Chefs Toolkit Inc Case Solution

The owners have financed long term assets and patent through personal loans; however, they need additional funding in order to pay the dues on the production mold and to kick start production. After being turned down by banks for further debt, they have been seeking venture, capitalists. Mr. Reid, a venture capitalist, has proposed to finance a maximum of $85,000 for 50% ownership stake in the company. However, before making any commitment, Mr. Reid wants to analyze the pro-forma financial statements of Chef’s Toolkit Inc. in order to gauge the amount of cash needed per month. A detailed master budget including the pro-forma financial statements of Chef’s Toolkit has been developed for the first financial year. The assumptions have been taken as well as the results have been summarized below:

1. Pro-forma Financial Statements: August 1994 to July 1995: 

i. Projected Sales

The monthly financial statements for Chef’s Toolkit Inc. have been prepared for the base case as well as the optimistic case. The projected sales for the base case are 10,000 units while the projected number of units sold for the optimistic case are 30,000 units. Moreover, the wholesale price is $1.82 per unit.

ii. Production

The number of units produced depends upon the expected sales. It has been assumed that in the first month, 40,000 units will be produced to avoid stock out in the first few months. In the base case, since the number of units sold is assumed to be 10,000 while 500 units will be used for promotion. As Mr. Jeffery will be using his garage and basement for storing the inventory which has a capacity of 10,000 units, additional 19,500 units will be stored in a warehouse at a cost of $230 per month. The warehouse will be needed for the first three months until the ending inventory reaches the desired level of 10,000 to be stored at home. 

On the contrary, there would be no need for the warehouse in the optimistic case. However, after two consecutive months of sales of 30,000 units, the company will purchase a two-cavity mold that will not only double production capacity but will reduce the production cost to half. Moreover, the depreciation expense will also decrease. The new mold is ordered in October 1994 and will be functional from January 1995. 

iii. Capital Expenditures

There are no capital expenditures in the base case. The only capital expenditure in the first year of operations owes to the purchase of double cavity production mold in the optimistic case. As already mentioned, the new production mold will be ordered in October 1994 for $62,000 which is paid in three equal installments from October to December 1994. 

iv. Operating expenses

The production of Pasta Server will be executed by Perfect Plastics for a variable cost of $0.7 per unit. Packaging cost is $0.43 per unit which is to be paid at the time of delivery. Moreover, depreciation is booked based on the number of units produced. Depreciation expense for the manufacturing mold is $0.145 per unit while that for the packaging mold is $0.017 per unit. As a result, the cost of goods sold is $1.292 per unit. Moreover, the shipping expense is $0.085 per unit which is also treated as a variable cost. Furthermore, after the purchase of double cavity production mold in the optimistic case, depreciation expense will fall to $0.062 per unit while the cost of production will decrease to $0.35 per unit. 

The selling, general and administrative expenses include promotion cost, warehouse rent and depreciation of office equipment. Also, monthly administrative expenses have been assumed to be $4,315. 

v. Pro-forma Income Statement

Based on the above mentioned assumptions, a pro-forma income statement for Chef’s Toolkit has been prepared. Moreover, the tax rate has been taken as 20%. In the base case, the company suffers from a loss for the first four months owing mainly to the warehouse cost due to excess inventory and promotion cost. After the fourth month, Chef’s Toolkit Inc. earns a profit before tax of $105 per month. The after tax profit becomes $84 per month for the profitable months. In the optimistic case, the company is profitable from the very first month with profits reaching $17,564 per month. The cost of goods sold for the month of January 1995 includes 10,000 units at the cost of beginning inventory ($1.292 per unit) while the new units cost $0.856 per unit due to the new mold.