How to open & operate a financially successful specialty retail & gourmet foods shop

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How to open & operate a financially successful specialty retail & gourmet foods shop

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Maybe you love exotic and unusual flavors as well as high quality products, and you wish that there was a way for you to make a living selling not just food, but food that you love talking about, tasting, and sharing with others. You have the passion, but you need information to figure out the nitty-gritty details like regulations and financing. This book will give you industry-specific advice by discussing how to refine your vision, how to market your product as a specialty food, and more.--COVER.

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How to open & operate a financially successful specialty retail & gourmet foods shop: with companion CD-ROM
2017, Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc.
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Table of Contents

Introduction
For those who love elderberries and fine cheese : starting your own gourmet store
Getting down to practicality : launching your business
Making it your own : the basics of buying a gourmet shop
How to get support without being hampered : investing in a franchise
Planning for success : writing a business plan
Boots on the ground : pre-opening activities
Your greatest asset : successful employee relations
The reason you're in business : your customers
Getting the word out : marketing your business
Public relations : how to get customers in the door with little cost
From appliances to zucchini : choosing your sales mix
Helping you to do your job : equipping your store
A welcoming space : public areas of your store
A place to get things done : back-of-the-store work areas
Creating a team : your store staff
How to get what you want : purchasing inventory
All about money : cash flow
Accounting 101 : financial management and budgeting
Balanced budget : basic cost control for retail operations
Efficiency : controlling your labor costs
Appendix A: Resources : build your own network
Bibliography
Photo credits
Glossary
Index.

Edition Notes

Revised edition of the author's How to open a financially successful specialty retail & gourmet foods shop, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-306) and index.

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How to open and operate a financially successful specialty retail & gourmet foods shop

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Dewey Decimal Class
641.30068/1
Library of Congress
HD62.5 .B7623 2017, HD62.5

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315 pages
Number of pages
315

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Open Library
OL26924189M
Internet Archive
howtoopenoperate0000full
ISBN 10
1620230658
ISBN 13
9781620230657
LCCN
2016051208
OCLC/WorldCat
966314878

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