Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Starting a catering business

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You can start a catering business with as low as Shs1m. FILE PHOTO  
By Samuel Chinedu
There are so many businesses to do. People must eat, people must wear clothes, people must live in houses, people must drink water, people must wash their cars, etc. Learn a particular skill and get
yourself engaged. The economic situation right now is favourable for people with skills and not white-collar jobs.
There are opportunities lying everywhere. That is why you see foreigners come and invest here because business opportunities are plenty. When you use the power of numbers, you will be amazed at how much you’ll make. Instead of owning a place which would need a lot of capital to start and making 2,000 from one person, own a small restaurant and make Shs200,000 from 10 people. Your chances increase geometrically.
You must have passion. Do not go into it because you think it’s the easiest way out. Get materials. Get on the internet and read.
Some people might not teach you because of the attitude issues. Some people might come to learn from you and after learning they just zoom off when they are supposed to work with you for a while and offer value. You see the same person replicating your recipe and you can’t sue them.
Cooking utensils
Buy cooking utensils you can afford and rent those you cannot. Put back your profit from every job you do into your business until you have gotten all the equipment you need to execute your jobs.
Start small
Start small, look for family and friends and start with them. Do not accept a job for 300 people when you haven’t catered for 20 people unless you want to contract it out to another caterer. Always try to create more value. Look for things you can add, extras. It
creates value for people and you’ll get more businesses from there.
Appreciate people
There is one thing that works for me. Appreciate people. Pay your workers well. If you want the best out of people, treat them
well. Some companies use people and do not appreciate them. Learn to appreciate people, both your customers and people who work for you. For example, I pay people based on what they do for me. I look forward to the time I
start paying per hour.
It would make people work hard and earn their pay. Also, keep a cheerful disposition. Smile. Be cheerful.

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