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Well Grounded is a coffee company, packaging our wide range of Fair Trade and Bird
Friendly certified products in a sustainable manner. Currently, we offer our coffee in both whole
beans and ground by the bag, however as our company continues to develop, we seek to add eco-
friendly steeped coffee bags as well as green cups, the sustainable alternative to single use coffee
pods to our product line. Our coffee flavors are named after species of birds which our use of
shade grown cultivation helps save, such as the American Redstart and Chestnut Sided Warbler.
To promote eco-friendly practices in a plethora of the daily activities of our customers, we offer
baskets filled with our coffee products in an array of flavors and sizes, as well as sustainable
products, such as a composting coffee guidebook, and reusable silicone ice molds. Furthermore,
we offer a line of reusable supplemental products to enjoy our coffee with, ranging from metal
straws to reusable canvas shopping bags, continuing our efforts in sustainable integration. The
coffee industry is a large contributor to the current climate crisis, highlighting society's single use
and disposable mentality, through excess plastic packaging and unethical practices of cultivation.
At Well Grounded, our mission titled “Beyond the Cup“is to combat this issue directly, and
concurrently provide as many people as possible with the means for a high quality cup of coffee
every day.
Our current financial situation is not great as our expenses are more than our revenue
from our sales which shows that we are losing money as a business. However we have been
improving and getting close to breaking even. For example November our total sales were
$8,487.91 while our expenses were $50,639.76. This is a Net Income of a loss of 47,012.32.
However in December our sales improved while our expenses decreased. In December our total
sales were $35,285.30, which is a tremendous increase in sales we had in December compared to
the amount of sales we had in November. Our total expenses for December were $33,828.27.
This led to a Net Loss of 9,970.75. This is still not good as we are in the negatives but we are
improving as the days go on. This can also be shown by our ratios. For example the gross profit
ratio indicates the percent gross profit of sales, and a lower percentage most likely indicates a
cost of merchandise sold. It is calculated by taking our Gross Profit and dividing it by our sales.
In November we had a gross profit margin of 0.46, while in December we had a gross profit
margin of 0.94. This shows that we have had a lower cost of merchandise sold in December than
in November. Another ratio that shows this is the net profit margin. This ratio indicates the
percent net profit is of sales. A low percentage most likely indicates high costs. It is calculated
by taking our net profit and dividing it by our sales. Our net profit margin for November was -5.5
while in December it was -0.35. This shows that we were much more efficient in our spending
and we made a lot more sales in December than in November. As a result of this increase in sales
we have been able to pay off all our liabilities. This is a huge relief to Well Grounded because
we do not have to worry about paying back money we owe and can't focus on spending money
Graph of Sales
Break- Even - Analysis
Balance Sheet
Income Statement(Actuals)
Income Statement(Projected)
Sales Projections
Cash Budget
Total Adjustments to reconcile Net Income to Net Cash provided by operations: $30,013.20