A Specialty foods Business is great for those who have a food product or have access to food products that can be sold online or in a store.
If you can make drop ship arrangements, that will help you with inventory. If it is your product or you have to package and ship the product yourself, it may become quite a chore.
Be sure to include all costs in the price of the product.
Your best bet to start with as little down as possible, is to start an online store. You can even place your products on E-bay.
Once you have products, you will need to concentrate on marketing them. Promoting your website everywhere you go and all across the internet will bring people to your site and they will purchase.