My ideal for a Restaurants Empire tell me what you think?

Question

First buy 200 ace of land and build building that process foods you will need for your restaurant .build a inside plant house for your vegetables to grow .and now you need to buy huge walking in regfregatorr for your meats you will need. and you will hire people to poress your meat and you will hire poeple to make sure it been inspected, and build a bread factory.. and own your own ice cream factory that way you could cut out the middile man. and save million and not depend on othere companies and your Restaurant will be the best in the world because everything is fresh when people order their food they no everything will be fresh

Answer 1

It really doesn't sound very cost effective. I'm a fan of fresh ingredients and simple methods, but it would be far too expensive to buy all this land, hire all these people to work there, put in hours and hours of work,  and then supply just one restaurant (or even 1 restaurant chain). It would drive the prices through the roof.

That said, it is possible and not uncommon for restaurants to have inhouse butchers, a bakery, and skilled pastry chefs. Some go as far as sourcing their herbs, fruits and vegetables locally (occasionally on land owned by the restaurant), which is also great, but a start-to-finish operation is sadly out of the question for most restaurants. I think the best thing a chef and owner can do is to check up on their sources regularly and buy local whenever possible.

Answer 2

I think you are a bright individual and hope you never stop thinking outside the box! That said, I agree with the other poster that the beef inspectors and such would be so expensive, and I believe that you would need to start with a regular restaurant, then use the profits to slowly build up your empire.  Yes a lot of restaurants use locally grown foods, and a lot even have their own gardens! The customers love knowing that the herbs and veggies are grown right there. Some city restaurants have their gardens on the roofs if there is no ground lots to grow in.  So thats my 2 cents, start small, start with a garden and work your way from there.  Good luck! :)