Developed For Pizza Ranch by Paige Wagner and Mackenna Beckman October 2015
Developed For Pizza Ranch by Paige Wagner and Mackenna Beckman October 2015
Table of Contents
Page
Executive Summary ..........................................................................................................3
1.0 Organization Background ...........................................................................................4
1.1 Business definition ..........................................................................................4
1.2 Vision................................................................................................................4
1.3 Mission.............................................................................................................4
1.4 Value Proposition..............................................................................................4
1.5 Organization Structure......................................................................................5
1.6 History & Culture ............................................................................................6
2.0 Situation Analysis........................................................................................................7
2.1 Definition & Scope of Situation.......................................................................7
2.2 Stakeholders Effected ......................................................................................8
2.3 Competition .....................................................................................................8
2.4 SWOT Analysis................................................................................................8
2.5 Market Position10
3.0 Plan.11
3.1 Objectives11
3.2 Strategies .......................................................................................................11
3.3 Tactics ............................................................................................................11
3.4 Critical Success Factors .................................................................................11
3.5 Key Performance Indicators ..........................................................................11
3.6 Budget & Resource Allocations.....................................................................12
3.7 Timeline..........................................................................................................13
3.8 Evaluation Method & Anticipated Results.....................................................13
Appendices ......................................................................................................................15
A. Organizational Chart........................................................................................15
B. Job Descriptions...............................................................................................16
C. Budget and Resource Allocations....................................................................17
D. Timeline...........................................................................................................18
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Executive Summary
Pizza Ranch is a new business in Bloomington-Normal seeking to provide a buffet
style restaurant including menu entre items with carry-out, delivery, and dine-in options.
The organization has great potential to grow in the Bloomington-Normal community and
surrounding colleges and universities. Since Pizza Ranch has not been in business in the
area for a year, the organization is still in a process of raising awareness about its brand
within the community.
This document is meant to help Pizza Ranch in the last two months of its fiscal year
and throughout the next fiscal year, encompassing 15 months. First, the organization will
be analyzed for its underlying values and operations. Then, the potential growth will be
explained along with possible opportunities and obstacles to Pizza Ranchs success.
There are several objectives for Pizza Ranch and their budget requirements including:
This plan will be a guide for the remainder of the current fiscal year and for the next
full fiscal year. All Pizza Ranch employees should know and utilize the plan for it to be
successful. For the next fiscal year in 2017, this plan will serve as the starting point to
help develop a new plan for the needs of that year.
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Owner
General Manager
Manager
Manager
Assistant Manager
Assistant
Manager
Part- time Employees
1.5.1 Owner
The owner is responsible and makes the final decisions for all financial and bookkeeping
matters. This position also handles all menu item changes, dining options at Pizza Ranch
and the communication, consultation, workflow, and employee needs thereof.
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view resources, and come to pray. Pizza Ranch believes in the power of prayer, and has
a special page where users can put in a prayer request. At the Bloomington-Normal
location, this culture is ever-present. Everyday, leftover pizza gets frozen and taken to the
Salvation Army. On top of this, the Bloomington-Normal Pizza Ranch works alongside
Project Oz and Safe Place in order to help out the community surrounding them. Pizza
Ranch not only values their customers needs as people, but they value those in need.
It is clear that Pizza Ranch wants to be more than a place to receive food. It
strives to make it known that God is an important aspect of their company and culture as
well.
restaurants such as Dominos and Pizza Hut is that it offers a dine-in option along with a
pizza buffet. This option appeals to the public of Pizza Ranch because the organization
offers a variety of options from their menu options to when and where the food is being
eaten. The disadvantage is that Pizza Ranch offers more than just pizza such as fried
chicken and pasta, which Dominos and Pizza Hut have incorporated into their menus as
well. The analysis is crucial to helping Pizza Hut remain successful and to help raise
awareness to bring in a larger customer base than it already has.
2.2 Stakeholders Effected
Pizza Ranch has many stakeholders that keep the company up and running and help to
make it successful. Customers are the biggest stakeholder for Pizza Ranch. Without
customers, Pizza Ranch would not be standing. The employees are another affected
stakeholder within the organization. If there was no support or help from the employees,
customers would not be satisfied or helped. The Bloomington-Normal area is a large
stakeholder for Pizza Ranch. The community of Bloomington-Normal has always been a
strong place for new businesses to develop, especially restaurants.
2.3 Competition
Pizza Ranch is a fast and casual pizza restaurant and is competition with other fast casual
pizza restaurants such as Dominos and Pizza Hut. They are also in competition with fried
chicken restaurants because of the wide variety of selection on the menus. Pizza Ranch is
the currently the only pizza buffet in the area, but they are also competing for carry out
and delivery of pizza and chicken which is why they are competitive with other carry out
and delivery restaurants. Dominos and Pizza Hut are the two largest competitors to Pizza
Ranch because they are not solely pizza places anymore.
