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JAMES SMITH<br />

FRENCH BAKERY, LLC<br />

For E-2 Visa<br />

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This venture was initiated by<br />

James Smith, long<br />

established Cook Chef in the<br />

South of France.<br />

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY<br />

T<br />

his venture was initiated by James Smith, a<br />

long established Cook Chef in the south of<br />

France. Mr. Smith brings together strong business<br />

acumen, operational managerial skills, as well as<br />

outstanding cooking skills to build French Bakery,<br />

LLC. This new venture is a profitable Kosher bakery-centric<br />

concept store mixing the coffee lounge<br />

experience of Starbucks with the vast array of<br />

French bakery products <strong>com</strong>parable to the ones<br />

offered by Paul, the leading French bakery chain.<br />

The concept was developed further to extensive<br />

market studies in southeast Florida.<br />

French Bakery, LLC (“The Company”) was incorporated<br />

on May 2, 2007 in the County of Palm<br />

Beach in the State of Florida. It is fully owned<br />

by James Smith, who invested $99,130 into the<br />

Company to fund the venture.<br />

On May 11, 2007, the Company signed a five-year<br />

business lease agreement with Investment Limited<br />

(the lessor) to be<strong>com</strong>e a permanent tenant in<br />

the 2,000-sq ft retail space located at 1956 NE 5th<br />

Avenue, Unit 3, Boca Raton, FL 33431. The total<br />

amount due at closing was $65,655.50 including<br />

one month’s rent in advance, two months’ worth of<br />

deposit, and key money.<br />

<strong>from</strong> the former tenant, justifying a key money of<br />

$50,000. Therefore, the Company has acquired a<br />

turn-key operation with all the required permits, allowing<br />

French Bakery, LLC to be operational <strong>from</strong><br />

day one without any further investment or construction<br />

work.<br />

The Bakery is in a prime location in an open plaza<br />

at the corner of the Federal Highway, which is the<br />

busiest street in Boca Raton.<br />

The open plaza anchors both a CVS pharmacy<br />

and a Publix supermarket. As such, it is one of the<br />

most popular open plazas in Boca Raton.<br />

The Company’s activity will be substantial. It forecasts<br />

to open a second bakery in year 3 and enhance<br />

its local exposure. French Bakery, LLC’s<br />

headcount will increase <strong>from</strong> 10 employees in<br />

year 1 to 29 employees in year 5.<br />

The Company business model is based on four<br />

sub-business models revolving around the bakery<br />

unit.<br />

This space was formerly occupied by a bakery<br />

that closed after two years of operations due to<br />

poor quality of the products offered.<br />

In addition to the lease, the Company has acquired<br />

all the equipment, furniture, and machinery<br />

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FRENCH BAKERY CONCEPT STORE<br />

F<br />

rench Bakery, LLC concept store is about<br />

bringing Starbucks Coffee’s lounge experience<br />

together with a French bakery offer such<br />

as Paul’s (the leading French bakery chain in<br />

Europe) while observing Kosher dietary laws.<br />

French Bakery, LLC will <strong>com</strong>e across as a fine<br />

French bakery where customers can enjoy a<br />

similar experience to a Starbucks. Comfortable<br />

couches, relaxing music, newspapers, and<br />

bookcases will convey a cozy atmosphere with<br />

a homey feeling. The products will appeal to<br />

all consumers regardless of their observance<br />

of dietary laws since the kosher aspect will not<br />

be prominently displayed. A discrete sign in the<br />

counter area as well as on the door will inform<br />

customers that French Bakery, LLC is a Kosher<br />

institution.<br />

As described in the chart, the initial product mix<br />

will include mainly sandwiches, bread, and pastries.<br />

Salads, soups, and quiches are forecast<br />

to represent 20% of the total sales. This sales<br />

mix will change as the offer will be adapted according<br />

to customers’ taste and suggestions.<br />

Sandwiches 36 %<br />

Bread 20%<br />

Pastries 20%<br />

Soups and salads 10%<br />

Quiches 5%<br />

Other 5%<br />

A wide variety of breads will be offered and used to make an extensive offer of sandwiches. The offer<br />

will include low-carb dietetic bread and sandwiches to cater to health-conscious customers.<br />

Pastries will include croissant, pain au chocolat (chocolate croissant), as well as all sorts of cakes<br />

and pies. A vast array of both French and American specialties will be available.<br />

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THE MARKET OPPORTUNITY<br />

French Bakery, LLC is located in Boca Raton, a<br />

dynamic city in southwest Florida, counting a total<br />

population of 74,500 people.<br />

This concept brings together two markets: the kosher<br />

food market and the bread-centric fast food<br />

market.<br />

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THE BREAD CENTRIC FAST FOOD MARKET<br />

