Choices! What will it be? #59- BAKERY || @joymm

Hi awesome ladies.. How are you doing? Trust you're feeling alright. Am fine too.. I want use this medium to congratulate the winners of last week. You guys posts was amazing. Today, among all the choices, I will talk to you about bakery. Read on;

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BAKERY

A bakery is an establishment which produces and sells flour- baked goods which are made in oven. Some of baked goods includes; cookies, meat pie, doughnuts, cakes, bread, pastries, etc. Starting a bakery can be an exciting venture, but here are some things you should consider before you start up;

• Have a good business plan.
• Passion and dedication. Have a passion and zeal for it. Love your work and be dedicated to it.
• Quality ingredients. In oder to gain more customers, try to buy quality ingredients that will boost up your services.
• Marketing. As a newbie in the business, try to market your business. Make sure you are known in your industry.
• Legal and regulatory requirements. Attend to your customers always. Make sure to have what they demand always at the right time.
• Unique selling services, etc.

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Aside from what I have said above, I have a story to share with you about bakery. I can still remember vividly when I was in secondary school, there was this bakery beside my school. They are best in baking bread, cakes, and pastries. One of those days in school, after dismissal that day, I went into the baking industry. I got to saw a baking oven, baking pan, soda, and lots more. To cut the story short, I had a friend who works there. So, I told her that I needed her to bake a cake for my little brother who was turning 10 years that year.

So, I paid her 7000 naira which is about 24 steems. She told me when I will come to pick up the cake. I went there when she was done baking and picked it up. We bought other things for my brother's birthday which includes; drinks, sweets, biscuits, etc. We celebrated his birthday for him in a grand style at our house. Indeed, baking is a profitable business and a good source of income.

How Can One Avoid The Wrong Path In Bakery Business ?

In every business, there are challenges facing them. There are big challenges facing the new bakers. Below here are some of them;

• Not calculating food costs properly. The goal of running a business is to make money. So a product produce is meant to yield more money which is the profit. As a new baker, in order to make profit, evaluate on how much it takes to make each item and know whether its bringing profit or loss.

• Not having attractive packaging. There is a saying that goes like this.. "The way you dress, is the way you will be addressed." This saying is also applicable to bakers. The way you packaged your pastries, cakes, bread, pies, etc makes it appealing and attractive for potential buyers.

• Not having any capital investments. To start a bakery is tough. It more tougher when you don't have the right equipment to deliver to your customers. You need to have enough capital investment inorder to boom your business.

• Don't over promise and under deliver to your customers.

• Poor management skills. New bakers owners often miss the opportunity of running a successful business. Learn how to manage your business, because mis- management may lead to your down fall in the business.

Here comes the end of my post today. Hopefully, you've grabbed something from here? I would love to invite my beautiful ladies @chigraze @jasminemary to join this contest. Thank you everyone...😇