Many trends do not come to us in the CIS right away, but the culture of fast food has long been established in cities with burger and donut shops, not to mention the places with pancakes and hot dogs that can be found on every corner. Let's look at how to organize your own business in this direction. How to open a fast food business from scratch: how much it costs, what documents are needed, how best to organize the work, and what is a really profitable option for business now.
Features of fast food business
In any town, even a small one, there is at least one such fast food cafe. Fast food is the food of city dwellers, and even though it is quite harmful, it is a great way to avoid wasting your own time on cooking, and not all food quickly prepared by someone else is harmful.
In addition, these dishes are quite inexpensive and very tasty, which is why people like to order them even without urgent need. Fast food is extremely popular at the moment, and not only among a certain segment of people; both young people and old people have their favorite version of fast food.
The format of a street establishment is also popular with people due to the fact that they have the opportunity to quickly stop by on their way to work, school, or even while walking through interesting places in the city.
To use as an example, you can download a free fast food business plan.
Sequencing
Preparation for this business project can begin immediately after the new year. First, you need to register with the labor exchange and select “opening your own business” from the proposed list of vacancies. In addition, indicate in free form that you want to open a cafe selling fast food. Please attach a completed business plan to your application, which will be discussed below. By the end of February, in the worst case by mid-March, you will be notified of the result of the competition for available vacancies, which you will most likely win. Well, who else in a small town, besides you, is currently submitting a business plan with the same business idea? You will immediately receive a government loan in the amount of about 70,000 rubles.
Then you need to register as an LLC and purchase a license to retail beer. You should be able to handle it just in time for mid-April. Next, install an awning near some educational institution and recreation park. In small towns, they are usually located next door. It would be nice if there was also a hospital or at least a clinic nearby. That's it... The first step towards opening a full-fledged cafe has already been taken.
Important! According to the requirements of Rospotrebnadzor, from which you will have to obtain permission to open a fast food cafe and the SES, which will constantly check you for compliance of the assortment with sanitary and epidemiological standards. Your awning should not be visible from the entrance to the school courtyard or from the main entrance to the university or other institution of secondary specialized education.
Now we calculate the initial investments that you will have to include in the business plan you submitted to receive a government loan for a fast food cafe. It is better to entrust the registration of an LLC to a law company, it is much faster, and you do not waste your nerves going through numerous authorities. In a small town, this service costs about 5,000 rubles. The state fee for registering an LLC is 4,000 rubles. You register the remaining 55,000-60,000 as the start-up capital of your limited liability company. We continue to spend more
License for retail beer trade for 1 year – 15,000 rubles. Rent of an area of 30 m2 for a retail outlet for 1 month - 10,000 rubles. Tent. 5 plastic tables and 25 plastic chairs 5000 rubles. Rental of a refrigeration unit for beer, Coca-Cola, etc. for a week: 10,000 rubles. Rental of fast food equipment for 1 week – 5,000 rubles. The rest is for purchasing the initial assortment for 1-2 days. What did we end up with?
A bright tent advertising some beer. Full equipment for preparing fast food and 25 seats. Not a bad start! Now, those who want to not just have a snack and run about their business, but not rush, eat a hot hot dog with a cold beer and chat. Even if your fast food is on average 10% more expensive than in a retail outlet next door, this fact will not scare away your potential customers.
In addition, you are not competing with a fast food outlet located nearby. They have a flow of customers, and you like to sit. No advertising needed. Curious students will start coming to you on the opening day and bring in profit.
Choosing a format and direction
In order to open a fast food restaurant, you must first of all decide on the format of the establishment. There are only two standard formats:
- Fast food restaurant.
- Kiosk on wheels.
Undoubtedly, the first option requires much more investments at the start in order to ultimately create a truly interesting and unusual project. The second option is much simpler and allows you to collect more clients from different places in the city, therefore it is more suitable for a novice entrepreneur.
At the same time, the first option, designed correctly, will bring in much more profit and will allow it to quickly spread to an entire network of establishments.
In addition to the format, you will have to choose the main direction of the establishment, that is, the type of cuisine that will be dominant in the assortment. To be successful, you shouldn’t be afraid of interesting and unusual ideas, but it’s better to analyze what your region needs.
The main directions are either related to the national food of different countries, or concentrate on one product (chicken, potatoes, vegetables, etc.). Mostly people bet on the following dishes:
- grilled chickens and sausages;
- shawarma or hot dog with fillings;
- potatoes with fillings;
- sushi and oriental soups;
- cold and hot salads;
- pancakes with fillings;
- pies with different fillings;
- donuts with different flavors;
- pizza with different toppings;
- sandwiches and other sandwich formats;
- popcorn of different flavors;
- cotton candy.
In addition, almost every establishment also serves drinks, mostly hot in the cold season and chilled in the summer. Also, depending on the direction, the format is often chosen.
If you sell pancakes, you can choose either an indoor space or a stall, but shawarma and grilled chicken, for example, are served exclusively in kiosks. It is important to remember that in non-stationary establishments it is prohibited to sell even low-alcohol drinks such as beer and cider.
