how to start a catering business plan

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How to best start a catering

WRITE A CATERING
BUSINESS PLAN

EASILY COMPLETE
A FINANCIAL PLAN FOR
5 YEARS AND USE IT TO MONITOR YOUR CATERING BUSINESS

PlanMagic Restaurant 3.0 software is ideal for all catering restaurateurs, catering startups, catering business, small catering, caterers, and all individuals who are interested in learning restaurant business plan writing, writing a catering business plan or performing catering specific financial projections.

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"Excellent product - my only suggestion would be to offer options for businesses starting mid year or mid month as far as sales projections and labor projections "mid-year is possible". Beyond that - what a great program!"

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Some examples of use:
 
Restaurant business plan
Bistro business plan
Cafe business plan
Cafeteria business plan
Catering business plan
Pizza delivery business plan
Pizzeria business plan
Take-away business plan
Catering financial plan
Catering financials
Catering forecasts
Catering projections
Catering price calculations
Catering financial ratios
Average calculations
Breakfast cost breakdown
Lunch cost breakdown
Dinner cost breakdown
Bar cost breakdown
Catering cost breakdown
Breakfast average cost
Lunch average cost
Dinner average cost
Bar average cost
Catering average cost
Party rental average cost
Take-away average cost
Maximum cover calculations
Maximum sales calculations
Catering personnel plan
Catering advertising budget,
and more..

Minimum requirements:
A personal computer with
MS Windows 2000/XP/Vista
and

MS Office
2000/XP/2003/2007.

 

 

catering business plan

catering business plan

PLAN TO STARTUP, EXPAND OR MONITOR YOUR CATERING BUSINESS
write a catering business plan

PlanMagic Restaurant 3.0 offers you a comprehensive restaurant business plan guide, easy to use mostly pre-written restaurant / catering business plan template in a popular word processor format, fully automated restaurant financials with breakfast, lunch, dinner, catering and bar cost breakdowns, an easy to use presentation template, expert analysis tools and more.

  • plan any catering business like a pro
  • plan to finance any catering start-up or expansion
  • surprise any potential investor with a thorough and complete presentation
  • analyze the financial situation with state-of-the-art analysis tools
  • stay up-to-date with the real financial situation at all times
  • unlimited sensitivity and other analyses for 5 years without loss of data

It's the easiest to use catering business plan program available today. A catering business plan program that produces faster results than any other, and a business plan program brought to you by a company with over 25 years of related experience. It is a helpful restaurant business plan program and offers the necessary flexibility. Its structure is the preferred format today and it offers you a catering template that includes all that should be included in a catering business plan geared toward success. Its financial projection workbook is among the best in the world and knows no competition.

Designed to help entrepreneurs and managers make smarter decisions faster and easier, it's the best value your money can buy when it comes to catering business plan and financial plan software.
 

catering business plan
Available in:
English (v3.0)

Available sales tax systems: USA, EU VAT, GST, any In/Out system.

Available currencies:
any currency ($, €, £ etc.)

Business plan template

     

The preferred format catering business plan template for investors, SBA, banks, and angel investors in MS Word format.

You don't have to create your own contents from scratch (or delete most of it as may be the case with a sample plan) and you'll get the most professional printed results. The restaurant business plan template is fully geared towards the catering or related business.

 

catering business plan

PlanMagic Restaurant Plan Template

Example of content

   
Table of Contents (automated)

Introduction
- Business description
- Business formation
- Directors
- Management team
- Business goals/mission
- Business philosophies/identity
- Geographical markets
- Vision of the future

Executive summary
- Main objectives
- Sales summary
- Strategic positioning
- Strategic alliances
- Licenses
- Key advantages
- Funds required

Marketing
-
The product mix
- Sales estimates
- Analysis current product mix
- Competitive research
- Market analysis
- Marketing goals & strategies
- Pricing policy
- Advertising & promotion
- SWOT analysis

Historic analysis
- General view
- The market position
- Income statement historic
- Balance sheet historic

The organizational structure
- Management and personnel
- Administrative organization
- Contingency planning

Catering operations
- Catering identity
- Catering location
- Catering premises
- Catering layout

Financial plan
- The investment budget
- Statistical data (ratios)
- The return on investment
- Financial projections

Risk management
- Risk reduction
- Exit strategy

Appendices
- Personal income statement
- Other

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Business plan financials

     

Trend setting restaurant financial workbook in MS Excel format that leaves the competition far behind.