The emergence of a new type of fast food<br />

bread centric concept<br />

The fast food market has <strong>com</strong>e a long way since<br />

the traditional burger and fries offer. Today, Mc<br />

Donald’s or Burger King is only one of the alternatives<br />

that a consumer can choose <strong>from</strong> for a<br />

quick meal. Many factors have pushed for this<br />

change, for instance:<br />

• Customers are more health conscious these<br />

days. They know what is and what is not<br />

good for them, and alter their eating habits<br />

in consequence.<br />

• Customers are more demanding in terms of<br />

quality of food and aliments. In this perspective,<br />

they like seeing the food-making process,<br />

which encourages new concepts with<br />

open kitchen and on-site cooking.<br />

• Customers’ taste has be<strong>com</strong>e more sophisticated<br />

since they have be<strong>com</strong>e well travelled.<br />

Thus, they expect a wider variety of dishes<br />

and specialties. For instance, a crepe, a bruschetta,<br />

a croissant, a baguette, or a fajita<br />

are <strong>com</strong>monly ordered.<br />

• Customers expect more and more to eat or<br />

be served in an environment that provides an<br />

experience, that has an identity and that tells<br />

a story.<br />

These changes have pushed for a new segment<br />

in the fast food market that addresses the search<br />

for variety, for better taste, for healthier food, and<br />

for a better experience. In the past 15 years, the<br />

US market has seen the emergence of major<br />

bakery-centric fast food chains answering those<br />

criteria.<br />

From its roots in Boston, Au Bon Pain has grown to be<strong>com</strong>e one of the leading bakery<br />

café chains. With more than two hundred locations operating in the United States, South<br />

Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand, Au Bon Pain is a leader in many trade channels <strong>from</strong> urban<br />

office buildings to airports, hospitals and suburbs. The <strong>com</strong>pany’s upscale urban cafés offer<br />

French-baked goods like croissants, baguettes, and pastries forming the core of the chain’s<br />

menu, which has expanded over the course of its 20-year history to include sandwiches,<br />

salads, soups, gourmet coffees, and other beverages.<br />

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Panera Bread is a leader in the quick-casual restaurant business with more than 1,000 bakery-cafes<br />

in almost 40 states. Its locations, which operate under the Panera and Saint Louis<br />

Bread Company banners, offer made-to-order sandwiches built using a variety of artisan<br />

breads, including Asiago cheese bread, focaccia, and its classic sourdough bread. Its menu<br />

also features soups, salads, and gourmet coffees. In addition, Panera sells its bread, bagels,<br />

and pastries to go. Almost 400 of its locations are <strong>com</strong>pany-operated, while the rest are run<br />

by franchisees.<br />

It’s not just about bagels anymore. Increasingly, people are turning to their corner Einstein<br />

Bros for quick, tasty lunches—<strong>from</strong> innovative salads to hearty soups and creative sandwiches.<br />

The 2,220- to 2,500-square-foot cafés seat 40 people in an atmosphere featuring<br />

sophisticated fixtures and <strong>com</strong>fy, casual tables and waiting areas. High-quality food is the<br />

standard here, with a diverse menu ranging <strong>from</strong> gourmet, to-go coffee and specialty coffee<br />

drinks to baked goods, salads, made-to-order sandwiches and decadent desserts. There are<br />

over 300 Einstein Bros locations mostly in the southeast, and many more to <strong>com</strong>e.<br />

Atlanta Bread’s offerings include freshly baked breads, pastries, sandwchies, soups, salads,<br />

and gourmet coffees. The concept is to serve meals quickly in an atmosphere the <strong>com</strong>pany<br />

descibes as a “relaxed, no-rush setting that features hardwood floors, a decor highlighted<br />

with warm, inviting colors, and soft classical music playing in the background.” The bakery/<br />

cafe that was originally established in 1993 <strong>from</strong> an Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs, Georgia<br />

counts today close to 100 units, mostly located in the south east.<br />

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Paul, one of Europe’s most successful restaurant chains counting over 300 units in Europe,<br />

the middle-east and Asia, has entered the US market with its first locations in southeast Florida.<br />

2007 will see another 9 opening in the sunshine state. It offers a French style of meals:<br />

savory, and sweet pastries, a selection of French pancakes, simple dishes, and a selection of<br />

salads, soups and sandwiches, all prepared on the premises. PAUL shops are designed like<br />

old-fashioned bakeries to evoke its traditional aspect. To that effect, the bread is still prepared<br />

and cooked in full view of the customers. The old-fashioned, country-style decoration of the<br />

