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Objective

You cannot buy happiness, but you can buy cupcakes, because it’s the same kind of thing. Baking has carved out a significance of its own in our lives in the past few years. As successful as the food business could be, innovating bite-sized desserts, macaroons and fusion desserts, the scope is endless.

With a growing demand for baked items and the advent of modern technology making it possible to produce a wide variety of baked goods, a lot of home-bakers and chefs are now venturing into the bakery business. However, starting a bakery business is no easy task. Though it may be a creative outlet for many, running and managing a bakery business requires a hard skill set too. Running a creative and passionate bakery business startup might have to do with clear divisions between business skills and baking skills. While you probably are adept at creatively expressing through pastries, cakes and more, there are few other things to consider, the top-most among them being a well laid out business plan. A business plan is a formal documented plan that outlines the goals of the business, the method of achieving the goals and the time frame if any allotted to achieving the goals. While your bakery business must have stemmed from a spontaneous idea or dreamy vision, evolving it into a documented plan will prove to yourself as well as others that it is a worthwhile viable venture.

Why is a Business Plan Necessary?

  1. Clarity on Vision and Mission

The process of writing a business plan will force you to think through every aspect of your business from who your ideal clients are to what your menu will look like to the funding plan. As you brainstorm with questions and write down your answers, you will start creating storyboards/vision boards for your business during this phase. By outlining where you want to go, you will have a greater chance of success because you will surely be focused on where you are heading and be well-prepared to pivot to avoid mistakes. Having big dreams is good, a solid bakery business plan, however, provides you with the assurance that you are dreaming of things that you are capable of achieving.

2. Validation on Brand Positioning

At the initial phase of the business, it is important to brainstorm and visualize the kind of bakery you want to run – like the offerings of the business. For this, you will need to first assess your talents, budget and goals. These findings would then lead you to take major decisions on – the type of products you wish to sell, the type of brand you wish to place – like a premium brand or price point brand, the amount of time you would like to invest in running the business, whether you would have a shop front or not, and many other similar factors that would help you decide on the type of bakery. The business model and strategy plan would differ depending on the decision made on these factors. Curating the bakery and coffee shop business plan forces you to analyze and illustrate all of this relative information – things you wouldn’t otherwise consider through – before opening the doors. For your bakery shop business plan, a significant fund might be allotted to the rent and interior, whereas a small bakery floor plan may require relatively less funds on rent and interior. Whereas the cake business plan does not require much investment in the space rent.

3. Forecast Financial Projections

Tight on Cash! We see this a lot for bakeries that are just starting out, one of the major roadblocks from achieving your business goals. Generating a cash flow forecast and a solid foundation of your incoming and outgoing projections is vital to keep your cash flow positive. You will know in advance when you exceed your profit projections and you are going to fall short so that you can turn around a back plan pronto. Your business plan will need to detail out both profit and cash flow projections. Good forecasting and planning is seen as a marker to managing income and expenditure effectively. This will help you attract investors. With a well-thought-through financial plan for the bakery business, you can turn your vision into realistic goals and expectations to impress and interest investors to invest in your bakery business.

4. Effective Product Promotions

Promoting your products initially so that they start flying off your shelves can be very challenging especially with a highly competitive market. Unless you let your customers know the goodness of your baked goods, no one will come to eat your pastries. A non-existent marketing plan is the biggest pothole for a bakery. An elaborative marketing strategy is a tangible way to get the word out and build hype before you open and to start building your local reputation. 92% of people trust the recommendations they receive from friends and family over all other forms of advertising. You must get people talking! Brainstorming over a business plan for starting a bakery helps you produce a well-rounded marketing strategy. Your bakery business plan would include everything from how you plan to advertise locally, how much you intend to spend in advertising etc.

5. Inventory Management and distribution Strategy

Inventory Management is a niche that can come up with a whole lot of problems. It can lead to missed order deadlines, wasted resources, excess spending, unhappy customers – these in turn can negatively affect the brand value and customer trust. If someone puts a large catering order, how will you manage? Do they have to pick up or will they deliver? A better inventory management system will do more than just manage your orders, they will give you enough visibility to let your customers pay immediately, thus ensuring a positive cash flow. While writing your business plan, you will need to deeply analyze your suppliers, inventory stock level management and distribution strategy. Sorting out these elements can enable you to immediately manage multiple whole-sale orders, transforming the business from good to great seamlessly.

Why define a “Business Plan” for your bakery?

Challenges are part and parcel of every business, but it’s how you manage them that will make or break you. Keeping in mind the essentials discussed above while preparing a bakery shop business plan will help you navigate through setting up and running the business effectively. Now that we understand that a business plan is an indispensable element of turning your baking dream into a reality, let us take a look at the key requisites for a business plan.

1. Executive Summary – An abstract view of your business idea and its scope for success. It elaborates what you will do, how you will do it and where you will operate.

2. Company Overview and Description – This section requires you to clarify what type of bakery you wish to operate, capital, how you will operate etc.

3. Market Analysis – Talks about the market for the product you offer, your USP, demand for it, current needs of the market and your advertising strategy.

4. Business offerings  This section details what products you will deliver to customers, the various channels of sales (i.e. Online, Corporate orders, Social Media, etc) and their pricing. Online is also one of the major channels of sales to be considered while drafting an online bakery business plan and bakery shop business plan.

5. Management structure – Details on the knowledge and skill set of people you would hire to manage the business, its ownership structure, founding members, decision-makers etc.

6. Marketing and Advertising Strategy – This section illustrates how you will spread the word about your baking goodness and advertise the bakery.

