And looking and looking for purveyors of the food supplies I am going to need. This is harder than i thought it would be. I need this so I can tackle the Financial Plan section of my business plan. Trying to find out how much it will cost me to get flour sugar etc etc so I can figure out costs. Anybody have any experience in stuff like this?

3/10/2012 10:16:20 PM

maybe you should work at a bakery for a little while and make sure this is something you want to put a lot of time and money in to.

3/10/2012 10:24:35 PM

Lol no time for that. The opportunity is now, the startup costs are dirt fucking cheap, the overhead is almost 0, and I have a partner I can trust with my life. No better opportunity will present itself.

3/10/2012 10:28:04 PM

Is this a troll post? Seriously if you can't find food product suppliers on your own you don't have enough knowledge/motivation to open your own business.


But if you're still serious:
Sysco is a big one to start with.

3/10/2012 10:28:41 PM

I am aware of Sysco and U.S. Foods but if anybody has some more useful info that would be awesome!

3/10/2012 10:34:26 PM

I'd go with US Foods. They were always nice guys and rarely showed up late with deliveries

what's the draw of your bakery? is there something that will differentiate it from all the other bakeries?

3/10/2012 10:36:03 PM

We will focus on Italian and German specialties, plus whatever requests customers have for us. Small pastries...we'll also be doing wedding and birthday cakes. The location is rife with Yankee transplants looking for these products, and the bakery will be located within a market similar to the gourmet markets that are so common up north, but so rare down here.

3/10/2012 10:40:18 PM

how about searching for local, small business suppliers?

kinda, help a brotha out...


may end up with better pricing and faster service in times of need.

3/10/2012 10:44:11 PM

That's what I'm looking for.

3/10/2012 10:44:32 PM

I have no idea, but maybe ask around the farmers market?

like fine someone selling eggs and say "hey, do you think you could supply 300 eggs/mo" and maybe get 2 or 3 people to buy from in case of an emergency, etc.

[Edited on March 10, 2012 at 10:54 PM. Reason : ]

3/10/2012 10:53:34 PM

Quote :

"Lol no time for that. The opportunity is now, the startup costs are dirt fucking cheap, the overhead is almost 0, and I have a partner I can trust with my life. No better opportunity will present itself."

- You have a partner
- Startup costs are low
- You don't have time to do more research

Well that's a goddam no-brainier to rush headlong into the market! Those hotcakes aren't gona sell themselves, get to it!

3/10/2012 10:58:09 PM

lol trolling in the lounge. Move along sir

3/10/2012 11:00:47 PM

Are you going to make authentic Italian and German pastries or Americanized versions?

Cuz if you want to make authentic ones, you need to get authentic ingredients as well (no American flour, etc), not to mention, a pastry chef who trained in Europe. Have you thought of where you will get those?

3/11/2012 6:35:07 AM

Reading this makes me miss lazy weekend mornings and stopping at La Farm

3/11/2012 7:30:15 AM

this seems like a challenging endeavor, best of luck to you, sir

3/11/2012 9:17:54 AM

^^ LaFarm are nazis in disguise. Try working there.

[Edited on March 11, 2012 at 10:54 AM. Reason : Their stuff is delicious though.]

3/11/2012 10:53:38 AM

Gluten-free and vegan desserts are popular right now. I feel like half of my friends are either one or the other of these food preferences.

If I had the inclination, time and money I would open up a Mediterranean late-night food truck. Getting
a falafel wrap after drinking at the bar? Awesome.

3/11/2012 12:42:13 PM

This is going to sound sad, but a lot of the mom and pop bakeries/deli's/etc buy a good portion of their staples from Costco or Sam's Club.

Apparently Sysco and the like have pretty large minimum order requirements that small restaurants and eateries don't ever really approach.

3/11/2012 3:18:34 PM

Please tell me that you or your partner have some experience from working in a bakery? If not, see you in the unemployed thread in about 6-8 months. If not:

Quote :

"Lol no time for that. The opportunity is now, the startup costs are dirt fucking cheap, the overhead is almost 0, and I have a partner I can trust with my life. No better opportunity will present itself."

plz tell me you're kidding.

Quote :

"If I had the inclination, time and money I would open up a Mediterranean late-night food truck. Getting a falafel wrap after drinking at the bar? Awesome."

And yes...this would kill everywhere. There aren't enough of these.

[Edited on March 11, 2012 at 6:35 PM. Reason : .]

3/11/2012 6:28:08 PM

Nothing like the wolfweb to crush entrepreneurial spirit and shit on dreams.

I'm afraid I don't have the answers you're looking for, 9one9, but if you're serious I wish you luck and say go for it. Best case scenario, you get to run your own business and do something you enjoy. Worst case, you suffer a life setback. Whatever, you're young. You'll live, contrary to what this bunch of cowards seems to think.

I had a similar opportunity a few years back and didn't press for it. Now that the chance has passed I regret not going for it.

3/12/2012 1:48:34 AM

paging geniousxboy

3/12/2012 3:44:46 AM

Quote :

"The location is rife with Yankee transplants looking for these products"

So are you going to have black and white cookies, pizzelles, rugelach, etc? Guglhupf already has the market cornered on German baked goods but if you're going for a real NY bakery I think you could potentially do well.

3/12/2012 3:35:28 PM