BUSNESS PLAN
A Business Plan has Two Main Functions
First your business on paper, start-up costs, annual budget
and projected sales. A business plan can be time consuming to complete, but it
will give you a clear picture of how to make your restaurant succeed. As it is
a plan it is not solid facts and some of it will be guess work. But the guess
work will be biased on research. And if you find a problem in the early stages,
you can make the necessary changes without spending any money.
Second the other big reason for creating a business plan is
to convince a bank to give you funding. You need to show that you have thought
this business idea through and you know what you are doing. You need to have
the necessary numbers to back up the argument that your restaurant is a viable
business opportunity.
Creating a business plan involves research, writing, and
editing. While a business plan doesn’t guarantee automatic success, it is a
handy blueprint of where you’re starting and where you want to go. Creating a
restaurant business plan you need to show the bank you have a clear and concise
plan for getting your restaurant up and running. Also you will learn about all
the different restaurants as well as your local competition and the local market.
As you research information for your restaurant business plan, you may
encounter problems you hadn’t considered previously, such as licensing, environmental
health issues, planning consent.
All business plans are tailored to the individual business
but they are also all the same .Here is a brief breakdown of what you need to
do.
First your Executive Summary. This is an overview of your
entire business plan, an introduction.
You want to give a potential investor the basics of your business idea.
What is the style of your restaurant, the name, the location. Explain why you
are well suited for this restaurant venture, previous cooking experience, any
experience in the restaurant business. You need to sell them the idea that you are
perfect person for this new restaurant business.
Second the Company Description .So in your Executive Summary
you sell the idea here you back it up with facts. The location, name and style
of restaurant you want to create. Here is the detailed information to explain
your local competition, population, and other information you have gathered
during your research. To back up your Company Description you will need a
marketing Strategies
Three Marketing Strategies. This breaks down into three main
areas Target Market, Competition and Marketing. Your Target Market is who are
you going to be serve. Will it be OAPs on lunch time, and lades that shop. Or single
professionals, families with young children. Explain your customer base and where
you see them coming from, why they are going to come to you and not your
competitors. As for competition who are they. Find out as much as you can about
your competition, including their menu, hours and prices. Established
restaurants will have a loyal customer base, and luring customers away is not
always easy. And that will take you to Marketing. How are you going to promote
your restaurant. What methods do you plan to use, how are you going to target
your customers. Give specifics on how you plan to advertise.
Four your Products and Services. Here you need to state your
hours you are open and how many employees you plan to hire, and the benefits of
your establishment for customers. Your convenient location good parking and
easy access. You are looking for a USP or unique selling point that gives you competitive
edge.
Five Management & Ownership. What is your roll who is
doing what who owns what.
Then the big one, six Funding .Everything that you have done
so far means nothing if this does not add up. You need to have solid figures
that will work when tested. Best and worst case scenarios. You need to know the
cost of the plan, list the projected growth. Include a profit and loss
statement that projects how much are you going to spend vs. how much you are
going to make. Have a break even analysis, balance sheets and industry data.
Acknowledge possible risks show that you have a plan to deal with them.
Evan if you do not need funding you still need a plan so
just do this even if it is to see if you want to own a restaurant.
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