Running or Starting
a Food Business ?
Check out our Self Help Tools, Knowledge Resources and Services for Food Entrepreneurs.
deAsra Benefits
deAsra membership includes the support every entrepreneur needs. Primary benefits includes:
- Access to Udyog Mitras (facilitators) and other deAsra resources available online.
- Unlimited number of meetings (in person/ telephonic/ video conferencing) with Udyog Mitras in the year.
- Access to various business tools, knowledge resources & templates
- Assistance to apply for Shop Act, Udyog Aadhar and FSSAI and other statutory compliances.
- One free introductory meeting with the verified service provider and on-going facilitation as required.
- Additional assistance (for existing businesses):
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- Basic Business health-check
- Detailed business performance assessment.
deAsra Annual Membership fee: Rs.1000.
deAsra services for Starting & Managing Food Businesses
We will help you put together a suitable plan for your food business that includes setting goals, why the goals are important, how can they be achieved and the milestones.
Business plan includes the description of the product or service, the place of business, competition analysis, set-up and operations costs.
Non-financial study - market research, competition study, etc
Standardised financial projections
Project Report Preparation & Viability Assessment
Funding is one of the major requirements of any business activity including food sector.
Funds can be arranged by business owner through his own source like savings and by raising
loans from friends / relatives etc. However main source of funding is by raising loans from
banks/NBFCs.
The funding agencies and banks require a lot of paperwork to be completed, supporting your given information. Sometimes they also ask for additional securities in the form of mortgage/hypothecation of assets, third party guarantors.
Food business is easy to start but food business operators have to be aware of the licences and legal compliances.
For starters, FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) registration / licence is mandatory before starting any food business. If the business is located in Maharashtra and in municipal areas then Shop Act registration is mandatory as well for a food business.
We help food business operators in assessing applicability, documentation & application for these compliances.
Consultation on Licence, Registration applications
Guidance on paperwork & application process
Assistance in Company Formation & Certification
After analysing the past data and future projections we guide the businesses in identifying the improvement areas and suggest action plans.
1. Assessing the health of the business
2. Identifying the gaps and improvement areas
3. Suggestions to fill the gaps in business performance
4. Access to relevant resources and tools
Business Performance Assessment
Business Gaps Identification
Suggestions to fill the gaps
deAsra verified and empaneled professionals provide specialized business support to businesses of all sizes across industries. Our partners are experienced, verified and hold appropriate licences. Our professional services include taxation and accounting, marketing and more.
Accounting services & GST registration
Packaging and labeling
Barcoding
They say “marketing is not an important part of any business, it is the business”.
We assist the food business operators by connecting them to deAsra’s verified & empanelled marketing agencies who help them in all aspects of marketing including:
1. Designing of Marketing collaterals.
2. Website development.
3. Digital and Social Media Marketing.
Marketing collateral designing
Establishing Social Media Presence
Website Design & Development
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We will help you put together a suitable plan for your food business that includes setting goals, why the goals are important, how can they be achieved and the milestones.
Business plan includes the description of the product or service, the place of business, competition analysis, set-up and operations costs.
Non-financial study - market research, competition study, etc
Standardised financial projections
Project Report Preparation & Viability Assessment
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Funding is one of the major requirements of any business activity including food sector.
Funds can be arranged by business owner through his own source like savings and by raising
loans from friends / relatives etc. However main source of funding is by raising loans from
banks/NBFCs.The funding agencies and banks require a lot of paperwork to be completed, supporting your given information. Sometimes they also ask for additional securities in the form of mortgage/hypothecation of assets, third party guarantors.
Project Report Creation & Viability Assessment
Guidance on loan application paperwork
Fitment Evaluation from deAsra verified funding partners
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Food business is easy to start but food business operators have to be aware of the licences and legal compliances.
For starters, FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) registration / licence is mandatory before starting any food business. If the business is located in Maharashtra and in municipal areas then Shop Act registration is mandatory as well for a food business.
We help food business operators in assessing applicability, documentation & application for these compliances.
Consultation on Licence, Registration applications
Guidance on paperwork & application process
Assistance in Company Formation & Certification
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We help and guide in analysing the performance of the business by comparing it with the industry standards. The performance is analysed on main indicators like sales, profit, asset utilisation etc.
