Food Services, Restaurants and Stores

Most communities are well serviced with restaurants. The restaurant market is highly competitive with a high failure rate for new ventures. However, there are many success stories in the region. Many of the following ideas are only viable in larger centres. Check into health regulations and business licensing.

• Bakery shop.
  
• Barbecue speciality restaurant.
  
• Box lunches for busy people.
  
• Bulk or specialty candy shop.
  
• Bun shop.
  
• Butcher/meat market - supermarkets offer fierce competition.
  
• Caramel corn or candy apple stand.
  
• Catering and speciality cooking services (gourmet, ethic and regular meals for special events, parties, picnics, conferences and home deliveries.)
  
• Chocolate/hard ice cream kiosk (ie. Purdy's Chocolates).
  
• Cinnamon roll shop.
  
• Convenience food store - a good location is vital.
  
• Coffee shop - cappuccino, specialty coffees and teas, pastries.
  
• Cookie shop.
  
• Dial-a-lunch for offices.
  
• Delicatessen.
  
• Donut shop.
  
• Ethnic food restaurant.
  
• Family/home cooked meals restaurant.
  
• Fast food franchise.
  
• Fish and Chips restaurant.
  
• Food fair at a shopping mall.
  
• French fries kiosk.
  
• Fried chicken restaurant.
  
• Gourmet or low calorie food store, stand or home sales.
  
• Health food store.
  
• Home-based bakery - baking out of your home for direct sale, specialty products may offer possibilities: non-wheat, additive free, low salt, etc.
  
• Home delivery service for restaurants and caterers.
  
• Home-made or premium candy/chocolate kiosk or production for wholesaling.
  
• Home-made pies, pastries, cakes, etc.
  
• Coffee/luncheon van for industrial parks, construction sites, festivals, etc.
  
• Mobile hotdog, hamburger or gourmet hotdog stand.
  
• Ice cream shop, booth or cart.
  
• Independent grocery, discount food store or supermarket.
  
• Invent edible packaging - get rid of the pizza box and name your price.
  
• Menu planning service - planning menus and recipes for households.
  
• Mexican food restaurant.
  
• Omelette restaurant.
  
• Pancake restaurant (ie. International house of pancakes).
  
• Pick up and home delivery fast food restaurants - fast growing sector as people are spending more time at home.
  
• Pizza, pasta and/or Italian food restaurant
  
• Prestigious, upper end restaurants - taken a real battering since 1989.
  
• Roadside fruit and vegetable stands.
  
• Rural rustic dining.
  
• Salad bar restaurant.
  
• Sandwich shop.
  
• Seafood restaurant or vending.
  
• Snack bar/new stand.
  
• Specialty or ethnic food store.
  
• Submarine sandwich shop.
  
• Soup bar.
  
• Services for restaurants - lard and oil pick up service, knife sharpening, supplies, etc.
  
• Steak house.
  
• Trailer restaurant - travel with a carnival or attend sporting events regional festivals.
  
• Twenty-four hour restaurants.
  
• Vegetable or fruit store.
  
• Yogurt shop.