You will not find a better solution as detailed and as automated. Enter some main assumptions, and start entering your financial data into the clearly marked cells. Use it for a business plan and for ongoing monitoring of your catering business.

Key advantages

  • Includes wizards to simplify and significantly speed up data entry.

  • Validation checks for data consistency.

  • Fiscal year and forecasts can start in any month.

  • Forecasts include months, quarters, and years.

  • Up to 5 years can be forecast in one financial workbook, with no limit if multiple workbooks are used.

  • Views are collapsible for clear summaries.

  • Costs can be split between fixed and variable cost for contribution, break-even and similar analyses.

  • Projected balance sheets that are always balanced.

  • More than 40 charts illustrate trends in expenses, sales, revenues, cash flow and more.

catering business financials

catering business financials

catering business financials

catering business plan

PlanMagic Restaurant Financial Plan Workbook

The Ultimate in Modern Restaurant Business Financial Planning & Analysis
for any type of restaurant

PlanMagic Restaurant LE (Lite Edition)

- Assumptions (general, form, financial, inventory, loans, tax, restaurant, seasons)
- Loans & amortization schedule - short term, long term, deferred loans (5 years)
- Investment budget - incl. startup cost calculator for startups (5 years)
- Depreciation schedule straight line method
- Equipment list (bar, bathroom, cleaning, food prep, kitchen, restaurant, electric, etc.)
- Beginning balance sheet
- Income statement (Profit & Loss) historic (3 years)
- Restaurant personnel plan monthly & quarterly (3 years)
- Restaurant personnel plan annual and summary (5 years)
- Average calculations for breakfast, lunch, dinner (up to 4 types each)
- Bar average calculations (drinks, cocktails, snacks)
- Cost price, labor cost, sales price calculations
- Sales estimates & cost of goods calculations detailed (3 years)
- Variables for seasonal sales, busy weeks increase %, and more
- Sales projections monthly & quarterly (3 years)
- Sales projections annual (5 years)
- Income statement (Profit & Loss) projection monthly & quarterly (3 years)
- Income statement (Profit & Loss) projection annual (5 years)
- Cash flow projection monthly & quarterly (3 years)
- Cash flow projection annual (5 years)
- Balance sheet projection monthly (3 years)
- Balance sheet projection annual (5 years)
- Sales tax (USA, VAT, GST/HST, etc.) account

Bonus tools

- Timeline
- Personal financial statement (for sole proprietors, partnerships)

Restaurant analysis

- Historic ratios (3 years)
- Projected ratios (3/5 years)
- Loan capacity ratios (3/5 years)
- Best/Worst case scenarios (5 years)
- Annual summary matrix - beginning balance, income statement, cash flow, ending balance (5 years)

PlanMagic Restaurant (Standard Edition)

Also includes:

- Catering average calculations (up to 3 catering types)
- Party rentals/Take-away average calculations
- Additional retail sales estimates (f.e. wine shop)
- Advertising & promotion budget detailed (3 years)
- Advertising & promotion budget annual (5 years)

Extended restaurant analysis

- Projected ratios including IRR/NPV for business valuation (3/5 years)
- Annual ROA/ROE dynamic analysis tree (5 years)
- Detailed break-even analysis per product line
- Annual dynamic sensitivity analysis (best/worst case scenarios ) (5 years)
- Comparison analysis - personnel, sales, advertising, income, cash flow, balance sheet (5 years)

NEW FEATURES

Feature

Benefit

Automated from A to Z. Completely automated from start to finish.
After the first year numbers are automated based on averages or increase %. Provides fast results by eliminating unnecessary manual input.
New improved categorized income statement. Categorized expenses and extra rows can be added.
New improved 1-2-3 personnel plan method. Entry as simple as 1-2-3, monthly and hourly wages.
More than 40 automated charts. Gives you a quick overview when needed.
Print Macro: quickly print any selection of predefined print areas. Saves you time collecting data to be printed. Click and Go.
Export Macro: easily export multiple values-only worksheets. Handy for conferencing.

Business presentation

     

catering business plan financials

PlanMagic Restaurant Plan Presentation

Easy to complete restaurant presentation template (> 50 slides) in PPT (MS PowerPoint) format. You can copy text from the document templates, link to tables in the document template, or link to worksheet data in the financial workbook. The template contains the same chapters and subchapters as the restaurant business plan template.

