View Case StudyRestaurant Opening Programme
Concept study — not client work
F&B Development
Feasibility Study
A financial and market test of a specific concept in a specific location, built on stated assumptions you can argue with.
The business problem
Investment decisions in F&B are usually made on a single optimistic scenario. Knowing which assumptions the outcome hangs on is worth more than the headline number itself.
What we analyze
- Repeatable branch economics
- Demand, location and payback assumptions
- Management depth and transferable standards
- Risks, capacity and investment sequence
01What We Do
The study covers the catchment and its competitive set, a demand estimate built from stated assumptions, the investment required, the operating cost structure, a revenue model by daypart and channel, break-even, and a sensitivity analysis showing which assumptions the result actually depends on.
Every number is traceable to an assumption, and every assumption is labelled as one. Where an input is unknowable, the study says so and models the range rather than choosing a comfortable figure.
02Our Approach
A feasibility study that only produces an encouraging number is worthless. The value is in the sensitivity analysis: knowing which two or three assumptions decide the outcome, and how wrong they can be before the answer changes.
Services
What You Get
- 01Market and catchment analysis
- 02Competitive set review
- 03Demand and revenue model
- 04Investment requirement estimate
- 05Operating cost structure
- 06Break-even analysis
- 07Sensitivity analysis
- 08Assumptions register
- 09Every figure traceable to a stated assumption
- 10A range modelled rather than a single scenario
- 11The decisive assumptions identified explicitly
- 12A document an investor or a bank can review
Our Approach
Our Approach
- 01
Scope
Location, concept and the questions the study must answer.
- 02
Research
Catchment, competitive set and cost inputs gathered.
- 03
Model
Revenue, cost, investment and break-even built.
- 04
Stress-test
Sensitivity run on the assumptions that matter.
Work
Selected Work
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Frequently Asked Questions
Will you tell us not to open?
If the numbers say so, yes. A study that only ever confirms the plan is not a study.
Can this be used to raise finance?
It is written to be reviewed by a third party, with assumptions stated so a lender or investor can test them.
Services
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