The Profitable Food Business Workshop (Physical)

📅 Monday, 16th March 2026 | 🕐 9AM – 4PM | 📍 Lagos, Nigeria

You wake up early. You close late. You're managing staff, handling vendors, chasing payments, and somehow still cooking. The orders are coming in — but at the end of every month, the numbers don't add up.

You're not lazy. You're not untalented. Your food is good — people love it.

So what's the problem?

The truth is this: most food businesses don't fail because of bad food or lack of demand. They fail because they lack structure — the right people in the right roles, clear systems that run without the owner, and financial controls that protect profit.

You were taught how to cook. Nobody taught you how to run a business.

That's exactly what this workshop is here to fix.

This is a full-day, intensive, hands-on workshop designed specifically for food business owners who are ready to stop surviving and start building something sustainable and profitable.

Built around the People. Process. Profit. framework, this workshop gives you the practical knowledge, tools, and strategies to align three critical drivers of success in your food business — your team, your systems, and your finances.

By the end of the day, you won't just understand what needs to change. You'll know exactly how to change it.

Every successful food business is built on three anchors. When all three are working together, your business becomes efficient, consistent, and profitable. When even one is missing, everything suffers.

People Your business is only as strong as the team running it. This pillar focuses on building a competent, accountable, and inspired team — people who deliver your brand standards consistently, stay motivated without constant supervision, and contribute to a culture that retains good staff. A strong team means you are no longer the only one holding everything together.

Process Without clear systems, your business runs on memory, guesswork, and chaos. This pillar is about creating the operational backbone of your business — standard operating procedures, production workflows, daily management routines, and control systems that reduce waste, protect quality, and allow your business to function smoothly whether you're present or not.

Profit Passion doesn't pay the bills — profit does. This pillar ensures that every product you sell, every decision you make, and every naira you spend is working toward measurable financial growth. You'll learn how to understand your real costs, price correctly, and build a business where the numbers actually make sense.

When People, Process, and Profit are aligned, food businesses stop running on hustle and start running on structure.

Your staff are not just workers — they are the face of your brand and the engine of your operations. In this session, you will learn how to define clear roles and expectations, build a culture of accountability where people take ownership, motivate and lead your team effectively, and create an environment where good staff want to stay. You'll stop losing great people and start building a team that grows with your business.

If your business cannot function without you physically present, you don't own a business — you own a job. In this session, you will learn how to document and implement standard operating procedures that create consistency, set up daily management systems that reduce errors and confusion, build an operational structure that allows you to step back without things falling apart, and create the foundation for a business that can grow without you having to do everything yourself.

Underpricing is one of the most common and most damaging mistakes food business owners make. Many are so focused on staying competitive or keeping customers happy that they price their products at a loss without even realising it. In this session, you will learn the correct formula for pricing — one that accounts for food costs, operating costs, indirect expenses, and your target profit margin. You will calculate your prices correctly, understand your break-even point, and leave with a pricing system you can apply to every product in your business immediately.

This workshop is designed for food business owners who are serious about building a profitable, structured, and sustainable business.

It is for you if you own or manage a restaurant, café, bakery, catering business, cloud kitchen, or home-based food brand. It is for you if you are making sales but struggling to see consistent profit at the end of the month. It is for you if your team is inconsistent and your operations feel chaotic without your constant involvement. It is for you if you are pricing on instinct or copying competitors rather than working from your actual numbers. It is for you if you are tired of working 12-hour days with little financial reward to show for it. And it is for you if you are ready to stop guessing and start building with clarity and confidence.

If you are not yet at the stage where you're ready to take action and implement real change in your business, this workshop may not be the right fit. But if you are done with the chaos and ready to build something that truly works — this day is for you.

Osaretin Okao is a food business consultant and strategist with deep expertise in helping food business owners across Nigeria transform the way they operate, price, and profit.

Known as the Food Biz Doctor, Osaretin specialises in operational structure, cost control, team development, pricing strategy, and profitability systems that are practical, implementable, and built for the real challenges of running a food business in today's market.

She has worked with dozens of restaurant owners, caterers, bakers, and foodpreneurs — helping them increase profit margins, raise prices without losing customers, build teams that perform consistently, and create systems that allow their businesses to run without depending entirely on the owner's physical presence.

This workshop is not motivational speaking. It is not theory. It is the kind of practical, no-fluff, results-driven training that Osaretin has become known for — and it is designed to give you tools you can use the moment you leave the room.

Follow her: @foodbizdoctor

Early Bird Price: ₦250,000 Regular Price: ₦300,000

Early bird slots are limited. Once they are gone, the price returns to ₦300,000.

Date: Monday, 16th March 2026 Time: 9AM – 4PM Location: Lagos, Nigeria (Venue details to be shared upon registration)

You have built something real. You have shown up every day, put in the work, and kept going even when it was hard. Now it is time to build it right.

The food industry is competitive. The margin for error is small. The businesses that survive and grow are not necessarily the ones with the best food — they are the ones with the strongest structure.

The Profitable Food Business Workshop will give you that structure.

One day. One framework. A business that finally works the way it should.

Spots are limited. The early bird price will not last.