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FEELS LIKE HOME
Natalie Deoleo & Emily Stolting
Age: 17 & 16
Unmet need
Guardians are unable to provide healthy,
homemade meals to their families due to sickness
or unexpected emergencies
Solution
Fresh, healthy, home cooked meals
Delivery option
Informed with short notice
Mission
Social Impact
Our mission is to help
disabled, sick, or just
very busy people
who are unable to
provide for their
families by making
healthy, homemade,
fresh meals and
deliver it to them.
We will relieve the
stress of families and
parents by taking care
of their chore of
cooking healthy,
homemade meals.
What is “Feels Like Home”?
Homemade meals
Delivery
Nutrition
Culture
Affordable
Stress free
Business Model
Definition of One Unit
Description of Expenses
One Lasagna Dinner
Economics of One Unit
Selling Price
Cost of var. materials exp.
Cost of labor
Other variable costs
Total COGS/ COSS
Contribution Margin
$40.00
$11.62
$4.13
$4.39
$20.14
$19.86
Monthly Break Even Units
$112.12
=
$40.00
2.8
≈
3 units
Variable Material
Expenses
Total: $11.62
Ingredients
$8.73
Salad
$2.50
packaging
$0.39
Fixed Expenses
Total: $112.12
Insurance
$37.00
Advertising
$3.00
Depreciation
$52.12
Rent & Utilities
$20.00
Market Analysis
Market Statistics
Industry Name:
Catering Services
Annual Industry Sales:
Description of Target Consumer
Demographics
Parents who are busy, sick,
or disabled and can’t
provide healthy meals for
their families
Psychographics
Stressed parents who need
their families to eat healthy
home cooked meals because
they're unable
Geographics
Hartford County, Connecticut
$8 Billion
Target Market Size
Total Population
894,017
Target Market
Population
Buying Patterns
People who will buy meals
for their families daily or
weekly
2,731
Market Size
(based on
survey)
28
Promotions and Sales
Pediatrician offices
Business cards
Hospitals
Newspaper ads
Word of mouth
Social media
Competition
Feels Like Home
Dine Wise
Magic Kitchen
Quality
Homemade, fresh, & Healthy pre cooked
healthy – feeds four frozen meals –
feeds one
Chef prepared
meals with no
preservation
Location
Local & can deliver
fresh
Has to be shipped
Price
Reasonable- one
Expensive- meal
meal that feeds four feeds one for
for $40.00
$11.79
Has to be shipped
Inexpensive- meal
feeds twelve for
$47.99
Your Competitive Advantages
1.Quality- homemade, fresh, well-rounded healthy meal
2.Location- local and can deliver fresh
3.Reasonable- worth the money because it’s a well rounded meal to feed your family
Qualifications
We will have a permit to cook in our homes
We will be licensed and have a car
One of us is fluent in Spanish
We have taken a Marketing and Entrepreneurship
class
Sales Projections
Total Units
224
Gross Revenue
$8,960
Net Profit
$1,262
Units Sold
60
50
40
30
Units Sold
20
10
0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
Start-up Funds
Item
Phone/Computer
ServSafe Certification
Ingredients
Oven
Business car
Why Needed
Cost
Contact with customers & ordering
Already own
process
Culinary school
$170.00
To make the meals
$8.73
To bake the food
Already own
To deliver food
Already own
Total Startup Expenditures
$178.73
Emergency Fund
Reserve for Fixed Expenses
$1,000.00
$652.98
Total Startup Investment
$1,831.71
ROI: Return on Investment
$1,262
$1,831.71
=
69%
≈
$.69
ROS: Return on Sales
$1,262
$2,830
=
45%
≈
$.45
Future Plans
We plan to have a website that people can order
off of
Deliver and have business in more than just Hartford
County in about 2-3 years
Home is where the heart is
Thank you for your consideration
Feels Like Home
FeelsLikeHomeCatering.webs