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Forget the Business Plan: Use the Faster and More Flexible Business Canvas
Forget the Business Plan: Use the Faster and More Flexible Business Canvas

This light weight, one-page template for documenting your business model is a great starting point for new business ideas.

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Starting up2ForksJuly 13, 20202forksCatering, business plan, business model, business canvasComment
Cooking Up a Profit and Loss Forecast (in 5 Easy Steps)
Cooking Up a Profit and Loss Forecast (in 5 Easy Steps)

Use this template to create your P&L forecast. Step by step instructions for anyone, even if you've never used a spreadsheet before.

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Starting up2ForksJuly 13, 20202forksCatering, P&L, Profit and LossComment
The 9 Simple Steps to Create Your Menu
The 9 Simple Steps to Create Your Menu

Put together a professional looking menu to share with your customers, all online, all for free.

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Starting up2ForksJuly 8, 20202forksCatering, menu development Comment
Starting a Food Business: A Simple Guide
Starting a Food Business: A Simple Guide

Focus on your customers first, verify the financials make sense, and then build a lightweight business plan. Do not invest in space or equipment, yet.

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Starting up2ForksJune 25, 20202forksCatering, recipes, ingredients Comment
Rapid Dish Development: The 7 Steps to Quickly Develop New Menus
Rapid Dish Development: The 7 Steps to Quickly Develop New Menus

Keep customers happy with variety, stay ahead of the competition, and keep costs under control.

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Story of 2Forks2ForksJune 24, 2020menu development Comment
Organizing the Chaos - How we Reduced our Planning Time by 80%
Organizing the Chaos - How we Reduced our Planning Time by 80%

We converted our weekly planning meeting into an automated printout from our software. 80% was done, and we could focus on dealing with the other 20%.

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Story of 2Forks2ForksJune 23, 2020Planning, Sous Chef Comment
Automated Shopping Lists: Our Kitchen's Biggest Time Saver
Automated Shopping Lists: Our Kitchen's Biggest Time Saver

Know exactly what to purchase at the click of a button. We saved 20 hour per week and reduced waste to less than 1% with our automated shopping lists.

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Story of 2Forks2ForksJune 18, 2020shopping list, How we did itComment
The Ultimate Recipe Manager: Ingredients, Labor, and Margins
The Ultimate Recipe Manager: Ingredients, Labor, and Margins

How we integrated ingredients, costs, yields, and labor into recipes with true costs. We save a lot of time and a clear picture of dish profitability.

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Story of 2Forks2ForksJune 16, 20202forkscatering, recipes, ingredients, How we did itComment
In The Weeds! The 1 Tool that Helped 2Forks Conquer its Corporate Catering Orders
In The Weeds! The 1 Tool that Helped 2Forks Conquer its Corporate Catering Orders

Putting all our orders in a single place helped make sure we never missed an order, reduced errors, and jump started growth for our catering business.

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Story of 2Forks2ForksJune 10, 20202forksCatering, Orders, PartnersComment
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