7. Financial Projections – Assessing the start-up funds, from where you plan to obtain the funds and how you will put it into use. This is the part that shall buy investors for your bakery start up.

A large part of writing the bakery business plan goes into research and making critical decisions which might seem exceptionally difficult, however will equip you to smoothly navigate through the future. Hence, you should never pass up the chance to build a solid business plan. It is the first real step towards transforming your imagined baking future into a fruitful reality.

Why DFX to develop “Business Plan” for your Bakery business

Whether you need a good get-start to start writing your business plan or have a plan that you are seeking to verify and update, DFX as a business plan consultant can help in inculcating a bakery business plan that best suits your priorities. DFX combines years of experience in bakery business development and financial expertise to uncover key elements and present your numbers with confidence in a fully customizable winning business plan.

Service Inclusion

Visioning

In the visioning exercise, the objective is to lend clarity and comprehension to the business idea under consideration. It often leads to discovery of potential bottlenecks as well as better ideas and inputs.

The idea behind conducting a SWOT analysis is to identify the existing strengths and weaknesses in the light of the business vision for formulating effective planning and strategies later on.

Business Strategy

Ecommerce business need to function and move ahead as one organized unit. In this module, our experts shall define the internal organisation structure of the proposed business entity. We will also map the scope of work and functioning of the external stakeholders (i.e. agencies, consultants, vendors, suppliers, etc.).

IT system strategy shall also be defined which shall cover the assessment of the IT and software requirements of the business spanning across various line and staff functions. The timeline for implementation of every software application shall also be done to ensure that business operations are initiated as per schedule.

Process Strategy shall be a part of business strategy wherein you will learn about how to make your startup business enterprise more process-driven and less people-dependent. You will uncover tools and strategies critical to achieve the same. The module will cover how business processes and operations are defined and how they can be improved and improvised in a planned and systematic manner.

Sales Strategy

Marketing begins with the idea of ecommerce business or a product/service itself. Everything that places a business enterprise in the right spot at the right time is mostly about marketing decisions and strategies. DFX experts shall work closely with your business and devise “Go-to-Market” and “Business Launch” marketing budgets and strategies so that your business starts off with the right note.

Your advertising and promotional efforts would be meaningless if you fail to generate the targeted sales levels, consistently and efficiently. Managing and controlling sales can cover a wide range of factors including data analysis, goal-setting, feedback and reporting, skill training, defining workflow, leaderships and monitoring, time management, incentives, etc. In this model, you will learn about formulating a robust sales operations strategy for your business.

Financial Strategy

It is important to let the ‘numbers’ validate your business model before taking a deep dive into it. In this section, DFX experts shall help you assess the financial requirements and commercial viability of your business project.

Good budgeting ensures that you are spending your investments and revenues judiciously. If you go spending unplanned, you are almost certain to deviate from your profitability goals. Budget allocation serves as a business’s expenditure roadmap. As a part of the business financial strategy, this module will cover the approaches and guidelines for effective budget allocation.

Action Plan

By determining the action plan, we arrive at the implementation plan with duration of the project. It maps the sequence of tasks that must be completed on time; otherwise the project will get delayed. In this module, you will learn to map the critical path that leads to the launch of your business on time. It will help you channelize your focus and efforts on priority basis and help you stay organized during the entire process.

Do’s & Don’ts are well-defined within implementation plan to avoid anticipated road-blocks during startup business setup

Overall Duration

25 – 45 days

FAQs

Can the franchise avail bank loan with this Franchise Manuals?

The objective of the “Business Plan” is to analyse the business potential and overall financial feasibility of the proposed business project. The Business Plan format will have to be amended to comply with the banking standards and requirements. If you need assistance from DFX for loan documentation purpose, then you may avail a separate service for the same.

Can Franchisor (i.e., Company) approach investors with this Franchise Manuals?

Along with Franchise Manuals, Franchisor i.e., Company business plan will have to be prepared along with a Pitch Deck. This is an add-on service. You will have to notify the DFX team for availing this add-on service.

How do I make the payment?
You can make the payment online through bank transfer and digital wallets. Our team shall guide you with the payment procedures.
Can I cancel after paying for the service?
Until the initial 01 session or 60 minutes of advisory sessions are completed (whichever is earlier), you can cancel the services at any time. We assure 100% money back into your original payment account within 72 working hours of your cancellation. Please note that few banks may take longer but from our side, it shall be processed and proofs shall be submitted.
Is this relevant to my country, city or location?
Every city/country presents their own set of business scenarios and challenges. Our finance experts shall understand your business constraints and accordingly design solutions specially crafted to suit your business requirements.
How can I avail this service?
We have a 3-Step process to get started:
Step 01 – Request for Quote
Step 02 – Service Quote Finalization along with SLA (Service Level Agreement)
Step 03 – DFX Experts start working on your business
Will the consulting be conducted online, or will it be classroom-based? What will be the duration?
The entire consulting shall be conducted online keeping in mind the ‘new normal’. The total duration shall be defined in the proposal. In case you want to speed up the process, you can always pre-schedule your dates of consultation with our expert.
This service shall be conducted in which language?
The consulting sessions shall be conducted in English. If you wish to have a translator in the sessions then additional charges shall be applicable, at actual.
Will there be a live one-on-one interaction with the expert or it shall be a pre-recorded video session?
The entire consulting will be a live one-on-one interaction with DFX experts.
Is this a one-on-one (personalised) or a Group Consulting?
This is a personalized one-on-one online consulting, in which you will be interacting ‘LIVE’ with DFX experts.

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