Step By Step Tips To Start A Popcorn Business In Uganda

The following tips to start a popcorn business in Uganda, If Followed will help you to establish and start up a successful popcorn business.  These steps should be paired with good financial discipline, patience, and persistence, as well as a passion and love for quality popcorn.

Step 1 – conduct market research.

You need to conduct conclusive market research on the customers of the popcorn business and their consumption trends, plus the competitors and substitutes available. Carry out research on the existing popcorn businesses, and learn about their practices, pricing, quality of products, packaging, and different recipe. This will help you benchmark and plan accordingly.

Step 2: a good location.

Your popcorn business is well suited for places with crowds and a number of people roaming around. A good location for your business in Uganda could be any place where you sell your products or your physical presence where potential customers can find you. You wouldn’t want to raise a business where there’s no market, in choosing this you need to really know your market and set your target.  options that can be considered: School kids, Restaurants and Hotels, Shopping malls, Movie halls, Religious places or fairs, Offices, People at Fairs and carnivals, city suburbs, and campus residential areas like Makerere Kikoni

Step 3 – acquire training in making perfect popcorn

It is very necessary for you to seek and learn about the process of producing perfect popcorn. Learn about the different variant recipes and varieties of popcorn available and the best way to add value to them.

Step 4 – get the necessary equipment and materials

Do your research on the best equipment available on the market for making popcorn and fit them into your budget and plan. Below is a list of some of the basic equipment you require to start a popcorn business.

• Popcorn maker– The most important equipment you need for this startup is a popcorn-making machine that can otherwise be called a popcorn maker.
• Sealing machine. The second piece of equipment you might need is the sealing machine. I have seen many people use the bottom of the hot popcorn-making machine to seal plastic bags (kava) of their popcorn bags.
• Container. You need a big container to pour in your popped popcorn right before you seal them. It is commonly fabricated from aluminum and glass and is popularly known as show glass.
• Branded serving containers. To differentiate your popcorn business from the rest of the competitors on the market consider branding your cardboard popcorn boxes of different sizes.

Step 5 – get the right raw materials

Find good suppliers of raw materials, in this case, corn for your business. Start by generating a list of suppliers in your area. Analyze their cost and quality and finalize the best one. Corn is the major raw material needed in producing popcorn, it will be advisable to get your corn in a bulk purchase so as to maximize your profit. You’ll also need salt to taste, sugar to sweeten, and butter or vegetable cooking oil which are other raw materials you need for starting a popcorn business.

Step 6 – get the right marketing strategies

One of the marketing strategies you should consider if you desire to sell more than everyone is to brand your stuff and have well-designed labels; a unique and easy-to-pronounce name on your label is a bonus. Request feedback from customers so that you will do what suits them and not just you’re taste