All three places offer other options besides pizza such as chicken and pasta and
both allow for a quick and simple meal. In order to beat their competition and stand out,
Pizza Ranch needs to continue to promote their pizza buffet along with their carry out and
delivery option as well as dining in. Pizza Ranch has the advantage of a dine-in setting
that Pizza Hut and Dominos in Bloomington-Normal do not offer. Other competitions
that affect Pizza Ranch are any food restaurant in the area. Places such as Bob Evans,
Olive Garden, and Culvers, offer dine-in and carry-out options. However, they do not
offer delivery which gives Pizza Ranch an upper hand. Although all three restaurants
offer different food choices than Pizza Ranch, any restaurant that offers different options
to their customers.
2.4 SWOT Analysis
The analysis of Pizza Ranch uncovers the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and
potential threats to the organizations continued success. Each SWOT item is stated
(aspects) and defined based on what it could mean to the organization (implications), and
then a correction is offered according to what may work in Pizza Ranchs (possible
actions).
Strengths
Aspects
Offers dine-in,
carry out, and
Implications
Gives customers
options for all
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Possible Actions
Continue to offer options
for getting food through
delivery
conveniences
Loyal customer
base
Positive experiences
brings families and
regulars back to the
restaurant
Creates a friendly
atmosphere for
customers to come
back to
Great customer
service
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Become more
involved with ISU
Reaching out to
students in the
Bloomington-Normal
area will bring in a
new public; all college
students love pizza
and quick options.
Bring awareness of Offer the uniqueness
the organization to of Pizza Ranch
the town of
compared to other
Bloomingtonrestaurants in the area,
Normal
the quick meal option/
dine-in and the familyfriendly atmosphere.
Competition with
Dominos and
Pizza Hut
Competition with
all restaurants in
the area
Location
No direct entrance to
Pizza Ranch from
Veterans Parkway,
offer directions to help
make attending the
restaurant more
convenient.
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3.0 Plan
This section presents a formal and specific plan of action for Pizza Ranch for the
remainder of the fiscal year (January - December 2016). It is related to the previous two
sections and provides Pizza Ranch with the guidance to make the necessary
improvements in order to best fulfill its mission and reach its full potential during the
next fiscal year. The following subsections include objectives, strategies, and tactics;
critical success factors; key performance indicators; budget and resource allocations; an
implementation timeline; and the final evaluation method and anticipated results.
3.1 Objectives, Strategies, and Tactics
The following table shows the objectives, strategies, and tactics that make up the central
part of this plan as well as the subsequent subsections.
Objectives are the main things the organization needs to accomplish in order to
achieve its vision. Each objective incudes four parts: (1) a desired effect, (2) a
goal stated as a numerical target, (3) the target audience, and (4) an established
target date or deadline. The benchmarks for each goal are presented after each
objective.
Strategies are the categories of things Pizza Ranch needs to do to fulfill the
objectives.
Tactics are the specific actions that Pizza Ranch will take to accomplish each
strategy, which will subsequently fulfill the related objectives.
3.2 Critical Success Factors
The following table describes four categories of factors, called critical success factors,
that could affect Pizza Ranch positively and negatively when attempting to fulfill its
objectives along with the complication related to each category.
Opportunities include occasions where Pizza Ranch can take advantage of the
situation to build its image and increase customer support and involvement.
Barriers include but are not limited to situation, attitudinal, and environmental
opposition to Pizza Ranch.
Environment includes both internal and external factors that influence Pizza
Ranch operations.
Resources include the employees and materials required to fulfill business
objectives.
3.3 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
KPIs are intermittent measurements taken by Pizza Ranch to keep the plan on the path
success. For each listed objective, specific measurements will be taken by the owners or
managerial staff periodically and compared to the benchmark, or level prior to progress.
Objective 1 Increase relationship with current and future students at surrounding
universities by 50% by the end of the fiscal year 2016.
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o Benchmark Record the number of students that come into Pizza Ranch
for Student Thursdays
o KPI Student customer base should increase by 5% every month over six
months after discount incentive is made aware.
Objective 2 Increase traffic of social media with Bloomington-Normal
community by 50% by the end of the fiscal year.
o Benchmark Track the number of followers across all current social
media platforms.
o KPI Compare the number of current followers to the number of
followers four months after implementing the improved social media
pages.
Objective 3 Owners and Managers seek out 3 opportunities at surrounding
universities to promote the Pizza Ranch brand by the end of the fiscal year 2016.
o Benchmark This objective assumes that Pizza Ranch is currently
unaware for opportunities of community involvement, so the benchmark is
zero.
o KPI Host student events or become involved in the BloomingtonNormal community every two months to reach a total of 3.
