Do Not Be A Statistic!
Create & Realise Your Vision
This unit alone will clarify for you exactly what a successful café looks like. The clarity provided in this unit will either save you a lot of money in your business or make you a lot of money.
Develop A Rock Solid Business Plan
Learn how to prepare a business plan that will attract investors, finance and can properly execute your vision.
Create a marketing plan to reach new customers
Without marketing there is no longevity for any business. Put together a marketing plan which will help you reach out to prospective customers.
Design your layout for maximum functionality
The layout of any successful cafe is no accident. A well designed layout can save you money, learn how in this unit.
How to avoid the pitfalls of negotiating a lease
Signing the wrong lease can seal the fate of your business. Here’s how to negotiate a lease when buying.
Cut through the insurance jargon, find out what you need to be insured for
The world of insurance can be daunting, find out who to speak to for insurance and and what you need cover you for.
Find out what you need to purchase and what it will cost.
Learn what you need and how to save money acquiring everything you need. Work through our complete list of cafe setup items and calculate the cost of everything you require to startup.
The benefit and differences in Point Of Sale (POS) systems.
Learn how to use a Point Of Sale system and learn how to avoid the hidden costs of purchasing them. Not all systems are the same and not all systems are suitable for all.
Craft a profitable menu & costings
Understand how to cost and calculate Gross Profit on all of your products and learn to design an attractive menu.
Learn how to setup your product displays for maximum sales
Your customers buy with their eyes learn the golden rules of food display. A good food display can double your revenue without doubling your customers, find out how in this unit.
Grow your sales through business to business catering options
Catering can create a substantial secondary revenue stream learn how to launch your catering business without having to hire additional staff.
Align yourself with suppliers that will help you grow your business
Team up with suppliers that will help your business to grow and learn why the lowest price supplier isn’t always the best for your business.
Create a team of staff that will set your business apart
It's not a secret that your staff will make or break your business. Don't leave this to chance! Learn how and where to find the best people for your business.
Train your staff with a second to none orientation program
Learn how to use a Point Of Sale system and learn how to avoid the hidden costs of purchasing them. Not all systems are the same and not all systems are suitable for all.
Learn to take control of your business and maximise profit
Use my tools to manage your business and know DAILY if your business made or lost money. This tool alone will save you thousands in the course of your business
Setup your IT requirements and manage your business on the go.
Learn how to do more with less time - This is the four hour work week for your cafe business! The only way to run a cafe.
Learn to document the correct policies and procedures in your business
Catering can create a substantial secondary revenue stream learn how to launch your catering business without having to hire additional staff.
Assessing businesses for sale
Learn how to measure businesses for sale against industry benchmarks and avoid the dirty sales tactics employed to make unprofitable businesses seem like a good investment
Tools & Templates Included
A pre propagated café business plan which will assist you in identifying what is required of each section of the business plan.
A printable checklist of things you need to observe and record when visiting market leading cafes. Print this out 20 times and get out there and study the market leaders.
Once your business plan is completed cut and paste it into this template together with eye catching photos of your vision. This is the business plan you will be presenting to investors, landlords and your team.
Use this 20 point checklist when evaluating locations for your café. This checklist will also prompt you to ask the right questions of prospective landlords and agents.
Want to calculate exactly how much it will cost to build your café? This purchasing list is the one I used for my last 3 cafes and includes everything from the coffee machine to the kitchen sink.
This checklist will walk you through the steps you need to take in setting up your business. Everything from registering your business name to training your staff and opening your doors to public.
This quick and simplified calculator will help you quickly establish if you can afford to pay the rent at a prospective location. Not only in the first year but for the full duration of your lease.
Quickly enter in the cost of your coffee milk and packaging to calculate the cost, profit and gross profit of any variety of coffee that you may serve in your cafe
An ideal tool for communicating with sales representatives, to quickly establish the required buy price or sell price for any new items you want to retail in your business.
A template to help you quickly record recipes and product costings. An indispensable tool for calculating profit on everything you sell and ensuring that everything you sell remains profitable.
A points based evaluation template with a complete list of my tested interview questions for managers. Simply ask the questions, score the answers and hire the highest scoring manager.
A points based evaluation template with a complete list of my tested interview questions for café staff. Simply ask the questions, score the answers and hire the highest scoring interviewee.
A 17 point walkthrough of everything you need to introduce your new staff members to. This ensures your new staff hit the ground running.
