what will it take to get a very small cookie buisness started in my home starting with close family and friend

Question

cost of ingredients;cost of cookie boxes;how much should i charge?

Answer 1

That's something you'll have to ask your investor about... if I'm not mistaken, you'll take the cost of all the ingredients, boxes and dont forgot how much time it takes you to bake and box them. Then you can raise the price of the cookies about 7%... or 17%....shoot I can't remember but there's something somewhere on the site under google/ask jeeves that can tell you depending on your state and what type of business you're running how much percent you can go up to after adding up the costs of everything else. GOOD LUCk

Answer 2

First get the necessary euipment ready to prepare / make cookies. Then get the ingredients - like flour, eggs etc. ready. Make the cookies and get the amount that you spent on ingredients - not the equipment required to make the cookies. Divide by number of cookies the amout spent on buy ingredients - now you get the production cost. Take your equipment cost divide by 365 and then the number of cookies. Add the two costs together - now you get the price of a cookie if you are to cover all your cost components in 1 year. Add 20 % on top of that - This is your selling price which is along with a profit. By increasing the number of cookies, you can bring down the portion allocated for equipment cost and bring down the price of the cookie to suit the market rates.

You can also increase the price by adding value - have a rasin, Strawberry or something like that on top of the cookie - differentiate it from a normal basic cookie

Cheers !

Answer 3

Throw a milk &cookie party clutch, invite friends, realitives and of course their friends and kids. Give them a taste ask for their opinions ie: what was your favorite cookie, how often do you eat cookies, etc. Also make up a cookie gift basket as a give-a-way (be creative) also let them know that you will be selling cookie gift baskets for birthdays, anniversarys, valintines days, baby & wedding showers, school parties, christmas, easter, new birth anouncements, coporate gifts, thank you's, etc. Good Luck ! Don't charge for your 1st party, you can take it off your taxes for advertising/promotions "keep your receipts". Make sure you make up a flier featuring your cookies and gift basket ideas.

Answer 4

Take your time. Think about what you want to accomplish. Start small and then see if you get the orders. Don't try to be big from the start. A well written business plan is a good idea.

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