Start Your own Restaurant and Five Other Food Businesses (Start Your Own Restaurant & More) [Paperback]

Jacquelyn Lynn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2006 | Series: Start Your Own Restaurant & More

All the expertise you need to start your own lucrative food business

There are more than 900,000 restaurants in the United States—100,000 of those were started in the last five years. The second edition of the number-one-selling Startup (more than 27,000 sold) is fully updated to reflect today’s restaurant environment. It is the precise tool you need to start your own restaurant or food business.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 172 pages
• Publisher: Entrepreneur Press; 1 edition (June 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1599180200
• ISBN-13: 978-1599180205
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #743,125 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #79 in Books > Business & Investing > Small Business & Entrepreneurship > Hospitality Businesses

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Thank you for your interest in my books. I have been writing articles and books about how to start, manage, and grow businesses for more than two decades. The entrepreneurial spirit is so very much alive and well in America, and I find it gratifying to be able to offer assistance to people who want to be in business for themselves. I appreciate all the expert sources, editors, mentors, and, most of all, readers who have made it possible for me to make my living doing something I love so dearly.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Overview, August 25, 2010

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This book offers a great overview for anyone who is looking into starting a pizzeria, sandwich shop, coffee shop, etc. This book is especially helpful if you have never worked on the management end of a restaurant. I am looking into starting a sandwich shop, and this book had some great suggestions about running a food business. I have worked in a sandwich shop, waited tables, etc.; however, I have no experience with aspects like inventory, suppliers, or other back of the house matters.

This book was a good starting point for my research. It covers a broad range of subjects, such as inventory control, potential layouts, equipment, etc. It doesn't go into great detail on any one area, but it has a lot of good advice and is a good place to begin.

If you have experience running a restaurant, then this book might be too basic and simplistic for you. Otherwise, this book is a great overview and will give you a lot to look into and research further.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book, February 16, 2008

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I found this book to be very easy to read, very complete, I'd thik it covers all the areas you need before starting a food business. The advantage to analizing 5 kinds of food businnes is that you can combine the ideas so you can come up with your own. Very goos book.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Start Your own Restaurant and Five Other Food Businesses (Start Your Own Restaurant & More), May 20, 2011

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Not what I expected, More of a common sense book, really doesn't give you enough information on the start up mostly common sense. would not recommend.