First, many business creators wonder why to make a business plan, and restaurateurs are no exception. There are several reasons, but the main ones are 1. to clarify your ideas; 2. to convince or reassure your potential financial partners. So, consider that this step is not an option in developing your plan to open or take over a restaurant. The steps to carry out your Business plan are the usual steps. Still, the specificity of this sector requires you to pay particular attention to certain points to avoid encountering difficulties.

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Keep this in mind. However, that location is one of the key success factors for your project. Depending on the marketing positioning of your restaurant and the customers you are targeting. Which catchment area in your sector has the most potential? The environment and the atmosphere are important but also think about the reception capacity and all the elements that can intervene in your ability to quickly make the business profitable. Such as (purchasing power of the customers, number of services, possible opening in the evening, etc.). The choice of location naturally considers the presence (or absence) of direct or indirect competition.

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The 2nd very important point to study closely concerns human resources. The quality of your customer service depends on effective recruiting: you can have a very good location for your restaurant and not recruit customers or lose them because your service is not of good quality or is not appropriate for the clientele you are targeting. So take care of this part of your business plan by specifying your customers' expectations. Like (speed of service, quality of dishes, culinary research, diversity, traceability of raw materials, etc.) and presenting how the match is made between the concept and the request. This customer needs analysis is also based on market research (or field surveys).

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Two main indicators (these are not the only ones) must appear clearly in your Business plan. The material cost is equal to the ratio between the monthly consumption of materials and the monthly turnover excluding tax. On average, this ratio should be around 30%. The hourly productivity rate is calculated by dividing the turnover before tax by the number of hours worked. You can monitor this ratio using a graph to visualize its evolution from month to month and be alerted immediately when you notice significant deviations. So as not to forget anything during the design of your MYMEMORY WARNING: YOU USED ALL AVAILABLE FREE TRANSLATIONS FOR TODAY. NEXT AVAILABLE IN 21 HOURS 15 MINUTES 54 SECONDS VISIT HTTPS://MYMEMORY.TRANSLATED.NET/DOC/USAGELIMITS.PHP TO TRANSLATE MOREMYMEMORY WARNING: YOU USED ALL AVAILABLE FREE TRANSLATIONS FOR TODAY. NEXT AVAILABLE IN 21 HOURS 15 MINUTES 53 SECONDS VISIT HTTPS://MYMEMORY.TRANSLATED.NET/DOC/USAGELIMITS.PHP TO TRANSLATE MORE MYMEMORY WARNING: YOU USED ALL AVAILABLE FREE TRANSLATIONS FOR TODAY. NEXT AVAILABLE IN 23 HOURS 33 MINUTES 41 SECONDS VISIT HTTPS://MYMEMORY.TRANSLATED.NET/DOC/USAGELIMITS.PHP TO TRANSLATE MORE MYMEMORY WARNING: YOU USED ALL AVAILABLE FREE TRANSLATIONS FOR TODAY. NEXT AVAILABLE IN 21 HOURS 15 MINUTES 52 SECONDS VISIT HTTPS://MYMEMORY.TRANSLATED.NET/DOC/USAGELIMITS.PHP TO TRANSLATE MORE