I.

Introduction

Candy House is a shop that owned by Ms. Lenore O, Quiaoit , Ms. Danica G, Balanag, and

Ms. Lea Matis, this store is located in Makati City, to be more specific it is inside of Glorietta 5,

2nd floor beside of Shakey’s Restaurant, Candy House also have a branch store in Bonifacio Global

City but mostly known as BGC, and in Mendiola Manila and lasly Pasay City along Taft Avenue.

Candy House is not about candies, we also have chocolates and all kinds of sweets, candy house

are filled with an assortment of sweets far larger than a grocer or convenience store could

accommodate, the store also offers more than 5,000 different products from well-known brands

such as M&M’s and Hershey’s. Candy House is stocked with a cotton candy cookie, popcorn balls,

gummy bears and chewing gum, this sweet store allows the customers to select items piece by piece

and put them in small paper bags or in a jar, the customer may buy the jar near in the cashier area,

with an affordable price, The Candy House is a two-level store which is divided into several

sections, including stations for design-your-own lollipops or marshmallows and a French patisserie

for parents—or kids—with a more sophisticated palate. Visitors can watch the artisans making the

company’s Murano-glass-like hard candies though the windows that separate the kitchen from the

retail space.

Snack n' Such is a small business offering different kinds of snacks and beverages. It is a

small store and it is located at BF Homes Parañaque City. It is run by Ms. Jhoanna Arias the

manager of the business and her assistant Mr. Carlo Santos. It covers up to 1,500 square meters

which is not that big. Its goal is to satisfy the customers by selling different delicious foods. This

business is a starting business that will soon be upgraded and will also have different stores from

different places not only in Parañaque City.

II. Event Description and Objectives

The owner of Candy House and Snack N’ Such decided to merge their business for the

upcoming event, the stores will be having a soft opening, a soft opening is also a great opportunity

to network with local businesses and form strategic partnerships. Potential customers are not the

only people we want to attract. Soft openings are the perfect opportunity to build relationships with

local business people, press and local politicians. Not only do we get started on the business, but

we can build strategic relationships, in this event there will be a guests that ranges of 50-100

persons, the event will be having a cutting of ribbons and a blessing ceremonies, after that first part

of the event, the stores will be having a short introduction about their business or product that they

will sale in the event, and to orient our customer for what they can be expect in the product of the

company, how to make the products and what ingredients is used to make it clean and delicious,

the two companies surely that the customers will never doubt to buy some products in the store.

The store will also show off the menus to the customer for them will have an idea of what

they can buy in the store, the store will be having a free taste if they are not familiar in some of the

products, the candy house and snack n’ such decide to give a name to their business as a one

company. That will be Sweet Tooth. Because the products are made of sweets. And the company

wants to see their customer smiling as they enjoying eating the sweet foods that the company made

it. The store will maintain the cleanliness of their place for their happy customers and to organize

the said event. The store will try their best to achieve the target goal for their company, and try to

sell their products as soon as they can. The store will be having a victory party if the selling day

will end up in a successful day.

III. Human Resources Plan

Since we opened our store, we decide that we should be have a responsibility in every position

what we will be. We all agreed that we will be the one who going to make this even successfully and clean,

Ms. Lenore O, Quiaoit will be the General Manager. As general manager she is an executive who has

overall responsibility for managing both the revenue and cost elements of a company's income statement,

known as profit & loss (P&L) responsibility. A general manager usually oversees most or all of the firm's

marketing and sales functions as well as the day-to-day operations of the business. then Ms. Danica G,

Balanag will be the Operations Manager. Her job is to make sure an organization is running as well as it

possibly can, with a smooth efficient service that meets the expectations and needs of customers and clients.

and Ms. Jhoanna Arias will be the Financial Manager. She will be responsible for the financial health of

an organization. She will produce financial reports, direct investment activities, and develop strategies and

plans for the long-term financial goals of their organization., Mr. Carlo Dominic Santos will be the Food

and Services Manager, He will be responsible for the daily operation of restaurants and other establishments

that prepare and serve food and beverages, Ms. Lea Matis will be the Kitchen Manager. As a Kitchen

Manager, she will be responsible for the overall operations for the back of house and kitchen area of a

restaurant. She will hire staff, purchase food and stock, and make sure everyone is trained on proper food

preparation and kitchen safety techniques. In addition, kitchen manager ensures that the companies’

standards are upheld: the food looks good and is cooked properly, the proportions are correct, and it is

cooked and served quickly. Kitchen managers also make sure that the kitchen is properly cleaned on a

regular schedule, food is disposed of properly and the kitchen meets all sanitary standards.
 VIII. Annexes

