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This comprehensive guide covers finding the right location, understanding demographics, selecting necessary equipment, working with architects and builders, and important do's and don'ts during the construction process. Discover essential equipment pieces and their primary uses, along with tips on managing contractors and ensuring your project's success.
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Chapter Four Product Mix, Equipment, and Design
Chapter Overview • Introduction • Finding the Correct Location • The Importance of Demographics for your Business Location • Equipment: What do You Need? • Finding an Architect • Finding the Builder/Contractor
Introduction • Working with a realtor to find a location • Working with a mentor and starting a business plan • Working off your own store opening checklist • Attending classes and seminars to focus your skills
Finding the Correct Location • Great egress • Neighbors • Road construction • Parking • Visibility • And more • Scan data example
The Importance of Demographics for Your Business Location • Scan data • Product lines • Demand score • Special equipment • Skill level needed
The Importance of Demographics for Your Business Location Scan Data of Bakery Products
Equipment: What Do You Need? • Product lines • Production equipment uses • Small wares • Sourcing equipment • Legal equipment • UL • NSF • BISSC • Auctions and dealers • Specifications sheets • Suppliers are good resources
Equipment: What Do You Need? Equipment Pieces and Their Primary Uses
Equipment: What Do You Need? Equipment Pieces and Their Primary Uses (cont’d)
Equipment: What Do You Need? Equipment Pieces and Their Primary Uses (cont’d)
Equipment: What Do You Need? Equipment Pieces and Their Primary Uses (cont’d)
Equipment: What Do You Need? Equipment Pieces and Their Primary Uses (cont’d)
Equipment: What Do You Need? • Pastry wheels—3 • Dough dockers—1 • Portion scales—2 • Balance or electronic scales, 16 lb range—1 • Floor scale for receiving—250 lb range • French knives—2 • Bread knives—2 • Paring knives—4 • Sandwich knives—3 • Quart measurer—3 • Gallon measurer—3 • Brownie marking set—1 • Cookie cutters—more than you would ever believe • Scoops—12 (3 each of 4 sizes) • Spatulas—10 • Bench scrapers—4 • Sample Small Wares List for a Bakery Café
Equipment: What Do You Need? • Baking sheets—16-gauge alum, 400 • Bread pans—25 straps • Muffin pan—regulars size—20 frames • Muffins pans—jumbo—20 frames • Cake pans—(size based on your area) • Wedding cake pans—4 sets—don’ t buy cheap. • Turntables for cakes—4 • Tips for pastry bags—3 sets • Cake markers—8 cut—1 • Pie cutter, 6 cut—1 • Stainless steel bowls—8 medium, 4 large, and 2 jumbo • Slotted spoons—6 • Soup ladles—9 oz and 6 oz (2 of each) • Cooking pot—large • Soup pot—2 • Sample Small Wares List for a Bakery Café (cont’d)
Finding an Architect • Check past projects • Walking a space prior to leasing • Legal advice on contract
Finding the Builder/Contractor • Site visit and do reference checks • Talk to other retailers • Explore how the projects ended
Finding the Builder/Contractor Terminology to Know • Blueprints: The documents that are the specifications for the project you have contracted to have built. • Change orders: Any change from the blueprints. Make sure all change orders have your and the builder ’s signature on them. Keep a copy. • Contract: What you and the builder sign to have the buildout completed. • Permits: Permits from the local government indicate that the plans are approved and legal to build from. • Pulling permits: The process of obtaining plan approval from the proper local authority.
Finding the Builder/Contractor Building • Learn how to read blueprints. • Visit the site often and at various hours. • Take lots of pictures. • Keep email records. • Learn the chain of command on the site. • Ask the on-site manager any questions. • If the answers are not satisfactory, email the architect.
Finding the Builder/Contractor Building: The Don’ts • Get upset if crews arrive late. • Get upset if they take too long for lunch. • Don’t accept everything at face value—ask. • Make verbal change orders. • Get upset at all on the job site.
Finding the Builder/Contractor Building: The Do’s • If you see a drain being sealed with a 2 × 4 in it, take a picture and ask the contractor. • If plans call for two wires 10-2 and the contractor is using two wires 12-2, take pictures and ask. • Run your own computer cable or go wireless—Cat 5 or better. • Run alarm and phone wire or go wireless. • If you see damage on equipment, ask! • Remember your privacy—take your phone calls away from everyone.