

Bellissimo’s Coffee CFO consultant is Chris Legler, whose vast experience and knowledge of finance specifically tailored to the coffee industry, brings an unrivaled expertise to your business. Chris’ expertise includes financial management, roasting coffee, business ownership and a great understanding of business operations.
Chris has held executive positions in finance and administration, marketing, retail operations and strategic planning. He was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Barnie’s Coffee and Tea Company and has held positions of increasing responsibility with Starbucks Coffee Company, Sony, British Petroleum, Blockbuster Entertainment and Eddie Bauer.
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Many small and medium sized businesses cannot afford the cost of a full-time CFO to help them take an in depth look at critical issues such as cost drivers, planning and investment analysis. Our consultant can help provide the benefits that many larger companies have without the long-term on-going costs of hiring a full time CFO.
Creating a successful business involves understanding how to increase long-term profitability through sales growth while managing your costs at an optimal level. Also knowing how to manage your available cash is crucial to managing the growth of your business.
Our consultant can assist with analyzing current sales. This is essential in developing marketing initiatives as well as product offerings that will grow your revenue. You will also gain a better understanding of the costs of your beverages and other products. This will help you determine pricing structures as well as where to focus your energies.
Managing labor to an optimal level will help drive your sales while maintaining an affordable cost structure. He will spend time looking at the complexities of labor including optimization of hours to grow sales, management labor and incentive plans.
Understanding the capacities and current asset utilizations can help your company free up cash flow that can be used to expand your business. Our seasoned consultant will examine ways to increase your cash flow by examining inventory returns, equipment investments, systems investments and human capital.
This includes how to evaluate a new site from a financial perspective including sales and cost projections as well as common items to look for in negotiating with landlords.
He can also assist in the all-important view of prioritization of your financial needs. Planning the course through simple budgeting will allow you to better achieve the goals that you have set. A well though out plan will also point out where improvements are needed.
This package provides a two-day examination of your business and
provides a view of the easiest areas for you to improve profitability.
An on-site visit is encouraged to get optimal results.
This package provides a deeper examination of your business and
provides an in-depth view of the potential to improve profitability. A
one-day on-site visit is included to get optimal results.
This package provides our intensive look at your business and includes
development of a full strategic plan and a tactical plan that is
necessary to achieve these long-term goals. Our consultants will
analyze your current business situation, spend time with you
determining your long-term goals and create a roadmap as to how to
achieve these goals. This is money well spent to anyone who wants to
grow his or her operation beyond its existing structure either through
more retail, wholesale or Internet. A two-day on-site visit is
essential in achieving these results.
It has been several months since I hired Bellissimo to help me with my current coffee business and to get some valuable insights that would help me in the opening of a second coffeehouse. Bellissimo’s senior consultant, Ed Arvidson, spent several days with us and provided us with valuable suggestions on how to improve our business sales volume and gave us significant advice in the selection of the area as well as the size of a possible second coffeehouse. He validated our thoughts that our...
Read More... current location has the potential to double its current sales
provided we invest in the remodeling of the kitchen, reduce the size of
our menu, and train our personnel more thoroughly in the customer
service area, etc. We have already started to apply his suggestions and
with great confidence expect the best in the future. I can truly say
our investment was worth it. Thank you Bellssimo for sending such an
honest and wise consultant. Our best regards!!!