A Successful Weekend

It was a long weekend and I needed it. We had an event on Saturday evening and one on Sunday morning (both of which were cash bar) that were very busy. We then loaded the trailer, got some lunch, picked up a few more supplies, and heading to our first hosted event. It was an engagement party that was thrown in a house not to far from ours and it went great. I was a bit concerned about it as I was not sure how we were going to get our 200 pound (or more) cart up 3 steps and into the house. My father in law helped us install ply wood on an ATV trailer ramp which will fold and fit in our trailer. It worked perfectly. We found out that it takes 3 people to get it up there as one needs to hold the equipment but it was not bad at all. We are working on some advertising and marketing plans right now that should help us get out and to the community a bit more. My "to-do" list is not huge for this week but it is as follows: 1. Budgets 2. Financial forecasts/Reporting system's 3. Change Corporate Address 4. Marketing/Advertising Plan 5. Gift Certificate Idea/Approval 6. Pick up Brewer and Aprons 7. Talk with Local Roaster about setting up an account 8. Finalize Insurance Situation You will notice that a few of these things were on last week's list. As it stands now, everything we make is going back into the business. While Jenni and I both working full time, we want to be able to make some sort of small leap in the direction of our breakeven point before having to pay payroll. We have not had any outside calls -- other than for the party we did on Sunday -- yet but still have the Saturday and Sunday gigs which will help. I would like to see that bring in a couple of hundred dollars each weekend. We are about half that right now. I am happy with how things are going so far. I have been trying to get our name listed on the websites that feature different catering companies and party planning guides which is taking quite awhile. I think it will pay off in the end, however. I hope that within a week, we will begin having some calls and interest in having Cafe Evoke Catering come to parties across town. ..be bold Tagged: Cafe Evoke Catering, coffee, bozeman, montana,espresso