“You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.” — Yogi Berra

Morrison & Company can help with nearly any planning challenge, from budgeting, financial models, and business plans to comprehensive feasibility studies that assess the financial, marketing, and engineering prospects of a major proposed project. 

We work with your Board, management, and staff as appropriate to craft plans that meet the needs of ownership, lenders, investors, and others.  We can also provide professionals from fields including finance, marketing, engineering, and others, saving you the hassles of hiring and managing persons in the various disciplines necessary to meet your needs.  Our projects have included:

Large projects:

• A business plan, strategic study, and financial projections for joint processing and marketing operations by four food companies, three based in North America and one in South America.  Included a due diligence review of a target acquisition company in the United States.

• An assessment of the marketing, technical, and financial feasibility of a facility to convert food processing waste to fuel-grade ethanol.  The study included appraisals of feedstock availability and costs, assessment of available technologies and needed innovations, a review of markets, site reviews, preliminary engineering, and financial projections.

• An assessment of marketing, technical, and financial feasibility for a new food processing plant in northern California.  The study included an assessment of commodity availability, a review of potential markets, preliminary site selection, preliminary engineering design and equipment lists, and financial projections under a number of possible scenarios.

• Due diligence reviews to assess the viability and/or estimated value of potential business acquisitions.

• The organization, development, and final compilation of a major study that preceded the successful national launch of a major new product by an internationally known food processing company.

Mid-sized and small projects:

• Strategic planning sessions to develop joint management/board consensus, and the development of long-term plans to achieve the agreed-upon goals.

• An industry assessment for an overseas investor including market demand, availability of critical inputs, processing capacity, a review of major industry challenges, and preliminary assessments of potential acquisition targets.

• Plans to introduce new products for several clients, including regional, national, and international firms.

• A complete review of the operations and business alternatives of a grower-owned company, including reviews of possible new food processing operations.

• A feasibility study outlining and assessing options including relocation, re-engineering, and liquidation for an established commodity handler and agribusiness service organization.

• Numerous budgets and budgeting process designs to help an organization plan and monitor its operating results and to satisfy the needs of lenders and investors.