Fractional CFO for Food and Beverage Companies

Alehar reports the profit by product after production costs and selling deductions. Ingredients and packaging are costed alongside the co-packer's charges. Retailer promotions and listing fees are deducted separately. Returns and spoiled batches are also included.

Alehar schedules the payments for ingredients and packaging against each batch's expected distributor receipts. The forecast includes the production time and the days the batch waits in storage. It tests a late distributor payment while the next batch still needs funding.

Yes. Alehar checks the quoted batch cost against the number of saleable units the run is expected to produce. Freight is added to give the delivered cost per unit. The comparison tests the co-packer's minimum order against your sales plan and an alternative production quote.

Yes. Alehar models the profit from the proposed listing at your planned volumes. The fees the retailer charges for shelf placement and the agreed promotions are included in the cost, and the model allows for returns under the retailer's terms. The cash forecast schedules the batch payments against the expected retailer receipts.

Yes. Alehar reports each batch's remaining shelf life and the cost of stock written off. Stock approaching its expiry date is shown separately. The production forecast compares planned runs with the quantity expected to sell before expiry.

Alehar estimates the export order's margin and cash needs before you accept it. Freight and insurance are added to the product cost. The model includes the duties your customs adviser confirms and tests a different exchange rate. It also compares the distributor's payment date with the batch's remaining shelf life.

Prepare a product-margin history that explains the retailer deductions and the batch write-offs. Alehar also reports the share of sales from the major customers and the production capacity supplied by co-packers. Preparing for the sale and running the process sit within Alehar's Selling your Company service.

Yes. Alehar compares the cost of making your planned batches in-house with the co-packer's quote. The model uses your production team's estimates of batch yields and cleaning time, and tests how much output is expected to sell before expiry. Equipment spending is scheduled separately, and the forecast estimates how long the savings would take to recover that investment.

Yes. Alehar reports batch margins separately for distributor orders, retail deliveries and online sales. For a product sold online, the packing and fulfilment costs are charged to that channel. For retail deliveries, the report includes the agreed promotions and the deductions for expired returns.

Alehar's senior lead and team review the batch costs and the distributor receipts with you each month. For a food business weighing an outsourced or virtual CFO, that includes checking whether the next co-packer deposit falls due before the last batch is paid for.