     

Business guide

     

A complete business plan guide in HTML format.

The guide covers subjects such as organizational structure, financing (owners' equity, foreign capital), marketing (market analysis, business goals, marketing strategies, advertising), restaurant operations (business identity, business location), restaurant business financials (projections, historic analysis, ratios) and more.
 

catering business plan guide

catering business plan

PlanMagic Restaurant Plan Guide

The introduction
- How to use
- The introduction
- Marketing
- Historic analysis
- Financing
- Organizational structure
- Financial projections
- Hint & tips

Marketing
- The product mix
- Analysis current product mix
- Competitive research
- Market analysis
- Marketing goals
- Marketing strategies
- Advertising & promotion
- Pricing and costing
- Sales management
- Distribution & service

Historic analysis
-
General view
- The market position
- Balance sheet
- Income statement
- SWOT analysis

Financing
- Assumptions
- Capital
- Return on investment
- Ratios
- Loan capacity
- Investment budget

Organization
- Management
- Staff
- Personnel analysis & expenditures
- Administrative organization

Financial projections
- Sales projections
- Expense statement
- Income statement
- The balance sheet
- The cash flow projection
- The charts
- The time table

Hints & tips
- General tips
- Company formation
- Choosing a bank
- Choosing a location
- Choosing an accountant
- Preparing a presentation

Advantages

   
restaurant business plan

PlanMagic Restaurant 3.0 Clear Advantages

   
  • Legendary Ease of Use
    Designed to work the way you work, so you don't have to change your current business processes. Familiar and intuitive MS Office interfaces (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint).
     
  • Advanced Functionality
    Built-in charts, analysis tools and advanced reports, perform in-depth financial analyses, and much more.
     
  • Low Cost of Ownership
    Starts at just $99.95 for a single user license, which includes free technical support.
     
  • Customer Approved
    Used by over 100,000 starting and growing businesses around the world. PlanMagic software products serve customers in every industry, including manufacturers, wholesalers, contractors, retailers, distributors, services providers, consultants, non-profits and many many others.
     
  • Competitor 'Approved'
    More and more 'competitors' copy our innovative ideas into their lacking product. But copying from the leader never produces the same results.
     
  • Backed by PlanMagic Corporation
    PlanMagic software products are the financial planning and analysis solution recommended by more accountants, CPAs and other business consultants than any other, and we are confident you will be 100% satisfied.

More reasons why you should have PlanMagic Restaurant 3.0:

Easy to use Use of simple and understandable terms. You don't need to be an accountant!  

"I used your software to open my restaurant. The ease of use combined with sophistication of reports, etc., is what brought me back. I want to order PlanMagic Bar now."
 
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Thorough Incredibly complete and thorough.  
Automated Automated restaurant financial projections made easy and yet so complete. Sales, investments, depreciation, loan payments, accounts receivable/payable, inventory, dividends, company tax, sales tax, payroll burden and more.  
Print wizard Professionally printed results - select print areas using the wizard. Business financial printouts are preformatted in Letter, Legal or A4 paper size.  
Sales tax Financials handle US sales tax, VAT, GST or similar calculations.  
Multiple currency The financials can use any currency.  
Useful guide Comprehensive business plan guide.  
Business plan template Restaurant/Catering specific business plan template.  
Moderate price A competitive price! Lite Edition $99.95, Standard Edition $149.95.  

 

Why do it yourself?

Because no one knows or cares about your business like YOU do! And no one will spend the time analyzing or monitoring your financials without it costing you a fortune! Can you afford (not) to get the best available software to get the job done professionally and fast? No one has made it easier for you to write the contents of the restaurant business plan, offers the same high quality printed result, offers the same level of financial automation, a complete business plan guide, as well as a professional business plan presentation template.

Minimum requirements PlanMagic Restaurant 3.0:
A personal computer with MS Windows 98/NT/ME/2000/XP/Vista, a Java enabled browser, MS Office 2000/XP/2003/2007. Optional MS PowerPoint 2000/XP/2003/2007.

Delivery: via Electronic Download (~ LE 2.5 - SE 6.9 Mb).

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PlanMagic Restaurant Standard Edition SE 3.0 $149.95 Download

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