BUSINESS PLAN ON SMALL SCALE TOMATO PASTE PROCESSING PLANT

i. Executive Summary

   Our company is a Limited Liability Company based in Lagos, Nigeria. It is a business set up with a clear, dedicated and committed vision, to excel and grow into one of the best Agro based industries in Lagos which has taken advantage of the abundant raw materials produced to create goods for export.The proposed plant will be built in Lagos, Nigeria.

We also have acquired recently a 50,000 hectares plant land in the same region for cultivating of tomato. Our processing plant we believe will be run by a team of experts that include Mr…………….. as the General Manager. It is also important to note that our company is registered as a limited liability company.

We believe that our plant will have tomato processing capacity of about 14 tons per day. We plan to make arrangements for skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled manpower, raw materials and plant housing as necessary for the success of our business.

We also believe that we will provide funding for machinery, skilled manpower, take-off capital, among other things through loan from BOA. Our management will jointly organise for marketing of manufactured tomato paste.

Advantages of Tomato Processing

 According to Goldberg (2011) the following reasons amongst others are some of the advantages why food is processed:

• Protection against spoilage

 • Long shelf life

• Add value

• Availability

• Easy transportation

 • Profitability

 • Lower of season cost

 • Easy to store

 • Convenience

 • Safety

Disadvantages of Processed Tomato

 • Reduction of nutritional value

 • Reduction of taste

 • Change of colour

• Change in texture

 • Restriction in use

Materials required for primary processing:

 Grinding machine, filter, thermometer, Refract meter, pH meter or papers, tables, knives, vessel, pots, heat source, water source etc.

METHODS OF PROCESSING

• Dehydration

 • Chemical preservation

• Pasteurization (heat treatment) this proposal will lay emphases on wet milling of tomato i.e. the Processing of tomato into Paste using pasteurization.

Our Products and Services

 Our products are listed below:

-           Tomato Paste

-           Tomato Ketchup

-           Tomato juice and sauce

-           Dried tomatoes

-           Tomato powder

 It is our hope to provide excellent customer service for our customers and suppliers.We will also produce these products, and export 70% of the products directly from Nigeria to our neighbouring countries. We believe that Nigeria will also gain from foreign exchange earnings and added value for its rotten produce which would have gone to waste.

ii.Vision

Our vision is to be one of the largest producers of tomato paste, juice and other food products in Nigeria, Africa and world at large.

iii.Mission

We have decided to provide a wide variety of processed tomato products to Nigerian citizens. We understand that the customer service is extremely important, therefore we provide excellent customer service because we want each customer to have a pleasant experience with our goods.

HOW TO PLACE AN ORDER FOR BUSINESS PLAN

The price of the business plan is N10,000. Pay the sum of N10,000 into the account below:

ACCOUNT NAME:                  CHIMEZIE CHARLES U.

ACCOUNT NUMBER:            0007282958

BANK:                                     GTBANK                                 

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