Your food business checklist
Pick your business — or several, if you do more than one thing — say where you are, and answer a few yes-or-no questions. You’ll get every step that applies, grouped from “before you commit” to “once you’re running”, with what each costs and how long it takes, and a link you can save, share or print.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Bakeries
- Caterers & personal chefs
- Food trucks & carts
- Delivery-only & ghost kitchens
- Home-based food makers
- Packaged food makers
- Kombucha, juice & coffee makers
- Breweries, wineries, cideries & distilleries
- Grocers & specialty food shops
- Butchers, delis & fishmongers
- Farms & market gardens
- Meat, poultry & egg producers
- Fishers & seafood sellers
- Beekeepers
- Farmers’ market vendors
- Festival, event & fundraiser food