Good idea that does not bear out in practice. Try competing as a one man shop against a Walmart or a franchise... You can sometimes eke out a living thanks to

Good idea that does not bear out in practice. Try competing as a one man shop against a Walmart or a franchise... You can sometimes eke out a living thanks to inefficiencies involved in the above, but usually it does not bear out. Usually it is due to covering an inefficiency somewhere else. Such inefficiencies are often transient. Example: in a certain place workers do not have access to food, opening an opportunity for catering. Suddenly a bigger investor comes in and opens a reasonably priced restaurant hiring 15 people and you're out a job, as are 30 other caterers for the area. All because the investor could afford a piece of real estate and look for higher skilled workers. Since your skill is in catering (deliveries) not primarily cooking or serving, you're done. Since the unemployment benefits are insufficient, you're also ending up having to sell property potentially ending up on the street. You cannot upskill really in a 40h/w job while also taking care of a family. You would have to be either taking a long paid sabbatical or a major cut in hours at least for the same pay.