Cafe Business Planning for Success

Transform your concept into a thriving cafe startup. HospoSure is revolutionising the way cafes are planned across Australia. Whether you're just starting out or an established operator aiming to optimise, HospoSure provides effective and accurate guidance taking you from concept to a profitable, sustainable, and successful cafe operation. Export your perfected cafe business plan to be POS ready.

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Model your Cafe Business with HospoSure

The hospitality industry faces significant challenges, with high rates of cafe closures. At HospoSure, we tackle these challenges head-on. We offer effective and accessible solutions for Australian hospitality entrepreneurs.

What You'll Learn:

  • Cafe Business Plan Development: Create a solid business model tailored for the cafe industry, offering insights unmatched by any other cafe business plan on the market.
  • Menu Development: Develop a cafe menu with detailed financial insights to measure sustainability and gain control over your operations.
  • Financial Projections: Understand your cafe's financial performance, including overheads, labour, and cost of goods sold (COGS), and see how these factors can determine your profitability.
Modelling Process

Simple, Effective, and Quick

Working with HospoSure is as easy as 1-2-3. Start with your projections for overheads, supplier costs, and payroll before building out your detailed menu and sales forecasts.

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1. Model the Basics

Use the Cafe Modelling area to draft your initial financial estimates, including overheads, supplier costs, payroll, and operational details. Check the Dashboard to assess how well your initial projections align.

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2. Craft your Recipes

Build out your detailed recipes in the Menu Building area, using templates to complete your operational model. This gives you a clear understanding of how ingredient costs and preparation impact your profit margins.

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3. Fine Tune for Sustainability

The Dashboard consolidates your operational and menu data, factoring in labour, overheads, and cost of goods to show how your cafe will operate. With alerts if figures are unrealistic or outside sustainable margins, the Dashboard provides you a clear path to a viable cafe model.

Step 1: High-Level Business Modelling

Record your expected high level business costs across overheads, suppliers, and payroll.

Simple record entry
  • Easily record your business cost details into each section.

  • Make use of HospoSure templates to speed up data entry.

  • Add, change, and delete entries at any time.

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Track Your Progress

Easily check on your progress as you model your cafe and build your menu.

Move forward step by step
  • Automatically updates to your level of progression through the cafe modelling and menu building process.

  • Switch to your operating status, either planning to open or open for business.

  • Quickly model the basics or build out your whole menu to refine your planning.

Step 2: Detailed Recipe Analysis

Dive into every recipe with detailed menu analysis, factoring in recipe ingredients with sales quantities, portioning and pricing as well as both prep and service timing, to provide a precise revenue analysis for each recipe.

Revenue Snapshot
  • Immediately see the projected recipe revenue alongside the ingredients, labour, and overheads costs.

  • Easily add, remove, or adjust ingredients to each recipe as well as expected prep and service times.

  • Identify the net profit for each recipe.

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HospoSure Data Exchange
Third Party Integration

Ready to load your POS system or work with other solutions? You can easily download your data at any time and take it with you.

Seamless Data Exchange
  • Export all your data to a standard JSON formatted file, ready for POS import.

  • Make use of HospoSure's negotiated discounts with industry leaders for the best deals.

  • We'll recommend trusted technical and POS providers best suited to your cafe's needs.

Step 3: Dashboard Your Metrics

Review profit margins, key metrics, and revenue/cost split on the Dashboard.

Full Financials Snapshot
  • Compare your initial revenue and supplier cost projections against your detailed menu analysis.

  • Receive alerts if your numbers are straying outside of cafe industry norms.

  • Get a firm grip on your finances to make informed decisions for your cafe's success.

Net Profit

+ $784

4.6% vs last month


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Key Features

Just what you need for Cafe Startups & Operators

HospoSure provides a clear roadmap to ensure your cafe's success by reducing the risks of your venture and guiding you step-by-step towards profitability.

Cafe Modelling

Model your cafe with financial estimates of overheads, supplier costs, payroll, and operations. This process is perfect for those learning how to start a cafe business, providing a solid foundation.

Menu Building

Craft your recipes and immediately analyse the financial impact. Extend your model by building out your menu with our detailed recipes and insights. This step is integral to developing a business plan for a cafe that ensures long-term sustainability and profitability.

Dashboard Insights

The Dashboard provides a clear projection of your cafe's financial health. It shows estimated profit margins, tracks key performance metrics, and breaks down projected revenue and costs. Understand potential financial outcomes and identify areas for improvement to ensure profitability.

Mentorship & Expert Guidance

Benefit from on-demand hospitality coaching and mentorship with our built-in Coaching Notes, providing step-by-step instructions and expert tips. Book mentorship sessions for personalised advice to ensure your cafe achieves its full potential.

Partnering with Industry Leaders

HospoSure collaborates with respected national and global services to bring you the best solutions.

Explore the Free Demo

The cafe industry is highly competitive, and you need to be clued up to survive. Don't become another statistic. Explore the free demo today to see how HospoSure will help your cafe thrive.

Expert Guidance

Friends in High Places

We are working closely to build relationships and align with the services you use and respect, on both national and global levels, ensuring we bring you the best available solutions.

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Committed to Top Quality Results

  • Created by hospitality mentors, chefs, and cafe experts.

  • Comprehensive built-in Coaching Notes and helpful tips for easy adoption.

  • Book mentorship sessions for personalised advice to ensure your cafe achieves its full potential.

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Pricing

Simple and Flexible Subscription Options

Create a demo account to explore, then subscribe to create your own venue.

3 Months
$ 299 / 3 months

Equivalent to $99.67 per month

6 Months
Save 16.56%
$ 499 / 6 months

Equivalent to $83.17 per month

12 Months
Save 24.83%
$ 899 / 12 months

Equivalent to $74.92 per month

The above prices are inclusive of Australian tax (GST) where applicable.

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If you are a startup and HospoSure did not provide added insight into the finances of running a cafe sustainably, contact us for a full refund.

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