A comprehensive staff contract that just needs some basic details changed to suit your business
A comprehensive job description for staff to sign off on before commencing work with you. This template just needs some basic details changed to suit your business
With a whole unit dedicated to staff orientations this will be your baseline package for staff. A document outlining to prospective staff your expectations of them and what expectations they should have of you.
A necessary form used to collect all the important information you need from staff including their bank account details, super annuation details etc required to pay your staff.
The 10 Minute Manager is a Rostering Tool which will control your labour expenses. It is also a daily management tool which will allow you to control your purchasing and establish on a daily basis if your café is making money or losing it and what needs to be corrected.
This tool allows you to quickly compose catering quotes for clients without worrying about over catering or under catering for an event.
A form ready for you to edit with your own catering menu items which can be emailed to regular catering customers.
An example of the photography, descriptive language and layout for any catering menu you may use for promoting your catering services.
A comprehensive checklist of things you need to check in your business on a regular basis to ensure your business continues to run well and that certain areas within your business do not require attention. An essential tool for café managers.
A checklist to be completed by morning staff to ensure that the café has been left in a presentable manner by the evening staff. This checklist is an important aid in ensuring you’re ready to open for business in a timely manner each morning.
A list of all the required maintenance tasks required in your café to avoid machinery breakdown and costly servicing expenses.
A necessity in your café is monitoring the temperatures of your fridges and freezers as well as any heated displays. This ensures that at any time if you have a health inspection you are able to demonstrate a high level duty of care
An automated tool to easily count your till and reconcile your eftpos and credit card payments together with any payments made to suppliers out of the till.
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Curriculum
- 17 Sections
- 17 Lessons
- Lifetime
- Choosing & designing a sensational caféIn this unit we will clarify for you exactly what a successful café looks like. The clarity provided in this unit will either save you a lot of money in your business or make you a lot of money. This unit will immediately validate your idea and vision for your business.
Cafe Market Research Template1 - Develop a rock-solid business planLearn how to prepare a business plan that will attract investors, finance and can properly execute your vision.
Business Plan Template1 - Design your layout for maximum functionalityA well designed layout can save you money. Be guided in the design of your front of house and kitchen following time tested work flow processes.
Example cafe floorplans1 - How to avoid the pitfalls of negotiating a leaseSigning the wrong lease can seal the fate of your business. Here’s how to get it right. (this is what will MAKE or BREAK your business)1
- Cut through the insurance jargon –What you need to be insured for will be clarified in this unitWhat do you need to ask your insurance company for and what does it cover you for?1
- Find out what you need to purchase and what it will cost.Learn what you need and how to save money acquiring everything you need. Including inside tips on the various items of equipment.1
- The benefit and differences in Point Of Sale (POS) systemsLearn how to avoid the hidden costs of purchasing Point Of Sale Systems.1
- Craft a profitable menu & costingsUnderstand how to calculate Gross Profit on all of your products.1
- Learn how to setup your product displays for maximum salesYour customers buy with their eyes learn the golden rules of food display.1
- Grow your sales through business to business catering optionsCatering can create a substantial secondary revenue stream learn what needs to be done.1
- Align yourself with suppliers that will help you grow your businessThe lowest price supplier isn’t always the best for your business. Find out why.1
- Create a team of staff that will set your business apartLearn how and where to find the best people for your business.1
- Put the right procedures in place to standardise your staff training through a second to none orientation programHow to induct your staff with the correct procedures contracts and orientation programs.1
- Take Full Control Of Your Business Control labour costs, Ordering & Fixed Expenses to maximise ProfitsLearn how to manage your business and know DAILY if your business made or lost money. Take control of your Labour and material purchasing costs.1
- Setup your IT requirements and manage your business on the goLearn how to do more with less time. The only way to run your business.1
- Learn the ins and outs of how to document the correct policies and procedures in your businessThe documentation of policies will avoid serious problems throughout the life of your business.1
- How to assess businesses for saleLearn how to avoid getting scammed into buying a business that is losing money. The numbers never lie, let me show you how to read the numbers.1
Requirements
- No prior experience necessary
Features
- Home Study Course
- Self Paced
- Personal Email support
- 38 Templates and tools
Target audiences
- Ideal for those thinking of buying a cafe
- Ideal for cafe managers
- Ideal for cafe owners wanting to take control of their business