You will need to decide what menu items to sell in your cafe. Bryan Peterson/Stockbyte/Getty Images Starting a small business cafe is a microcosm of starting a restaurant. You may have less space than a restaurant and offer fewer menu items. However, cafes are often open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, unlike some restaurants that serve just lunch or dinner, for example. Choose the hours that you want for your cafe. However, make sure you are open during the busiest hours. For example, lunch may be your busiest hour downtown. 1. Visit competitive cafes in your area. Make a note of what menu items they sell and their prices. Decide what products you want to sell. Think of extra drinks or menu items you could sell that would differentiate your cafe from your competitors. 2. Go to the Business.gov website. Use the search function on the Business.gov website to determine what business licenses you will need for your cafe. Obtain a vendor's license for collecting sales taxes within your state.
Register your business name as a doing business as. Complete the application process for your vendor's license and DBA through your city or county office. 3. Select a storefront for you cafe. Select a high traffic area near a busy intersection, strip mall or downtown business district. Negotiate a month rent expenditure with your landlord. Email or call the main NRA office and get the association to send you a list of food and supply wholesalers. Look food suppliers up in your local business-to-business phone directory. 5. Call several food supply wholesalers. Ask the wholesalers what products they distribute. Try to limit your wholesalers to one as this will simply your ordering and shipment processes. Select the food wholesaler that provides you with the lowest unit cost on food items. 6. Figure how much you will need for your small business cafe. Plan to finance your cafe with your savings or retirement account. Obtain a bank loan if necessary. Apply for a loan through the Small Business Administration at SBA.gov.
You will likely need to create a three-year sales forecast for a bank or SBA loan, according to the SBA. 7. Order your food and supplies after you arrange your financing. Get your tables, chairs and bar stools set up in your dining area. Put up your menu board. Stock your food in supplies. 8. Employ a spouse or family members to help you with your cafe. Hire an extra person if necessary. Place a "Help Wanted" ad in the Sunday newspaper. 9. Make sure all family members and employees are trained on food preparation and the register before opening day. 10. Distribute fliers on car windshields. Ask business owners if you can leave fliers on their counters. Plan on a grand opening with large balloons and banners. Advertise your cafe business in coupon magazines that are distributed by mail. Consider placing a print and online ad with your local phone directory. Things Needed Wholesale food supplier Food products Refrigerated units Freezers Steam cabinets Fryers Oven Stove Cooking pots Cups Plates Utensils Menu board Tables Chairs Barstools Cash register Fliers Large balloons Large banners Tip References Entrepreneur: How to Start a RestaurantBusiness.gov: Business Licenses and PermitsBusiness.gov: Business Name Registration (Doing Business As)Small Business Administration: How to Apply for LoanNational Restaurant Association: Resource for Food Wholesalers Photo Credits Bryan Peterson/Stockbyte/Getty Images Suggest an Article Correction
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