Dessert Shop business. Satisfy your customers' sweet tooth with a dessert shop. Business Overview Dessert-only restaurants have become very popular in the past decade, both as a new business venture and for consumers seeking to satisfy their sweet tooth. The business concept is very straightforward. Simply open a small sit-down restaurant that offers customers varied menu options including cakes, cookies, tarts, pies, ice cream and just about any other dessert or treat you can...

Vegetarian Restaurant business. Grow a restaurant business that caters to the meat-free crowd. Business Overview There are an estimated 20 million American adults who are vegetarians, and this fact creates an excellent opportunity for the budding restaurateur who'd like to start a vegetarian restaurant. Like any restaurant business, conducting a market survey in the area where the restaurant will be established can help indicate consumer demand. Many vegetarian restaurants also...

Frozen Yogurt Shop business. Keep customers coming back with a cool treat that won't bust their diets. Business Overview Frozen yogurt has been a favorite treat of consumers for years. Furthermore, for the entrepreneur seeking to work hard for half of the year, while traveling the other half of the year, opening a frozen yogurt shop is a great choice. The business can be established in a beach or busy tourist area and full-time income can easily be earned operating the business...

Catering Truck business. Offer the convenience of a mobile food business. Business Overview Secondhand catering trucks in good condition can be purchased for as little as $10,000, and this can be the first step taken to establishing a catering truck route. A catering truck route is a great business to set in motion. Not only are the hours of operation generally limited to 6 a.m. to 3 p.m., but the business can also be started for less than $15,000 and can easily generate a...

Doughnut Shop and Bulk Sales business. Pull in your dough with this sweet business. Business Overview Did you know that more than one billion doughnuts are sold each year in the U.S.? That's more than ample reason to consider a doughnut shop as a new business venture. The first approach is to open a traditional, sit-down style doughnut shop that serves customers doughnuts, coffee and muffins. The second approach is to establish a commercial doughnut bakery that's not open to...

Factory Cafeteria business. Provide factory workers with a good place to eat. Business Overview Most cafeterias located within factories, institutions and schools are operated under a lease by a low-investment restaurant venture. Securing a lease for a factory or school cafeteria is generally obtained by successfully tendering the service. Typically, tenders for cafeteria and the existing operators do not always successfully tender for the services. Be sure to start the...

Wooden Toy Manufacturing and Sales business. Love classic toys? Make them and then sell them. Business Overview Wooden toys not only appeal to children for play, but also to adults for home and office decorations. Manufacturing wooden toys is a wonderful home based business opportunity that can be activated for peanuts and has the potential to return big profits. Marketing the toys can be accomplished by way of wholesale sales to merchants, the internet, mail-order catalogs,...

Chuck Wagon business. Start a mobile restaurant business to bring food to your hungry customers. Business Overview Purchasing an enclosed trailer or delivery step van that can be converted into a chuck wagon is the first step toward starting your own mobile restaurant business. Chuck wagons, or mobile food concessions, are everywhere and initiating this type of business venture is easy. As mentioned, you can purchase an enclosed trailer or step van and convert it into a food...

Prepackaged Vegetarian Foods business. Prepare delicious meals for vegetarians on the go. Business Overview Calling all vegetarians: Do you find it difficult to find prepackaged meals at your local grocery store that can be prepared quickly and conveniently, and don't contain meat or meat by-products? If so, perhaps you should consider starting a business that makes and packages vegetarian meals that can be sold on a wholesale basis to grocery stores and specialty food...

Video Arcade business. The nostalgic allure of vintage gaming could make for a successful business. Business Overview Gone are the days of 25-cent video and pinball games. Today's high-tech games can often cost as much $2 or $3, and children (and adults) are still lined up to play. A video arcade is a high-investment business to properly establish; nevertheless, the potential profit returns are also extremely high. Like any business that requires a large volume of people to be...