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I want to start a catering business.

Want to start a catering business in California, where should I start the licensing process?

  • Hi All, I'm doing research into starting a mobile catering business in Los Angeles and Orange County, California. I've heard that getting through the bureaucratic red tape ...show more

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    Find a mobile caterer that is doing "exactly" what you want to do. Make a "date" for a convenient time with the owner and pick the owner's brain. If the first caterer won't help you, find another. If you have not worked in this business, I would recommend getting a job with a successful mobile caterer and learn all you can before you start sinking real money into the enterprise. Life is pretty simple: Look before you leap.

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Business license with the city, buy a food truck, which will be $100,000 new and half that for a smaller fixer-upper (google "buy food truck" or the like). Build commercial grade food storage somewhere for your inventory, call local health department to inspect all your facilities. All of this presupposes that you have something excellent to cook at a good price. The competition in that business is fierce.

John D

the other Kevin is correct; and the technical term for his suggestions is called market research [part of MR, anyway] I suggest that you will have a hard time earing a profit as the competition is high UNLESS you have a WOW FACTOR that is great! also, contact city call for licenses and ask them about a food handler's permit. and for more free advice, visit most any community college's small biz development center

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