Big Ambitions Supermarket Guide Supermarket

Fresh food goes in the industrial fridge, frozen food in the freezer and drinks in the drinks fridge. Check the equipment and the capacity for each product.

1. Opening steps#

1. Decide which products and services you will carry, and the space for them. Compare floor area, neighborhood and capacity in the building list with the actual lease terms. Check in game that a Supermarket can open there before you sign.
2. Set the business type to Supermarket. Check the requirements in the business management screen.
3. Prepare the equipment. Prepare the display equipment and stock for the products you chose. If you also sell a service, check that person's workstation and equipment separately.
4. Check shifts, supply and security. Start from customer service and cleaning shifts, and review stock and register cover again whenever you add products.
5. Review the results once you open. Watch demand by hour, gaps in the schedule, stock-outs and the sales equipment, and adjust.

These steps are an editorial guide. The minimum floor area, the full list of required equipment, exact quantities and headcount have not been verified in game — check the business management screen as well.

2. Products, services and supply#

Main products

Display equipment and supply route per product

Product	Display equipment / capacity	Supply route	Lowest sale price / unit
Fresh Food	Industrial Fridgeholds 50	6 wholesalersSeaSide Internationalssupply detailsfactory recipe	$8.00prices by neighborhood
Frozen Food	Industrial Freezer (Small)holds 25 Industrial Freezerholds 50	6 wholesalersSeaSide Internationalssupply detailsfactory recipe	$6.00prices by neighborhood
Ice Cream	Ice Cream Counterholds 150 Industrial Freezer (Small)holds 150 Industrial Freezerholds 300	6 wholesalersJetCargo Importssupply detailsfactory recipe	$11.50prices by neighborhood
Soda Can	Drinks Fridgeholds 120 Drinks Fridge (Large)holds 360	6 wholesalersJetCargo Imports, SeaSide Internationals, United Ocean Import, BlueStone Importssupply detailsfactory recipe	$3.00prices by neighborhood
Energy Drink	Drinks Fridgeholds 120 Drinks Fridge (Large)holds 360	6 wholesalersJetCargo Importssupply detailsfactory recipe	$3.90prices by neighborhood

10 additional products

Display equipment and supply route per product

Product	Display equipment / capacity	Supply route	Lowest sale price / unit
Bag of Apples	Wooden Product Crateholds 50	6 wholesalersSeaSide Internationalssupply detailsfactory recipe	$2.89prices by neighborhood
Bag of Bananas	Wooden Product Crateholds 50	6 wholesalersSeaSide Internationalssupply detailsfactory recipe	$2.35prices by neighborhood
Bottle of Wine	Wine Shelfholds 72	no wholesaler listedUnited Ocean Importsupply detailsfactory recipe	$21.00prices by neighborhood
Bag of Carrots	Wooden Product Crateholds 50	6 wholesalersSeaSide Internationalssupply detailsfactory recipe	$2.24prices by neighborhood
Croissant	Bakery Showcaseholds 100	6 wholesalersJetCargo Importssupply detailsfactory recipe	$7.20prices by neighborhood
Cupcake	Bakery Showcaseholds 100	6 wholesalersJetCargo Importssupply detailsfactory recipe	$5.20prices by neighborhood
Donut	Bakery Showcaseholds 100	6 wholesalersJetCargo Importssupply detailsfactory recipe	$3.80prices by neighborhood
Bag of Lettuce	Wooden Product Crateholds 25	6 wholesalersSeaSide Internationals, Lunar Tide Shipmentssupply detailsfactory recipe	$2.12prices by neighborhood
Bag of Pears	Wooden Product Crateholds 50	6 wholesalersSeaSide Internationalssupply detailsfactory recipe	$2.62prices by neighborhood
Bag of Tomatoes	Wooden Product Crateholds 50	6 wholesalersSeaSide Internationals, Lunar Tide Shipmentssupply detailsfactory recipe	$2.56prices by neighborhood

Sale prices are reference values at 100% satisfaction with trained staff. Purchase data assumes default difficulty and a fully skilled purchasing manager, and can move with supply. A missing entry does not prove an item cannot be bought. We do not quote a margin from comparing wholesale and import prices that use different units.