Objective 4 Increase customer awareness of Pizza Ranch in BloomingtonNormal by 60% by the end of the fiscal year 2106.
o Benchmark Record the amount of sales for Pizza Ranch after
implementing the plan, after six months.
o KPI Number of sales should increase by 10% each month.
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customer demand has the potential to increase sales to levels that may be above current
capabilities. Our current focus is to keep current loyal customers and take advantage of
opportunities to raise awareness to bring in a larger customer base in the BloomingtonNormal area. Advertising opportunities may be pursued in the future that will increase
our expenses.
3.5 Timeline (beginning with the proposals acceptance/approval)
To ensure the progress of this plan, and thus the success of Pizza Ranch, a guideline of
when each suggested tactics should be implements is necessary to visualize the entire
scope of the plan (see Appendix D for full timeline). Each component of the timeline,
besides the objective it falls under, is dependent on whether other items succeed. For
example, the distribution of promotional materials on surrounding campuses is being
implemented after the student liaisons are chosen. If the student liaisons were hired after
distribution of the promotional materials, the results would be skewed, and it would be
unknown whether or not the liaisons (or student/ brand reps) were effective. It is very
important to measure benchmarks in order to evaluate success.
Many tasks will be occurring throughout the new fiscal year, however January will be
highly critical. January includes the implementation of many suggested tactics, however
they are all manageable. The plan has been allocated for six months. However, it should
be noted that at the end of the plan it can be effectively repeated if decided so, as most of
the tactics end at the six month mark.
3.6 Evaluation Method & Anticipated Results
To determine this plan was successful, Pizza Ranch will have to measure whether the
outcomes sought in the objectives were achieved. This section briefly describes how
those measurements will be taken, and they are in tune with section 3.5 for KPIs and
benchmarks.
Objective 1 Increase relationship with current and future students at surrounding
universities by 50% by the end of the fiscal year 2016.
o If by the end of the year production was able to increase by 5% each
month (after the plan begins) or totals 50%, the plan was successful.
o If the plan was not successful, adjust involvement for the next fiscal year
to reach the increase for the next fiscal year.
Objective 2 Increase traffic of social media with Bloomington-Normal
community by 50% by the end of the fiscal year 2016.
o Use calculation plan to determine if the percentage of followers increased
by 50%.
o If it did not increase enough, plan for more adjustments to social media
use for the next fiscal year.
Objective 3 Owners and Managers seek out three opportunities at surrounding
universities to promote the Pizza Ranch brand by the end of the fiscal year 2016.
o Evaluation for this requires finding three opportunities to promote the
brand; if three were found, Pizza Ranch was successful.
o If three could not be carried out, adjust the plan to one large event in the
next fiscal year.
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Objective 4 Increase customer awareness of Pizza Ranch in BloomingtonNormal by 60% by the end of the fiscal year 2016.
o If by the end of the year sales were able to increase by 10% each month
(after the plan begins) or totals 60%, the plan was successful.
o If the plan was not successful, adjust involvement for the next fiscal year
to reach the increase for the next fiscal year.
Success is anticipated for Pizza Ranch with this plan. The owners and staff can easily
carry out the objectives provided due to the redistribution of responsibilities. If the plan
starts to not meet KPIs, adjustments must be made before the end of the plan cycle to
remove threat against overall success.
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Appendices
A. Revised Organizational Chart
Owner
Student Liason
General Manager
Manager
Manager
Assistant Manager
Assistant Manager
Part- time Employees
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B. Job Descriptions
General ManagerThis position regulates all of the employeesincluding managers,
assistant managersbehavior, has knowledge of the scheduling process and monitors the
basic needs of the organization and the building needs. Duties include recording
inventory, opening and closing the store, managing cash balance of registers, and staffing.
During absences or vacation, this position will oversee the missing responsibilities of the
absent employee.
ManagerThis position regulates all of the employee behaviors and has
knowledge of the scheduling process. This position will also monitor the basic needs of
the organization and the building, such as light maintenance. Other duties include
opening and closing the store, recording inventory, balancing cash registers, and staffing.
During the absence of the general manager, this position will assume the responsibilities
of Adam (general manager).
Assistant ManagerThis position assumes a similar role as a manager position but
report to a higher position. This position monitors employees, handles situations
throughout the restaurant, opens and closes the store, and assumes the role of a part-time
employee if there is an absence.
Part time Employee This position offers different opportunities to be involved
within the company. This position will take orders at the register, replace food items on
the buffet, maintain an organized and well kept facilitiy, and help make pizzas and
chicken. In the absence of another employee, this position will help assume
responsibilities for the absent employee.
Student Liaison and Brand RepresentativeThis position will alleviate
responsibility from the general manager, managers, assitant managers, part-time
employees, and the owner to raise awareness of the organization. This position will
promote Pizza Ranch in the Bloomington-Normal community and on local college and
university campuses to increase customer base.
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C. Budget and
Resource Allocations
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D. Timeline
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References
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