Small Food BUSINESS PLAN and EXAMPLES

NOTE:

2 weeks: Wednesday, 6.30pm-8.00pm

You’ll go away with:

• A Small Food BUSINESS PLAN
• Certificate of Completion

Fail to Plan-Plan to Fail

A business plan is like a road map:

Where am I now?

Where do I want to be in eighteen months time?

How am I going to get there?

Are you ready to take your business to new heights in 2024? Join us for “Small Food BUSINESS PLAN Workshop”, an exclusive event designed to empower you with the strategies and insights needed to thrive in today's competitive landscape.

Whether you're a startup entrepreneur or a seasoned business owner, this workshop offers practical tools and expert guidance to elevate your business game.

Why Choose our Business Plan Course?

• Learn from seasoned business professionals with a wealth of industry experience.
• Gain hands-on experience through examples, case studies and your own Business Plan.
• Develop a business plan tailored to your unique small food business needs and goals.
• Connect with like-minded individuals, share insights, and expand your network.

Although no two business plans are alike they should contain certain important elements.

These elements, are:

Executive Summary

Business and Management

Marketing Plan

Operations Plan

Financial Plan

Appendices

Executive Summary - “An Overview of the whole concept”

This is a one or two page summary of your business idea. It emphasises the key points of your business plan and convinces the reader to read the whole plan. Although it appears first, the summary should be written last.

Business and Management

Consider your proposed/existing business venture; what type of business it will be/is, your relevant skills and experience, your trading name, what the legal structure will be/is, and the proposed/existing premises on which your business will/does operate.

Marketing Plan

Every other part of your Business Plan is dependent on the result of your Market Research and Analysis. The viability of the venture relies on information gained, for example, your sales forecast will directly influence the size of your operation and may influence your capital needs.

Operations Plan

Supply and Distribution

Describe the methods you will use/are using to supply and distribute your products/services. For example, will you/do you sell it yourself (B2C), or will you/do you use a third party (B2B).

Staffing and organisation

Because most business failures are the result of management problems, you need to develop some qualities to successfully operate your business such as personal characteristic, technical skills, food business experience and management skills.

Food Health & Safety

Be able to describe the procedures/policies you will/have put into place in order to meet your occupational health and safety responsibilities.

Financial Plan

This is central to the evaluation of your venture’s potential. Understand the eight sections to be completed:

• Schedule of Personal Drawings
• Statement of Personal Net Worth
• Sales Mix
• Establishment Costs
• Cash Flow Forecast
• Profit and Loss Projection
• Balance Sheet
• Source of Funds

The business plan is a potentially powerful document, both in terms of maximising the chances of success of a small food business by ensuring that all aspects of business operations have been thoroughly planned and by providing a tool for a financial institution to evaluate the viability of the venture.

Ready to take your business skills to the next level? Join our Small Food BUSINESS PLAN Course and embark on a journey toward your own restaurant, cafe, coffee shop, small-scale catering or other eatery business. Don't Miss Out - Secure Your Spot Today!

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Taste Success

Linda Bamford

She has graduated with extensive business and hospitality qualifications and has many years of industry experience having operated an upmarket cafe, catering outlet and training business. Linda has used her food knowledge, business and hospitality training and qualifications to write 15 eGuides and offer online courses for new and existing owners of a restaurant, cafe, coffee shop, small-scale catering and other eatery businesses.

A La Carte Training courses will start you on your journey into the wonderful world of small food business.

Celebrating over 20 years in small food business training new and existing owners of a restaurant, cafe, coffee shop, small-scale food catering and other eatery businesses.

Our focus is how to apply the ‘bite-size’ pieces of content by using examples, so that at the end of the workshop you will go away with the knowhow to immediately complete your own Business Plan.

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Frank’, Camorra, MoVide, Melbourne…

“Most importantly, I wish I had known more about the business side of running restaurants, I’d recommend doing a small business course that teaches you about managing staff, cashflow, and reading and managing a profit and loss statement. Don’t assume that you can do it all, but you need to have that basic understanding.” (Source: Restaurant Catering Magazine).

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