| Wondering just what kind of business you can | | | | say they enjoy doing most. |
| own that will make you LOTS of money, no | | | | OK, so you now see just how solid the food |
| matter how bad the economy may get? | | | | service industry is, even in a recession. But how |
| That's a hard question these days when it seems | | | | can you get into your own restaurant business |
| everything from manufacturing to services to | | | | without spending thousands or borrowing millions. |
| retail is suffering hard times. But not everyone is | | | | It's true the average corporate restaurant |
| singing the blues. I can think of one in-demand | | | | franchise is worth at least a million dollars. Setting |
| business that is raking in the cash. | | | | up even a small mom and pop eaterie can still run |
| And the worse the economy gets, the more | | | | you hundreds of thousands of dollars. |
| money many of these people earn. Let me | | | | That big investment is probably why you see |
| illustrate: | | | | some restaurants fail from time to time. A big |
| Recently I spent some time surfing through the | | | | investment means you simply must earn big |
| cable news channels, listening to all the sad news | | | | amounts of money day after day in order to pay |
| about downturning stocks, unemployment, and | | | | your equally large bills. |
| sagging retail sales. If you only watched the news, | | | | That's why the real money is being made by a |
| you would think America had returned to the | | | | simple business that ISN'T a restaurant, but taps |
| Great Depression. | | | | into massive food industry profits. This business is |
| When noon rolled around, I headed over to my | | | | spreading from coast to coast like wildfire. It |
| local pizza restaurant to grab a bite. It was still | | | | combines the success of restaurants with the |
| early, so there weren't that many customers in | | | | must-have needs of millions of consumers. |
| the store. I got to thinking maybe these guys | | | | Best of all, this business does NOT require a big |
| were experiencing slow business, too. | | | | investment. You don't need years of experience |
| But that wasn't the case. In a few minutes things | | | | in a commercial kitchen or a degree from a |
| started to heat up. Three construction workers | | | | culinary school. |
| came in and ordered big meals. A group of nine | | | | You only need a desire to own your own |
| came in from a nearby office. Then a mother | | | | business, to earn a LOT of money, and to tap |
| with her two kids, a retired couple, and group of | | | | into the TRILLIONS of dollars being spent on |
| teenagers came in. Meanwhile, take out orders | | | | restaurants. |
| were being picked up right and left. | | | | This business is called the food delivery business |
| I remarked to the owner that his business was | | | | and can be started for a small investment, have |
| looking solid."Never better," he said. "No recession | | | | no overhead and be run from a small office or |
| here!" | | | | even your home. |
| No matter how deep the recession gets, | | | | You don't have the investment a restaurant has |
| everyone still needs to eat. These days most | | | | and since you can deliver food for 50 or more |
| people are extremely busy and don't have the | | | | restaurants, it doesn't even matter to you which |
| time or inclination to cook. Eating out is not only | | | | restaurants are most popular. |
| an option, but a frequent necessity. | | | | That's the ideal business - one that prospers in |
| We are also a culture that eats out to have fun. | | | | any economy, costs very little to start, has no |
| Enjoying a good meal and company at a | | | | overhead and thrives when consumer |
| restaurant ranks at the very top of what people | | | | preferences change. |