• Acknowledgments
• Planning Your Business
• Dealing With Your Professional A
• Choosing Your Shop Unit
• Creating Your Own Identity
• Bread And Butter Issues: Food An
• Suppliers
• Fitting Out And Equipping The Sh
• Staff And Day-To-Day Issues
• Food Hygiene And Health And Safe
• Getting Up And Running
• Beyond The Basic Concept

Starting a Sandwich - Coffee Bar

• Acknowledgments
  • A Growing Industry
• Planning Your Business
  • 1. The New Market Place – Mainly Good News
  • 2. Assessing Your Suitability
  • 3. Doing Your Research
  • 4. The Legal Structure Of The Business
  • 5. Going Into Business With Friends
  • Going Into Business: Advice And Education
• Dealing With Your Professional Advisors
  • Getting The Right People
  • Instructing A Solicitor
  • Instructing An Accountant
  • Using An Architect
  • Using A Surveyor
  • Approaching A Bank
  • Dealing With The Bank
  • Your Business Plan
  • Using An Insurance Broker
  • Understanding The Role Of The Environmental Health Officer
  • Getting Help From A Refrigeration Advisor
  • Using Shop-Fitters, Decorators, Plumbers And Electricians
• Choosing Your Shop Unit
  • What To Look For In A Particular Area
  • Is Market Research Appropriate?
  • Purchase Or Lease?
  • Getting To Know The Property
  • Empty Unit Or Going Concern?
  • What To Look For In A Particular Shop Unit
• Creating Your Own Identity
  • Choosing A Name
  • Creating A Logo
  • An Artistic Theme
  • Using Professionals To Help You Produce An Image
  • Creating And Displaying Signs
  • Staff Image
  • Choosing Packaging
  • Producing Printed Menus
  • Selecting A Colour Scheme
• Bread And Butter Issues: Food And Drink, Staff And You
  • Creating Your Sandwich List
  • Responding To Unexpected Events
  • Made To Order Or Made In Advance?
  • Buying In Pre-Prepared Sandwiches
  • A Word About Mayonnaise
  • Other Food And Drinks
  • Dealing With Left Over Sandwiches
  • Offering A Range Of Cold Drinks
  • Issues To Consider If Your Life Partner Is Also Your Business Partner
  • Your Staffing Needs
  • Opening Hours
  • Disabled Customers
• Suppliers
  • Specialist Suppliers
  • Non-Food Items
  • Using A Cash And Carry
  • Buying From Supermarkets
  • Supplying Yourself
• Fitting Out And Equipping The Shop
  • Timing Is Crucial
  • Shopfitters Versus Individual Tradespeople
  • Involving The Environmental Health Officer
  • Buying Equipment
  • Furniture And Fittings
  • Computers
• Staff And Day-To-Day Issues
  • Employing Staff
  • Employment Law
  • Staff Handbook
  • Staff Meetings
  • Employing A Manager
  • Banking And Money Matters
• Food Hygiene And Health And Safety
  • Food Hygiene
  • Areas Of Concern
  • Temperature Controls
  • Health And Safety
  • Labelling
  • Organic Food
• Getting Up And Running
  • Before Opening
  • Creating Interest
  • Maintaining Momentum
  • Staff Training Days
  • Publicity Surrounding The Opening
  • After Opening
  • Introduce New Ideas
  • Holidays
  • Price Rises
  • Factors Affecting Trade
  • Increasing Your Income
  • Ordering Supplies
  • List Of Staff, Contacts And Tradespeople
  • Book-Keeping And Tax
  • National Insurance
  • Value Added Tax (Vat)
  • Tax Contingency
  • Business Rates
  • Paye
  • Registering With The Authorities
• Beyond The Basic Concept
  • Outside Catering
  • Delivery Service For Individual Customers
  • Opening More Units
  • Empire Building
  • Becoming A Franchisor
  • Selling Non-Food Items
  • Supplying Other Sandwich Bars
  • Busking
  • Picnic/Packed Lunch Service
  • Developing A Delicatessen
  • Attending Exhibitions, Conferences And Trade Fairs
  • Creating Your Own Web Site
  • Offering Internet Access
  • Selling Alcohol
  • And Finally