Monday, January 10, 2011

Scaling up a Hot Dog Business - Multiple Stands

How to expand a single hot dog cart into an operation with multiple locations?

So you have spent some time getting your first cart up and running well. You have developed your systems, have some experience and have found a location that is profitable. Now you want to look at taking on a second cart in another location.

This decision poses a dilemma for many hot dog stand operators. To some extent a profitable stand is easy to duplicate. However, there is one important thing to consider and that is your employees.

To manage multiple locations you will need help. You now need to go about acquiring a whole new set of business skills. You need to know how to find staff, how to train them and how to monitor them while they are carrying out your business. Only when you can master this step will you be ready to expand your business.

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