shops makes the customers travel to the French countryside.<br />

A<br />

poll has been carried out to determine<br />

which decision criteria customers use in<br />

their choice of eating place and what their<br />

respective importance would be. It appeared that<br />

the following four points were the most <strong>com</strong>mon<br />

criteria mentioned in their order of importance:<br />

• Constant Quality<br />

• Taste<br />

• Experience<br />

• Price<br />

A strong emphasis has been put on the constancy<br />

of the food quality. It appears that if a regular<br />

customer is disappointed once by the quality of<br />

the food, he will most probably not return to that<br />

location to eat. Specialists agree that to belong<br />

to this industry, one needs to deliver constant<br />

quality on its products since catering is a ruthless<br />

market where customers hardly give a second<br />

chance.<br />

Taste is the second most important factor. Customers<br />

expect to find their beloved classic dishes<br />

while requesting exotic touches <strong>from</strong> time to<br />

time. The experience that the concept offers is<br />

the third most important decision criteria.<br />

Customers don’t only expect a clean area. They<br />

also want to relax and enjoy the time they will<br />

spend in a unit, even if it is only for take away.<br />

Quite surprisingly, price is only the fourth decision<br />

criteria.<br />

It seems that if they have the other three criteria<br />

satisfied, customers are willing to pay more. Of<br />

course the amount needs to stay within the fast<br />

food price limits.<br />

A large Jewish <strong>com</strong>munity<br />

The Jewish population of Boca Raton represents<br />

40% of the total local population. It is catered by<br />

20 kosher businesses (ranging <strong>from</strong> markets,<br />

delis, to fast food and traditional restaurants), 4<br />

private Jewish schools, and 13 synagogues. As<br />

of today, there is no similar concept to French<br />

Bakery, LLC in the Kosher food segment in Boca<br />

Raton and its vicinities.<br />

An underdeveloped kosher bread centric fast<br />

food market<br />

There is no real direct <strong>com</strong>petition to French<br />

Bakery, LLC mainly because market players are<br />

using bread and baked goods in general as a<br />

cross-selling item. Either there is a problem with<br />

the offer being limited, or there is no real retail<br />

concept, or the quality is simply not there. However,<br />

it appears that everybody is pushing into<br />

the baked good segment, which is a good indicator<br />

of what local people are looking for.<br />

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THE BOCA RATON KOSHER BREAD CENTRIC<br />

FAST FOOD MARKET<br />

There are only two businesses offering kosher<br />

bakery products in Boca Raton:<br />

• Albertson’s Market<br />

• Salomon Bakery<br />

At Albertson’s, the biggest kosher market in the<br />

city, an in-house bakery offers a limited range of<br />

baked products:<br />

premises are small and there is a clear hygiene<br />

problem to such an extent that regular customers<br />

stopped shopping there.<br />

In terms of bread-centric kosher fast food, again,<br />

there is no direct <strong>com</strong>petitor. Boca Tov Café, which<br />

offers a menu for breakfast and lunch <strong>com</strong>posed<br />

mainly of sandwiches and salads made on the<br />

premises, has a limited offer. In addition, no effort<br />

has been invested in the interior design.<br />

This business provides baked goods not only to its<br />

end customers, but also to many kosher restaurants<br />

and <strong>com</strong>peting markets in the Boca Raton<br />

area since there are only two Kosher bakers. Due<br />

to the increasing demand <strong>from</strong> its customers, Albertson’s<br />

will soon offer French baguettes.<br />

Salomon Bakery is a much smaller business, providing<br />

a wider range of baked products. Although<br />

it offers a small sitting area, more than 90% of its<br />

business is take away. This is not a direct <strong>com</strong>petitor<br />

to French Bakery, LLC. The quality of the offer,<br />

especially the bread, is in constant decline. The<br />

Challah Bread<br />

$2,99<br />

Danish<br />

$1,29-$1,99<br />

Pita Bread<br />

$4,99 (pack of 6)<br />

Cakes<br />

$24,99 and up<br />

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FRENCH BAKERY, LLC COMPANY PRESENTATION<br />

The Corporation<br />

French Bakery, LLC (“the Company”) was incorporated<br />

as a limited-liability <strong>com</strong>pany on May 2,<br />

2007 in the County of Palm Beach in the State of<br />

Florida. The CEO and 100% owner of the Company<br />

is James Smith. The capital of the Company<br />

(the sum of <strong>com</strong>mon stocks and paid-in surplus)<br />

is US$99,130 as at May 21, 2007. The Federal<br />

Tax ID is 20-8987049.<br />

Street. This intersection counts the highest level<br />

of car traffic in Boca Raton.<br />

The open plaza boasts both a CVS pharmacy and<br />

a Publix supermarket. As such, it represents one<br />

of the most popular open plazas in Boca Raton.<br />

People going to CVS or Publix will be able to go<br />

to French Bakery, LLC to have lunch or breakfast<br />

or simply buy some pastries or bread on their way.<br />

The 5-year leasehold of the first French Bakery,<br />

LLC<br />

On the 11th of May 2007, the Company closed a<br />

business lease agreement with the Lessor Investment<br />

Limited for a total amount of $65,655.50.<br />

This amount includes one month rent in advance,<br />

two months’ deposit, and key money. This lease<br />

makes the Company a permanent tenant of the<br />

2,000-sq ft retail space located at 1956 NE 5th Avenue,<br />

Unit 3, Boca Raton, FL 33431 for a period<br />

of five years.<br />

The former tenant of that unit was a bakery that<br />

decided to close business after two years of operations,<br />

as the management was unable to deliver<br />

sufficient quality.<br />

The Company, through its business lease agreement,<br />

has acquired all the equipment, furniture,<br />

and machinery that belonged to the former tenant.<br />

Such acquisition is part of the $50,000 key<br />

money that the Company agreed to pay upon signature<br />

of the lease. Therefore, the Company has<br />

acquired a turn-key operation with all the required<br />

permits to start the business on day 1 without any<br />

further investment or construction work.<br />

Location, location, location<br />

The Boca Raton unit is located in an open plaza at<br />

the corner of the Federal Highway and 20th<br />

The management<br />

James Smith will manage the Company. He has<br />

already demonstrated a strong ability to execute<br />

similar projects in the past.<br />

As shown on his résumé, James Smith has 14<br />

years of unparalleled experience in the food industry.<br />

He graduated <strong>from</strong> the Ecole Hoteliere de Lyon,<br />

the second most prestigious French hospitality<br />

school. This school is famous for the achievements<br />

of its alumni in the food industry.<br />

He has set up and operated several restaurants<br />

and catering businesses in the south of France.<br />

Along the way, he has developed an expertise on<br />

maintaining quality while optimizing margin and<br />

building a solid operational team in order to develop<br />

and manage successful food businesses.<br />

Terrace de L’Etoile was the last business operated<br />

by James Smith for a duration of eight years.<br />

This multimillion dollar-sales restaurant in the<br />

heart of Nice, France earned a solid reputation for<br />

the quality of both its products and services. Mr.<br />

Smith doubled the sales of the business while increasing<br />

margin through the introduction of more<br />

profitable products.<br />

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In 2006, further to a trip to Florida, James Smith<br />

