
Mr. Dudu hiding taxable income in Pakistan is not difficult. And the people who play with lives of people, as you claim, won’t mind using bribery for this purpose.
Ahmed Irfan Shafqat
May 22nd, 2009 at 09:34
Dudo, are you still around to respond?
DUDO
May 22nd, 2009 at 19:17
MR. Ahmed!
DUDO IS ALWAYS HERE TO HELP AND NOT TO FIGHT VERBALLY. I THINK I’VE TOLD ENOUGH FOR THOSE WHO HAVE EYES AND REASON WITH THEM. ALL THESE POSTS WERE WRITTEN IN PUBLIC INTEREST AND WERE NOT PREJUDICED. SHOULD I ANSWER EVERY SINGLE PERSON TO THEIR INQUIRIES? I HAVE GIVEN U PEOPLE SOME IDEAS HOW TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN FRESH AND STALE THINGS. NOW ITS YOUR TIME TO USE WISDOM AND REASONING TO GET FRESH AND NICE THINGS FROM EDIBLES SHOPS. I ALWAYS SAID “do it yourself”. IF SOMEONE HAS BLIND FAITH AND WANT TO LEARN FROM BAD EXPERIENCES, THEN LET HIM DO WHATEVER HE WANTS TO DO. WHY SHOULD I INTERFERE WITH EVERYONE’S CHOICE AND LIKES? LET THEM ENJOY THEMSELVES. NEITHER THIER HEALTH IS MY CONCERN NOR MY JOB IS THEIR’S. SO LETS ENJOY GOURMET.
DUDO
May 26th, 2009 at 01:03
WHAT IF YOU PEOPLE FIND SOMEONE DROWNING? WHAT WILL YOU EXPECT FROM HIM? SHOULD HE CALL FOR HELP OR JUST WAIT OTHERS TO GET NOTICE? SAME IS IN MY CASE. I KNOW THAT I’M GETTING MY LIVING BY GETTING CLOSE TO HELL. NOW THAT I’VE REALIZED THAT MY LIVING IS NOT WORTH RISKING LIVES OF OTHER PEOPLE. THAT IS THE REASON I’M HERE, AS I’VE DECIDED TO QUIT GOURET AND CLOSE THE DARKEST CHAPTER OF MY LIFE. ON THE OTHER HAND, I’M WRITING HERE TO AWARE PEOPLE. BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE VERY MUCH DULL SENSES. HOW CAN I HELP THOSE TO GET THIER SENSES SHARP. EVEN THEY STILL HAVE BLIND FAITH IN THEIR DULL SENSES AND CLAIM WITH PRIDE THAT THEY CAN’T GET SMELL FROM SOMETHING MADE A WHOLE WEEK AGO.
I ALWAYS TRIED TO AVOID CHEATING MY CUSTOMERS. I CONFESS THAT I DID THE SAME ON THE ORDER OF ADMINISTRATION BUT IT HAPPENED VERY RARELY.
IF SOMEONE RUNS A SHOP PERSONALLY THEN HE WILL TRY TO KEEP HIS ITEMS FRESH BY OBSERVING DAILY SALES. BUT WHEN SHOP IS HANDED OVER TO EMPLOYEES THEN THEY ARE ASKED TO SELL MORE AND MORE THINGS. THE ADMINISTRATION THINKS THAT WE DON’T TRY HARD TO SELL BAKERY ITEMS. FURTHER MORE THEY KEEP AN EYE ON THE DAILY ORDER OF EVERY SHOP. WELL WHAT IF I COULDN’T SELL FIFTY PIECES OF AN ITEM YESTERDAY SHOULDN’T I DECREASE THE ORDER OF THAT SPECIFIC THING? NO ONE CAN FORECAST OR PREDICT THE CUSTOMER BEHAVIOUR. THE TRUTH IS THAT AS BEING AN RESPONSIBLE EMPLOYEE OF GOURMET, ONE CAN’T DECREASE DAILY ORDER COZ THIS TYPE OF ACT CAN PUT HIS REPUTATION ON STAKE. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THAT THERE ARE ONE THOUSAND WAYS OF INCREASING DAILY SUPPLY ORDER BUT NOT A SINGLE ONE SECURE METHOD OF DECREASING DAILY ORDER. THE REGULAR INCOMING AND OUTGOING OF BAKERY ITEMS IS LIKE THAT.
