Hi,
Many thanks for the replies and advice. It is much appreciated!

It has always been a dream/goal of mine to startup some sort of small business in the food industry. My thoughts have been aimed at either a coffee shop or fast food takeaway. Recently I came up with a good idea for a fast food place that I think has really good potencial as a future franchise,... (thats me dreaming a little ). I am not in the food industry nor have I ever run my own one....

SinghMS, you have some very good advice and I thank you. I need to get a bussiness plan going and start filling in some of the blanks. As I sit and write this I wonder how Im going to get some of this info, but I guess thats all part of process. As part of my market research I would like to possibly get a stall at one of the weekly flee markets and see what the response is to the food item. If all goes well, I can use it as a projection.

Franchising is not an option for me because of my lack of both experience in the industry and funds with sums of R1.5m+ being asked for many.

So thats my story. Little experince, limited funds with a good idea and dreams to fuel it. I am however convinced that it can and will work,.. everyone loves to ( and has to ) eat.