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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.
QAST’s Financial Advisory Service, which is free for members, is a great place to start to ensure your finances are on track. 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.
Or, to get started, check out the below resources to support you in the good financial management of your tuckshop.
Tuckshop Turnaround Project
In 2019/20 QAST worked with 21 schools and tuckshops across Queensland to develop resources to assist in turning around tuckshop finances. This work was funded by the Department of Education and is available to all. Check it out.
Finance Resources
Getting your staffing expenses right, up front, is crucial to the good financial management of a school tuckshop.
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A Menu Health Check by QAST can help you identify the strengths of your current menu and give you ideas on how to make it healthier....
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Reviewing your Profit and Loss (P&L) Statement can be daunting if you haven’t had previous business experience....
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QAST conducted the Tuckshop Turnaround Project in 2019/2020 with funds from the Queensland Department of Education....
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QAST offers an on site consultant service to review the complete tuckshop operation.
What’s included?
Tuckshop...
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The Department of Education Procurement maintain many standing offer arrangements for use by Queensland state schools....
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Pricing the menu to ensure sufficient markup is a complex task.
These resources allow you to cost and price your menu items...
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Is your tuckshop struggling to make a profit? QAST has over 30 years’ combined experience in running viable tuckshops...
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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...
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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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Our purpose is to build capacity, confidence and connections in Queensland school tuckshops.
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