Organic Cafe Business Plan, Marketing Plan, How To Guide, and Funding Directory
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People have become very concerned with their health within the United States, and as such many people have turned to organic cafés in order to get small food products on an ongoing basis. Typically, most organic cafés thrive in markets where there is a higher degree of wealth given that most organic products do carry a higher pricing point. This is especially true of the organic cafés going to have a number of breakfast and lunch options available. Most cafés and restaurants that focus specifically on organic products typically have a premium of 10% to 20% per food item over there traditional competitors. These businesses do tend to do well in most economic climates although during times of economic recession revenues may wane slightly given the fact that people will seek lower-cost alternatives when they’re eating outside of their home. Again, most organic cafés tend to thrive in markets where there is a substantial amount of wealth and that is why most of these businesses are located in major metropolitan areas.
The startup cost associated with a new organic café typically range from $100,000 all the way to $300,000 depending on the location, the number of staff on hand, the size of location, and its ability to be placed near a number of major businesses. Many organic cafés are located near office buildings that have financial businesses, medical businesses, law firms, accounting firms, and related entities where the professionals in these businesses will come for a quick bite to eat. The gross margins generated from organic products typically range from 70% to 80% for food products and 90% or more for beverage products.
An organic café SWOT analysis is typically done as well in order to ensure that the business is going to be economically viable within its target market. As it relates to strengths, the gross margins generated from sales are significant and are typically enough to ensure that the business is able to remain profitable at all times. The startup costs are considered to be moderate, and the risks relating to starting this type of business are considered to be low to moderate. These businesses typically will develop a strong following among people that seek out organic food.
For weaknesses, these businesses typically do have high inventory costs given that organic food products need to be sourced. The rental expense and underlying operating expenses also can be very high depending on the market. For instance, in organic café based in Manhattan is going to have a substantial rental expense that could easily exceed $100,000 to $200,000 per year.
For opportunities, one of the ways that most organic cafés expand their operations is by establishing new locations on an ongoing basis. For the initial location, many of these businesses will offer delivery services as well as online ordering in order to streamline the process for the customer. These are typically the ways of these businesses are able to expand from their initial location. Additionally, many organic cafés will provide limited catering services for large-scale offices.
There are no threats of impact the way that organic cafés operate at this time. The principal threat faced by all these businesses are competitive threats.
An organic café business plan should be developed so that a potential funding source like a bank or investor can be used in order to get the financing needed in order to launch operations. The business plan should feature a three year profit and loss statement, cash flow analysis, balance sheet, breakeven analysis, and business ratios page. As it relates to the industry research portion of the business plan, there are more than 190,000 cafés that operate within the United States. Each year, these businesses aggregate we generate about $60 billion in revenue and provide jobs for about 900,000 people. The growth of this industry is expected to remain in line with that of the general economy and the rate of inflation.
One of the things that should be addressed within the business plan is the ongoing fluctuations of cost as it relates to sourcing organic inventories. This is important to note as it is a risk faced by all businesses that specialize in the sale of food products especially organic food products. The demographic of the analysis of the business plan should include an examination of the population size, population density, annual household income, median household value, percentage of people they keep an organic diet, number of competitors within the area, and the amount of money that the average person spends eating outside of their home on a yearly basis.
The organic café marketing plan needs to be expansive given the strong level of competition within this market. Foremost, a substantial amount of signage needs to be developed and distributed throughout the target market. This includes sourcing a high visibility location while distributing flyers and mailers that feature discounts. A grand opening period of two months to three months is typically done in order to have the general public familiar with the businesses location. Beyond maintaining a traditional marketing campaign, almost all organic cafés and related businesses will concurrently maintain an expansive presence on the Internet. This includes not only having a proprietary website but also an expansive presence on social media as well. In fact, in many cases a presence on social media is more important than a proprietary website given that people typically seek recommendations from friends colleagues and family members in order to find a good place to eat. As such, it is very important that the organic café have a presence on platforms such as FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, and Google+ in order to further boost its visibility from the Onset of operations. Many organic café is will also have a proprietary application developed so that individuals can download and use it to place orders and view the entire menu of the café. This type of methodology has been used by a number of cafés and it is proven to be very successful as a relates to generating repeat business.
The company’s website should be listed among all major search engines and many organic cafés – especially in very busy metropolitan areas – will engage in a search engine optimization campaign in order to ensure that people can very quickly find the business when they are searching for organic café is and organic food eateries. A search engine optimization firm will typically charge $1000 to $5000 to provide this service. It should be noted that it can take a significant amount of time for these types of marketing strategies take hold and become successful.
An organic café can be a highly lucrative small business for an individual that has extensive experience in the food service industry. These companies are highly scalable and the gross margins allow these companies to aggressively establish additional locations once they have turned profitable. There’s nothing about this industry that is going to change over the next 20 years, and the outlook for the organic food industry and organic café industry is very strong.