yishun Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Can any of you provide me with info on how to set up a food business in Singapore? Like do i need to apply for permit, how to get the grade "A", "B" or "C" for the shop? Where to rent kitchen equipment and all that stuff. What food can I or can i not import from oversea? Best if there is a URL for it. Can't seem to find the info on google. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chub77 Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 u can go to this website to take a lookNEA Website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldangel Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 yishun said: What food can I or can i not import from oversea? . For types of food which you might allow to import, you can refer to AVA web.http://www.ava.gov.sg/ Quote a good oral sex makes your day, a good anal sex makes your "hole weak" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yishun Posted April 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 chub77 said: u can go to this website to take a lookNEA Website what does it got to do with NEA??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chub77 Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 u will be surprise.. NEA also takes care of food seller license... think u have not access the website yet (or else u will not ask this question).. go there and have a look... if u still don't believe, go to a real food seller stall and see his license.. it is issued by NEA.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yishun Posted April 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 ok thanks alot. just seen it. its really helpful. why cant they place all this info in a place??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niteangel Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Get the liscene at NEA..usually you will get A first..then a few mths after check u will tend to drop to B..unless u maintain ur area very clean.I intend to start one too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubbylover Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 I think you miss the point...The most important consideration in setting up a food business is: is your food delicious?If your food is delicious, that would mean you should be able to succeed in the business. Go ahead and do the necessary homework. If your food is lousy and you are in just for a quick buck, my advice is forget it...look elsewhere to earn your quick buck (if there is such a thing)As for the gradings:A means AVOIDB means BACK-OFFC means CONSUMABLED means DELICIOUSE means EYE-OPENING (so good until your eye pop out) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chub77 Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 actually its quite true... and i quite agree with chubbylover...if you notice and observe properly, many stalls that sells really good and delicious food are those with C and D ratings... even though the stalls get this ratings, there are still many people patronzing the stalls.... i think to most Singaporeans, as long it is good food, they don't care about the ratings (at least for me)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubby74 Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 seems like a lot of ppl is thinking of setting up food biz.i am thinking and still thinkiing...its really tuff....location and rent.....shld i just take the plunge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lestud Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 There is one article in The Straits Times last Saturday about Millionaire Hawkers. Well, as depicted in the story, there are many failures compared to those who made it big. I am speaking from experience. My advice is to bounce off ideas or concepts with Friends, and potential target customers. Then it goes to the numbers. Remember when generating your numbers, be practicle. Also assume worse situations when you are not generating revenues. I am sure you guys walk around during lunch time, and see some outlets which are pathetically empty. Well, u lose the lunch or dinner crowd, you lost your potential earnings for the day.With exhorbitant rentals charged nowadays, it is as good as making money for the landlords... not yourself. And you actually shoulder the costs for the landlord. If y ou have a good concept, also squeeze landlords for variable formulation of rentals. Trust me, if is run on variable, when you business slows, the marketing folks will start kicking their own asses to work harder to bring in the human traffic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylancer Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 lestud said: There is one article in The Straits Times last Saturday about Millionaire Hawkers. Well, as depicted in the story, there are many failures compared to those who made it big. I am speaking from experience. My advice is to bounce off ideas or concepts with Friends, and potential target customers. Then it goes to the numbers. Remember when generating your numbers, be practicle. Also assume worse situations when you are not generating revenues. I am sure you guys walk around during lunch time, and see some outlets which are pathetically empty. Well, u lose the lunch or dinner crowd, you lost your potential earnings for the day.With exhorbitant rentals charged nowadays, it is as good as making money for the landlords... not yourself. And you actually shoulder the costs for the landlord. If y ou have a good concept, also squeeze landlords for variable formulation of rentals. Trust me, if is run on variable, when you business slows, the marketing folks will start kicking their own asses to work harder to bring in the human traffic. well, that is true...if ur food met those requirement: A, B, C, D, E. There will be a high chance to get a Millionaire Hawkers award. Sometimes i even see hawkers driving Mer cars which are their hard earn money to get something gd in the end. Who knows later those money can let them go retired? hmmBut anyway, if u want to setup business there are alot of homework need to be done and need alot of capital. so.. think twice b4 u want to do.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeiHan Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 There was a programme about how graduate choses a different career. In one episode, there was this guy who bake cakes at home, all kinds of fanciful cakes. He managed to get orders from companies, freinds, people's birthday parties, weekend parties etc and his business was so good that his mother, once skeptical, has changed her mind. I think it is better to start your food business at home rather than rent an outlet which is very expensive and risky. Of course, then you will have to go out and distribute leaflets, maybe open a simple website and asked all your friends to spread the words around. Obviously, that's guy bake delicious cake and he said he likes to bake different kind of cakes and see the satisfaction in his customers face. You got to have passion in what you do especially in business. money cannot be the sole motivation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotbob38 Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 niteangel said: Get the liscene at NEA..usually you will get A first..then a few mths after check u will tend to drop to B..unless u maintain ur area very clean.I intend to start one too... They dun give u A first. After inspection, they send you the grading for you to display in shop. F & B very very very hard work long long long hours, so think again carefully before you jump into it. Food not only must be delicious, must be cheap(affordable, compatitive). Not forgetting dealing with staffs kitchen and service. So think again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesv Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 Quote seems like a lot of ppl is thinking of setting up food biz.i am thinking and still thinkiing...its really tuff....location and rent.....shld i just take the plunge?I say go for it! Just do it! Take the plunge. Unless u dive in you will never know. After doing your homework and biz plans and you find it worthwhile to do it, then go for it. In any biz there's risk and hardwork, but thats true in any job. And in any new venture, there will be plenty of naysayers and hardly any supporters. ultimately you gotta decide and take destiny in your own hands. The baker boy wouldnt have succeeded if he listened to the naysayers, including his mum who had his best interest at heart. Then again they do not know his passion, skills, vision, commitment and perseverance to want to make it successful. He knew best and he did it his way. :thumb: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reflection Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 yishun said: Can any of you provide me with info on how to set up a food business in Singapore? Like do i need to apply for permit, how to get the grade "A", "B" or "C" for the shop? Where to rent kitchen equipment and all that stuff. What food can I or can i not import from oversea? Best if there is a URL for it. Can't seem to find the info on google.Oh, I used to co-own a food business (cafe like delifrance) with my ex-bf and yes most info can be found from NEA. The only thing I dislike is getting a vaccination for food-born disease like typhoid or cholera... The Grading of A - D will come when the inspector from NEA visit you and if he is not happy about certain hygiene, he will warn you to improve.Food business is tiring because of food preparation before business starts and cleaning at the end. Quote z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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