Restaurants & Food Service Business Plan Templates

Plan, launch, or expand your restaurant or food service business with industry-specific business plan templates. These restaurant, café, bakery, bar, and food service plans are written for U.S. entrepreneurs and come in editable Word & PDF with a built-in 3-year financial forecast.

Whether you’re opening a sit-down restaurant, quick-service concept, dessert shop, or mobile food business, you can download a professional business plan template that helps you show realistic startup costs, food and labor margins, and growth potential to banks, SBA reviewers, and investors.

Full-Service & Sit-Down Restaurants

From casual family dining to upscale concepts, a strong restaurant business plan template helps you explain your menu, seating capacity, table turn times, and neighborhood demand. Use these plans for country kitchen diners, Italian or Greek concepts, soul food restaurants, vegan restaurants, and other full-service locations.

• Soul Food Restaurant Business Plan Template – for comfort food and Southern-style concepts with dine-in and takeout.
• Gastro Pub Business Plan Template – ideal for pub-style menus, craft beers, and neighborhood bar-and-kitchen formats.

Fast Food, Quick Service & Takeout

Quick-service and fast food concepts live on speed, consistency, and high ticket volume. These food service business plan templates help you show counter service flow, drive-through or walk-up windows, combo meals, and realistic food cost percentages.

• Fried Chicken Restaurant Business Plan Template – built for quick-service fried chicken shops, combo meals, and family buckets.

Bakeries, Cafés & Dessert Shops

Dessert shops and cafés need a plan that explains display cases, daily production, special orders, and add-on beverage sales. Use these bakery and dessert business plan templates for cupcake shops, donut shops, vegan bakeries, tea & bakery cafés, and more.

• Frozen Yogurt Shop Business Plan Template – for self-serve or counter-service frozen yogurt and toppings bars.
• Fudge Shop Business Plan Template – ideal for tourist-area fudge shops, candy counters, and specialty sweet stores.

Food Trucks, Carts & Mobile Food Concepts

Mobile food concepts must plan carefully for event schedules, commissary kitchens, prep time, and seasonal shifts. These food truck and mobile food business plan templates help you estimate daily sales, festival revenue, and repeat catering clients for hot dog carts, funnel cake and cotton candy stands, pizza trucks, and more.

• Shaved Ice & Snow Cone Service Business Plan Template – perfect for mobile shaved ice trailers, snow cone carts, and seasonal routes.

Specialty Food & Hybrid Food-Retail Businesses

Some food businesses blend retail and prepared foods, like gourmet popcorn shops, organic grocery and deli combos, meat butcher & deli stores, or gas station mini marts with strong hot food programs. These plans help you show merchandising, impulse buys, and mixed product margins clearly.

• Gas Station Mini Mart Business Plan Template – for fuel stations with hot food, grab-and-go snacks, and beverage coolers.

Helpful Guides for Restaurant & Food Business Planning

New to writing a restaurant or food service business plan? These step-by-step guides walk you through concept, menu, pricing, startup costs, and financial projections for popular food niches.

• Dough to Dollars: Pizza Shop Plan with Costs, Pricing, Financials
• How to Write a Shaved Ice Business Plan (U.S. 2025)
• How to Write a Cotton Candy Shop Business Plan (U.S. 2025)

Each template is instantly downloadable so you can start customizing your restaurant, café, bakery, bar, or food service business plan today and move one step closer to opening your doors.