Establishing Butcheries and Fish markets for KUM colonies

KUM BUTCHERIES AND FISH MARKET 

The KILOBU Unified Marketplace (KUM) is giving everyone to join a KUM Colony and embark on a journey into one of the most profitable sectors of the food industry by starting your own butchery business. In an era where the demand for quality meat products is steadily rising, opening a butchery offers a unique opportunity to cater to a market that values freshness, quality, and variety. The butchery is one of the oldest business models known to omnivorous man. It is a remarkably versatile and diverse business model that can range from a very small outlet to great commercial multinational corporations. Because of our love of meat, it is one of those enterprises that is unlikely to ever go out of fashion. Whether you are a seasoned entrepreneur or a newcomer to the business world, this KUM will provide you with valuable insights and practical tips to help you establish a thriving butchery business in communities.




The demand for meat and meat products is always consistently high. This is why more and more people continue to embark on livestock production and still get to realize huge returns. Consequentially this means that starting and running a butchery is an exercise laden with great returns. The prospects are even further enhanced because not only can you just focus on selling meat but you can also include the processing of meat products. You can engage in meat processing which produces various products such as sausages, pickles, biltong and burger patties.


Selecting A Location for Butchery Business

One of the most important things when starting a butchery business is selecting the right location. The best places for setting up a butchery are those that have a lot of foot traffic. You should consider areas which are easily noticeable. Places like shopping centres, shopping malls and city centres are usually ideal. Butcheries which are located on busy roads and close to public transport pickup points generate more revenue. Locating your butchery business in dense residential areas can also be ideal depending on your target market. You can also locate your butchery business close to recreational and leisure areas such as braai spots, liquor pubs, parks and lakes. Butcheries that are located in recreational areas usually generate more revenue during weekends, public holidays and event days. There should be good roads so that driving customers can easily access your butchery.


Butchery Premises & Facilities 

 KUM Colony butcheries will be strategically located in the heart of the community, we will be doing home deliveries of meet and fishes. Usually, there are 3 options for your butchery premises: you can buy land & construct the butchery buildings; you can purchase an already established building structure or you lease an existing building. The first 2 options are obviously more expensive as compared to the last option of leasing butchery space. Leasing butchery space also has the advantage of location flexibility.

Renovations are usually required when leasing so that you make the shop suitable for a butchery business. Your butcher shop premises must be large enough to provide adequate space for butchery equipment, fittings, area for meat cutting & processing and space for customers to move freely around selecting the meat that they want. Because KUM Colonies will be doing meat deliveries, their focus will be on having a bigger operation promises to accommodate all the required equipment. With the consideration of all the above requirement. 

 KUM butcheries will be designed in such a way that customers cannot access the processing side of the butchery, it will be restricted to only staff members. The butchery premises should be easy to clean so as to maintain hygiene at all times in the butchery. The material and structure of the butchery building should not become a source of contamination e.g. flaking paint, rusty iron fixtures, toxic materials and porous material which can harbor bacteria. The butchery premises will have adequate water supply, access to electricity, good solid & liquid waste disposal, a good ventilation system and good lighting system. There should also be a meat offloading bay which should be separate from the customer’s entrance. 

 

Equipment And Machinery For A Butcher Shop

KUM butcheries will have different types of machinery & equipment for the butchery shop. These include :

  • Bandsaw/Meat-saw/Meat Cutter: This is a machine which is used to cut large blocks of meat in a butchery into small pieces. These are strong butchery machines which can even cut meat with thick muscles and bones. The meat cutter an important butchery equipment thus you need to select a good bandsaw brand and have it serviced regularly.
  • Refrigerators/Freezers: They are used to freeze and store meat in the butchery. Should always be in good working condition so as to maintain good quality meat.
  • Cold Rooms: These are large walk in refrigerating chambers which are used for meat storage in the butchery. Meat carcasses are hanged using hooks in the cold room.
  • Display Freezers:  They are used for storage and display of fresh meat in butcheries. Display freezers allow chilled meat to be attractively presented to customers. They should always be clean and smart so as to increase the butchery sales.
  • Butchery Scales: They are used to weigh meat before packaging it and selling it to customers. It’s important that your butchery scale is calibrated so that it provides accurate weights. The butchery scale should have a double display system so that both the customers and butchery staff will see the weight. Some butchery scales also have a label printer which automatically prints out a label containing the weight & price of the meat plus a barcode. There are also other types of butchery scales used to weigh bulky meat such as carcass scale, platform scale and hanging scale.
  • Meat Grinders/ Meat Mincers: This is a meat processing machine which grinds meat – very useful for making sausages and other meat products.
  • Butchery Knives: These are used for cutting meat in the butchery. They are specialized knives which are stronger than the regular chicken knives. Types of butchery knives include boning knife, clam knife and scimitar knife.
  • Other Equipment: There are several other butchery equipment that include : Hamburger Presses, Chicken Slicers, Meat Smokers, Sausage Filler Machine/Meat Stuffers, Mixers, Sinks, Shelves, Tables, Carts, Protective Clothing and Meat Slicers.


Products & Services 

There are several products & services that your butcher shop business can provide. The core purpose of the butchery business is selling meat. You can sell a variety of meat including beef, pork, chicken, fish, lamb, sausages, goat meat, game meat, mince, offal etc. You can also offer braai services at your butchery premises – this will attract many customers to your shop. The butchery business can also provide other services such meat cutting & meat processing. KUM butcheries will also offer meat deliveries – customers can order meat from the comfort of their homes and you deliver it. KUM will ensure that you provide good quality meat always. Good quality meat will attract more customers to your business.


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