Show Summary
This episode with Paul Finney, we learn on how a food business can be profitable! After discovering Profit First, Paul brought on a Profit First Professional to implement our strategies, and now, his profitability is 300% greater than it was in the past. He is now on a track to make it 500% better, and is paying himself amounts he had never payed himself before. He was even able to reserve money for taxes! All of these things happened because of how he implemented Profit First! Discover his exact method and strategy and the person who helped coach him along. Hint…it’s Marcie Hanhart! Welcome to Episode 108 of the Profit First Podcast!
Our Guests
Chef Paul Finney is the owner and creator of the October Kitchen Chef Service.
Specializing in delivering healthy home style nourish meals to boomer, seniors, and anyone too busy to cook.
Formed in 2000 October Kitchen in Connecticut’s Premier meal delivery service serving central Connecticut.
Expanded to a 1,800 sq ft commercial production kitchen in 2010 to a full service CHEF SERVICE prepared meal service offering weekly delivery and retail take away.
They deliver to over 200 families in the Greater Hartford area every week and prepare healthy home-style meals with less salt, fat and sugar and great taste.
A 1992 Johnson and Wales culinary graduate and NY TIMES “Excellent” chef, chef Finney has grown October Kitchen from a one man personal chef operation to a cutting edge meal delivery service.
Along with his beautiful wife Alison, they have grown their Mom and Pop operation to be the main food service meal provider for thousands of clients, nourishing and improving their health with great food, prepared with love.
LINKS:
Recently featured in the Hartford Business Journal: http://m.hartfordbusiness.com/article/20160627/PRINTEDITION/306249932/1002
Marcie Hanhart has been a business coach, consultant and advisor to companies for over 35 years.
Her clients have ranged from Fortune 100 companies, to startups. She has owned and run 3 businesses of her own and in 2002 became a certified business coach with Action Coach, formerly ACTION INTERNATIONAL.
Marcie’s focus has long been driven by bottom line profit. She says she has used this focus to help companies drive more efficient production and development processes, increase systemization and motivate effective and happy Teams.
Marcie told us that she has found Profit First an incredible tool in helping inspire business owners because, to quote her: “they can now see that the best companies do manage to run great businesses, pay themselves well, and still take a healthy profit” They want to do the same.
LINKS: www.actioncoach.com/marciehanhart
Corporate Partners
Receipt-Bank – Software and service to make the gathering, storage & processing of bills, receipts and invoices as easy and as cost effective as possible for businesses.
Nextiva – VOIP phone providers for small businesses.
Fundera – Single source online funding for entrepreneurs. Also offers an adviser program for CPAs, bookkeepers and business coaches.
Fundbox – The simplest and fastest way to fix your cash flow by advancing payments for your outstanding invoices.
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