Many famous businessmen built their empires on the needs of people. A modern person needs a lot to exist, but if necessary, he can refuse a lot, but there is something that he will never refuse. The basis of the human diet is bread, sometimes we don’t even think about how tightly this product has entered our lives.
In addition to large manufacturers of bakery products, there are small enterprises. By opening your own small bakery you can make good money, grow your business, and rise to the pinnacle of success. In any case, you will need a bakery business plan. So, I advise you to start by compiling it.
The bakery’s business plan should contain several sections that will describe the life of your company in the coming year. The main expenses, incomes, expenses and other are painted.
Start building a bakery business plan by researching competitors and their work experience. Your task will be to study the work of your future competitors according to some criteria. The number of products manufactured, production costs, pricing, assortment, customer focus, terms of agreement with distribution networks. Nobody will give this data to you just like that. They will be protected very well, you need to go to the trick. Or you can go to a neighboring region to find a similar company, and agree with the director to provide you with some information.
Thus, get ready-made key indicators. If it will be difficult for you to do such a job, then you can simply buy ready-made information, but it will be, it’s not cheap, and you will miss the opportunity to gain invaluable experience in communicating with other leaders.
After that, you will need to determine the volume and specificity of the above indicators.
Make requirements for the room you need. The room must have a connection to water, gas, electricity. Also, the footage of the premises should be more than 60 square meters, for comfortable placement of equipment, normal work of staff. The room should be suitable for planning, the state of communications. You can find a room in the country. It will turn out much cheaper. Rental of premises is approximately 10 thousand dollars / year.
Now you need to deal with the equipment of the bakery. After you determine the types of manufactured products, you can choose the right equipment. When choosing equipment, make sure that the manufacturer provides a service for the delivery, installation and trial run of equipment. The complete set of your bakery will directly depend on the assortment of products that will be produced by the average cost of equipment for a small bakery, which will produce from 0.5 to 2 tons of products per day, from 16 to 70 thousand dollars.
For production you will need 8 people, with a shift work schedule. Two people per shift, the shift will be 12 hours. Your bakery will be around the clock, so you can increase production volumes, covering a large territory of the market. You will also need an administrator who will manage the entire process and a driver who will deliver products to distribution networks. Salary to staff 50 thousand dollars / year.
Also note that you will need money to pay for utilities, an advertising company, and other expenses. The approximate amount of 20 thousand dollars / year.
Having drawn up a business plan for the bakery, you can see all the advantages and disadvantages of this type of business. From each product sold, you will earn 10 cents, per day it is from 200 to 600 dollars.
Total for the opening of a round-the-clock bakery will need 120 - 150 thousand dollars. The average monthly income is 12 thousand dollars. The payback period of the project is one and a half years.
