As a QAST member, you have access to a range of financial tools and resources designed to support you in running a healthy...
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Finance Resources
Good financial management is key to a successful tuckshop. Whether your goals are to simply cover costs, offer a service for students or to make a profit for the school community, you need to have your finances in check.
Key areas of financial management include controlling staff levels, monitoring cost of incoming goods and maintaining a suitable average mark-up.
For an in depth review of your entire operation, you can organise a site visit by booking a Tuckshop Tuneup.
Or, to get started, check out the below resources to support you in the good financial management of your tuckshop.
Finance Resources
School tuckshops are small food businesses, and as such must implement best practice financial management to be viable....
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Recipe costing is the process of calculating exactly how much it costs to make each menu item. This includes every ingredient,...
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Reviewing profit and loss (P&L) statements is crucial for understanding and managing your Tuckshop successfully....
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Running a successful tuckshop means balancing nutrition, efficiency and cost… and with rising food prices, making your...
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Pricing the menu to ensure sufficient mark up is a complex task.
These menu/recipe pricing and markup resources allow you...
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The amount of mark up on a tuckshop menu item is reflective of the difference between how much you sell a product for, compared...
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Getting your staffing expenses right, up front, is crucial to the good financial management of a school tuckshop.
It’s...
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As a business run by a not-for-profit organisation (i.e. your school P&C Association), there are numerous grant opportunities...
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The Department of Education (Procurement Branch) is responsible for the Food and Tuckshop Supplies standing offer arrangement...
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Why have goals?
It is important to take the time to establish goals for your tuckshop. This could be done as part of a broader...