identified an opportunity to start a chain of kosher<br />

bakeries that would provide both a US traditional<br />

offer and a French sophisticated bakery offer. To<br />

take that project to the next level, James Smith<br />

took an intensive training on the most recent bakery<br />

techniques used by the leading French national<br />

bakery chains.<br />

Employees are this business’ greatest asset. Great<br />

care would be taken in recruiting people who love<br />

working with these products and who are always<br />

ready to help. The consistency of the quality depends<br />

on this aspect.<br />

French Bakery, LLC will be open <strong>from</strong> 7 am to 7<br />

pm <strong>from</strong> Monday to Thursday. It will close at 4 pm<br />

on Friday. It will open at 8 am and close at 6 pm<br />

on Sunday. Therefore, the bakery will be open 67<br />

hours per week.<br />

James Smith’s responsibilities will be purely managerial.<br />

He will hire a <strong>com</strong>petent team of bakers,<br />

waiters, delivery men, and busboys.<br />

The Company plans to open a second bakery in<br />

year 3. It will hire a manager for the second bakery.<br />

As shown in the table below, the number of<br />

the Company’s employees is forecast to increase<br />

<strong>from</strong> 10 in year 1 to 29 in year 5. Each bakery will<br />

employ 15 employees after five years of operations.<br />

COMPANY EMPLOYEES<br />

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5<br />

Managers 1 1 2 2 2<br />

Bakers 3 5 6 11 12<br />

Waiters 4 5 9 10 11<br />

Busboys 1 1 2 2 2<br />

Drivers 1 1 2 2 2<br />

Total # of employees<br />

10 13 24 27 29<br />

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Company strategy<br />

The Company decided that the best way to enter<br />

the local market would be to acquire an existing<br />

bakery since this would represent a shortcut, given<br />

the fact that an existing bakery would already have<br />

all the permits to operate the business. Getting<br />

permits can be a stumbling block for foreign entrepreneurs<br />

who are not familiar with US regulations<br />

and don’t know how to build a bakery in accordance<br />

with those regulations.<br />

The Company forecasts a rapid market entry in the<br />

Boca Raton area through both a <strong>com</strong>prehensive<br />

business model and an aggressive marketing effort.<br />

The Company business model is based on four<br />

sub-business models revolving around the bakery<br />

unit:<br />

1. Sales on premises with both breakfast and<br />

lunch offers;<br />

2. Delivery of products. Boca Raton has a high<br />

concentration of offices. Therefore, the Company<br />

intends to market its products to office<br />

workers through delivery;<br />

3. Supply contracts. The Company will seek to<br />

win contracts to supply its products to hospitals,<br />

schools, restaurants and hotels. This is a<br />

big market. The Company will be able to <strong>com</strong>pete<br />

with a wide variety of products;<br />

4. Catering services. The Company will provide<br />

products for catering events. James Smith has<br />

also a long experience in the catering service.<br />

The Company will therefore be able to offer a<br />

<strong>com</strong>prehensive catering offer <strong>from</strong> day 1.<br />

Employees are this business’ greatest asset. Great<br />

care would be taken in recruiting people who love<br />

working with these products and who are always<br />

ready to help. The consistency of the quality depends<br />

on it.<br />

French Bakery, LLC will be open <strong>from</strong> 7 a.m. to 7<br />

p.m. <strong>from</strong> Monday to Thursday. It will close at 4 pm<br />

on Friday. It will open at 8 am and close at 6 pm<br />

on Sunday. Therefore, a bakery will be opened 67<br />

hours per week.<br />

French Bakery, LLC plans to put together marketing<br />

material such as postcards, business cards,<br />

brochure, delivery menus, as well as a website.<br />

The Company is also planning to get in touch with<br />

all the synagogues and the Jewish <strong>com</strong>munity<br />

centers in Boca Raton and its vicinities to advertise<br />

its products and be listed as a kosher business<br />

in their directories.<br />

On a daily basis, James Smith will contact potential<br />

clients to get supply contracts and catering<br />

contracts. The Company will send baskets with<br />

fresh products to convince potential clients of the<br />

quality of its products.<br />

As mentioned earlier, the Company plans to open<br />

a second bakery in year 3. The location of that second<br />

bakery has not been decided yet. However,<br />

several locations are already being considered:<br />

Fort Lauderdale, Aventura, and Bal Harbour.<br />

This second bakery would reinforce the Company<br />

critical mass to achieve economies of scales.<br />

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FRENCH BAKERY, LLC FINANCIAL FORECAST<br />

