Fast food: "delicious" business selling hot baked goods

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

Fast food is now widespread not only in large cities, but also in provincial towns. There are a large number of branches from this kind of activity. But the stalls and establishments that attract their customers with the “delicious” name “Hot Baking” are gaining more and more popularity every year. Fast food of this kind will be of interest to everyone: both office workers who do not have time for a full lunch during the working day, or just walking people who decide to have a snack in between times.

Choose an outlet

It is very important to pay attention to the level of traffic of the chosen place. Airports, railway and bus stations, clothing and food markets, shopping and office centers are best suited for this purpose. It is not recommended to place such establishments in sleeping areas: in this way you yourself will reduce your income by 2.5 times! The minimum area to be occupied by a retail outlet is 4 sq.m. Such establishments are always welcome onthe territory of large stores, as they help to attract new customers.

Equipment

In order to produce and sell fast food, you will need the following set of equipment:

• convection oven (capacity ~3.33 kWh);
• freezer;
• proofer for raising frozen semi-finished products and defrosting them (capacity ~1, 1 kW/h);
• racks and showcases where trays with ready-made pastries will be placed;
• cash register;
• washstand.

Performance

Proofing time on average takes from 40 minutes to an hour. The baking process is 15-20 minutes. This set of equipment is capable of producing approx. 100 items per hour.

Seasonality

Pies and other pastries are almost always relevant. The exception is, perhaps, only 10 days during the New Year holidays. The most favorable time is the period from mid-spring to the last days of autumn. On the hottest summer days, there is a 15-30% drop in demand, but sweet pies with soft drinks continue to sell with a bang.

Staff

In the first stages of work, it will be enough to hire only a few sellers for all points. The average salary of a salesperson is about $200 per month. As a rule, the seller receives from 400 rubles a day, and someone is unlikely to agree to work for a smaller amount. As the business develops, you may also need the services of a security guard and a loader. They'll have topay about $300 monthly.

Assortment

Fast food attracts people with its variety. Therefore, work hard to ensure that at each point your customers can purchase at least 15 varieties of products. You should know that sweet pies are best sold in the morning, meat pies at the height of the working day, and pastries stuffed with potatoes, cabbage, etc. in the late afternoon. This is also worth considering.

Profit

Initially, in order to open a point of sale, purchase equipment that produces and stores fast food, you will need about 2-3 thousand dollars. Basically, apart from rent, the funds are spent on the purchase and maintenance of equipment and staff salaries. Ingredients for making pies and other hot pastries cost relatively little. In a month, from one point of sale, it is really possible to gain up to 300-500 dollars of profit.

Based on all of the above, we can conclude that fast food is an extremely profitable investment that is guaranteed to pay off and will consistently bring you the expected income.