Re: Whats the average you spent setting up your pizza busine
Italy,
We are not talking about just the equipment. Total start up cost includes money spent until the place actually earns you a profit above paying yourself as a pizza maker.
Can it be done for less than 150K? Sure. As I pointed out above, if you can afford to work for nothing until the place makes money, you can take that cash flow out of the number. It is also possible to open a dinky shop and buy yourself a job for less. Creating a business that earns money above kitchen wages is another story alltogether.
The issue is scale. A shoe-string store that does a 100K or 200K per year can be opened for less and in a location with $1000 rent… but with rare exceptions, opening a location that will actually earn money above kitchen wages means a location that does quite a bit higher volume. Both the startup and the rent will be more than the numbers you mention. In most places, a location that can produce at critical mass will cost more like 3000 per month or more.
In my case, I was able to buy the whole equipment package for 35K (about the price of one of the ovens) and spent another 10K on a sign, dough trays, freezer and various small wares. Initial marketing, printing costs, etc and losses until profitable was another 100K. Rent, 10 years ago was $2500 per month. Today is more like $3500.