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Financial management is the 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. Key areas of financial management include controlling staff levels, monitoring cost of incoming goods and maintaining a suitable average mark up.
If you are a member, QAST has a Financial Consultancy Service that is free. Download the application form to get started. We will analyse your profit and loss statement, determine industry markers and benchmark these against well performing tuckshops. For a more in depth review of your entire operation you can organise a site visit by booking a Tuckshop Tuneup either online, by phone 07 33241511 or admin@qast.org.au. There is a fee of $750 (plus travel if you are outside Sounth East Qld). Review the brochure for more information.
You will find many member resources in this section that support good financial management of the tuckshop, along with some available to non members as well.
Tuckshop Turnaround Project
In 2019 and 2020 QAST worked with 21 schools and tuckshops across Queensland to develop some resources to assist in turning around tuckshop finances. This work was funded by the Department of Education and is available to all. To access this information follow the link.
Finance Resources
We all want to start thinking about winding down for the Christmas holidays, but give yourself some peace of mind over the...
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24 November 2021
Reviewing your Profit and Loss Statement can be daunting if you haven’t had previous business experience. The document...
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29 September 2021
QAST conducted the Tuckshop Turnaround Project in 2019/2020 with funds from the Queensland Department of Education....
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21 September 2021
QAST offers an on site consultant service to review the complete tuckshop operation.
What’s included?
Tuckshop...
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21 September 2021
The Department of Education Procurement maintain many standing offer arrangements for use by Queensland schools. The...
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21 September 2021
Pricing the menu to ensure sufficient markup is a complex task. The resources here allow you to cost and price your menu items...
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21 September 2021
Is your tuckshop struggling to make a profit? QAST has over 30 years’ combined experience in running viable tuckshops...
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21 September 2021
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...
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21 September 2021
As a not for profit organisation there are always opportunities to apply for grants. A range of organisations offer small...
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9 June 2021