Smoking shop: preparation of necessary documents, drawing up a business plan, selection of necessary equipment, goals and stages of development

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

Of course, not everyone wants to work for hire. Every hard worker at least once thinks about starting to work for himself. If you managed to accumulate an amount, even a small one, then you can invest these funds in a business that you like and will generate income. This article will talk in detail about such a business as a smoke shop.

The idea of starting your own smokehouse as a business is a success. The benefit of such an enterprise, taking into account all the costs, will be no less, or even more than 50%. The biggest advantage of small workshops is that the products for use are strictly controlled. While large workshops mainly use, first of all, stale goods, which have an expiration date. Naturally, this affects not only the quality, but also the demand of buyers. It is best to start a smoking business with poultry meat, and only then supplement the smokehouse with fish, lard and pork or beef meat. Chicken is the easiest to cook, much cheaper than other meats. And also chicken can be cut intoparts and offer the consumer a wide range of choices in the form of breasts, wings, hams, whole chickens and thighs.

Competition analysis

This idea is not new and there is competition in the market. Therefore, if you decide to create your own business - a smoking shop, you should carefully study the work and offers of all such enterprises in your district territory and region.

All of these enterprises have already established a distribution channel. Large workshops produce products in large volumes and can confidently supply retail chains, possibly have their own branded stores and supermarkets. And small manufacturing companies sell through private stores located in residential areas, they can rent a retail outlet in the market or a counter in the mall. And also competitors can use both of them at the same time.

Also, when examining competition, attention should be paid to pricing and quality compliance. Only by conducting an accurate analysis, you can correctly conclude what you can bet on in this fight.

One thing is clear: if it is possible to start a smoking business with little expenses, not to hire a lot of employees and save on equipment, then this is already a big bid for success.

Documentation

First of all, when opening any business, it is necessary to legally either register the status of an entrepreneur or register a company. This will directly depend on the planned volumes.production. And also from the most convenient form of taxation.

For a small smoke shop that will sell products to markets or private stores, the form of an individual entrepreneur is quite suitable. IP open for a short time, in a week you can completely manage. Here the future businessman is waiting for the first expenses for the state duty in the amount of 800 rubles.

And for ambitious newcomers who plan, immediately or gradually, but large volumes of sales, it is better to register a legal entity right away.

And also, so that in the future there will be no problems with the inspection authorities, you need to obtain all permissions for the legalization of business in the Sanitary and Epidemiological Station (SES), Rospotrebnadzor, fire protection, Rostekhnadzor, Rosprirodnadzor and other structures. When the process is launched and bulk purchases of raw materials begin, it is imperative to take meat certificates and a certificate from a veterinarian from the supplier each time. After preparation, before marketing, it is necessary to obtain certification for products. Documents are issued no more than two weeks.

Choose a room

Since opening a smokehouse as a business is an unpredictable business, and it is not known how it will develop, it is best to rent the premises for a while, unless, of course, it is owned. If everything goes well and there is a need to expand production, then it will be necessary to think about acquiring a property. Any lease, and even more so for a business, must have a signed agreement between the owner andtenant. Such a document should specify the rental period from and to, the cost and term of payment, the conditions for terminating the contract, and it is also worth carefully considering other nuances that may arise, because in which case it will not be possible to move out in a short time due to large-sized equipment.

Dividing the room into zones

After the room is chosen, it is necessary to clearly draw up a plan for the smoking shop. Whatever the room intended for the smokehouse, it should be divided into separate rooms for each stage of production, such as:

• Meat defrosting room.
• Meat room.
• Production room where the smoking chamber itself is located.
• The room where the packaging takes place.
• Refrigerating room.
• Washing room with meat baths.
• Inventory processing space.
• Storage and drying place for containers.
• Warehouse for consumables, packaging and storage.

