1-Day Financial Skills Workshop for Café Owners | Boost Your Café's Profitability

Learn the numbers behind a profitable café.

Running a café isn’t just about great coffee — it’s about running a profitable business.
This full-day workshop gives café owners – new and experienced - the practical financial skills and tools needed to plan, operate, buy or sell a café with confidence. Whether you're a new operator, a seasoned owner looking to improve profitability, or considering buying or selling a café, this workshop will provide you with the financial skills to make informed decisions.

Why This Workshop Matters

Cafés operate on very tight margins. A slight change in wages, rent, COGS, efficiency or pricing can make the difference between a thriving business and a struggling one.

This workshop teaches you how to understand, analyse, and manage your financials so you can run a profitable café — not just a busy one.

What You’ll Learn

PART 1 — Planning Your Café

Is your concept financially viable? And how much money will you need?

You’ll learn how to build:

• A pro forma income statement
• A realistic operational budget
• Revenue, COGS, fixed and other variable cost estimates
• Break-even calculations
• Profit forecasts (EBITDA, EBIT, Net Profit)
• A capital budget for opening a café

You’ll walk away knowing how to budget for your café and what your café must earn — per day and per week — to make a profit.

PART 2 — Running a Profitable Café

Optimise your numbers, improve your margins, and increase profit.

Once your café is open, the goal is to keep it profitable — consistently.

You’ll learn how to calculate and improve:

• Profitability ratios
• COGS ratios
• Labour efficiency
• Overheads and operating metrics
• Liquidity and cash flow
• Industry benchmark comparisons

Plus: the actions that improve each ratio.

PART 3 — Buying or Selling a Café

Understand café valuation methods.

If you’re thinking about buying or selling, you’ll learn the key valuation methods:

• Multiples method
• Future Maintainable Earnings (FME)
• Asset-based valuation
• What buyers look for
• How sellers can maximise value

Who This Workshop Is For

✔ New Café Owners
✔ Existing Café Owners
✔ Café Buyers & Sellers
✔ Hospitality Managers stepping into ownership
✔ Coffee professionals considering opening a café

What’s Included

• Full-day workshop 
• Break-even calculator
• Pro forma income statement template
• KPI tracking sheet
• Café valuation benchmarks
• Coffee + light refreshments

Format & Location

Location: 1 Belrose Avenue, Cheltenham VIC 3192

Duration: 9 am to 3 pm

Small group format, practical examples and group exercises ensure you get personalised support and hands-on learning.

Investment

$550 per person
Group discounts are available for multiple attendees from the same café.

About Your Instructor — Tina Wendel

Tina is the founder of 23 Degrees Coffee Roasters and Clued Business Coaching, and brings 20+ years of experience in corporate finance, operations, management consulting, digital strategy and small business ownership.
She specialises in turning complex financial concepts into simple, practical tools for café owners.

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