You know those little ah ha moment you have you you make an not so obvious discovery well here are some you may come across.

You can sell your fridge at the start of the game on the scales in jacks shop for extra cash on hand.

Customers will ask for just bread and kavass when you have noting in the store.

There only needs to be 1 product of a type needs to be displayed in the windows shelves even if it is expired for it to appear on the consumers list of demands. This includes stuff you would normally put in the fridge if you stock up on say ice cream but do not have a display unit in the windows the costumers will never ask for it.

Think of you window shelves like the pictures on an ice cream truck the costumer points to the picture on the side of the truck and says that one.

Also when restocking the distributor consider removing the display item from the window to prevent a backed up line due to one of them standing around waiting for something you only have in the window but not in the distributor. Keeping the line moving is more important then a stubborn customer remember if the customers do not see it in the window they will not ask for it you can put your display unit back in the window after you finish restocking.

You do not have to stock shelves things are already organized in crates past your display unit and most stuff you would put in a fridge does not need it so long as you do not overbuy.

When buying ketchup make sure it is the only thing you are buying during the trip back and forth otherwise it will mess up your order when buying lots of crates.

When buying product get 8 at a time. 8 is the max that can be delivered in a crate so best practice is to buy in multiples of 8. Buying in off amounts can and will mess up your organization so if you can't afford a full crate just wait.

You do not need to hand feed every item into you distributor just pass your crate over a opened distributor and the items will automatically be added to the distributor without needing to load them all in 1 by 1.

When making wraps the chopped ingredients and cooked meats need to be in your inventory hot bar with the v take key then placed on the rolling plate by having the preview turn green.

When dealing with beef/chicken you have to cut it into chunks 1st then fry the chunks the meat needs to be placed on the cutting board from your hot bar inventory to where it turns green over the cutting board then you can cut it to make the process a bit less time consuming as you will also need to pick up and place all the chunks for frying do this with your chopping board on the stove then when you are done cutting move the chopping board this will not make the chunks ready but they will be on the stove at least meaning you will not need to move around as much when you place the chunks from your inventory with a v pickup back on the stove.

Frying time for meats and wraps takes about 10-15 seconds Set your timer to start the cooking process.

There is a limit to how much the stove can cook at one time best not to go over the amount of meat chunks you get from 4 full pieces of meat, or 8 wraps at a time.

If you have a spray bottle, but no glass it is kind of useless to you so sell it on the scales in jacks shop. Glass is very expensive early on to replace once it is gone it may be better to just keep it gone and with no glass means there is no reason to keep the spray bottle when the funds you get for it can be used for your other ventures like staying alive. Holding on to it can be the difference between having enough money to buy bullets to survive an attack or not.

Pretty much anything you can buy from jack's shop you can sell back on the scale. Most common will probably be empty Jerry cans.

You can reuse use a empty crate to load up on more items that may not come in crates like ammo painkillers and wraps. Until you can afford more then 1 cutting board empty crates can also store your cut wrap ingredients for better organizing and transport.

You can also use an empty crate under your window on center shelf to help contain items the costumers throw back at you. This is really helpful once you loose your glass and should prevent spillage due to the glass no longer being there.

You can not wait out the mafia by just sitting in your basement eating food drinking water and taking painkillers just hoping they will go away after a few days They will not. If you are broke/out of ammo you did not win you just found another way that does not work Just take the death and try again.
Once you die your save is erased. it is unknown if the developer may add in a save states system at some point in the future so unless that happens just know that at the time of writing this yes this game is hardcore like that.

Insurance increases by 500 in cost every time you take it if you do take insurance make sure to get shot otherwise it will be a waste as it will expire remember you need to actually sign or make a scribble on the document for your policy to take effect.

Usually you can get away with at least a 35% increase in prices without launching an advertising campaign before your customers really start to complain, and refuse to buy. Do not forget to set this up at the start of the game.