What should the room be like

Where the smokehouse will be located is not important. Therefore, you can safely give preference to a room that will have the lowest price, regardless of its location. A plus is the close location of the point of sale, because you won’t have to spend money on cargo transportation. You also need to pay attention to the fact that the smokehouse should not be closer than 300 meters from residential buildings. The optimal workshop area is 100 sq. m. Vroom temperature should be between 16-20 degrees Celsius.

To make sure the premises fit in all respects, for regulatory authorities as well, it is better to pay attention to the former canteens. Still, such buildings were built in accordance with all necessary standards and passed more than once checks. It is desirable that the finish is made of tiles and bactericidal lamps are present. You also need to take care of the place where the fire shield with fire extinguishers will be installed.

Will there be demand for products? This largely depends on its quality and how much it meets all the necessary features of the raw material. Therefore, it is very important to find reliable suppliers. It is difficult to immediately understand what a wholesaler is, it is better to start working with trial and small batches of deliveries. You need to pay attention to what percentage of marriage, to the correspondence of weight, to what extent the type of meat is required.

As a rule, suppliers release raw materials in plastic containers with all necessary documents signed by the head. It's a good idea to double check the weight before you buy it.

When raw materials are purchased, they must be washed. Immediately you need to prepare a saline solution for meat and pour it into the injector and process it. The meat is then hung in a smokehouse. For smoking, juniper or beech wood chips are used. Chips per 100 kg of meat require about 1.5 kg. After the smoked meat is ready, it is packaged and sent to a warehouse or distribution point.

Necessary equipment for a smoke shop

For the production business, you need to buy a special camera,which is designed for a volume of not more than 300 kg per day. Over time, you can expand production to several tons, you can gradually buy more installation equipment. There is equipment of different brands, and their prices are also different, so everyone can choose for themselves what they see fit, and most importantly, affordable.

Let's disassemble the average smoking chamber. On average, the weight is no more than 120 kg, the energy consumption is 600 W per hour, so the electrical wiring must comply with these parameters. The production of smoked meat on time for this equipment lasts from 1.5 hours per 100 kg.

When working out the business plan of the smoking shop, it is necessary to enter the purchase and prices of the following equipment there:

• Smoking plant.
• Tara for s alting.
• Smoking stands.
• Trolley for stands.
• For small fish skewers.
• Refrigerator.
• Scales.

What else do you need to buy

Smoking shop equipment is not everything. It is necessary to purchase knives, hooks for hanging meat, containers for brine, a cutting table, disposable aprons and shoes for workers in large quantities so that employees can change them every day, racks for defrosting meat, tubs for washing raw materials, packaging equipment.

Workshops

First time, 1-2 years, you can do without hired workers within the family and relatives. Accounting services can also be obtained without hiring an employee, but only as needed. Logistics for the transportation of raw materials and finishedproducts can be handled by one person, he can also be entrusted with the search for suppliers and distribution points.

Expense item

One of the main expenses in production is the rent of the premises. As mentioned above, this amount depends on the location, on average, one square meter starts from 300 rubles. And you also need to take into account the rental of a car - an average of 10,000 rubles, again, the price depends on the brand of the car and other technical and depreciation indicators. A considerable amount will have to be spent on the purchase of equipment - 300,000 rubles, but you can buy cheaper from your hands. Consumables, utilities and the purchase of raw materials are another plus of 200,000 rubles.

Profit

Starting the production process, when all distribution channels are established, you can receive an income of 115% from the purchase of raw materials. Thus, with well-established production and marketing of products, the entire electrical installation will pay off in about two to three months. If you go moderately and gradually, then the payback can take up to eight months, but you can definitely count on the net profit.

So, the main points on how to create a smokehouse are listed in the article. The last two important factors remain - patience and work. You need to be prepared for the fact that not everything will turn out right away. And even if some obstacles stand in the way, in no case should you give up. It is possible that success is about to come, you need to be ready to meet it. After all, as you know, a long road begins with one step.