How To Start and Run a Bakery 

By Zachary Y. Schat

Zachary Y. Schat, a fifth-generation baker, has written the first book ever to explain all the steps needed to work through the thicket of rules, procedures, and tasks for starting and running a prosperous retail or wholesale bakery.  Schat tells everything he's learned from growing up in a baking family as well as from owning and operating one of the most popular shops in his community.  He began with a sleepy little place in the center of town; in five years he tripled gross sales then opened a branch in a nearby new shopping center.

This comprehensive guide gets going with "a day at the bakery" then takes up entrepreneurship, baking and business skills, start-up costs, sources of financing, legal and tax matters, market and site selection, planning and health regulations, the product list, kitchen design and equipment, retail layout, the cafe or deli, costs and prices, taxes, the best supplies at the best prices, advertising and public relations, maintenance and clean-up, employees, expansion and diversification, common business problems, and the business plan.

Schat supplements his lively text with checklists, profiles of successful bakeries, historical notes, recipes, and appendix materials that direct the reader to every area of modern and good old-fashioned baking practice.  For anyone who is serious about running a bakery -- or if the idea has just always appealed -- this book is a must read.

Price:  $49.00.  Click here to order.