BOCA RATON UNIT FINANCIAL FORECAST<br />

In the financial forecast, a slow-growth economy<br />

without major recession has been taken into account.<br />

French Bakery, LLC management has prepared a<br />

five-year financial forecast for its operations in the<br />

next five years.<br />

Sale Forecast<br />

As indicated in the table below, sales are forecast<br />

to grow <strong>from</strong> $600,000 to $1,008,000 over the next<br />

five years at a <strong>com</strong>pound annual growth rate of<br />

%13.8. These sales forecast refer to the Boca Raton<br />

bakery unit only (the first bakery).<br />

French Bakery, LLC sales are derived <strong>from</strong> four<br />

lines of businesses.<br />

Sales on premises<br />

Sales on the premises are sales made on site.<br />

They are forecast to reach a minimum level of<br />

$450,000 in year 1.<br />

The management forecasts that breakfast sales<br />

and lunch sales represent 15% and 85% of total<br />

sales, respectively, over the forecast period. The<br />

average checks for a breakfast and a lunch are<br />

expected to be $4.50 (for a pastry and a hot drink)<br />

and $10 (for a sandwich and a soft drink).<br />

A forecast sales of $450,000 for year 1 (280 opening<br />

days) would imply 191 customers per day. More<br />

precisely, 54 breakfast customers and 137 lunch<br />

customers. This forecast can be easily achieved<br />

given the high-traffic location of the bakery.<br />

The sales are expected to grow to $700,000 by<br />

year 5 as French Bakery, LLC will reach out to<br />

more customers through a growing customer base<br />

and widespread market awareness in Boca Raton<br />

and its vicinities.<br />

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Delivery<br />

As mentioned earlier, Boca Raton has a high<br />

concentration of offices. French Bakery, LLC will<br />

reach out to people working in offices at lunch time<br />

through delivery.<br />

This activity is expected to generate $70,000 in<br />

year 1 (or 25 customers), up to $100,000 in year 5.<br />

Contracts<br />

French Bakery, LLC forecast to win bakery supply<br />

contracts with restaurants, hospitals, schools,<br />

universities, and hotels with forecast sales growing<br />

<strong>from</strong> $50,000 in year 1 to $100,000 in year 5.<br />

Those sales figures are conservative mainly because<br />

this is a large market catered by only a few<br />

players. Additionally, French Bakery, LLC will boast<br />

of a wide variety of unique bakery products and<br />

should get some attention <strong>from</strong> buyers in search of<br />

new products.<br />

Catering<br />

French Bakery, LLC forecasts to grow catering<br />

sales <strong>from</strong> $30,000 in year 1 to $108,000 in year<br />

5. The average sale for a catering event is $3,000.<br />

The management foresees to make 10 catering<br />

events in year 1 up to 36 caterings events in year<br />

5. This segment of the business depends mainly<br />

on word of mouth and reputation, which take some<br />

time to build.<br />

Seasonality<br />

French Bakery, LLC is subject to seasonality. The<br />

busiest months are <strong>from</strong> November to April as the<br />

warm Florida climate attracts snow birds and tourists,<br />

as shown by the first 12 sales months of the<br />

Boca Raton unit. July and August are the slowest<br />

months.<br />

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Profit & Loss<br />

Boca Raton unit’s Earnings Before Depreciation, Amortization Interest and Taxes (EBITDA) is forecast to<br />

