Bakery Business

This all is so good to know. I have the build, had it for long, but somehow I never was sure should it be retail or small business.

One of my sims switched to the home business bakery from the Get to Work bakery and I loved it so much more. You don't need a cash register and she really doesn't have to do anything except put the stuff in the cases.  I think it helps to talk with the customers so she hangs out there all day when it is open, but the items seem to sell themselves.  Wedding cakes sell well. She also sells candy and the whole family can help without getting paid. When the kids get home from school they will make some candy. But yes, everyday involves some baking to restock so she doesn't open everyday so she has a day to make things. 

I have run small businesses but not yet bakeries specifically. 

• you can't restock sold items. You need to actually bake them again and again. You can hire personel and order them to bake for you 
• there is a food display in the game that keeps baked goods longer fresh. There is one in businesses and hobbies, a second one was in the early buyers items. The food displays from get to work should work as well in a small business. (personally I like to use the fresh chef reward trait but that's a lot of work to acquire if you don't want to cheat.)
• You have to set activities for your bakery. You can just tell your customers to just buy goods but you could also add eating if you want to. Or start selling coffee and tea to customers. Whatever type of bakery you want.  

AaronRulz78​ I've found that the fresh chef trait is essential, it stops the food spoiling. That way you can take a while to stock the bakery and the food will still be fine. To add it with a cheat it's testingcheats true, then use traits.equip_trait trait_FreshChef (for console players, since it requires testingcheats it does disable console achievements). You need additional food in your inventory too in order to restock. My Sim has a bakery with a flat above it that's separate from her main home. She also sells candy there too as well as cupcakes. Some baked goods are sold in her bakery but she sells some directly too, I think of that as selling wholesale. The B&H shelves, etc set items for sale instantly so it's less work than it was setting everything for sale manually with GTW, that's always been my biggest problem with retail.

I haven't tried playing bakery with B&H but from what've seen of gameplay, you need to actually make/bake all the things you're selling and you cannot do automatic re-stock. With Get to Work, you bake stuff once and then just re-stock so you don't get to cook as much unless you want to change what's set for sale. Also, for GTW you need to buy the separate business lot and for B&H you can have the business on your home lot so it's cheaper to start. You can have both type of businesses if you want. 

I haven't tried bakery yet and would love to know how it works too 😊 I don't own Get to Work, only Businesses and Hobbies.