Soup of the Day
Soup of the Day dwells into the realm of social problems of which initiatives and solutions is anchored on Social Entrepreneurship
Soup of the Day aims to help community based livelihood from assessing resources up to market linkages and providing business professional services needed to ensure sustainability and profitability.
The kiosk operation is only a symbol depicting a cycle, inter looping stakeholders and making them care for one another through knowing a simple thought of helpfulness can bring a lot of positive changes.
The SOUP for your body and soul.
Facts
2008
| Two years ago: | |
| Last year: | 15,000 |
| This year (forecast): | 15,000 |
| Year 2 (forecast): | 90,000 |
| Year 3 (forecast): | 157,500 |
| Two years ago: | 0 |
| Last year: | 0 |
| This year (forecast): | 4,875 |
| Year 2 (forecast): | 29,250 |
| Year 3 (forecast): | 51,188 |
| Two years ago: | |
| Last year: | 6 |
| This year (forecast): | 10 |
| Year 2 (forecast): | 15 |
| Year 3 (forecast): | 15 |
Finance needed
| Finance needed for fixed assets (buying of machines, buildings, ...) | 10,000 |
| Finance needed for working capital (salaries, stock, rental, leasing, transport, ...) | 15,000 |
| Total finance needed (US$) | 25,000 |
How do you expect this to be financed? Please note: the total amount mentioned here should be equal to the total finance needed at the previous question.
| Own Contribution in cash | 5,000 |
| Loans (debt) | 10,000 |
| Share capital that you seek from investors (equity) | 5,000 |
| Other sources | 5,000 |
| Total finance needed (US$) | 25,000 |
The Business
FOOD PRODUCTS
Soup
Rice Toppings
Pasta
Beverages (made out of natural ingredients such as herbs and fruits)
Bread
Desserts
All Products will use the harvest in season, produced by Community based livelihood initiatives for the Indigenous Peoples of Bukidnon, Balingasag and Misamis Oriental.
SERVICES
Project Management/Implementation of a community based livelihood, from viability assessment to market linkages and entrepreneurship assistance.
The need for the safe food and right nutrition our body needs to keep us healthy, at an affordable price, accessible nationwide, and being able to help the needy as they nourish themselves.
A few basic products is to be supplied by the Soup of the Day Kiosk Operation. Other products to be developed by the partners depending on the seasonality and availability or what can be grown in their locality. The products will be approved and royalty is due to the partner community based livelihood, in this case for the kiosk operation Joint Venture with the community, if it will be sold in other kiosk operation in the country.
For a pilot Joint Venture with a school in Mindanao to hone a new breed of Entrepreneurs, the products are to be sold in Schools having its students the target market through a kiosk operation. In its four campuses, four kiosk will be operated.
The students will go through all phases of the business under the supervision of Soup of the Day as they immerse themselves with the source of their ingredients, another marketing strategy angle.
For a pilot Joint Venture with a school in Mindanao to hone a new breed of Entrepreneurs, the products are to be sold in Schools having its students the target market through a kiosk operation. In its four campuses, four kiosk will be operated.
The main campus has 10,000 students and there are other three campuses.
Plus the market other than students, which will be catered by Soup of the Day, particularly in Cagayan de Oro City.
Competitors are the employee cooperative of the School who operates at the canteens. There are also other food kiosks operation.
The usual food available elsewhere does not give attention to safety and nutritional value of the food being sold. SOD Joint Venture with the Student Entrepreneur will do nutrition analysis.
Our product will use the harvest of a community based livelihood creating a steady market for the IPs as it addresses the health and nutrition requirement of the student.
It looped all stakeholders to one simple business cycle, taking care of one another to ensure sustainability and profitability while services of business professional is just an arm length.
This business is to be rolled out in other community based livelihood across the country
The growth is ensured through collaboration with other support group and networks other than operating the kiosk professionally.
The Entrepreneur & Management
Business is run on a Social Entrepreneurship Model, with advocacy partnered with technical know how and professional individuals taking part in the operation.
Management of SOD deals with the Social Outreach Body of the School and the Joint Venture becomes the Student Entrepreneurship Program. The Board will be created for this Joint Venture coming from Soup of the Day, the School and the Student Council.
Soup of the Day was conceptualized and put in operation that it has been tested and still improving its system but is open to partnership to realize its vision. Group of Professionals are involve and available when the service is needed.
We have all the resources, technical know how and experiences to make this project a success. We are all Social Entrepreneurs and we work only with business initiatives if it is community based.
For the first four months of the project, my entire full time is needed since I am the key person in charge. first two months 108 hrs ; next two months 264 hrs; next 8 mos 176 hrs, then another cycle.
Development
First, it creates sustainable organic farming livelihood of the Indigeneous Peoples community as it creates jobs and business for them.
The students on the otherhand, learn social entrepreneurship addressing the major social problems in their community and environment while at the same time earning money as they enjoy the food.
In deed Soup of the Day is simply a medium, drawing out from the stakeholders the change that needs to be achieved