How to Start a Bakery from Home
Running a traditional bakery may be costly; equipment and space may cost thousands of pounds and necessitate a loan.
Despite this, in 2020, there will be an increase in the number of new bakeries in Uganda that are operating from home in a cost-effective and sustainable manner.
Yes, you read it correctly! You can genuinely run a bakery from home, beginning on a small scale in your kitchen using the oven you already own.
Let's find out what you need to do to get started. There are certainly many factors to consider, but I attempted to simplify them into four steps.
1. Register as a Food Business
Running a bakery from home does not imply that anything is permitted. You must still obey the guidelines and guarantee that the bread, pastries, or cakes you produce meet the highest standards of quality and safety.
In Uganda, you must register your food business with the local administration at least 28 days before it opens.
The URSB website is the best place to start, as it outlines why registration is required and what procedures you must follow while operating as a business.
2. Practice, practice, practice!
If you're reading this, you presumably know your way around the kitchen, but baking for business is a different story. If you want to get consistent outcomes with your bakes, you must master temperature management, proofing, and real baking.
What's the best approach to practice? Baking, of course! Yes, but what are you going to do with all those extra bakes? This moves us to the next step!
3. Spread the word.
How do you get your first clients? Surprisingly, word of mouth is still the best method to be known in the community, so why not share some of your baked goods with your neighbors?
They will undoubtedly appreciate the gesture and provide crucial input regarding the things you are developing!
4. Get ready to sell!
Okay, you've got potential clients in your area, but how do we actually collect orders and sell them?
As a tiny bakery, you will most likely be baking to order, so don't produce more than you can sell and end up with leftovers.
The simplest option is to share your phone number with your neighbors or to create an Instagram account and begin accepting orders via direct message. It's not ideal, but it's free, and you can keep track of your orders with pen and paper. The problem with this technique is that you may end up spending too much time again presenting your menu, rates, or just finding a delivery time that works for both you and the consumer.
Another alternative is to start your own e-commerce business, but this usually comes with a cost that you must pay regardless of how much you sell.
Remember that you'll need features like delivery radius and time slots to ensure that orders don't come from too far away or outside of your business hours.
A faster approach could be to use Finalheights, a platform designed for bakers who want to start selling online right away without having to set up their own e-commerce or take orders manually. It also costs only a tiny price each order, so there is no cost if no sales occur.
Finalheights gives you your own store page, which you can share with your clients and allow them to purchase your baked goods online.
You will have access to your dashboard, which will allow you to track your orders, choose your delivery schedule and radius, and design your stunning menu.
To summarize,
Starting a bakery is not easy, but it can be quite rewarding. If you enjoy baking, you may now pursue it as a career with less risk and expense.
If you have everything in place, you could literally join Finalheights today and begin selling tomorrow with no commitments or fixed fees.
Happy baking!
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