After analysing the past data and future projections we guide the businesses in identifying the improvement areas and suggest action plans.Business Performance Evaluation includes:
1. Assessing the health of the business
2. Identifying the gaps and improvement areas
3. Suggestions to fill the gaps in business performance
4. Access to relevant resources and tools
Business Performance Assessment
Business Gaps Identification
Suggestions to fill the gaps
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deAsra verified and empaneled professionals provide specialized business support to businesses of all sizes across industries. Our partners are experienced, verified and hold appropriate licences. Our professional services include taxation and accounting, marketing and more.
Accounting services & GST registration
Packaging and labeling
Barcoding
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They say “marketing is not an important part of any business, it is the business”.
We assist the food business operators by connecting them to deAsra’s verified & empanelled marketing agencies who help them in all aspects of marketing including:
1. Designing of Marketing collaterals.
2. Website development.
3. Digital and Social Media Marketing.
Marketing collateral designing
Establishing Social Media Presence
Website Design & Development
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Stories of deAsra Entrepreneurs
Shrikrushna Kulkarni
Bhojan Bhavan ( Mess )
Entrepreneurship was a very challenging concept for me. Thanks to deAsra, the dream of running my very own food product business took a lift off. Preparation of Business plan, getting shop act registration, food licence was all simplified by deAsra. Much appreciated!
Mrs. Vandana Divekar
Home made food products
My friend insisted that I approach deAsra when I was facing a financial tangle in my food business. deAsra experts analysed & gave me an action plan. They even supported me with the loan application process. Thank you team deAsra, my business has now turned a new leaf and growing.
Aditya Kale
Snacks Centre
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FAQ's
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Shop Act registration, if business is located in municipal area or NOC from Grampanchayat in case business premises are located outside municipal areas.
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FSSAI licence or registration is specific to food sector.
FSSAI is an abbreviation used for Food Safety and Standards Authority of India. All the manufacturers, traders, restaurants must obtain a registration or a licence number which must be printed on food packages. FSSAI licence is mandatory for starting any food business.
Registration: Applicable when annual turnover is upto Rs. 12 Lakhs.
State Licence: Applicable in following cases:
1.Annual turnover exceeds Rs. 12 Lakhs but is upto Rs. 20 Crores (Upto Rs. 30 Crores for Transporters), Or
2.If the production capacity exceeds the prescribed limit for each type of business
Central Licence: Applicable in following cases:
1.If the business is operated from more than 1 state, then the Head office will require Central Licence, Or
2.If Annual turnover exceeds Rs. 20 Crores (More than Rs. 30 Crores for Transporters)
3.If the production capacity exceeds the prescribed limit for each type of business -
Following are the most popular food sector small businesses: Mess, Canteen Service, Juice Centre, Flour Mill, Milk Product Processing, Packaged Vegetables, Baking & Confectionary, Spice Making, Dairy etc.
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It is advisable to select a busy location which might have school, college, offices or a few residential complexes in its vicinity to set up food business.
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To set up food business you should have knowledge, information, basic skills, training or practice in the selected line and should set Standard Operating Processes (SOPs) of your food business.
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Generally, to set up a small sized food business an investment of around 2 to 3 lakh Rupees is required. But the investment mainly depends upon the type of business, the locality, the target customers and the size of business.
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One must take care of the following in food business:
- Cleanliness and hygiene of the employees and of the premises.
- Proper storage facilities and layout of the premises.
- Products should be packaged and labelled as per the set norms.
- Regularly check the expiry dates of the products and discard the expired products.
- Appropriate measures for waste disposal.
- Training the employees regularly.
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Ensure that following points must be observed while running any food business:
a. Cleanliness and hygiene of the employees and of the premises.
b. Proper storage facilities and layout of the premises.
c. Products should be packaged and labelled as per the set norms.
d. Regularly check the expiry dates of the products and discard the products in case they are expired.
e. Appropriate measures for waste disposal.
f. Train the employees regularly.
My meeting with the deAsra team turned out to be very fruitful. From preparing a robust project report to submitting the correct loan documents, they made my loan proposal process easy. The team’s comprehensive advice on how to manage my food business was extremely helpful.