How to open a bakery cafe

A cafe where you can try and buy fresh pastries is a great option for a promising business. The main thing is to choose the right assortment, strictly monitor the quality of products and set competitive prices.

You will need

• - a registered legal entity or individual entrepreneur;

• - premises for cafes and bakeries;

• - Permits from SES and other authorities;

• - equipment;

• - furniture and utensils;

• - stock of ingredients for baking;

• - staff.

Instruction manual

1

Choose the format of the future cafe. You can open a bakery or pastry shop or bake mainly bread. Today themed confectioneries are very popular - French, Italian, Belgian or Russian, offering original varieties of pastries. Evaluate market prospects. If several bakeries already work in your city, analyze their assortment.

2

Find a product that will become a kind of "calling card" of your company. For example, you can bake a wide range of pies with a variety of fillings, specialize in different types of bread, branded puffs or cookies.

3

Find the right room. Your bakery should be located in a place with busy traffic. An inexpensive cafe can be opened in a residential area or near educational institutions and offices. The premium bakery should be located near restaurants, business centers and city attractions.

4

50-80 square meters are enough to accommodate production, another 80-100 m2 will be occupied by the trading floor. The food service area can be limited to several tables with chairs or sofas. There are cafes offering only "standing" seats at high tables.

5

Get permission documentation. You will need permission to manufacture and sell bakery and confectionery products. Paperwork is a lengthy process and can take several months.

6

Equip the bakery. You will need proofers, dough dividers, kneading machines and baking ovens. The choice of equipment class and its price depend on the range of products offered. For example, if you want to bake bread served in Italian and French bakeries, you will need special hearth ovens.

7

Choose the power of the equipment based on the planned load. Do not buy "in reserve" and do not occupy the space of the bakery with machines that you will not use. If in the future you expand production, the missing equipment can be purchased or updated already available.

8

Make a repair of the room. Place the trading floor and cafe area in accordance with the chosen concept. For example, if your specialty is “handmade” bread, the design can be done in a rustic style - wooden racks, canvas napkins, wicker baskets for laying out. If you sell pastries in French style, style the room as a Parisian cafe.

9

Hire staff. Pay special attention to the choice of a chef-baker - a person who will be engaged not only in controlling the baking process, but also in developing technological maps. In addition, you will need ordinary bakers, kitchen workers, salespeople in the hall, a cleaning lady and an accountant who can work remotely.

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