My Bakery "Bread and Water"

"Bread and Water"--John 4:14, 6:35

Providing Affordable Fresh Bread to the College Student's Door

Industry Knowledge
I know how to make bread: white or wheat, cinnamon rolls, soup bowls, pizzas, etc. I'm going to learn how to make gluten-free bread (tricky, right?) so that my friends with gluten problems can also eat it!
Personal Networking: Uncle (he's a baker), small food-business owners: one from my hometown (chocolate store owner), a friend here (has started a couple of online businesses).

Day-to-Day Operations
Receive orders, process orders, deliver orders.
Bake bread. Organize baking times with delivery times for optimal freshness.
All this while attending school and maybe having a real part-time job!

Raising Money
Word of mouth advertisement, (and a booth at the BYU-I Crossroads?). Set up a PayPal account for payments.
Africa Week: From the sales of the last week of every month, all profits go towards the Let Them LOL project for clean water in Africa.

A Partner?
If I get a partner they will need to own a car! Other than that, it would just need to be someone with communication skills. If they could bake that would be a plus.

Challenges:
* What will the packaging be? Newspaper and Ziploc bags?
* Delivery w/o a car. That will be one of the major issues for my business. I want to deliver the bread to the apartment/home of the customer in a timely manner, but that will involve getting some sort of basket for my bike to hold the bread while I get there and arranging a route.

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