Start a food production related business, and you’d better get prepared for a library full of rules and regulations. I’m guessing the restrictions related to pet food production are a lot less stringent, which is why I was interested to read about a business started by Lucas Riley and Riley Wallbank. When they couldn’t find single-ingredient treats with large enough quantities for their dogs, they decided to make their own.

Initially, they were making the dog treats for family members and close friends. Demand grew, and so did their online business.

Their tasty dog treats are healthy, natural and safe with no preservatives, salts, colours, chemicals or fillers. The home-based business can produce 400 to 700 bags of treats a week, with plans to eventually move to a production facility.

As we’ve said here many times before, the pet market is massive. People spend a fortune on their pampered pooches. How might you cash in?

In these days of all-things-digital, it’s easy to overlook the fact that print media is still alive and kicking. Coffee News is a US based franchise business that provides restaurants and food based businesses with informative newsletters for customers that contain everything from news items to jokes. The newsletters are provided free of charge and money is made on advertisements carried within the newsletters.

Is this something you could copy here? And might there be other types of business that would welcome free newsletters for their customers? How about one for garages or hairdressers for example?a