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PA Keystone Kitchens Incubator Feasibility Study

User Survey

Instructions: Please select the letter corresponding to the most appropriate response(s). If you have any questions regarding this brief survey, please call Larry Grunden at 717-948-6523.

Privacy Statement: All survey responses are confidential. Results will not be reported individually, but in total. However, where possible, we would appreciate having the names of those whom you would consider as possible shared-kitchen users so that we can contact them directly with a "User" survey. You can list the contacts at the end of this survey.

1. What type of group/company are you or do you want to be?

Caterer Cart/street vendor
Church/civic group/school Specialty/gourmet food producer
(i.e., mustard, barbeque sauce, salsa, jams, sauces, baked goods)
Other

2. Product(s):

3. Are you currently selling a product? Yes No

If yes, where and how is it made?

 

4. What food item(s) would you be interested in preparing?






 

5. What type of equipment would you need to prepare your food product? (Please check all that apply.)

Standard range/oven Forced air oven
Commercial mixer Meat slicer
Walk-in cooler Packager heat sealer
Freezer Food processor
Stainless steel table Dishwasher
Kitchen utensils Steam kettle
Other:

6. How many times and hours per week would you use this facility?

7. What time of the day would you need the facility? a.m. p.m.

8. What is your target market?

9. What is your sales goal (both in volume and in dollars)?

10. How do you plan to market your product?

11. Is a written business plan available for review? Yes No

12. Does your company need office space? Yes No

If yes, how many square feet will you need now? sq. ft.

13. Will you need more space in the future? Yes No

14. What hourly rate would you be willing to pay to use the kitchen and its equipment? $ /hour

15. Are you interested in any other office services? (e.g., copy machine, telephone answering) Yes No

If yes, which services?

16. What other services could the facility provide to make your food products business successful?

17. What areas of business have caused you the most trouble? (e.g., accounting, inventory, marketing)

18. Would you be interested in consultation in this area? Yes No

19. Does your business have adequate financing? Yes No

Briefly explain:

20. Would you be interested in attending a meeting to discuss future plans for the shared-kitchen incubator? Yes No

The following questions will allow us to classify your response:

*Required fields

Date:

Mr.Mrs.Miss Last name
 First name
Street address
*City
 State
 *ZIP code
*County:
 Telephone:
 E-mail:

Business Status:

Pre-venture Projected start date
New (first year) Start date
Existing Start date

How many employees do you have?

Legal Status: Type of Business:
Sole proprietorship Retail
Corporation Service
Partnership Wholesale
  Manufacturing

Do you know anyone else who might be interested in using this shared-kitchen incubator? If so, please list them in the space below so that we can contact them.

Contact Information 1:

Mr. Mrs. Miss Last name
 First name
Street address
City
 State
 ZIP code
County
 Telephone:
 E-mail:

Contact Information 2:
Mr. Mrs. Miss Last name
 First name
Street address
City
 State
 ZIP code
County
 Telephone:
 E-mail:


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