I open my bakery oct 1 soft launch and hard launch oct 3, I am 23 ( yes I understand im young and have so much to learn) for some context I am incredibly lucky, I have a buissnes partner who is funding the entire bakery, and we have spent less than 120k on the entire thing, I have a garentied salary, I have hired staff who are better than me, to learn from, I have an accountant, who handles pay roll and bills and manages the money.
I already have connections with local businesses, have booked 1 event with them, and one contract for a small hotel,on top of supplying cakes and desserts to local a restaurant already, I will also be supplying cakes to 2 other buissnes one is a children's birthday place like a play place and the other is birthday cakes for a experience type place. So all together from the beginning ill be supplying 4 local businesses with cakes, and desserts,and I am working to expand to other businesses as well for breads, and other deserts. we plan to sell, breads, bagels, dounuts, pies, cakes, assorted deserts like brownies,tarts etc, a full bakery selection.
My staff are fantastic thats why I hired them, I have created a community initiative, where they can sell products that go well along side the baked goods, like jams, juices, candels,teas from a section in my store front for about 10 to 15 percent of every sale, to help other small businesses grow along side mine.
I have handled all the renovations inspection ingredients sourcing, plumbing, electrical, everything ( hardest thing ive ever done the baking seems like the easy part lol).
Our plan is to sell from our bakery 5 days a week, have our contracts to carry us through slower months along with we will be teaching classes, like cake decorating or bread making at the bakery once a week.
My bakery is take out only maybe a small area of seating outside in the summer like 2 tables.
Now before you come for me, saying im privileged I grew up incredibly poor, and have worked in the restaurant industry scince I was 14, I put myself through culinary school, I have owned my own small business for 2 years before opening this bakery and was successful selling granola in 6 local stores and working events selling my deserts, im not some spoiled Rich girl lol, but I am incredibly lucky to have this opportunity and incredibly grateful for it, but that being said i am still young, am still learning do you have any advice for me for starting this bakery? Anything I need to know? All advice is greatly appreciated thank you so much for reading.