The Annex A – Organization Chart and Stuffing

Lenore O, Quiaoit

GENERAL MANAGER

Ms. Danica Balanag Ms.Jhoanna Arias Mr. Carlo Dominic Ms. Lea Matis
Santos / Food and
Operation manager Financial Manager
Service Manager Kitchen Manager

Staffs:

1. General Manager: Ms. Lenore O, Quiaoit

2. Operation Manager: Ms. Danica G, Balanag

3. Financial Manager: Ms. Jhoanna Arias

4. Food and Service Manager: Mr. Carlo Dominic Santos

5. Kitchen Manager: Ms Lea Matis

The Annex B – Advertising Materials and Invitations

Flyers
Invitation
The Annex C- Gantt Chart Timeline of Activities
The Annex D- List of Expenses and Operating Budget

A. STORE (SWEET TOOTH) EXPENSES

FLYERS PHP 50.00
PLASTICS AND CUPS PHP 100
INVITATIONS PHP 50.00
TOTAL PHP 200.00

B. CANDY HOUSE EXPENSES

PRODUCT PRICE
CANDY BALLS 20X PHP 100.00
YAK BABY 12X PHP 100.00
STONE CHOCO CANDY 20X PHP 100.00
NERDS FUN SIZE 26X PHP 205.00
MILKITA LOLLIPOP 50X PHP 205.00
JELLY BEANS BOTTLE 20X PHP 200.00
SUPER MILK DODO 20X PHP 100.00
TOTAL PHP1,010.00

C. SNACK N’ SUCH EXPENSES

(BREADROLL)
PRODUCT PRICE
GARDENIA PHP 60.00
HOTDOG ½ KILO PHP 50.00
CHEESE PHP 55.00
TOTAL PHP 165.00
(FRIES)
PRODUCT PRICE
FRIES PHP 200.00
FLAVORS PHP 100.00
TOTAL PHP 300.00
(COFFEE)
PRODUCT PRICE
COFFEE PHP 50.00
MILK PHP 80.00
ICE TUBES PHP 30.00
TOTAL PHP 160.00

ESTIMATED OVERALL EXPENSES PHP 2,000

IV. Marketing Plan

The owners planned out how they will gain client or customers and make them interested in their

business. They will do promotions or advertising for their business, they will be using some visual

materials which will be given it to the client or customers.

 Invitations

The owners decide to give out some invitations for the customers for them to feel

the open welcome arms from our business to them.

 Flyers

The owners also decide to distribute some flyers which contains some menu of our

dishes or product and also the information about the business.

V. Operation and ICT Plan

The plan or idea of Candy House and Snack N’ Such is to have a successfully and organize shop in this

event. Each day there will be some different activities to do in the shop. The store made a Gantt chart which

is one of the most popular scheduling tools in project management. It’s a horizontal bar chart that shows

progress on a project schedule. In the first day of the business, they develop their project proposal for the

approved their administration. Once approved they will recruit a team that in needed for the shop and be

responsible in organizing the shop and fixing the price of sales product for the upcoming event after that

there will be a soft opening of their business or store. They will start promoting their business, In the said

event and to maintain the secure and cleanliness of their place in the event and also to secure their funds or

the profits that they gained, and lastly the team will do a swot and pest to know their strategy that they need

to do or to improve their strength and weaknesses of their business.

VI. Financial Plan

Estimated Overall budget: Php 1500.00

 For the materials needed for making the promotion or advertising materials the amount of

Php 150.00 to Php 200.00 will be the allotted money for buying the materials that we need.

 For the foods and beverages, The Candy House’ budget is Php 1,000 for all the ingredients

and plastic bag and jar will be also included in the budget. The Snack N’ Such’s budget is

also Php 1,000 and it will be the allotted money for buying all the ingredients needed in

making the product

VII. Summary

The candy house and Snack N’ Such will be having their soft opening of their own

business, the two stores decided to merged their business it because the characteristic of their

product is about sweets, therefore, they became one company, the store will sale some snacks,

chocolates and of course candies, these two company only have one goal for their customer “Eat

Happy” that is in their slogan, they want to make people happy as they enjoying eating sweets.

They can eat anywhere because the customer will have a small paper bag or a jar full of sweets that

they picked in the store. The store will be providing some flyers to distribute to their customers or

outside of the shop, and also an invitation to a warm welcome to the new customers. The owners

decided to have a role in the shop, each of them has a responsibility and to maintain the organize

of the shop. And in the part of financial plan, they have been estimated their budget to Php 1500.00

including the cost of flyers and invitation and also the expense for the ingredients that will use to

make a lots of sweet foods. The company made a project schedule that can help them to manage

their time and to do the task on time. The company wants to satisfy their customer, and full their

tummies before they leave the store.

Candy House & Snack N’ Such Soft Opening Nov 14, 2018