3. Equipment and setup cost#

This links the display equipment from the product table, the staff workstations and the listed security equipment. It includes alternative displays and equipment for additional products, so it is not a shopping list. Read product capacity and customer capacity as two different things.

Equipment linked from the data — not a complete required list

Equipment	Why it is listed	Customer capacity	Lowest listed price / unit
Industrial Fridge 1 unit counted in the example total	main product · Fresh Food	20	$3,300.00Square Appliances 1 stores Square Appliances · $3,300.00
Industrial Freezer (Small) 1 unit counted in the example total	main product · Frozen Food main product · Ice Cream	15	$2,800.00Square Appliances 1 stores Square Appliances · $2,800.00
Industrial Freezer	main product · Frozen Food main product · Ice Cream	30	$4,800.00Square Appliances 1 stores Square Appliances · $4,800.00
Ice Cream Counter 1 unit counted in the example total	main product · Ice Cream	30	$1,800.00Square Appliances 1 stores Square Appliances · $1,800.00
Drinks Fridge 1 unit counted in the example total	main product · Soda Can main product · Energy Drink	20	$875.00Square Appliances 1 stores Square Appliances · $875.00
Drinks Fridge (Large)	main product · Soda Can main product · Energy Drink	50	$2,200.00Square Appliances 1 stores Square Appliances · $2,200.00
Wooden Product Crate	extra product · Bag of Apples extra product · Bag of Bananas extra product · Bag of Carrots extra product · Bag of Lettuce extra product · Bag of Pears extra product · Bag of Tomatoes	15	$150.00Square Appliances 1 stores Square Appliances · $150.00
Wine Shelf	extra product · Bottle of Wine	10	$1,570.00Essential Appliances 1 stores Essential Appliances · $1,570.00
Bakery Showcase	extra product · Croissant extra product · Cupcake extra product · Donut	20	$895.00Square Appliances 1 stores Square Appliances · $895.00
Cash Register 1 unit counted in the example total	staff workstation · Customer Service	20	$900.00AJ Pederson & Son 4 stores AJ Pederson & Son · $900.00 Essential Appliances · $900.00 Hamptons Supplies · $900.00 Square Appliances · $900.00
Cleaning Station 1 unit counted in the example total	staff workstation · Cleaning	—	$100.00AJ Pederson & Son 4 stores AJ Pederson & Son · $100.00 Essential Appliances · $100.00 Hamptons Supplies · $100.00 Square Appliances · $100.00
Security Camera 1 unit counted in the example total	listed security equipment	—	$2,500.00Essential Appliances 2 stores Essential Appliances · $2,500.00 Hamptons Supplies · $2,500.00
Security Panel 1 unit counted in the example total	listed security equipment	—	$1,200.00Essential Appliances 2 stores Essential Appliances · $1,200.00 Red Carpet Décor · $1,200.00

The example total is neither the full startup cost nor a minimum requirement. It counts one unit each, without duplicates, of the first listed display equipment for every main product plus the staff workstations and security equipment that could be linked. Equipment only used by additional products is left out. Budget separately for rent, deposit, desks, chairs, other furniture, stock, delivery, wages and extra units as you grow.

4. Staff and shifts#

Staff roles listed in the source business data

Role	Listed workstation	Recruited at
Customer Service	Cash Register	Anderson Recruitment Corp.
Cleaning	Cleaning Station	Anderson Recruitment Corp.

Start from customer service and cleaning shifts, and review stock and register cover again whenever you add products.

The listed roles are not a headcount. Build the schedule from the hours you actually open, the number of workstations and the contract terms, and check in game whether roles missing from the list are needed.

Listed security equipment: Security Camera · Security Panel.

5. Opening hours and footfall#

Averaging the daily figures hour by hour, 7:00 · 8:00 · 9:00 · 10:00 · 11:00 · 17:00 · 18:00 · 19:00 · 20:00 is the busiest slot, at 77.9%. That is the mean across all seven days — see the table below for the differences between days.

These are visitors as a share of maximum capacity, not revenue or margin. A 0% is a recorded value, not a closed hour. Blanks show as ‘—’. Set your real opening hours by weighing demand against wages and running costs.

6. Checks while running#