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How to allocate the start-up funds for opening a coffee shop? Open a coffee shop to make money?

Published: 2025-08-21 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2025/08/21, Professional coffee knowledge exchange more coffee bean information please follow the coffee workshop (Wechat official account cafe_style) from the start-up three steps. The first stage is mainly creative and design costs, the amount of money spent has nothing to do with good or bad, it is difficult to judge with numbers; the second stage is the easiest to calculate, mainly for hardware equipment, control is good or bad to determine the cost

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In terms of the three steps of starting a business.

The first stage is based on creativity and design costs. the amount of money spent has nothing to do with whether it is good or not, so it is difficult to judge by numbers.

The second stage is the easiest to calculate, and the main cost is hardware equipment. The quality of control determines the cost, such as improper construction, wrong design and wrong equipment.

The third stage is mostly for marketing publicity expenses, if the marketing strategy and promotion methods are correct, the profit will be greater than the cost.

Estimate turnover based on rent

Many people who want to open a shop have the same problem. How much does it cost to open a cafe? It can usually be calculated in the following ways.

Suppose you rent a storefront, the rent is 50000 yuan per month, the rent can not be higher than 20% of the turnover, preferably about 10%.

The turnover is calculated by dividing the monthly rent by 20%, which means that the monthly turnover must reach at least 250000 yuan.

The turnover is calculated by dividing the monthly rent by 10%, 50000 / 10% 500, 000 yuan per month, that is, the monthly turnover must reach at least 500000 yuan.

In the cost structure, depreciation amortization cannot exceed 10% of turnover, preferably 5%, and the monthly depreciation amount is:

250000 × 10% 25000 yuan / month

500000 × 5% RMB 25000 / month

This method of calculation is for reference only, and different data should be used for calculation in different situations. If the lease term is 3 years (36 months) or 5 years (60) months, the investment is 25000 yuan × 36 = 900000 yuan or 25000 yuan × 60 = 1.5 million yuan respectively.

Judge whether the turnover is reasonable or not

Is the turnover of 250000 yuan and 500000 yuan reasonable? It can be calculated according to the following formula: turnover = average consumption per person x number of seats x full coefficient x turntable × days

If the average consumption per person is 150 yuan, then the turnover is 150 × 42 × 0.7 × 2 × 28 × 246960 yuan.

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In the above calculation, the number of seats is 42 and the full coefficient is 0. 7, the number of turntables is 2, the number of business days per month is 28, it is calculated that the turnover is 246960 yuan, will do 250000 yuan, when doing business, this goal must be achieved.

The number of 2 turntables refers to the opening hours from 11:00 to 21:00, one round at noon, one round of tea and dinner.

The full coefficient refers to the general table with 2 chairs or 4 chairs, and one guest occupies a table with 2 seats, or a table with 4 seats for 2 people. when the chairs in the restaurant reach 70%, it can be said to be full. so the full coefficient is 0.7.

When the turnover fails to reach the predetermined target, the depreciation amortization time will be extended, other costs (such as materials, sales expenses) will be squeezed, and the competitiveness of the store will be weakened.

The key to how much it costs

Based on the above two projections, the key factors affecting the cost of opening a coffee shop are:

Rent and percentage of turnover

Lease term

Depreciation amortization percentage

Target of average consumption per person, number of seats, number of turntables and turnover

Determination of the remaining salvage value after the expiration of the lease (transfer, auction or zeroing)

Allocation of funds

Rent. It is better to be less than 20% of the turnover, otherwise the rent is too high and the turnover cannot be increased, the rent is bound to be a heavy burden and may cause losses. However, the rent of a good location must be high, as long as the evaluation is correct, it is still necessary to invest boldly, because the flow of people will lead to the flow of money, and it will be more successful.

Employee salary. Generally speaking, this is the biggest investment and burden for each store, and it is often the most impossible to save expenses. It usually accounts for 30% and 50% of the turnover, unless most of the work depends on themselves or relatives to help reduce the recruitment of staff or the turnover is large enough. It is possible to reduce, otherwise it is the most important expenditure.

purchasing cost. The proportion of food and beverages varies from restaurant to restaurant. Of course, the cost of food is higher, accounting for about 20%, 30%, while the cost of beverage is low, accounting for about 5%, 10%. This part depends on the attention of operators, how to choose and buy good products with good quality and low price.

Taxes. About 5%.

Miscellaneous expenses. Including adding new utensils and materials, damaged and updated, newspapers and magazines, music tapes, food and beverage supplies, etc., the daily cost is about 5% and 10%.

Water and electricity bills. There will be differences between height and height due to summer and autumn and winter, especially the high cost of air conditioning electricity, which needs to be saved by operators using intelligent methods, selecting highly efficient machines and paying attention to temperature regulation, accounting for about 5% and 10%.

If you just want to open an ideal cafe without financial constraints, you don't have to be careful when spending money.

Most people open stores are rented, and whether the lease is signed correctly or not is related to the success or failure of business in the future, so people who want to open a store must pay attention to the contents of the lease. The boss should handle and understand the financial affairs personally. If he doesn't even know whether the store is short of money or whether he is making money, it is very dangerous. Usually, the problems in the operation of a store are mostly caused by poor financial management, and some problems can be found in the financial statements sooner or later and dealt with in time.

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