Banking Academy of Vietnam International School of Business Assignment on Opening the coffee shop: Le Ciel Cafe Lecturer : Vu Th ị Yen Class : CityU 9A Course : Business Plan Group 4 : The breakthrough Business Member : Dao Quang Vinh CA9-206 Nguyen Kieu Linh CA9-040 Nguyen Thi Thuyen CA9-182 Nguyen Cong Minh Hoang CA9-032 Le Thai Duong CA9-018 Hanoi, 15/12/2021 Opening the coffee shop: Le Ciel Cafe A final assignment on Opening the coffee shop: Le Ciel Cafe by Lecturer : Vu Th ị Yen Class : CityU 9A Course : Business Plan Group 4 : The Breakthrough Business Member : Dao Quang Vinh CA9-206 Nguyen Kieu Linh CA9-040 Nguyen Thi Thuyen CA9-182 Nguyen Cong Minh Hoang CA9-032 Le Thai Duong CA9-018 Hanoi, 15/12/2021 2 Table of content Part 1: The business idea. Sources of business idea. 8 Part 2: Identifying, analyzing the opportunities, threats from the industry to business idea. 15 Part 3: Designing Marketing plan for your business idea.
Marketing Goals and Objectives. Defining Marketing Strategy and action program. Budgeting and Implementation. Monitoring the Progress of Marketing Actions.
27 Part 4: Operations Plan. Stage of Development. 32 Opening the coffee shop: Le Ciel Cafe 2. The Physical plant.
36 Part 5: Organizational Plan. Vision and Mission. Kind of business form. Human resource policies.
42 Part 6: Financial plan. Pro forma Income Statement. Pro Forma Statement of Cash Flow. Pro forma Balance Sheet.
Break-even point. 46 Part 7: Source of Capital. How much do your company need to start your business?. Sources of money.
48 4 Opening the coffee shop: Le Ciel Cafe Part 1: The Business Idea 1. Introduction Based on the knowledge we have, the experience accumulated from working part-time and the great passion for business, our team - The Breakingthrough Business - have many unique business ideas such as: “Create a youtube channel teaching how to make cakes”, “Organize events, promotions on special occasions”, or “Open a coffee shop”. And after considering through market surveys and current trends, we decided to work together on the project of opening a coffee shop. Because coffee business is one of the hottest industries of the Vietnamese market today, and opening a coffee shop is usually chosen by many people when they start a business because of the large market potential, good profit, flexible capital, and the ability to choose many different types of coffee shop business.
Moreover, coffee is a drink suitable for all subjects and can be opened for sale from early morning to late evening. Coffee can be for everyone from ordinary workers, motorbike taxi drivers to students, office workers, directors.Furthermore, the world consumes over 500 billion cups of coffee per day and Vietnamese people consume an average of 1.15kg of coffee/person/year. So the coffee shop business is probably the most suitable for the current trend as well as being able to deploy many small business ideas based on that business. As planned, we will specialize in selling coffee-related beverages.
Besides, To serve many customers and diversify incomes, the cafes have a variety of menus of different drinks. Not only serving coffee but there are also smoothies, juices, tea - milk tea, ice cream, cakes, snacks. In addition, our shop has a small cake counter for those who are passionate about baking, want to learn and experience the steps to have delicious cakes. With a large space, people can come to organize events of moderate size or can organize concerts for music enthusiasts or influencers' fan meetings.
Providing a variety of drinks to meet the diverse needs of customers makes the coffee shop business profitable and quite stable. To attract and retain customers for a long time, promotions or incentives with loyal customers are indispensable when running a coffee shop business. About the business model, we focus mostly on the combination cafe model, the takeaway model as well as the online model. As mentioned above, besides coffee, we also sell cakes and 5 Opening the coffee shop: Le Ciel Cafe some snacks.
This is a very popular business form today, it not only helps to increase competitive advantages but also increases revenue for the cafe. Big coffee chains like Highland, Passio… always have a menu of food with drinks for diners because breakfast and coffee is a great way to enjoy the morning of many people. Instead of having to move to a cafe (no snacks/cakes included) to buy a cup of coffee, then go to a pastry shop to buy cakes, going to a coffee shop that sells snacks will save a lot of time for customers. In addition, outside of the morning time frame, coffee or lunchtime appointments also need to be served with food.
Which, sweet foods are given top priority because customers mainly do not have the need to eat full, but eat for fun. So some flan or tiramisu can be sipped while chatting with friends. Sweets also help to relax the mood as well, such as relieving stress before and after stressful school/work hours. Lovely, attractive, and colorful cakes will also be the highlight in everyone's virtual check-in pictures.
