Theme bakery

Description: This business consists of baking cookies and cakes on different themes, according to customers’ orders. The products are intended for birthdays and different types of events. The types of cakes can be ordered by broad categories, such as related to: sports, occupation / job celebrations, educational, passions / hobbies. Thus, for a cake that is celebrating a football fan, you can make cakes in the shape of football boots, footballs, football field etc., for children you can make their favorite toys, etc.. In order for this business to be successful, one requires gastronomic passion and talent, but also an artistic inclination.

Resources needed: - establishing the location for the production                             - --- Expenses related to the rental of the location / locations
                             - Creating and achieving recipes and possible lists of models for the recipes, sketches and ingredients
                            - Testing the recipes and photographing them in order to achieve a portfolio presentation
                            - Expenses related to the acquisition of ingredients, equipment and the necessary tools for the culinary process
                            - Promotion through: websites, pictures, portfolio presentations, flyers, business cards
Advantages: -this can become a very popular product
                  - The cost of ingredients is reduced
                  - It’s an easy activity to promote
                  - Cakes are products never missed on any anniversary
Disadvantages: - an expensive location to rent
                      - Culinary skills are necessary or it requires hiring people who possess such knowledge
Conclusion: It's a potentially interesting field, which can quickly appeal to the public and the business manager can gain substantial opportunities for franchising.

Ghee (clarified butter)

Description: Ghee is clarified butter of Indian origin and it is a very healthy and very efficient ingredient for cooking, with a higher burning point than simple butter. Prices range from 8-10 euro/250g for Ghee. A very high price taking into account that it is obtained through a very simple process, from natural butter. Specifically, from 1 kg natural butter, no additives or preservatives are obtained approximately 800g ghee. From a simple calculation, with an investment of 5 euro (for 1kg butter) you obtained about 30 euro (resulting from 800g ghee). Among the advantages of ghee could be mentioned that the product is easily preserved, some experts claim that a well-made ghee can withstand up to 100 years, but the biggest benefits are the health benefits and here we have:

it improves memory, rejuvenates the skin, antioxidant, used for psychiatric disorders, voice, heart diseases. It is interesting to note that ghee, although it is made from plain butter, it tastes different. For a more effective sale and promotion it is shown in great looking containers.
Ghee production process is very simple and very clear in the movie that follows:

Resources needed: - expenditure on purchase of butter
                             - Rigorous documentation regarding the production process
                             - Experimentation process until the final product  achieves the best taste and commercial aspect.
                             - expenses on containers for bottling it
Advantages: - low investment
                - Very simple process of production
                - The product comes with a number of advantages, unlike traditional butter
                - it is an activity that could be done at home, with minimal costs
Disadvantages: - as a consumer product, small complications can occur with the authorization for the production process.
Conclusions: This product has many advantages, unfortunately the market price is quite high, and so a possible deal on this niche could be a great success, especially as customers could benefit from health improvements at lower prices.

Ikebana

Description: Ikebana is a Japanese technique used in special flower arrangements for decorative purposes, but it also has relaxation effects. The raw material for these ornaments is carefully selected from vineyards in nature and the manufacturing process needs to be more artistic, asymmetrical and using natural elements. The product can be sold both online via a website and online flower shops or shops that sell the products on this niche. Sale prices will be set depending on the complexity of the work.

Resources needed: - establishing patterns that will be made
                              - Raw material acquisition or taking necessary
                              - online / offline promotion of the product
Advantages: - very small investment
                 - The whole process can take place at home
Disadvantages: -it requires some artistic orientation
Conclusion: Anyone who wants to start a small business can try such an activity, which can take place in their home and, after reaching a dexterity, it may lead to the development of models to be sold at high prices.