Your Very First Cafeteria

If you're reading this, chances are, you're probably interested in starting up a business in the food and beverages industry. Depending on the type of person you are, you would either want a quaint little cafe where you could retire at, or you are really ambitious and want to own a chain of restaurants or even a company with many restaurants under its belt.

Hardly surprising.

The F&B industry has one of the least barriers of entry in the market simply because it takes no genius to see what you need to get a cafe/ restaurant up and running.

I'm sure you can take of a few things now.... your kitchen... your food... your staff.. But what you're lacking is the specifics which I aim to give to you in this blog. For example, setting up my own kitchen for my cafe at a really, really tight space of 400 sq. ft has been such a huge headache, but we pulled through in the end and got all the equipment that we wanted and needed. I want to share how I did it with you guys. 

 I think that everyone has a keen eye for the market and has a fair chance to succeed in the cafeteria business. We all have our own unique perspectives about what the market demands, and I think that if you are brave enough to venture out of your comfort zone and work hard for your idea to materialize, your dream of having your very own cafe with your name on the door will come through eventually.


Late last year, I acquired a franchise from Turkey and our first outlet is opening in Singapore in a couple of months. After months of working on this project, I thought, hey I should really archive all these to help other people who are interested in starting up a cafe! Right now, we are at our 80% completion mark to our very first outlet in Singapore. Don't worry, because I am going to backtrack to the very start on how this all began and I am going to continue even when the restaurant is up and running.

This goes out especially, to all the young people out there who are interested in starting a business in this area. I am 20 years old at the time of writing, but in the short span of the past six months, I have gained invaluable experience from working with various professionals that has helped to make this happen. Thinking on my feet and brainstorming for the 'next step' has also been very important because that has helped me gain perspective on my very own procedures in opening a cafe (as I plan to expand the business in future).


Stayed tuned for more information on how to set up your very own cafeteria!