grow <strong>from</strong> $78,000 in year 1 to $178,000 in year 5.<br />

PROFIT & LOSS ($’000)<br />

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5<br />

Sales Before Taxes 600 780 908 958 1,008<br />

Cost of sales (COS) 150 195 227 240 252<br />

Freight costs 17 21 25 26 28<br />

Cost of products unsold 15 20 23 24 25<br />

EFFECTIVE COST OF SALES (ECOS) 182 236 275 290 305<br />

GROSS MARGIN 419 544 633 668 703<br />

VARIABLE COST<br />

Advertising 6 8 9 10 10<br />

Shopping bags (packaging/cutlery) 6 8 9 10 10<br />

Theft 0 0 0 0 0<br />

Credit Card Commissions 10 13 15 16 17<br />

TOTAL VARIABLE COST 22 29 33 35 37<br />

MARGIN ON VARIABLE COST 396 515 600 633 666<br />

FIXED COST<br />

RENT 62.6 68 74 76 79<br />

PAYROLL (incl. taxes & benefits) 237 315 350 360 390<br />

Phone & internet 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9<br />

Utilities 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.3<br />

Insurance 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1<br />

Travel 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1<br />

Accounting & Legal 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.2<br />

Office expenses 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1<br />

Other 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.6<br />

TOTAL FIXED COST 318 401 443 455 488<br />

EARNINGS BEFORE TAXES, DEPRECIATION & AMORTIZATION (EBITDA) 78 114 157 178 178<br />

Start-up expenses 12.8<br />

Depreciation & amortization 6.4 8.9 11.4 13.6 16.1<br />

Net interest expense (net interest in<strong>com</strong>e) 0 0 0 0 0<br />

EARNINGS BEFORE TAXES 59.1 105.0 145.7 164.2 162.0<br />

In<strong>com</strong>e taxes 11.6 24.2 35.7 41.8 41.0<br />

NET PROFIT 47.5 80.9 110.1 122.5 121.0<br />

THE EBITDA MARGIN IS FORECAST TO INCREASE TO 18% ACROSS THE NEXT FIVE<br />

YEARS AS INCREASING SALES WILL COVER MORE FIXED COSTS. NET PROFIT IS<br />

FORECAST TO GROW FROM $53,200 IN YEAR 1 TO $121,000 IN YEAR 5.<br />

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Gross Margin<br />

The bakery-centric fast food business is a highmargin<br />

business. French Bakery, LLC management<br />

forecasts to achieve reasonably a 75% margin<br />

on the products sold across the forecast period.<br />

However, the management accounts for the cost of<br />

products unsold. With a short product life of 1 to 2<br />

days, those products represent a waste that would<br />

constitute 10% of the cost of products sold.<br />

The freight includes not only the delivery of raw<br />

materials, but also the delivery cost of products to<br />

remote customers.<br />

Taking into consideration the cost of products sold,<br />

the freight cost, and the cost of products unsold,<br />

the effective gross margin is forecast to be 66%.<br />

owner. Mr. Smith made a transfer in the amount<br />

of $74,580.00 <strong>from</strong> his personal bank account in<br />

France to his personal bank account in the US. He<br />

then withdrew $72,000.00 <strong>from</strong> his personal bank<br />

account in the US and deposited that amount in the<br />

Company’s bank account. In addition, he made a<br />

transfer in the amount of $27,130.00 directly <strong>from</strong><br />

his personal bank account in the Company’s bank<br />

account. The Company‘s outstanding balance after<br />

those two deposits was $99,130.00.<br />

Payroll<br />

The payroll including taxes is forecast to grow <strong>from</strong><br />

$237,000 with 10 employees working 40 hours a<br />

week in year 1 to $390,000 with 15 employees in<br />

year 5.<br />

Start-up expenses<br />

The $12,800 start-up expenses are understated<br />

since most of the expenses have already been incurred<br />

through the corporate bank account of the<br />

The owner of French Bakery, LLC will earn an<br />

annual salary in the amount of $45,000 in year 1<br />

growing to $49,000 in year 5.<br />

THE MONTHLY EBITDA FOR THE FIRST TWELVE MONTHS OF OPERATIONS IS FORE-<br />

CAST TO BE POSITIVE AS SHOWN IN THE TABLE.<br />

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Cash Flow Statement<br />

As shown in the table set out below, the Boca<br />

Raton bakery unit is forecast to generate a Cash<br />

Flow From Operations (CFO) in the amount of<br />

$103,000 including the start-up expenses for<br />

$12,818.50 and rent deposit for $10,437 after 12<br />

months of operations. The CFO is forecast to grow<br />

to $137,000 in year 5. The Cash Flow balance at<br />

the end of year 5 is forecast to reach $593,000.<br />

CASH FLOW ($’000)<br />

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5<br />

SALES BEFORE SALES TAXES 600 780 908 958 1,008<br />

CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS (CFO)<br />

EBITDA 78 114 157 178 178<br />

Start-up expenses - non recurring expense -13<br />

Payment of in<strong>com</strong>e taxes 0 -12 -24 -36 -42<br />

