| If you have a love of cooking and a desire to open | | | | you are inclined to go into a food service business. A |
| your own business, why not combine your skills with | | | | few large chains proliferate in this market but you can |
| your desires and open your own food service | | | | compete, and even outdo them, if you can combine an |
| business? The choices of exactly what you can offer | | | | innovative and distinctive menu with the right location. |
| are endless but you might want to stick to some tried | | | | Be careful if you are thinking about buying into a |
| and true ideas to increase your likelihood of success. | | | | franchise though. Remember, you will not only be |
| Here are 5 of the best food service ideas for you to | | | | paying them part of your earnings but will likely be |
| consider. | | | | forced to buy your supplies from them as well - at |
| 1. Chicken Restaurant - Everybody loves chicken that | | | | whatever prices they have set. You may decide a |
| has been cooked over an open fire and you can start | | | | franchise is the way to go but you should at least |
| a restaurant that offers exactly that. Opening a | | | | consider whether you could do better by yourself. |
| chicken restaurant has many advantages over your | | | | 4. Buffet Restaurant - Many people consider buffet |
| typical burger joint. Beef is expensive and loaded with | | | | restaurants to be their favorite because of the |
| fat and calories, whereas chicken is lean, a great | | | | freedom to choose from so many items rather than |
| source of protein, and tastes great. Depending on your | | | | just a single dish and the belief they really get their |
| budget, this could be full-service or strictly a take-out | | | | money's worth. Many of these buffets offer Asian |
| operation. | | | | food but just about any type of food can be offered if |
| 2. Ethnic Food Restaurant - Immigrants from around | | | | a large enough customer base can be attracted. |
| the world arrive in this country and the one thing they | | | | 5. Ice Cream Store - If you have the right location, such |
| miss more than anything else is the food they were | | | | as one that is adjacent to a large residential area or |
| used to eating back home. If you are a member of, or | | | | close to a main street, you might enjoy enormous |
| have close ties to, an ethnic group with a sizable local | | | | success with your own ice cream store. In most of the |
| population, why not open a restaurant that caters to | | | | country, these stores only operate in the warmer |
| the group. Nothing is closer to the heart of a person | | | | months from April to October and if you have the right |
| than the food they love, and if you can give it to them | | | | combination of location and a large enough customer |
| you will find yourself with more loyal customers than | | | | base, you may find yourself in the enviable position of |
| you will know what to do with. | | | | only working part of the year but with a yearly sized |
| 3. Sub Shop - Sub shops are another popular choice if | | | | income. |