Will Uber's new service renting out commercial kitchens to businesses that want to sell food on delivery apps, be successful?
It’s definitely solving a few important merchant problemsA restaurant like many businesses is a big fixed cost outlay upfront (real estate, equipment). Additionally, these businesses have tough regulations (getting a place health inspected and ready is a pain in the ass). And even after doing all of this, there is so much iteration necessary to figure out the ideal menu, fit with ppl, ability to execute will (including hiring etc). So in many ways you solve a whole bunch of hard non-critical problems upfront but only solve the real pressing ones later (when you often have run out of $ or energy).For growing restaurants, where to expand to is very adhoc. Big chains like Starbucks & McDonalds do a bunch of heavy analysis to figure this out but even they often overshoot or undershoot projections. Being able to explore and learn where your demand is and serve that demand is invaluable.Food Trucks are a solution for both these problems. They reduce fixed costs associated with #1 and provide mobility to experiment and understand demand via #2.Cloud Kitchens take this even further by significantly cutting down on #1 even more. This allows talented chefs with limited resources to bootstrap with limited resources and focussing on what they do best, their craft.The risks are mostly around safety & quality control. But since its centralized that will literally be the one job that the cloud kitchen needs to get right. And I’d trust this over an adhoc restaurant in the city.
Can I live on a commercial property? If not, how can I do it anyway and get away with it?
Many municipalities will prohibit this (if you are caught) via zoning regulations. However, sometimes you can legally get around this by claiming that a residence at the commercial property is necessary for security.In my part of the country (SE US), I’ve noticed may zoning codes that specifically allow one residence on properties zoned industrial/commercial for security purposes. This is very common at large self storage facilities, for example.That being said, it is very difficult for the powers-that-be to “catch” you living on your commercial property, even if a residence is not permitted. (I know this as a commercial landlord, as it is difficult even for me to catch folks who do this.) There is very little difference between a residential kitchen and a well-appointed break room, and many offices have full baths attached with showers for folks who work late, or work in the field and then move to their office, etc. So what if you’re “always there” - this is just the mark of a hard worker. (Sometimes I feel like I live in my office, even though I don’t!)
What is considered a kitchen?
1st you need to talk to the City Building Inspector and secondly if that person is not cooperative them you need to call the STATE OFFICE and get some definition on why you are not able to add-on to your home == IS the lot so small that you have a problem with the square footage of the house to the lot ratio ?? Try submitting a "" drawing plan "" to your changes to the house and a brief letter with some photos for the proposed changes ..... do not accept a verbal answer as you should get building codes rules and a written explanation of the ""turn down NO "" to your request ..... I think that you should be able to pour a proper foundation with the required plumbing and electrical updates [[[ following the CODES ]]] and build a bathroom and a kitchen that are back to back and share a common wall === both rooms being set-up as "shot-gun" style == kitchen could be 10 or 12 feet wide and about 12/14 feet long --THEN -- the bath could be an eight [8] foot square and that will allow a door at the back of the kitchen and some windows with a corner sink [[in the kit.]] shrink that as you like ..... My opinion is that the person that told you NO to your addition has no understanding of how to submit plans -- get the permits -- actually build an add-on -- and that person must be upset that your house will look better than his house .... TAKE the time to research at the COUNTY library and get some help with the plans so the addition will conform to the neighborhood --- you do not say that this is a free standing one-family structure -- IF IT is a condominium then ""YES"" all the rules and community rules are different ..... I hope this helps you and gives you some direction to pursue the changes in your home ........
Can you rent a commercial building and live in it?
Can you rent a commercial building and live in it? Like use it as an apartment? I'm asking because I love the feeling and texture of these buildings and would love to use one as a live in studio. Would this be possible? I'm talking about the large buildings that have separate rooms all used for different businesses.
Jehovah's Witness, I was told by a JW the other day that he could not go in the YMCA and work out, why is that?
Greetings, While some Witnesses would not go into the YMCA and work out, many others would have no problem with it. What Witnesses would ALWAYS avoid is becoming a member or joining the YMCA. For many years many of us would play basketball in the local YMCA gym every week because it was open to the public. The WT 1/1/79 even noted that some Witnesses “have paid a onetime admission fee, viewing this as simply paying for a commercial service available.” It did give the caution that the conscience of others should not be adversely affected. I also owned a business that involved my traveling and staying several nights away from home. For several years I paid for showers and use of the YMCA’s kitchen facilities. The WTS does not rule on such matters; each individual must decide based on their own conscience and the particular situation. Yours, BAR-ANERGES
I want to open a in home daycare in my house?
I would like to open an in home daycare in my house. I have an upstairs that had a living room bed room and bathroom that I would use for the play room area and sleeping area. My concern is that parents may think its weird or not safe to watch their children upstairs. I have a two year old son and he loves to play upstairs. Any opinions? As a parent would you mind?
What do I need to get my Food Vendors license? Just for selling Burritos on the street.?
You CANNOT make the stuff in your home kitchen, because it's NOT CERTIFIED clean and maintained. Heard this story a long time ago. This single mother made the greatest cookies, selling them door to door. People LOVED it, until one day she sold one to a city employee, who informed her this rule: that if she cooked it in home kitchen, she can't sell it commercially, even if she got a license. So the local fire engine company let her use their kitchen, which IS commercially certified. So you have THREE choices: make them on the spot (requires a different sort of "food cart", more like a "food truck"), buy them pre-made by someone else (in the right facility) and you only "heat" them on the premises, or rent a certified kitchen.
What care should be taken to plant 'Tulsi' in India?
Tulsi or holy basil or Ocimum tenuiflorum also called as ‘tulasi’, ‘tulsi’ and ‘thulasi’ is a medicinal herb native to India. This perennial house plant has spicy, refreshing fragrance and tiny flowers. This is an annual in cooler climatic zones (USDA zones 10-11). It is an erect, many-branched subshrub, 30–60 cm tall with hairy stems and simple phyllotaxic green or purple leaves that are strongly scented. There are more than 100 different varieties of tulsi. Rama Tulsi, Krishna Tulsi and Vana Tulsi are found widely in India.Cultivation and CareSow seeds outdoors in late spring or early summer, when the temperature is around 21°C. For an earlier start in spring, sow the seeds indoors in a greenhouse or on a sunny windowsill.Place the tulsi seeds on top of the soil and tamp them for good soil to seed contact, cover the seeds with 1cm layer of compost or soil.Water the seeds with sprayer and place them where they receive part morning sun and keep it moist until germination, which is about 1-2 weeks.Transplant the seedlings outdoors or in individual pots, when they have grown two or three sets of leaves in a loamy and fertile soil (pH 6 to 7.5) with good drainage.Basil thrives in full sun but grows in partial shade too, with atleast four hours of sunlight a day.Water the plant, when top one inch of soil is dry.Pinch tops of the plant when they are forming four or six pairs of leaves to make the it grow bushier. Also remove flower buds when they appear.Remove wilted leaves to encourage the growth of new foliage and keep it healthy.Apply balanced fertilizer every couple of weeks.Replace top 5 cm layer of soil with compost once a year.Prune (not more than half of the growth) as needed throughout the year to control its size and for compact growth.Move tulsi plant indoors in the winter if one lives in below USDA zone 10 away from frost and place it near a bright sunny window.In some conditions when common pests attack, organic pesticides may be used.Reap the leaves of the plant throughout the growing season.Store Tulsi harvest for future use by drying the leaves. (Collect branches and dry them away from sunlight every day until leaves becomes crispy and collapses when crushed).