(Incr) Decr in account receivable 0<br />

(Incr) Decr in trade debtors 0 0 0 0 0<br />

(Incr) Decr in prepayments & accrued in<strong>com</strong>e 0 0 0 0 0<br />

(Incr) Decr in inventory -6 -2 -1 -1 -1<br />

Incr (Decr) in trade creditors 4 1 1 0 0<br />

Incr (Decr) in other creditors (payroll incl taxes) 10 3 1 0 1<br />

(Incr) Decr in other assets (rent deposits) -10 0 0 0 0<br />

63 105 134 142 137<br />

CASH FLOW FROM INVESTMENTS (CFI) -50 -10 -10 -10 -10<br />

Increase in Fixed assets -50 -10 -10 -10 -10<br />

CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING (CFF)<br />

Net Interest In<strong>com</strong>e (expense 0 0 0 0 0<br />

Principal repayment of debt 0 0 0 0 0<br />

Increase (Decrease) in Debt 0 0 0 0 0<br />

Issue of ordinary shares 99<br />

99 0 0 0 0<br />

NET CASH FLOW 112 95 124 132 127<br />

CASH FLOW BALANCE - BEGINNING OF PERIOD 0 112 207 331 463<br />

CASH FLOW BALANCE - END OF PERIOD 112 207 331 463 591<br />

THE COMPANY PLANS TO GENERATE A NET POSITIVE CASH FLOW FOR EACH OF<br />

THE TWELVE FIRST MONTHS OF OPERATIONS. AS SUCH, THE NET CASH FLOW<br />

FOR THE FIRST MONTH OF OPERATION IS EXPECTED TO BE $6,800.<br />

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Investment<br />

As mentioned earlier, French Bakery, LLC signed<br />

a five-year business lease on a unit owned by Investment<br />

Limited for a total amount due at closing<br />

of $65,655.50 as described below. James Smith<br />

has injected $99,130 in the Company to finance<br />

this lease transaction and provide a $25,874 operational<br />

cash balance.<br />

The table below includes the breakdown of the<br />

$65,655 sum that was paid at closing:<br />

The former tenant operated a bakery in that space.<br />

The key money includes all the equipment, furniture,<br />

and machinery left by the previous tenant, as<br />

well as business permits, allowing French Bakery,<br />

LLC to operate its business <strong>from</strong> day one. A detailed<br />

list of those assets is enclosed in the appendix.<br />

The former tenant operated a bakery in that space.<br />

The key money includes all the equipment, furniture,<br />

and machinery left by the previous tenant, as<br />

well as business permits, allowing French Bakery,<br />

LLC to operate its business <strong>from</strong> day one. A detailed<br />

list of those assets is enclosed in the appendix.<br />

INVESTMENT SUMMARY<br />

Issue of Ordinary Shares (A):<br />

Cash amount transferred <strong>from</strong> the investor’s personal<br />

account to Company’s account $99,130.00<br />

Minus:<br />

First Month Rent ( $5,218.50 )<br />

Security Deposit ( $5,218.50 )<br />

Last month rent’s deposit ( $5,218.50 )<br />

Key money ( $50,000.00 )<br />

Legal fees ( $5,000.00 )<br />

<strong>Business</strong> plan preparation fees ( $2,000.00 )<br />

Accounting fees ( $600.00 )<br />

Total of investment & expenses (B) ( $73,255.50 )<br />

Operational cash balance as of opening balance<br />

sheet date (A minus B) $25,874.50<br />

THE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERS THAT THE KEY MONEY IS SPLIT BETWEEN TANGI-<br />

BLE ASSETS FOR $40,000 AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS FOR $10,000.<br />

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Balance Sheet<br />

BALANCE SHEET ($’000)<br />

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5<br />

ASSETS<br />

Current Assets<br />

Cash 112 207 331 463 591<br />

Account Receivable 0 0 0 0 0<br />

Inventory 6 8 9 10 10<br />

Other 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.4<br />

Total Current Assets 128 225 351 483 611<br />

Long Term Assets<br />

Net Intangible Fixed assets 10 10 10 10 10<br />

Gross Tangible Fixed assets 40 50 60 70 80<br />

Accumulated depreciation -6 -15 -27 -40 -56<br />

Financial fixed assets 0 0 0 0 0<br />

Total Long Term Assets 44 45 43 40 34<br />

Total Assets 172 270 394 523 645<br />

LIABILITIES & EQUITY<br />

Current Liabilities<br />

Trade creditors 4 5 6 7 7<br />

Other creditors 10 13 14 15 16<br />

Taxes payable 12 24 36 42 41<br />

Short-term notes payables 0 0 0 0 0<br />

Total current liabilities 25 42 56 63 64<br />

Long-term liabilities 0 0 0 0 0<br />

Total liabilities 25 42 56 63 64<br />

Equity<br />

Shareholders equity 99 99 99 99 99<br />

Retained earnings 0 60 141 251 374<br />

Start-up net earnings -13 -13 -13 -13 -13<br />

Net earnings 60 81 110 122 121<br />

Total Equity 147 227 338 460 581<br />

Total Liabilities and Equity 172 270 394 523 645<br />

THE TABLE SHOWS THE ANNUAL BALANCE SHEET RESULTS WITH TOTAL EQUITY<br />

(“NET WORTH “) INCREASING FROM $86,000 IN THE OPENING BALANCE SHEET TO<br />

$581,000 AT THE END OF YEAR 5.<br />

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FRENCH BAKERY, LLC CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL FORECAST<br />

