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Today I suddenly realized that FOUR of my Indonesian friends, all women, have small cookie/cake businesses. Given that I am not all that social and don't have a zillion local friends, that seems like a huge number. And without trying at all, I can think of several additional examples of small food/catering businesses run by women here.
So I was wondering - is that just a random coincidence, or is running a food business a very popular activity for women here? If it is, why might that be? I can think of a few reasons but I don't know if they are correct. I assume there are not as many bureaucratic barriers here as there would be in, for example, the United States, to starting a food service. And, if you are determined and talented enough, running a catering business is something you can teach yourself how to do. (I'm tempted to say, "and most women know how to/like to cook" but I am not sure that is true in Indonesia. In the cases I am most familiar with, my friends don't do the cooking themselves, they just tell their staff what to do!)
Has anyone else noticed how popular this business activity seems? In any case, I applaud the entrepreneurial spirit of all the women who are doing this.
So I was wondering - is that just a random coincidence, or is running a food business a very popular activity for women here? If it is, why might that be? I can think of a few reasons but I don't know if they are correct. I assume there are not as many bureaucratic barriers here as there would be in, for example, the United States, to starting a food service. And, if you are determined and talented enough, running a catering business is something you can teach yourself how to do. (I'm tempted to say, "and most women know how to/like to cook" but I am not sure that is true in Indonesia. In the cases I am most familiar with, my friends don't do the cooking themselves, they just tell their staff what to do!)
Has anyone else noticed how popular this business activity seems? In any case, I applaud the entrepreneurial spirit of all the women who are doing this.