If you are considering starting or buying a restaurant or food truck, you need to start with research. Here are a few serious suggestions that will help you make this decision.
1) Start with your local Health Department/ Food Services Commission. Research regulations, and necessary government paperwork first. This is a terrible thing to leave to the last minute. Do you want to have a restaurant and staff "ready to go" and then sit and wait 3 weeks for permits? No.
2) Next time you go out to eat, evaluate the menu for ingredients, popularity, equipment etc. Can YOU cook what's on the menu? Count the number of tables and staff etc. Start considering numbers, rather than your own personal meal decisions when you eat out. See things through a restauranteur's eye.
3) Take a marketing class. Read blogs. Learn how to use Facebook and Twitter for business.
4) Start going to the gym every single day. Why? Because if you can not commit to a "chore" like exercise, then it will be near impossible to run a restaurant which is a "7 day a week, rain or shine, happy or sad", business. This isn't a joke. There are days you will NOT want to get up, stock, prep, deal with staff and then cook for 12 hours. Commitment and stamina are the absolute keys to success.
5) Write a business plan and have people in the industry review it for authenticity and accuracy of projections.
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