How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Bakery (How to Open and Operate a Financially Successful.)

Never before has so much practical information about the bakery business been offered in one book! This edition will teach you how to:

• Find a location that will bring success

• Draw up a winning business plan

• Buy and sell a bakery

• Determine basic cost-control systems and profitable product planning

• Examine sample floor plans and diagrams

• Execute successful kitchen management, including proper equipment layout and planning, food safety and HACCP, and successful food and beverage handling

• Be aware of any legal concerns, sales and marketing techniques, pricing formulas, and accounting and bookeeping procedures

• Set up computer systems to save time and money

• Hire and keep a qualified professional staff

• Find low cost internal marketing ideas that will keep customers coming back

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