The Sandwich Shop™ | Business Simulation

Teams take over the running of a sandwich shop and attempt to develop the business over a series of 'six' weeks (or Rounds). They compete with other playing teams and also with a very successful, virtual team.

Each period teams decide what products to sell, what price to charge, the quality of their offer, the number of staff required, what to pay them and whether or not to extend opening times. In addition they can add 'speciality' drinks to their range and take up - or not - various opportunities.

Decisions are recorded on a Decision Form, details of which are entered into the program for analysis. The resulting Profit & Loss Account is issued together with advice and extra tasks. Mr Cleverdick and Miss Knowitall are full of ideas and advice but should teams pay attention?

The P&L figures need analysing and will influence future decisons in order to build on what is working and cut down on what is not. All decisions can be changed from week to week. It's all about developing an effective business strategy.

The team with the highest profit at the end of the six weeks is the winner.

• General business principles
• Teamwork and planning skills
• Business strategies
• Analysis and interpretation of simple financial data
• Importance of a quality product

1. Divide the group into teams, briefly introduce the simulation and issue Team Briefs. After 20-30 minutes issue Decision Form No.1 and allow time for these to be completed before collecting from teams.
2. Enter the data (easy) from the forms onto the program, using a unique PIN for each team. Produce the trading results - and any information on business opportunities - and issue these to teams for analysis. There is also an option to view the results on-screen.
3. After a further 20-30 minutes of analysis and decisions on the next steps, issue a 2nd Decision Form.
4. When all teams have completed six weeks of running their business enter the final decisions and produce the final P&L accounts but do not issue these immediately. Either ask each team to make a brief presentation on running their business or move straight into the Debrief.
5. Lead a Debrief on the activity, the learning points as they see them and the key issues that emerged both in terms of business principles and working as a team (full guidance in the Trainer’s Notes).
6. The debrief can focus on key points about teamwork and planning or on business acumen and the way teams developed their business and handled the competition.

Full guidance supplied in the Trainer’s Notes.

Hard & Digital Copy

• ☑️ Hard copy pack supplied
• ☑️ Program supplied (internet access required)
• ☑️ PDFs supplied

Digital Copy

• ☑️ Program supplied (internet access required)
• ☑️ PDFs supplied

Contents

• Trainer’s Notes
• Computer program
• Team Briefs
• Trainer's Scoresheets

This activity is for face-to-face classroom use. The digital files are supplied via the Northgate Trainerhub.

This Northgate Training activity comes with a five-year licence for repeat use with up to 24 participants at a time, for use by Trainers based at one licence-holding site (one Trainer can use the simulation at a time).

All Trainers physically based at the same office location can access the Northgate resources during the five-year term, including the digital resources supplied on the Trainerhub via your own site-specific Trainer Dashboard. If you have Trainers based at other locations, and/or remote workers, who would like to access and use the Northgate resources, we can advise further depending on your requirements.

For further information on our licence terms please view the Northgate Licence Agreement.