EARLY IN THE MORNING SELL THE GOODS WHICH ARE ONE DAY AND MORE OLD IN THE SHELVES OF THE OUTLET. AFTER FINISHING SELLING ALL THESE unfresh ITEMS, WHICH USUALLY TAKES ALMOST THE WHOLE DAY, AT THE LATE HOURS OF NIGHT, THE SHOP IS FULL OF FRESH ITEMS BUT THESE FRESH ITEMS ARE MEANT TO SELL ON OTHER DAY OR THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW. THAT IS A CYCLE WHICH IS RUNNING AND NO ONE DARES TO INTRUPT THIS CYCLE. IF SOME ONE WANTS TO GET FIRED FROM HIS JOB, HE TRIES TO INTRUPT THIS CYCLE WHICH ENDS IN KICKING HIS ASS OUT OF GOURMET.
AS THE GOVERNMENTAL HAS FAILED TO CONTROL MANUFACTURING PLANTS AND TO CHECK QUALITY CONTROL, THEREFORE, SOME LABORTORIES ARE COUNDUCTING INGREDENTS TESTS AND HAZARDS TEST. EVERY ONE ON THE PLANET CAN GET ANY THING CHECKED BY THESE LABORTORIES ON A VERY REASONABLE PRICE. AS PER THE COUNSUMER ACT OF PAKISTAN, EVERY CONSUMER HAS THE RIGHT TO CHECK WHAT HE OR SHE IS GETTING FROM EDIBLE COMPANIES. ON THE OTHER HAND SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT CUSTOMER RIGHTS AND THEY THINK THAT WHAT THEY THINK IS RIGHT. WHAT IF I GET ANY EDIBLE GOT CHECKED BY ANY LABORTORY INCLUDING PCSIR WHICH IS THE BEST LAB AVAILABLE IN PAKISTAN. IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT I’M GETTING CHECKED. WHETHER IT IS WATER OR SOIL, OR EVEN AIR.
IT WAS REALLY SOMETHING SHOCKING TO KNOW THAT PCSIR IS NOT GONNA PASS NESTLE WHICH IS THE LARGEST AND OLDEST COMPANY OF THE WORLD. READERS CAN JUDGE THE MENTAL LEVEL OF A PERSON WHO SAYS THAT DRINKING CLEAN WATER IS A luxury. BELEIVE YOU ME. IT IS THE MOST FUNNY JOKE I’VE EVER HEARD IN MY WHOLE SPAN OF LIFE. ACCORDING TO THE STATISITICS OF FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH, MORE THAN 25 MILLION OF PEOPLE IN PAKISTAN ARE AFFECTED WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF HEPATITAS. IN THESE CURCUMSTANCES, ONLY AN INSANE AND INANE PERSON CAN SAY THAT DRINKING CLEAN AND HEALTHY WATER IS A LUXURY. IF IT IS A LUXURY THEN YOU SHOULD BATH WITH BOTTLED WATER OF GOURMET COZ IT IS A SO-CALLED LOW-COST LUXURY.
MR. IF YOU THINK THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG, THEN YOU SHOULD KEEP ENJOYING YOUR FAVORITE BAKERY BUT YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO DENY GIVING INFORMATION TO OTHERS AS IT IS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT AS PER GENEVA CONVENTION OF UNITED NATIONS.
MOREOVER ONE WHO HAS REASON WITH HIM/HER CAN READ THE DAILY PRESS REPORTS ABOUT THE COMMENTS CHIEF JUSTICE SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN HAS PASSED IN A CASE REGARDING CUSTOMERS RIGHTS IN A CASE OF SAME BOTTLED WATER. YOU CAN READ IT IN DAILY NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED ON 23RD OF MAY 2009. HE SAID THAT COMPANIES CAN’T BE ALLOWED TO MAKE EXCESSIVE PROFITS AND CAPTURING CUSTOMER’S VALUE AND DELIVERING THEM NOT WHICH THEY’VE PROMISED. IN ANOTHER CASE THE cjp HAS DECLARED THAT COMPANIS WON’T BE ALLOWED TO PRESENT haram MEAT TO MUSLIMS IN A MUSLIM COUNTRY. WHAT DO YOU THINK NOW MR? ARE THOSE NOT JUST COMPANIES WHICH ARE CHEATING ON PUBLIC AND MAKING PROFITS. ARE THESE PERSONS INDIAN AGENTS WHICH ARE WORKING ON THE AGENDA TO MAKING PAKISTANIS SICK OR USED TO haram MEAT? OH COME ON MAN OPEN UP YOUR EYES AND GET OUT OF PREJUDICES. IT SEEMS YOU ARE TOO INNOCENT TO BELEIVE IN WHATEVER COMPANIES SAY AND CLAIM.
