aquamoon94
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Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help me out with an Excel problem. I am not sure how the spreadsheet is supposed to look.
Scenario
A client is planning to open a restaurant and is trying to choose a location. There are 3 possibilities – Chester, Manchester and Liverpool. It is expected to start trading at the beginning of 2015, and needs to plan for 3 years. The business will start with a loan of £50,000 and cash on hand of £20,000, but these figures may change.Scenario
A client is planning to open a restaurant and is trying to choose a location. There are 3 possibilities – Chester, Manchester and Liverpool. It is expected to start trading at the beginning of 2015, and needs to plan for 3 years. The business will start with a loan of £50,000 and cash on hand of £20,000, but these figures may change.
The 3 locations have slightly different market potential at present and different growth rates.
Market Potential – it is expected that the restaurant will pick up 12% of the population. The population predictions are as follows:
[TABLE="width: 366"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Location[/TD]
[TD]2015[/TD]
[TD]2016[/TD]
[TD]2017[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Chester[/TD]
[TD]125,500[/TD]
[TD]128,750[/TD]
[TD]131,750[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Manchester[/TD]
[TD]110,000[/TD]
[TD]116,500[/TD]
[TD]119,750[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Liverpool[/TD]
[TD]110,000[/TD]
[TD]112,250[/TD]
[TD]118,850[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
Labour costs - the locations have different labour characteristics so it is expected that rates will rise by different percentages.
[TABLE="width: 365"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Location[/TD]
[TD]Current[/TD]
[TD]2015[/TD]
[TD]2016[/TD]
[TD]2017[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Chester[/TD]
[TD]£16,000[/TD]
[TD] 2%[/TD]
[TD] 3%[/TD]
[TD] 4%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Manchester[/TD]
[TD]£15,500[/TD]
[TD] 1% [/TD]
[TD] 2%[/TD]
[TD] 2%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Liverpool[/TD]
[TD]£12,000[/TD]
[TD]3%[/TD]
[TD] 1%[/TD]
[TD] 1%[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
Other factors that influence the financial status of the restaurant do not vary between locations:
<tbody>
</tbody>
For every 4,500 meals the restaurant needs 2 staff. To maintain quality of service there will not be part-time staff nor overtime.
So, for example, if the restaurant sells 14,333 meals it will need 8 staff (6 staff have a capacity of 13,500 meals, 8 have a capacity of 18,000 meals)
For each year you will need to calculate the operating surplus:
Revenue from meals (= number of meals x selling price per meal)
less ingredient costs (= number of meals x ingredient cost per meal)
less wage costs (= number of staff x wage rate)
less fixed costs
I was wondering if anyone could give me a few pointers on how to do the calculations and how the spreadsheet is supposed to look like.
Scenario
A client is planning to open a restaurant and is trying to choose a location. There are 3 possibilities – Chester, Manchester and Liverpool. It is expected to start trading at the beginning of 2015, and needs to plan for 3 years. The business will start with a loan of £50,000 and cash on hand of £20,000, but these figures may change.Scenario
A client is planning to open a restaurant and is trying to choose a location. There are 3 possibilities – Chester, Manchester and Liverpool. It is expected to start trading at the beginning of 2015, and needs to plan for 3 years. The business will start with a loan of £50,000 and cash on hand of £20,000, but these figures may change.
The 3 locations have slightly different market potential at present and different growth rates.
Market Potential – it is expected that the restaurant will pick up 12% of the population. The population predictions are as follows:
[TABLE="width: 366"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Location[/TD]
[TD]2015[/TD]
[TD]2016[/TD]
[TD]2017[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Chester[/TD]
[TD]125,500[/TD]
[TD]128,750[/TD]
[TD]131,750[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Manchester[/TD]
[TD]110,000[/TD]
[TD]116,500[/TD]
[TD]119,750[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Liverpool[/TD]
[TD]110,000[/TD]
[TD]112,250[/TD]
[TD]118,850[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
Labour costs - the locations have different labour characteristics so it is expected that rates will rise by different percentages.
[TABLE="width: 365"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Location[/TD]
[TD]Current[/TD]
[TD]2015[/TD]
[TD]2016[/TD]
[TD]2017[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Chester[/TD]
[TD]£16,000[/TD]
[TD] 2%[/TD]
[TD] 3%[/TD]
[TD] 4%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Manchester[/TD]
[TD]£15,500[/TD]
[TD] 1% [/TD]
[TD] 2%[/TD]
[TD] 2%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Liverpool[/TD]
[TD]£12,000[/TD]
[TD]3%[/TD]
[TD] 1%[/TD]
[TD] 1%[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
Other factors that influence the financial status of the restaurant do not vary between locations:
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
Average selling price per meal | £12.00 | £12.50 | £13.00 |
Average ingredient cost per meal | £5.00 | £5.50 | £6.00 |
Fixed Costs | £12,000 | £13,000 | £14,000 |
Tax Rate | 3% | 4% | 5% |
Interest Rate | 1% | 1% | 1% |
<tbody>
</tbody>
For every 4,500 meals the restaurant needs 2 staff. To maintain quality of service there will not be part-time staff nor overtime.
So, for example, if the restaurant sells 14,333 meals it will need 8 staff (6 staff have a capacity of 13,500 meals, 8 have a capacity of 18,000 meals)
For each year you will need to calculate the operating surplus:
Revenue from meals (= number of meals x selling price per meal)
less ingredient costs (= number of meals x ingredient cost per meal)
less wage costs (= number of staff x wage rate)
less fixed costs
I was wondering if anyone could give me a few pointers on how to do the calculations and how the spreadsheet is supposed to look like.