In<strong>com</strong>e Statement<br />

the Boca Raton unit (bakery 1).<br />

French Bakery, LLC has enclosed a set of financial<br />

forecast on the basis of the opening of two bakeries<br />

over the next five years. The financial forecast<br />

of bakery 2 is based on the assumptions used for<br />

CONSOLIDATED PROFIT & LOSS ($’000)<br />

The management will make the investment in year<br />

2 to build bakery 2 for a launch of operations on<br />

the first day of year 3.<br />

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5<br />

Sales After Taxes 642 835 1,614 1,860 2,050<br />

Sales Before Taxes 600 780 1,508 1,738 1,916<br />

Purchases 150 195 377 435 479<br />

Freight costs 17 21 41 48 53<br />

Customs duties & expenses 15 20 38 43 48<br />

COST OF SALES (COS) 182 236 456 526 580<br />

GROSS MARGIN 419 544 1,052 1,212 1,336<br />

VARIABLE COST<br />

Advertising 6 8 15 17 19<br />

Shopping bags 6 8 15 17 19<br />

Theft 0 0 0 0 0<br />

Credit Card Commissions 10 13 25 29 32<br />

TOTAL VARIABLE COST 22 29 55 64 71<br />

MARGIN ON VARIABLE COST 396 515 996 1,148 1,266<br />

FIXED COST<br />

RENT 63 68 136 144 153<br />

PAYROLL (incl. taxes & benefits) 237 315 588 675 740<br />

Phone & internet 2 2 4 4 4<br />

Utilities 5 5 10 10 10<br />

Insurance 1 1 2 2 2<br />

Travel 1 1 2 2 2<br />

Accounting & Legal 3 3 6 6 6<br />

Office expense 1 1 2 2 2<br />

Other (incl. Headoffice cost) 5 5 11 11 11<br />

TOTAL FIXED COST 318 401 761 857 931<br />

EBITDA 78 114 235 292 335<br />

Start-up expenses 13 0 0 0 0<br />

Depreciation & amortization 6 9 29 34 39<br />

Net interest expense (net interest in<strong>com</strong>e) 0 0 0 0 0<br />

EARNINGS BEFORE TAXES 59 105 206 258 296<br />

In<strong>com</strong>e taxes 12 24 56 73 85<br />

NET PROFIT 47 81 151 185 211<br />

SALES ARE FORECAST TO REACH $1.9 MILLION IN YEAR 5 WITH A GROSS MARGIN<br />

OF 70% AND AN EBITDA AT $335,000.<br />

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Cash Flow Statement<br />

Cash Flow <strong>from</strong> Operations is forecast to grow to<br />

$265,000 in year 5. The Cash Flow <strong>from</strong> Investment<br />

is forecast at $90,000 in year 2, as the <strong>com</strong>pany<br />

will invest to build the second bakery. The<br />

Cash Flow Balance is forecast to reach $788,000<br />

at the end of year 5.<br />

CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW ($’000)<br />

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5<br />

SALES BEFORE SALES TAXES 600 780 1,508 1,738 1,916<br />

CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS (CFO)<br />

EBITDA 78 114 235 292 335<br />

Start-up expenses - non recurring expense -13 0 0 0 0<br />

Payment of in<strong>com</strong>e taxes 0 -12 -24 -56 -73<br />

(Incr) Decr in account receivable<br />

(Incr) Decr in trade debtors 0 0 0 0 0<br />

(Incr) Decr in prepayments & accrued in<strong>com</strong>e 0 0 0 0 0<br />

(Incr) Decr in inventory -6 -2 -7 -2 -2<br />

Incr (Decr) in trade creditors 4 1 5 2 1<br />

Incr (Decr) in other creditors (payroll incl taxes) 10 3 11 4 3<br />

(Incr) Decr in other assets (rent deposits) -10 0 -12 0 0<br />

CFO 63 105 208 239 265<br />

CASH FLOW FROM INVESTMENTS (CFI)<br />

Increase in Fixed assets -50 -90 -10 -20 -20<br />

CFI -50 -90 -10 -20 -20<br />

CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING (CFF)<br />

Net Interest In<strong>com</strong>e (expense) 0 0 0 0 0<br />

Principal repayment of debt 0 0 0 0 0<br />

Increase (Decrease) in Debt 0 0 0 0 0<br />

Issue of ordinary shares 99<br />

CFF 99 0 0 0 0<br />

NET CASH FLOW 112 15 198 219 245<br />

CASH FLOW BALANCE - BEGINNING OF PERI-<br />

OD 0 112 127 325 544<br />

CASH FLOW BALANCE - END OF PERIOD 112 127 325 544 788<br />

THE CASH FLOW BALANCE IS FORECAST TO REACH $788,000 AT THE END OF YEAR<br />

5.<br />

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Balance Sheet<br />

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET ($’000)<br />

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5<br />

Number of bakeries 1 1 2 2 2<br />

ASSETS<br />

Current Assets<br />

Cash 112 127 325 544 788<br />

Account Receivable 0 0 0 0 0<br />

Inventory 6 8 15 18 20<br />

Other 10 10 22 22 22<br />

Total Current Assets 128 145 363 584 831<br />

Long Term Assets<br />

Net Intangible Fixed assets 10 10 10 10 10<br />

Gross Tangible Fixed assets 40 130 140 160 180<br />

Accumulated depreciation -6 -15 -45 -79 -117<br />

Financial fixed assets (incl. Loans) 0 0 0 0 0<br />

Total Long Term Assets 44 125 105 91 73<br />

Total Assets 172 270 468 676 903<br />

LIABILITIES & EQUITY<br />

Current Liabilities<br />

Trade creditors 4 5 10 12 13<br />

Other creditors 10 13 24 28 30<br />

Taxes payable 12 24 56 73 85<br />

Short-term notes payables 0 0 0 0 0<br />

Total current liabilities 25 42 90 112 129<br />

Long-term liabilities 0 0 0 0 0<br />

Total liabilities 25 42 90 112 129<br />

Equity<br />

Shareholders equity 99 99 99 99 99<br />

Retained earnings 0 60 141 292 477<br />

Start-up net earnings -13 -13 -13 -13 -13<br />

Net earnings 60 81 151 185 211<br />

Total Equity 147 227 378 563 774<br />

Total Liabilities and Equity 172 270 468 676 903<br />

THE TABLE SHOWS THE ANNUAL BALANCE SHEET RESULTS WITH TOTAL EQUITY<br />

(“NET WORTH “) INCREASING FROM $86,000 IN THE OPENING BALANCE SHEET TO<br />

$774,000 IN YEAR 5.<br />

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CONCLUSION<br />

O<br />

n May 2, 2007, James Smith set up<br />

French Bakery, LLC, a Florida <strong>com</strong>pany to operate<br />

a French-themed bakery in Boca Raton, Florida.<br />

100% owned by James Smith, French Bakery, LLC is<br />

located at 1956 NE 5th Avenue, Unit 3, Boca Raton,<br />

Florida 33431.<br />

James Smith will manage the Company. He has<br />

already demonstrated a strong ability to execute<br />

similar projects in the past.<br />

As it is shown in his résumé, James Smith has fourteen<br />

years of unparalleled experience in the food<br />

industry.<br />

He has set up and operated several restaurant and<br />

catering businesses in the south of France. Along<br />

the way, he has developed an expertise on how<br />

to maintain quality while optimizing margin and<br />

building solid operational team in order to develop<br />

and manage successful food businesses.<br />

The <strong>com</strong>pany expects sales to grow <strong>from</strong> $600,000 in year 1 to $1,916,000 in year 5 with a <strong>com</strong>pany<br />

head count of 10 and 29 employees respectively.<br />

French Bakery, LLC<br />

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