Setting the Table for Food Business Series: Food Is the Product for Sale

Setting The Table For Food Business Series Part 1 Food Is The Product For Sale

What’s Unique About Business Planning For Food Business?

Seeing business planning as a process (rather than an overwhelming project) helps articulate concept, organize the work, and connect to the resources to build a strong foundation.

Busting the myth that food business is necessarily risky, this class focuses on what is different: rules and regs, key financial metrics and operational realities.

Topics covered:

Common challenges

Business planning as a process

Articulating concept

Flexibility and resilience

Resources and tools

Common reasons food businesses fail

Self-assessment for food entrepreneurship

Filling in gaps: partners, pros, advisors