Business Set-up

Today we had a meeting in Moncton with Business Enterprise Moncton, a non-profit organization, who helps business "greenhorns" to make the first steps. We met our contact, Denis, a couple of years ago already and he was guiding us to the right direction. Now we have been there to ask how to continue the best from here with the respective paperwork, as we are not able to build our Bistro at present - wintertime - and instead, want to start being known in the region for our catering.

He established a contact for us to a company, whom they helped as well a couple of years ago, and who can help with business set-up and all the paperwork as well as the book-keeping. Let's see how we can continue from there...

Then I have to contact the Ministry of Health, get a meeting and see which regulations I will all have to follow for catering from our home. For home-based business it should not be that difficult, let's hope for the best ... :-)

We made already a couple of people happy with our first baking trials, giving them away for free. Home & Hardware has offered to be our guinea pigs, and of course also Denis got some of them. Well, when we start from there with networking we shall better have him try them as well.. :-) He told me, as soon as we have a menue card ready, we shall hand this in as they have christmas parties coming up and further meetings for which they need some catering. Well, we better hurry up!

If only a small part of this all will become real business, then it should be a good start. The word-of-mouth advertising has started already, and we do our best to keep it going! When I was at Home & Hardware today to get the snow shovel and pusher :-) I met with Sophie - who is becoming my main contact there :-)

Nearly all her colleagues had tested the samples we left there before already and when she was cleaning the plastic box I left them with, I only heard from various of her colleagues seeing the box: "hmmm, that was sooo good, it did melt on the tongue" ... "whoever made these, they are great! I want more of it!" I could not get the smile out of my face :-)



Then I went to check for light bulbs, as one in the living room is gone and the front door light shall become an energy saving version... when one of the other colleagues there walked up to me saying "the lady with the black hat (I was wearing a black peaked cap... ) made these lovely cookies? I just have to tell you they were sooo good!" Hihihi... Now my phone number is known there, who knows when the first requests for orders will come :-)



For sure also my bank agent Adam has received a bag of cookies, I promised him some, as he has done a couple of things for me recently... :-) He went on asking what all we would to for warm food... I can hear the gras now... :-) And the Information about how the cookies tasted will probably come on Saturday. There is a Santa claus Parade in the city and the bank is handing out hot chocolate :-D
If I only had the license by now, I would see if there is no chance to hand out our cookies for the hot chocolate as well ... :-D