Drawing up a business plan is an important part of the preparatory work for any type of business. If you want to open a restaurant yourself, then draw up a business plan for yourself as a business founder. Once again, you think over the model for building your business and capture its main points. If you need to provide a business plan for an investor, then its goal will be to maximize investment in your project. Check out both types of business plans.
Instructions
Step 1
First, consider how to write a business plan for yourself. At first glance, it seems that you no longer need any plans, that you already know everything. But do not rush to conclusions - it is better to think everything over and write it down on paper than to tear your hair out later if your restaurant brings only losses instead of the planned profit. Calmly write down all your thoughts on paper: psychologists unanimously say that in this form our thoughts look much more real.
Step 2
The restaurant business plan should fully cover all the most important points for the creation and promotion of your restaurant. Here are the main points to consider in detail:
- the type of your restaurant (ordinary, elite, national),
- your target visitors (outline a portrait of your potential visitor: his age, social status, income, marital status, etc.), - the assortment of your restaurant (what will be your menu, specialties).
- the location of the restaurant (residential area or luxury houses), - the area for the restaurant (its size and rent), - equipment and products (suppliers, purchase price and price of dishes), - staff (cooks, waiters, security, accounting), - the necessary expenses for the registration of documents for the registration of the restaurant and licenses, - advertising costs.
Step 3
After you answer all the questions, your restaurant will look more real. You will be able to calculate the required amount of financial investments in opening your business.
Step 4
It is worth scouting your competitors, especially if you are looking for a place for a restaurant next to an already operating cafe or restaurant. Look for information on the Internet, in the media, among businessmen who already have experience with a restaurant.
Step 5
If you are preparing a restaurant business project for an investor, then you need to draw up a slightly different document. In your business plan, you must show that your restaurant has good prospects for work, it needs support and help to develop further.
Step 6
It is worth dwelling in more detail in the business plan on the merits and achievements of you personally and your employees as future members of the same team. Describe the future of your restaurant to the investor based on market research.
Step 7
An important issue will be the payback time of a restaurant - it is extremely important for an investor to know the size and timing of profit. Make an approximate plan-forecast for the first year of the restaurant's existence, indicating the financial costs. The investor must have confidence in you as a partner.