AS THE CASE IS STILL IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN, SO I WON’T COMMENT ON IT BUT I THINK THAT cjp HAS SAID ALMOST THE SAME THING WHICH I WAS TRYING TO SAY SINCE LONG.
FURTHERMORE, MR. ZAHID U NEED MORE EXPERIENCE OF PRACTICAL LIFE BEFORE JUDGING AND PASSING COMMENTS ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE. FOR INSTANCE, I WILL TALK ABOUT THE SAME THINGS WHICH I HOPE ARE ACCORDING TO YOUR MENTAL LEVEL. AS I ASSUME THAT YOU HAVE NO CONCERN WITH BOOKS, I WILL ADVISE YOU TO WATCH A MOVIE RELEASED IN 2008 BY THE NAME OF ” Stealth”. THERE YOU WILL FIND THAT ALWAYS OBEYING YOUR SENIORS IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE A star performer. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO AVOID ORDERS AND DO ACCORDING TO YOUR OWN JUDGEMENT. YOU WILL HAVE TO TELL ME WHY TALLION ONE DISOBEYED HIS MISSION CONTROL TWICE. SAME IS IN MY CASE. WHEN SERIOUS HEALTH THREATS OF SOMEBODY INOLVES IN MY RESPONSIBILITIES, I ALWAYS TRY MY BEST TO KICK MY DUTIES OFF AND DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO AVOID SERIOUS RISKS. IN THAT SENARIO, I THINK I’M ALSO SERVING MY COMAPNY BY LETTING IT NOT TO GET NATORIOUS. NOW MY CUSOTMERS IDENTIFY THE SIGNALS DROPPED BY MY EYEBROWS IN SELECTING WHICH THING TO BUY AND WHICH NOT.
IF YOU GUYS STILL NOT AGREE WITH ME THEN ALLOW ME TO ASK TO OTHER READERS AND WRITERS OF THIS POST. THERE IS JUST ONE SIMPLE QUESTION TO ANSWER AND IT WILL WORK AS A JUDGEMENT ON THE SAME MATTER. DEAR READERS, WILL YOU PLEASE VOTE FOR ME TO EXPRESS YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT WHAT HAVE I SAID IN ALL OF MY POSTS. PLEASE READ ALL MY POSTS HERE AND
http://eatntravel.pk/2009/01/08/gourmet-bakerys-downfall-starts/comment-page-1/#comment-153
HERE THRICE AND VOTE FOR ME OR AGAINST ME. DO YOU THINK I’M DOING FINE OR I’M DOING WRONG. I REQUEST ALL OF YOU TO PLEASE PARTICIPATE IN THIS VOTING AND OBLIGE ME. HOPE YOU CAN DIFFERENCIATE AND DECIDE WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG
THANKS A LOT FOR TAKING TIME TO READ MY POSTS AND DON’T FORGET TO VOTE PLEASE.
DUDO FROM GOURMET BAKERS AND SWEETS LAHORE.
DUDO
May 26th, 2009 at 01:37
Ahmed ! WILL YOU PLEASE EMAIL ME AT EMERGING_HOPE@YAHOO.COM? I WANNA ASK YOU SOMETHING. THANKS
Athar Riaz Sheikh
November 24th, 2009 at 14:15
The Gourmet is doing well and we should use it and repel the Shezan as it is ”Qadiani”" assets.
Ahmed Irfan Shafqat
December 8th, 2009 at 10:45
Athar, you know what? At the entrance of Shezan, Phase 1, Defence, they have placed a very well visible board on which they have printed the Arabic text with urdu translation which conveys the message that Hazrat Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the last rasool of Allah and there is no prophet after him…
Muhammad Omer
February 28th, 2011 at 19:17
Dudo , I really liked your comments , seems like you have done all the homework needed to comment on such issue. To just come have a bang on someone is another thing … debating is another story. I would like a personal contact of yours as there is something I would like to discuss with you. I would be glad if you could tell me any contact of yours.
احمد عرفان شفقت
March 1st, 2011 at 09:24
I also feel the same way about DUDO…he really has done his home work on the topic