Start & Run a Home-Based Food Business
Starting your own home based food business is a great idea especially for folks having a family farm. That allows them to sell the fruit of their labors at RETAIL instead of wholesale. The Amish do this all the time of course in addition to selling fresh vegetables.
Turning your home grown meats, vegetables, etc. into “meat pies” available for sale lets you help other people save time and benefit from your nutritious products.
For most people, the biggest start up cost for such a venture is the cost of a professional cooking area that passes the proper health inspections and meets local regulations.
Did I mention that I like this idea?
Yes, I think it’s a great one … the biggest reason family farmers saw their demise was because they went broke selling their products at rock bottom wholesale. The middle men and grocers made all the profits in that system. If you can build your own client base and satisfy them with your own home grown, home produced food – you can have the potential at least to keep more money for yourself.
Right now with concerns about “locally produced” agriculture, anyone within an hour’s drive of a population center of 50,000 or more has the potential to establish a paying client base that will let you have the lifestyle you enjoy.
Start & Run a Home-Based Food Business
Are you one of the many people who dream of making a profit selling your own homemade foods? Now, with this one-of-a-kind, easy-to-follow guide, you can realize your home-based food business dreams! With over 25 years’ experience, author Mimi Shotland Fix takes you step-by-step through the process of starting and running a food business. Whether you’ve always envisioned yourself with a home-based food business, need a second source of income or want to stay at home and be your own boss, Start & Run a Home-Based Food Business offers dozens of tips, examples and advice for you to run a profitable business from your own kitchen! The CD-ROM includes resources and forms in PDF and MS Word formats, for use on a Windows-based PC. The CD-ROM includes: – Lists of books, websites and trade magazines – National and regional suppliers – Sample contracts, invoices and accounting forms – Tried-and-true recipes And more!
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Review by Ann from New York for Start & Run a Home-Based Food Business
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My friend heard great things about this book from a co-worker and gave me a copy for my birthday. I love to cook and bake but I’m always giving away everything. I didn’t realize I could sell these goodies and make real money. If you follow the author’s steps it is easy to set up a business. I highly recommend this book.
Review by D. Accardi for Start & Run a Home-Based Food Business
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Thank you Mimi! This is a fantastic book for anyone who has considered starting their own food business but are not sure where to start. The book deals mostly with cooking/baking but the concepts can easily be applied to any production business. Even if your local health department does not allow you to make your goods at home Mimi identifies other options that will allow you to start your business. Everything from making a budget, figuring out the cost of your products, shelf-life, how to name your company/products, and even free recipes are included! Another fantasic feature is the bonus DVD that includes downloadable forms such as a recipe cost calculator, press release template, expense ledgers and much more. Even if you have never considered becoming an entrepreneur this book is so well written and thorough that it might inspire you enough to give it a shot! Again, thanks for writing this food business bible!
Review by B. Reed for Start & Run a Home-Based Food Business
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This book starts from the very beginning. You get tips about different kitchen set-ups and beginning equipment necessities as well as advancing to finding a special product niche and moving up to an actual baking shop. Very good investment for the money. The worksheets also were helpful.
Review by A.P. new york for Start & Run a Home-Based Food Business
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My wife who loves baking retired from job and was looking for something to do to bring in extra cash. I bought her this book and she found it very helpful.
After reading the steps laid out in this very well organized and clearly written book, she is now seriously thinking of starting her own business.
Review by M. Allen for Start & Run a Home-Based Food Business
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I have not finished reading the whole book yet but so far it has given me alot of good info and alot of things to consider. It gives good kitchen options for people in different situations. I think it’s worth buying for anyone considering running a food type business from home.