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I plan to open a local grocery store 6-7 months from now, apart from the SBA, where can I get advice on how to manage the store? Are there business consulting business that can give me the essential operation of a grocery store next?

I suggest you become a member of the following associations and the purchase of their reports to members and interact with other members who might be able to guide you:

Retail Bakers Association http://www.rbanet.com/
Grocery Manufacturers Association http://www.gmabrands.com/
International Dairy Deli Bakery Association http://www.iddba.com/

He can help you if you could talk with a small business expert or mentor to give you free ideas on how to make your dream of starting a business come true, even without money. Here are some places where you can find a tutor:

- The government mentoring programs such as SBDCs, which works with community colleges and local boards of Enterprise Development to provide mentoring programs http://www.sba.gov/sbdc/sbdcnear.html or the Women's Network for Entrepreneurial Training http://www. sba.gov / womeninbusiness / wnet_ ...
- The volunteer programs such as score http://www.score.org which is composed of mostly retired executives and entrepreneurs
- Formal mentoring programs such as Athena Foundation http://www.athenafoundation.org/programs ... , Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program http://www.helzbergmentoring.org/HEMP/ , or The Aspen Institute Program MicroMentor http://www. micromentor.org
- Professional organizations such as the National Women's Business Council http://www.nwbc.gov/Mentoring/programs.h ...
- The industry and professional associations
- Local business groups, such as the Chamber of Commerce
- Locals business groups

Grocery store info including:
http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs024.htm

Grocery
Nature of Industry
Working conditions
Employment
Occupations in the Industry
Training and promotion
Perspective
Earnings
Sources of Additional Information


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