Home Based Food Enterprises: 9 Most Profitable Food Enterprises

By Agrihortico

A home-based enterprise (HBE) is a business or an entrepreneurial venture that has its origin in a home environment. For example, an entrepreneur may start a business from a single room of his/her house or from garage or any other part of the house. Generally a home-based business is a small business venture without chaotic commercial activities that can disrupt a home environment.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Agrihortico
• Release date: Sep 18, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463907993

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Home-Based Food Enterprises: An Introduction

A home-based enterprise (HBE) is a business or an entrepreneurial venture that has its origin in a home environment. For example, an entrepreneur may start a business from a single room of his/her house or from garage or any other part of the house. Generally a home-based business is a small business venture without chaotic commercial activities that can disrupt a home environment. HBEs are one of the most suitable entrepreneurial options for women entrepreneurs and stay-at-home mothers.

A list of 7 most profitable home-based enterprises (HBEs) that are suitable to start from home is as follows:

Home-Based Food Enterprises: Food enterprises are always in demand because of its profitability. Some examples of food enterprises that can be operated from a home environment are breakfast or lunch box or tiffin services, snacks and fresh juice parlor, bakery for selling confectionery products such as chocolates, candies, cakes etc, home-based food preservation units for making pickles, fruit preserves, vegetable preserves etc, home-based food processing units for making jams, jellies, chips etc, food catering services or home delivery of home-made foods and beverages and so on.

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Figure 1: Home-Made Snack Foods

If you are internet-savvy, you can start selling bakery items, grocery, fruits and vegetables, and flowers, food items etc through an online store. There are a number of online store options available from major players in this field.

HBEs in Clothes and Accessories Sector: This is another profitable venture that you can start from home. You can start a garment tailoring or stitching unit along with a fashion boutique at your home. You may also try providing apparel or textile designing courses along with Jewellery designing lessons for interested people. If you are internet-savvy, you can start selling designer wear, kid’s wear, women’s wear etc, artificial jwellery, handbags & shoes, wallets, ladies purses etc through online. Another option is auctioning old clothes and jewelleries through online.

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Figure 2: Home-Based Artificial Jewellery Store

HBEs for Beauty and Health Services: If you are fond of making people beautiful and healthy, you may start a home-based beauty salon for providing services such as facial, pedicuring, manicuring, body massage, head massage, hair styling, hair cutting, hair coloring, aromatherapy, and similar services. If you are internet-savvy, you can start selling cosmetics and beauty products online.

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Figure 3: Home-Based Spa Parlour

Home-Based Health and Gymnasium Centers: If you are a fitness enthusiast, you can build a small gymnasium at home and start providing personal training sessions for aspiring fitness enthusiasts. For yoga students, a yoga studio may be made in the most serene and silent part of the house.

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