I chose to open a bakery. What should I pay attention to in the early stage?

In the early stage, we need to pay attention to the investigation to see if there is a direct store in the headquarters of this bread brand and how it operates.

Shops usually pay rent in the first quarter or half a year. After three months of operation, if there is no hope of profit, the direct store may stick to it for another three months, but if it fails to achieve profit for half a year, it will choose to give up. Therefore, the length of continuous operation of direct stores can determine the basis of profit and affirm the feasibility of the project. The more direct stores a brand owns, the longer the direct stores operate, and the richer the accumulated practical experience.

After determining the brand, determine the positioning method. There are four common site selection methods:

1, telephone site selection: the franchisee provides the site selection and the head office evaluates it (★★★★☆☆).

The scheme is mainly provided by franchisees, and the corporate headquarters only reviews the submitted materials. For franchisees, this location method has certain limitations and great risks. After all, the enterprise has not really seen the actual situation of the store.

2. Guiding site selection: the headquarters provides the site selection scheme, and the franchisees choose (★★★★☆☆).

The headquarters tells franchisees what the target group is, where to open a store, what to pay attention to when looking for a store, and so on through training.

It is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish. This method is not bad, but it also has shortcomings. Because there are many factors to consider in site selection, more of which are experience, franchisees may not be able to learn it in a short time, and it is difficult to fully apply it to actual site selection.

3. Third-party site selection: the headquarters entrusts a third party to provide site selection services (★★★★★☆).

At present, there are many professional third parties providing site selection services, usually from professional site selection teams or data platform service companies. The headquarters may entrust a third party to help in site selection when its own site selection capacity is insufficient. The third party is basically an enterprise with store resources. Because stores are rich in resources and have a large choice, third-party location also has certain advantages.

4. Site selection: franchisees and headquarters * * * will send people to inspect the site selection (★★★★★★).

Site selection is the same as site selection, some enterprises will charge a certain fee, and some enterprises will be completely free. In any case, * * * has a position, and under the guidance of professionals, it can investigate and evaluate the actual situation of people flow, passenger flow, traffic conditions, consumption level, consumption positioning, competition analysis and so on around the store.

When choosing a site, whether the headquarters tries its best to help franchisees reduce risks as much as possible at the beginning of opening a store should be one of the key points that entrepreneurs need to pay attention to when choosing a franchise brand; At the same time, the higher the investment cost of site selection, the higher the corresponding joining cost may be.

If you open it yourself, it's nothing more than:

1, equipment preparation

Generally, a set of equipment should be prepared for a newly opened bakery. For example: mixer), egg beater, butter machine (for making cakes), layered oven (with oven tray), various grinding tools, common cakes and food packaging bags. And utensils for holding the prepared bread. In this way, when the bakery opens, making bread will not be a mess.

Problems needing attention in the early stage of opening a bakery

2. Material procurement

Ordinary baking materials are best available at your local grocery store. General raw materials can be preserved for half a year to 1 year as long as they are well preserved. However, don't forget to leave a room or a separate space for disinfection when decorating, otherwise the materials will be piled up in disorder, which will increase your workload and lead to health problems.

3. Processing of certificates

There are many documents to deal with, and different documents have to be handled by different departments. Knowing well in advance will not make it difficult to open a shop. Business license, tax registration certificate, health permit, sewage permit, fire permit and personal health certificate must be handled at the local health bureau.

4. Personnel recruitment

Generally, a bakery will employ a decorator and a baker, and the salespersons will be determined according to the size of the bakery, but at least three salespersons must be employed to ensure the normal operation of the bakery.

I hope my answer can help you!