Delivery of meals to offices is a fairly promising business area. In recent years, there has been a steady demand for this service. Let's try to figure out how to organize your own business for delivering meals to offices, and what difficulties may arise at the initial stages of the formation of your business.
Where to begin
In order to organize the delivery of meals to offices, you will need to rent a room that fully complies with the accepted sanitary standards. You will also need to equip the room with high-quality kitchen equipment to ensure the stable work of the chefs. At the initial stage, two cooks will be enough for you.
You will need to have two cars available. One will carry out delivery of meals to offices, and the other is intended for trips to buy groceries. The purchase of products will have to be done almost every day, so for these purposes you can hire a special person, but at first you can take on this responsibility. The taste of food depends on the quality of the products, so it is better not to save on purchases.
You will also need to hire a purchasing manager, who can also act as a dispatcher and will take orders, a delivery courier and a cleaner. Over time, it will be possible to expand the area, hire additional employees and expand the menu.
Personnel requirements
Great attention should be paid to the cooks. They should be professionals in their field. After all, the further prosperity and development of your business depends on how delicious the food prepared by them will be.
The person who will be in charge of delivering meals to offices must be responsible and polite, be able to communicate with people.
All employees of your company must have medical records. Don't hire the first people on the street who are willing to work for a pittance. Quality food is a guarantee of a constant clientele and a good reputation, which directly affects your well-being.
Where to find clients
To get started, it is better to choose one large office center where many people work. You can agree on the delivery of meals to offices with a secretary or office manager, leave at the administrator's desk menu, phone numbers and e-mail address where orders can be sent.
At first, there will not be many orders, but if you bring tasty and varied food at reasonable prices, then in the near future the number of customers will start to constantly increase.
You can expand your field of activity and start preparing and serving banquets in offices. This service is quite in demand, especially in large organizations with many employees.
Weaknesses of this business
The disadvantages of this type of entrepreneurial activity include constant problems with sanitary control. SES inspectors will always find a reason to close your enterprise. Constant monitoring of employees and food quality is required.
However, this type of activity is very promising, especially in large cities, because there are not so many offers in this segment of the service market.
