Food Truck Financial Model – 5 Year Financial Forecast (Excel XLSX)

A food truck is a large motorized vehicle (such as a van) or trailer, equipped to cook, prepare, serve, and/or sell food and beverages. A Food Truck is basically a Restaurant on wheels and are often owned by a local business owner and chef. With low investments and minimal risks involved, Food Trucks are now becoming the popular choice for opening a restaurant business, especially for first-time restaurateurs. Compared to a typical brick-and-mortar Restaurant, a food truck is considered to be a high-profit food business idea, mainly because it involves a much lower investment, lower operation costs and offers mobility since owners can strategically change the location on a daily or weekly basis depending on the rise and fall of footfall in some areas and also take part in different events and food fests so they can introduce their dishes to potential customers.

This Financial Model presents an advanced 5-year financial plan for a startup or operating Food Truck business and is a flexible tool for owners to forecast business financial and operational activities.

It includes assumptions and calculations of Operating Metrics (Operating Days & Hours, Avg. F&B Serving Time), Daily Number of Orders, Revenue form Food & Beverages Sales, Cost of Goods Sold, Payroll, Operating Expenses, Fixed Assets & Depreciation, Financing through Debt & Equity and Exit Valuation assumptions in case of a potential sale of the business.

The structure of the template follows Financial Modeling Best Practices principles and is fully customizable.

Detailed instructions for the functionality of the model are included in the Excel file.

Model Inputs and Setup Reports:
•  General Setup Assumptions, incl. Starting Expenses (in case the business is a startup), Revenue, Cost of Goods Sold, Payroll, Operating Expenses, and Capital Expenditures Assumptions
•  Financing (Debt & Equity), Valuation, and Exit Assumptions
•  Forecast Scenarios
•  Model Calculations (Total Orders, Orders Revenue, Direct Costs, etc.)

Monthly Output Reports:
•  Monthly Budget and Actual Reports
•  Monthly Profit & Loss Statement Summary per Year
•  Budget vs. Actual Variance Analysis at a YTD and Monthly level

5-Year Forecast Output Reports:
•  Annual Financial Statements (3 Statement model)
•  Break-Even Analysis
•  Financial Ratios, including several Profitability, Efficiency, Liquidity, and Leverage (Solvency) Ratios
•  Performance Dashboard
•  Business Valuation, including DCF Model, Return Metrics (NPV, EV, IRR, MOIC, ROI, etc.), and Sensitivity Analysis
•  Professional Executive Summary

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