While there is a limit on how much you can put into your distributor around 100-120 before it will not take anymore items.

if you stock too much or on top of old stock the expiration dates on all the items are still ticking and customers may go what a rotten mess and throw it back in your face and not buy.

Remember to empty it out every 2 days and throw away the old unsold stock. Also even when using the distributor you still need to have 1 item of that type in your display window shelves for customers to buy it.

It is a good idea not to load in more then 2 crates worth of the same product at a time to keep your products fresh.

When you have to clean out have a empty crate ready to catch what gets spit back out at you so you can quickly throw multiple items it away without having to manually load the crate.

The distributor will burn through fuel if you leave it on. Turing it on only when you have a long line of costumers, and off during dead hours or down time while you are off restocking or doing other things can save you some fuel.

Buy a case of roast beef and a case of water to keep for yourself every day. You could just think about water and roast beef as just food for you and never display them in the window so you will always have them on hand for your personal food and water source.

As mentioned previously what the costumer will ask for in the bare minimum section is really all you ever have to carry but you can use the more expensive round bread instead of just bread and it will replace the bread. Only specializing in carrying a few items (kavass, round bread, grape leaves, sauage, and ice cream) can really help you get through the early game.

Trying to have 1 of everything at all times is a huge myth that will only cause you to have more expired products on hand due to not being able to sell all of 1 items stock faster then other items can go bad.

By having your lights off you can save on those electric bills. sure you can get a flashlight and batteries to help as well but when working in total darkness it is a good idea to have a system in place to manage you stock of items start by keeping the same item type in the same space in the shop. also if you are limiting yourself to just a few products then outline of kavass, round bread, and a can of grape leaves are distinct enough to easily tell them apart.

PC's are just to expensive early to make then a viable option until you have survived for a long time and know what you need to survive the mob and can budget out the parts on an ala cart basis over several weeks it is best to avoid them. yes you can build up to them but getting your gun and having it at a maintained working order is way more valuable so only buy parts for your pc building and server rental business when you do not need to get a new gun that week, and know about how much ammo you need to set aside to survive.

Full can from the shop $280
Cost to refill $5 x 25L = $125

1 empty can on the scales is worth $139.

cost of the can $280 minus what the can is worth $139 = $141.

But wait that does not seem like a savings it is the can when you buy it can also contribute to your next discount card. As may be bought by a card already in use.

Even if this is just a small discount it may even out to around what a refill would cost. But you also do not have to invest the time to refill in travel time and refilling so these few extra bucks you spend on cans and then selling the can on the scales could ad up to bigger savings with a card you may get when you go to buy other things.

Did the mean old mafia come and break your glass windows and now when your costumers can't afford your products or refuse to buy from your then end up falling all over the place well there is a solution to this problem and that is to put a crate on that shelf to catch the items. Your basket of returns will save you from most all lost profits that may of occurred from not having your glass repaired.

You do not have to shut the doors on the trailers when transporting between the shop and the basement you can just keep them open.

Step 1.) To start with tun off your room lights in both rooms.

Step 2.) Go to your pc and set the management pierces to a 35% increase.

Step 3.) Eat the Roast beef and grape leaves that are in your window as well as drink the waters there until you are full.

Step 4.) Pick up your fridge and sell it on the scale at jacks shop.

Step 5.) Go back upstairs and order a supply drop of 2 crates worth of each of the following kavass, round bread, grape leaves, sausage, and ice cream. that is 16 of each costing a little over 1,000 per restock. Bring that all upstairs.

Step 6.) Take 1 of each of each type of produce you bought and place it in your display window shelves You only need 1 of each think of you window shelves like the pictures on an ice cream truck the costumer points to the picture on the side of the truck and says that one. Leave the rest of your stock neatly organized in their crates on the ground in a manner where you can find them in the dark if you have to turn on the lights to see for this but once you pick your spots stick with them and then shut your lights back off.

