BBQ & Soul of Las Vegas

My idea is to startup a cloud kitchen that delivers food only to the customer to help deal with the ongoing crisis of covid-19 and help to further prevent the spread of the disease with giving people the platform to order a good barbecue meal and a good soul food meal without having to leave the comfort and safety of their home. With my cloud kitchen the customer will also be able to order and pickup their meal if they choose while giving them a specific time to be at location to get their meal without having to wait in a line. My goal is to operate my cloud kitchen similar to a fast-food restaurant keeping the wait time down to a bare minimum and the delivery time within a 20-minute time frame. Which would give the kitchen a high turn-over rate. Getting as much good food out to the Las Vegas community as safely and as quickly as possible. I've put in a map of the area of Las Vegas and the demographics that my cloud kitchen will be able to reach.
 


The address of the facility that houses the cloud kitchens for lease is | 333 W. St. Louis Ave., Las Vegas, Nv. 89102., An example of what cloud kitchens offer as part of the leasing a space from them to set up my cloud kitchen and some of the cost to get started is below.



The cost of outfitting the space is out of pocket. It comes as seen on the photo with these instructions.
What We Provide:

1.       Pre-Built, Move-in Ready Kitchen: 9 ft. hood w/ANSUL, 3-comp, hand wash, and food prep sinks, outlets, water + gas valves, make-up air unit 

2.       Start Up Support: Kitchen Design, Architectural Drawings, Health Permit Processing, Digital Onboarding, Menu Build, Account Setup, Otter Tablet & Printer.

3.       FOH Labor: We have FOH staff at the facilities who will be running your orders from your kitchen to the drivers/customers in the lobby. There is no need for your cook to leave the kitchen or deal with customers

4.       Amenities: Walk- In Refrigerator/Walk- In Freezer, Dry Storage, Commercial Ice Machines, Break Room, Mop Room, Trash/Recycling, Dedicated Access Points for employees/food service deliveries, Dedicated Parking Lot, Restrooms, Employee Lockers. 

5.       Customer Support - Cloud Kitchens customer success team will handle 95% of customer inquiries with delivery platforms, 86 menu items, and more. 

6.       Marketing Support - Dedicated account manager, marketing best practices/delivery app expertise, drive demand through Future Foods, Boost, walk-up ordering kiosk, Cloud Retail, catering platforms, etc. You are allowed to design the kitchen and make improvements as you see fit: 

