2011 Bakery Fair: Why Not Setup a Home-based Bakery Selling High-Margin Healthy Specialty Breads??

Single-layer Oven

  During the 2011 Bakery Fair at the World Trade Center, I was talking to John Ryan Tan of Sinmag Bakery Machine Corp. (+632 5627299) and I told him that I do not know a thing about baking but I think there is a market for High-end high-margin Specialty breads like Real Rye Bread (more Rye, less ordinary flour) and Multi-Grain Breads among the Class A market.  If your near an upscale residential area like Makati, BF Paranaque, Acropolis or Greenhills, maybe you could offer home-delivery freshly-baked every morning!

I asked John if it is possible to setup a Home Bakery but without having to invest on a full-blown bakery setup and he said that their equipment can be setup on a smaller scale first and gradually build-up.

He then showed me Oven Model SM-801T which is good for 5 baking trays (of 5 loaves per tray) and each oven can be stacked one on top of the other.He claimed that though they are stacked, each oven can be individually controlled unlike other brands that have one one control for  all stacked ovens.

Rack of Ovens

Capacity good for 5 trays

Their ovens are made in China (what isn't?) but it has a solid construction.  I noticed that even the oven door was thick and solid and John said this has the added benefit of preventing loss of heat thru thin doors of other brands. Price is P164,000 per layer (it was P143k during the Bakery Fair.  Maybe can still bargain,))


The other major equipment to consider is the Spiral Mixer Model SM-25 (P143k too during the Bakery Fair).  They also sell other lower capacity mixers (P48k to 76k) but John says the capacities are much smaller and the baker could outgrow its capacities in case sales really picks up.

Mixer

If you browse the Bread shelves of a supermarket, you will notice that apart from the usual slice bread etc, there are now variants with Lower Glycemic Index (important for diabetics), whole wheat, multi-grains, Sugar-free and so on.  There seems to be a trend to offer Healthy breads but at a higher selling price.

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