With the rapid development of the internet, the advent of food ordering and delivery companies/apps as well as the stressful Covid epidemic situation, the takeaway model, and the online model are absolutely the head-row options for customers nowadays. These business models will not only help us maintain revenue stability during the difficult pandemic situation but also ensure the safety of each customer as well as complying with regulations of the law, of the State. In addition, the combination with food delivery applications is also a very effective form of marketing, helping the cafe's beverage products to be spread more widely and thereby helping to increase revenue for the cafe. Sources of business idea Step 1: There are many opportunities for business owners to generate ideas by looking inward.
For example, by visiting our favorite café. We may find the next idea for a restaurant on our coffee break, or come up with a new concept on how to make desserts by taking an afternoon tea with friends. The main benefits of running a cafe are flexible hours, low start-up costs, and minimal competition. However, there is also a downside if the shop only sells coffee without selling cakes and tea, it will not bring much profit.
6 Opening the coffee shop: Le Ciel Cafe Every day, there are many people who come to cafes and buy coffee or tea. This will be an opportunity for you to build a cafe with cake. When customers come they will be able to choose between coffee, tea, and cake. It will give them a lot of choices to make their own choice of lifestyle.
Cake has many varieties in the menu like chocolate, vanilla, strawberry and more flavors that can make people excited about it. It is easy to start the business because you don't need to have a lot of money for this kind of idea because people are mostly coming here just for coffee or tea so it won't cost too much rent space or decoration cost which is available at any time on your. The idea of opening an online shop was born when the team saw the need for coffees and cakes in the market. There are people who work in offices, college campuses or are working from home that are always craving for a coffee break.
My team business will cater to this need by providing them with a place to get their much needed break. My team will start with the basics - coffee and cakes. As my business grows, the team will look into expanding it with soft drinks, muffins and other breakfast items. Step 2: The idea of a cafe and cake in one place was not an original one.
Several other cafes in the area had already been doing it well for years, but it's always nice to find a new cafe with unique menu items to try. Moreover, the customer base is different from the cafes which are more popular destinations for coffee drinkers. In this case, customers come here for the delicious cakes and small bites rather than a quick coffee stop on their way to work or school. Our idea is to open a cafe in a city near us with cakes and bakes from our own kitchen.
We would have a board on the wall with all of our reviews from customers, and we would have surveys that we can use to ask what type of cake they want next time. That way, we know what people in our community want. In a world where everyone is hustling to come up with the next Facebook, many people have started looking to others for inspiration. For example, one entrepreneur found his business idea by looking toward others- trends.
In this article, we'll discuss where you can find potential business ideas and how to take your idea from brainstorming to success. 7 Opening the coffee shop: Le Ciel Cafe Step 3: For a new coffee shop, a marketing campaign and introduction of the store along with the product is the most importants. We focus on promoting products online with many advertising channels: Running ads on facebook, setting up a website to introduce products. For posting ads on facebook, we will hire some experienced groups to post coffee-related articles, then briefly introduce our shop.
In addition, setting up a fanpage, or a website will help customers learn about the menu of the shop. These will stimulate the customer's desire for our products. For customers who have come to the shop, we will ask them to evaluate the products and services at the shop, the more reviews, the more people will know about our shop. And this also helps us modify and upgrade our services and products.
We have also considered some of the habits of our customers towards a coffee shop, so we will continuously innovate and develop so that customers have more choices when they come to the shop. However, bringing too many dishes and drinks to one menu will make it difficult for new customers to choose. So every time a customer chooses a dish, we will customize it according to their taste and habits. For example, a person who likes sweets will drink a cup of coffee with milk instead of pure coffee, along with a cake with a light sweet taste.
As for customers who are used to a cup of pure coffee, they can serve with a tiramisu cake with a bit of bitterness but will not be too bitter and spoil the taste of coffee. In short, through our customer surveys, we aim to build a cafe that fully or better meets the requirements of our customers. We will develop a special menu that will include items from great selections from our customers and ourselves. We will turn our cafe into an ideal place for customers to relax after stressful working or studying hours.
Opportunity recognition We are the only cafe in our area that also provides cakes. Apart from serving cafe, we also offer cakes. These are not the ordinary cakes you get at other places. They are carefully made by chefs using high quality ingredients and recipes passed down through generations.
We offer a taste of Europe in the heart of London. Here you can enjoy a cup of coffee in a style that is quintessentially European. We also have a range of pastries and cakes to suit every 8 Opening the coffee shop: Le Ciel Cafe taste and appetite. The owner is a pastry chef and she bakes most of the cakes herself.
The cafe hosts weekly cake-making events for customers and they have a Youtube channel about how to make cakes that has been translated into different languages. Our bakery is famous for its cakes.