It would be nice to take a hiatus, but that's not an option for me right now.
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It would be nice to take a hiatus, but that's not an option for me right now.
Why do you feel like there are only those two decisions?
Your last point is resourceful, but it also kind of goes against our market advantage of 'the only home-made doughnut location near campus'.
That's pretty awesome about your family's recipe, and a shame that a chain like that could decrease sales so much.
And again, there are legal issues with food vending even if it's someone else's stuff.
From the marketing point of view I think we're pretty well set up. The closest major doughnut vendors are about a 45 minute drive away and the closest small doughnut shop is about 3 miles. We would be opening up a couple hundred feet from campus. (Although there are still grocers that sell doughnuts nearby.)
I think we could kill it, but then again I feel like I'm walking on especially thin ice with all the legal stuff; this is also an area I'm unfamiliar with and with a physical space to manage as well as employees, things could get messy.
Thanks for the advice, I'll make sure to do my research if I go through with it.
You'll be able to get the flow of language a lot better if you hear how people that are experienced at speaking put together sentences.