A hot dog is an ordinary sausage baked in any dough or bun. Sometimes inside is placed an additional filling. It can be mushrooms, cheese or greens. All ingredients are prepared (a special grill or steam containers are used for this) and served to the client. At the request of the buyer, the hot dog is greased with ketchup, mayonnaise or mustard on top.
Business prospects
Advocates of a healthy lifestyle are constantly struggling with fast food. Despite this, the hot dog business is very promising, because fast food is popular all over the world.
The idea of such a business came to us from the USA, because it is the States that are the birthplace of hot dogs. However, before embarking on entrepreneurial activities, it is worth examining the statistics that relate to the public catering sector of Russia. Almost sixty percent of the market’s turnover is run by fast food establishments.
According to experts, this figure will grow steadily. Three years later, it should reach sixty-four percent. If we compare with America, then the share of fast food in the catering system does not exceed 39%. What are these numbers talking about? On the attractiveness of this business for the development of their business. At the same time, it is not necessary to start your project with large-scale events. A hot dog business can be built with an initial capital of just a thousand dollars.
How to make money on fast food?
For the first time, hot dogs on sticks appeared in the United States. Soon they won unprecedented popularity among the country's population. After this, a new type of fast food came to Europe. What explains this success? Nipples in dough are popular in most countries. In order to make them more convenient, keep the added wand. In addition, there is no difficulty in diversifying this product by including various fillings in its composition. This will attract additional buyers and allow you to build a profitable business.
The classic version, when the sausage is placed in a heated bun, will be no less profitable. Such products will certainly buy young people, students and those people who are used to eating on the go.
The first steps
Before you organize your business, you will need to draw up a business plan. Hot dogs can be sold as much as you have enough opportunities.
When planning your business, you can accurately calculate the amount of cash investments and time costs. The most important thing to start is the purchase of special equipment. You will need to determine the location for its installation. You will need the ingredients to prepare your fast food.
First, you need to consider several options by which the sale of hot dogs can be carried out. A business plan should contain one of them. So, the implementation of sausages in the test or in buns can be made with a conventional mobile shopping cart.
If you have large investments, the product should be offered from a toner trailer. The point of sale may be a bar, a kiosk or an entire fast food restaurant. Everything will depend on your preferences and capabilities. Depending on the option chosen, the amount of investments will range from fifteen to seven hundred thousand rubles.
Grill purchase
A business plan drawn up before the start of the project should consider options for the necessary equipment. The device for making hot dogs is a regular grill, in which a special recess is provided, which allows the finished product to take the desired shape.
The principle of its operation is quite simple. Inside the apparatus, sausages are placed on wooden sticks. After that, they are filled with dough (if desired, some filling is added). At the end of all these actions, the lid closes. In just a minute, a ready-made hot dog can be offered to customers.
Acquisition of specialized counters
So, you have made a firm decision that you are opening your own business. Hot dogs at the lowest cost can be implemented using mobile counters. At the same time, buns are used instead of dough. There are two types of this equipment. One of them is powered by electricity, and the second by gas. The choice of type of equipment will depend on the place of sale of fast food.
Electric counter
Such equipment has two steam tanks. In one of them, buns are heated, and in the other, sausages are cooked. The lower part of the counter has special sections for storing food. This equipment works from an electric network and is equipped with wheels. For the convenience of customers there is an additional transparent showcase. Such an apparatus can produce up to sixty servings per hour.
Gas counter
It is not always possible to connect devices to the electrical network. In this case, the option of acquiring gas-powered equipment should be considered. The principle of its operation and basic characteristics are similar. The main advantage is the mobility of the device.
Required documents
Fast Food Business - How to Open? Hot dogs should be implemented only after obtaining all necessary permissions. You must register as an individual entrepreneur and register with the tax and tax office. For seller will need sanitary book.
The place where your equipment is installed must be leased with the preparation of the relevant contract.
Additional accessories and points of sale
With a mobile version of the trade you will need to install an umbrella that protects from the sun. Need a chair for the seller, paper disposable napkins and bags.
Selling hot dogs is most profitable in crowded places. It can be parks and beaches, train stations and attractions. Profitable will be a place near educational institutions. It is worth remembering that the trade in fast food is not a seasonal matter. Hot dogs will be bought both in the heat and in the cold.
Profitability calculation
If you plan to sell sausages in the test, then it should be borne in mind that the universal apparatus for preparing hot dogs has a capacity of six servings. Its maximum productivity is three hundred pieces per hour. If you buy an electric grill directly from the manufacturer, it will cost only twenty-five dollars.
At the same time, a pleasant moment is the free delivery of equipment, which is produced worldwide. And this will allow us to think about organizing a highly profitable business for the sale and delivery of unique devices. This can be a very profitable business.
Hot dogs are sold in many institutions of the catering system, which will gladly purchase devices that allow expanding the range of products sold and attracting additional customers to their institution. The difference between the purchase and retail costs of electric grills reaches four to seven thousand rubles.
The implementation of fast food is also a profitable business. Hot dogs have a cost of six rubles. On average, the cost of such products is 30 rubles. Thus, from the sale of one portion you can get a net profit of twenty-four rubles.
With the daily implementation of a hundred sausages in a dough or in buns, the income of one outlet will be 2400 rubles. In a month this amount will increase to seventy-two thousand rubles. Yes, these calculations are quite approximate, but they also clearly indicate the prospects of this area.
Advertising
Any business needs to inform its potential customers.Hot dogs are no exception. At the same time, hot pastries should not be advertised in the city media. It is just not practical.
Clients should receive the necessary information from booklets that are distributed to passers-by at neighboring stops, as well as in areas adjacent to the outlet. In this case, the cost of intensive advertising in the first three months will be about seventy thousand rubles.