Step 7.) Keep 1 of the empty crates before you chuck them all off to the trash by throwing them back in your truck and place that crate on the shelf under the center window shop window this will catch and items the costumers throw back in your face and when you loose your glass it is very useful so mind as well put it in place now.

Step 8.) Buy 1 case of water and 1 case of roast beef to feed and water yourself you can keep them downstairs in their crates just by the fridges and eat when you need to when coming and going.

Repeat this step every day a new crate of each each day so it stays fresh the water will not go bad, but the roast beef will spoil after about a day and a half.

Step 9.) Open shop by opening your window and sell out of your current stock including the extra items that you started with. You will also sell your display items as well do this manually 2 more times. Now you should have enough to buy the distributor.

Step 10.) Now that you have your distributor open the hatch and load it with the same supply drop of items as you have been getting 2 crates worth of each of the following kavass, round bread, grape leaves, sausage, and ice cream. and dragging the full crates over the open distributor hatch.

The items in the crates will be added to the distributor automatically when pass over you do not need to load each one in by hand 1 at a time. But remember to take 1 item of each type out fro you display window.

Now these display window items you are never going to sell but instead once the stock runs out in the distributor you are simply going to remove the windows display item out of the window and on to the floor until you restock.

if a costumer is asking for an out of stock item remove that item from your display window and send them on along way with the button over the window. this will let you quickly sell out of your remaining stock. Repeat until you have no stock left but your display items and restock as needed.

This will now be you main source of income and how you will fund the rest of your operations.

Step 11.) After your 1st go you will want to buy a at least a Jerry can to keep your distributor employee happy and working. When going for more supplies prioritize gas 1st. If you run out of gas you will have to go back to manually chucking things out of the window you should have plenty of cash flow now after each restock from now on to keep your fuel supply up and sustained.

Now weather you want to lug and make many trips to refill your Jerry can at the filling machine or just buy new Jerry cans that are full each time you need them and bought at a discount as well as can be sold to contribute to your next discount card is up to you.

Personally not having to make as many trips refueling is worth just buying a new can each time for me and the kick back feels good from selling used cans.

Step 12.) Now you can get a flashlight, and some batteries. take a empty extra crate to hold your extra batteries in. (You may have on ready that had your water or roast beef in in previously.)

Step 13.) Save up enough to get the M-16 rifle. after you have it it will last you 3-4 encounters with the mafia before you need to sell it on the scale and get a new one.

step 14.) Now that you have your gun you need to put extra leftover funds into ammo and painkillers.(take an extra empty crate for each of these as well maybe bring down 1 extra so you can have a stash in your back room up top and a stash by the trailer under the trailer side window so you can easily grab more if you need them when the fight breaks out.) you should have enough funds to get about 8-10 clips and at least 6 bottles of painkillers before day 6 starts you will not need that many for the fight but it is good to be prepared.

Step 15.) Day 6 has arrived. for this 1st encounter you are going to have to wait out in your back room for about 4-5 hours until they can shoot your glass out. (And good riddance to your glass. No more pesky sanitation e-mails. No more need for a spray bottle not that you were using one anyways.)

The mafia is pretty bullet spongy and it will take almost a full clip into the gut of each of them to get them to finally die do not go for head shots aim for the guts and controlled 3 round burst fire if you can.

Start by taking cover in your back room and you should be able to pick them off with ease there are a few extra out of view straight on to the sides of your shot that you also need to take out a small tip when you get down to the last one they will prioritize killing the costumers before turning to deal with you. So use this time to pick your shot and take them down.

Step 16.) Now that you know how to survive just repeat surviving until you save up enough and feel comfy with your ammo and pain killer stockpile to branch off to make wraps which you can make when the distributor does it thing, and then later much later your pc server side hustle.

This is the end of the guide on ah ha tips and tricks epiphany moments you will encounter during this game if any more should come across my mind when playing I will be sure to add them in later.