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How a meal prep lunch business works

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You plan a weekly menu, take orders and payment ahead, cook in one or two batches, and deliver or hand over chilled meals.

Who buys

  • Office workers who want healthy lunches.
  • Gym-goers who want set portions.
  • Busy parents and older people.

The steps to your first regulars

  1. Apply for your Certificate of Acceptability and set up safe food handling.
  2. Cost three meals and set your prices.
  3. Test with friends and colleagues.
  4. Take paid orders weekly, cook only what is paid for.

A good sign: the same people order again next week.

Do it now

Tick it off when it is done. Your ticks are saved on this device.

Quick check

Pick an answer to see how you did.

In a typical case, how long until the first money comes in?

Your challenge

Check it before you spend

Cost five meals per portion, including containers.

You are done when:

  • You wrote down what you found
  • You know whether to carry on or adjust

You report this yourself. Nobody checks, so it only counts if you really did it.

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