 Average Monthly Cost: 4K-5K

Average StartUp Capital Required: 20K-30K
For an example of the completion of leasing this space and utilizing the amenities that come with the lease please look to the facility website on this link: https://lucky3food.com/
Along with average monthly cost and average startup capital required I will need the funds to outfit this space with these equipment items and their prices:
Items priced on the Webstaurant Store:
1. Cooking Performance Group S60-GS24-N Natural Gas 6 Burner 60" Range with 24" Griddle, 1 Broiler and 2 Standard Ovens - 276,000 BTU $2,959.00 sale price, Reg. price $3,079.00
2. Cooking Performance Group F302, 30lb. Dual Tank Heavy Duty Electric Countertop Fryer - 208/240V, 8400/11,000W $1,999.00 (2) = $3,998.00
3. Regency 30" x 72" 14 Gauge 304 Stainless Steel Poly Top Table with 3/4" with poly undershelf $614.79
4. Ava Mix Revolution CFBB342DC Combination Food Processor with 3Qt. Clear Bowl, Continuous Feed and 2 Disc - 1hp $679.00
5. Vigor 15 - piece Induction Ready Stainless-Steel Cookware Set with 3 saucepans, 5Qt. Sauté, 3 Fry pans $362.49
6. Vollrath Optio 3 - piece Induction Ready Stainless Steel Non-Stick Fry Pan Set with Aluminum-Clad $109.99
7. Choice 24" x 18" x 1/2" Green Polyethylene Cutting Board, 3 Green and 3 Red, $101.94
8. Kitchen Gloves - Mercer Culinary M33416BL1X Millennia Fit Blue A4 Level Cut Resistant Glove - Extra Large $6.72
9. Mercer Culinary M21943 Genesis 8-piece Knife Set and Acacia Magnetic Board with Stainless #470M21943 $307.58
10. Mercer Culinary M12611 Garde Manager 2-piece Thai Fruit Carving Set #470M12611 $7.44
11. Mercer Culinary M23800 Millennia 14" Pot/Cooks Fork (3) $41.85
12. Mercer Culinary M33071BKB 4" Black "Y" Vegetable Peeler with Straight High Carbon Steel Blade, (3) $22.86
13. Mercer Culinary M10200 Double Diamond 2-Stage Handheld Manual Serrated/Straight Edge $44.07
14. Choice 18Qt. Translucent Square Polypropylene Food Storage Container with Blue Gradations (12) $119.64, 12Qt. (10) $59.90, 4Qt./Lid $13.49, 8Qt./Lid Pk $13.49, 6Qt. (5) $15.45,
Square #176SQRTR6.
15. Choice Bulk Case of 12 full size 19 Guage 18" x 26" wire in rim aluminum bun pans / sheet pans $83.64
16. Choice 13Qt. Aluminum Baking and Roasting Pan with Handles, 26" x 18" x 3 1/2" (2) $71.98
17. Matfer Bourgeat 345638, 3 3/4" x 2 1/2" Exoglass Mini Kugel Hopf Mold 6pk. $172.49 #980345638
18. Baker Mark 11lb. Glazed Aluminumized Steel Bread Loaf Pan 9" x 4 1/2" x 3 3/4" #176BPAN942 (3) $20.97
19. Choice 8" x 2" Round Straight Sided Aluminum Cake Pan #407CPAN82A (3) $7.17
20. Fox Run 4862 12 Mold Non-Stick Carbon steel Mini Cheesecake Pan with Removable Bottom 13 7/8" (6) $165.72
21. Choice 5-piece Clear Polycarbonate Measuring Cup Set (2) $50.00
22. Vollrath Jacob's Pride 10" Stainless Steel Piano Whip Whisk #92247255 (3) $29.04
23. Avantco Ste-4MGH Four Pan Open Well Mobile Electric Steam Table with Undershelf and 57" $1,279.00
24. Vigor Full Size 4" Deep Anti-Jam Stainless Steel Steam Table Hotel Pan 22 Guage (6) $138.24
25. Choice Full Size 6" Deep Stainless Steel Steam Table Spillage Pan-24 Guage (6) $231.84
26. Vigor Full Size 2 1/2" Deep Anti Jam Stainless Steel Steam Table Pan, Hotel Pan - 22 Guage (6) $103.86
27. Vigor 1/2" Size 21/2" Deep Anti Jam Stainless Steel Hotel Pan - 22 Gauge (6) $66.72
28. Vigor 8" x 10" Half Sized Footed Stainless Steel Wire Pan Grate for Steam Table Pan (4) $35.08
29. Choice 2-piece Hollow Stainless Steel Handle Carving Set (2) $16.38
30. Choice 11" Slotted Stainless-Steel Spoon (2) $2.36
31. Choice 10 1/4" Pie Server (2) $2.36
32. Choice 11" Solid Stainless Steel Basting Spoon (2) $2.98
33. Mercer Culinary M18740 Millennia 5" x 3" Heavy Duty Turner (2) $21.04
34. Mercer Culinary M18700WH Millennia 8" x 3" Turner with White Handle (2) $25.50
35. Choice Thumb Press Disher Set 9/Set $48.49
36. Vollrath 47388 Jacobs Pride #4 Orange Squeeze Handle Disher 8oz. (2) $42.90, 6oz. (2) $42.90, 3.25oz. (2) $22.70, 2.66oz. (2) $22.70
37. Choice 4oz. One Pieces Stainless Steel Ladle #4070PL4 (2) $5.38, 8oz. #4070PL8 (2) $6.98, 6oz. #4070PL6 (2) $4.56, 3oz. #4070PL3 (2) $4.96, 1oz. #4070PL1 (2) $3.10
38. Choice 9 1/2" Black Coated Handle Stainless Steel Scalloped Tongs #407CUT9BK (2) $4.36, #407CUT12BK (2) $5.32
39. Choice 14" High Heat Silicone Spatula $4.83ea = $57.96
40. Genpak SN203 - BK 9" x 9" x 3" Black 3-compartment Hinged Lid Foam Container - 200cs (4) $45.75ea. = $183.00, #37420500BLK 9 3/16" x 6 1/2" x 2 7/8" (4) $44.12ea. = $176.48, #374SN2403L 8" x 8" x 3" (4) $45.75ea. = $183.00
41. Dart 6SJ12 6oz. White Foam Container 1000cs. (3) $60.75ea. = $182.25, 4J6 4oz. #3014J6 (3) $43.71ea. = $131.13, 8SJ20 8oz. #3018SJ20 (3) $76.69 = $230.07,
42. Dart 12 CLR Clear No Vent Lid - 1000cs (6) $73.81ea. = $442.86
43. Dart 6 CLR Tops #3016CLR (3) $58.93 = $176.79
The total cost of equipment to outfit the space is $11,314, estimated cost of food items: $5,000 - $7,000, Licensing is $3,000, Monthly rent between $3,000 - $5,000 equaling $60,000 at years end, $9,000 upfront to get lease including first month's rent, POS system, and equipment set up in the space, Permits and Insurance $2,500, Extra expenses $25,000.
Estimated cost of startup is $118,000.
The name of my startup cloud-kitchen is BBQ & Soul of Las Vegas, my menu items will consist of barbecue meats as in ribs, burgers, wings, chicken, sausage, beef ribs, brisket all smoked, the other items will consist of different southern soul food dishes and desserts. I want to bring different flavors and flavor conversions of south meeting west sauces and meets. Some spicier than others, some sweet, and even the bitter. The soul food will be a display of soul food dishes not a part of the mainstream is the hospitality business that missing in Las Vegas like real boudin and southern rice and spicey meet sausage. I want the bring the originality of the South to the west, something new and fresh that will tempt the palate and soothe the soul. Something that I feel is missing here in Las Vegas when it comes to southern cuisine. My competition is everyone involved in the restaurant business and what makes me unique is my commitment at being the best in my kitchen and my desire to feed the people with something that will bring comfort and peace during that moment of their feast. Thank you for your time and consideration.