Marketing Plan
Marketing Plan
Sunrise Café
Tools
4 P's will be used (Product, Price, Place & Promotion)
Environment
Demographic,economic,technological, ecological, political, legal, and socio-
cultural conditions will be considered.
Things that the organizers and attendees must do right before the seminar begins.
Checklist
Back-up Plan
1. Research the coffee business.
2. Define Vision
3. Business Plan
4. Find the best suppliers
5. Source commercial equipment
6. Design café and give it character
7. Create a menu to complement your café
Backup Computer
In this computer the files and power point presentation is saved and ready
to be presented.
Separate Networks
This network will serve as the back-up when the other network is not
working.
Ice Breakers
1. One-minute introduction. Short introductions are a good way to take the
pressure off people when getting to know one another and set
expectations.
2. Define ways of working together.
3. Share your workspace.
4. Show and tell
IV. Marketing Objectives and Performance
A. Marketing Objectives Marketing and Product Objectives
Within the first five years of being open, we are planning for expansion in
products, brand awareness, and profit. We have decided on 8 key
objectives that we feel are specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and
timely (SMART) for our business. Each goal is set to be completed within a
certain time frame, but they will all be hopefully be completed within a two
to five year range of the business being open.
Key Objectives:
➔ By year 2 have developed enough brand awareness that 20 percent of
Charlottetown knows about the business.
➔ By year 2 Expand menu options
➔ By year 3 breakeven.
➔ By year 3 Become licenced to serve alcohol, and start to serve local craft
beer
➔ By year 3 begin to target more niche markets, such as artists
➔ By year 5 occupy 20% of the industry’s market share.
➔ By year 5 have yearly sales of approximately $1,000,000.
➔ By year 5 have a profit margin of four percent. Moving forward these 8
key objectives should guide us towards running a successful and profitable
business. This vision will hopefully keep us on the right path, and keep us in
line with our marketing and overall business plan.
B. Performance
Before opening a cafe we consider the pros and cons so that we will be
ready in whatever crisis happens.
V. Challenges
One of the challenges is our cafe is not the only cafe in our town some
might not choose our cafe and it may lead to financial loss.
VI. Competitor Analysis
Cafe and Milktea Houses are all around Lucban, Quezon. Despite having
low prices they still go to their favorite place and to resolve that we will be
serving with passion in order to attain our goals.
VII. Pre-webinar
SWOT Analysis
STRENGTHS
1. High Service Culture
Although the coffee shop is a quick turned around small business. But its
target market and customers require high-quality service like a clean place,
washed cups, good sitting arrangements, nice seats, and clean waiters and
staff. It’s because all of these little things give the impression of a healthy
environment.
2. Continuous Sale
Coffee is such a small item that people can make it at home. But they would
like to go out with friends to have coffee at some outdoor place. That’s why
customers keep coming and going throughout the day, whenever they get
time.
3. Quick & Motivated Staff
The work routine is so simple that the staff knows the steps they have to
perform over and over again. Since a variety of customers keep on coming
and going all the time, all these things make the staff motivated. They know
that they have to be quick to serve their customers.
4. Team Work
Running a coffee shop business isn’t the job of one person. The number of
members in a team varies on the size of the business. If it’s a small shop,
then there’ll be 2 or 3 people. If the shop is big, then there’ll be more
people. When these people work together towards the common goal,
productivity multiplies.
5. Clear Work Values
Everyone in the coffee shop business knows the whole functionality of the
business. They know that their work values are to serve the customer with
better quality and a smiling face.
6. Direct Relationship with Customers
Customers physically come to the shop to have coffee. Therefore, it’s a
great opportunity for the owner of the staff to connect with the customers
and make him/her a regular client.
WEAKNESSES
1. Less Market Data
When you’re launching a coffee shop business in a new market, then you
need data to check the statistics. It’s very difficult to collect the market
data, especially in this niche.
2. Manual System
If you want the quality product and service, you have to do things manually.
When we talk about manual processes, it’s good but time-consuming and
costly.
3. Difficult to Estimate Capital & Profit
Profit in the coffee shop business comes in the form of bits and pieces.
Therefore, you have to be very vigilant in accounting and math. Only then
you would be able to keep your accounting books in order.
OPPORTUNITIES
1. Developing a Direct Relationship with Customers
The good thing coffee shop business is that it provides you an opportunity
to establish a direct relationship with customers faces to face.
2. Innovation & New Techniques
Since you have to do things manually, therefore, you should keep on trying
innovative techniques to increase the performance of your business. It
could in the form of a new product’s taste, different seating arrangements,
changing work routines, etc.
TREATHS
1. Difficult to Maintain Cash Flow
It’s difficult to maintain the same cash flow every day in the coffee shop
business. It’s because of several reasons like weekends, holidays, strikes,
protests, pandemic, etc. If customers keep visiting your shop for coffee, it’s
good business. But every day isn’t the same day in this line of work.
2. Low Profit Margin
As we have discussed earlier that profits come in the form of bits and
pieces, and out of which you’ve to cover a list of expenses. You can have
your share of profit after that.
3. Price Sensitive Market
Coffee is such a product that you can’t raise the price at a certain limit. If
you do that, people would stop coming to your shop for coffee at being too
expensive. Soon you’ll run out of business.
4. Costly Supplier
Suppliers know that your business completely relies on their support. It
gives them an upper hand, and they raise the prices of daily supplies
whenever they want.
Conclusion
After a detailed swot analysis of a coffee shop business, we have concluded
that it’s good and it can run well in the volatile market. If the owner of the
coffee shop is smart and knows how to capitalize on strengths and take
advantage of the opportunities. Then it’s good. But threats are also real,
you should have a plan to overcome threats.