Proverbs 3:13 says to us: “How blessed is the man who finds wisdom and the man who gains understanding.”
WHY DO MOST COFFEE SHOP ENTERPRISES FAIL?
You need to know this because it will affect your success whether you are starting an in house café of in the community as a stand alone ministry.
A recent survey of 232 independent coffee shops by Food Truck Empire found this:
The number one reason for failure cited within coffee shops is being unprepared for ownership according to the survey (55% of respondents listed this as a primary reason).
Put simply, new coffee business owners don’t know what they’re getting themselves into when starting this business. Many are not aware of the complexities of the business. Judgement is often clouded by what the dream of owning a cafe will really be like. What’s unfortunate is this cause of failure is reduced through training and education. (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE CHART)
That’s where we come in. Please read on.
YOU HAVE TWO CONSULTING OPTIONS: ZOOM TELECONFERENCE or TRADITIONAL ON-SITE
With both options, we will cover essential shop layout, operations, training and equipment procurement.
A servant heart and sharing knowledge to help others is a part of our nature and we want to help you and your church coffee shop café ministry flourish.
After successfully operating our own coffee shops since 2004 and as specialty coffee roasters wholesaling our coffees across the US in all 50 states since 2006, we offer invaluable and time/cost saving insights and information.
Let us share the secrets of doing it right the first time. You can then take our suggested layout and work with a local contractor or designer to put it into place. Work flow, equipment placement, heights, how many plugs, water needs, and so on are what we can guide you on.
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Q&A HELP
Here is only a partial list of questions we can answer:
- How high should my counters be?
- How much space do I need behind the counter?
- Where do I place the equipment for a logical work flow?
- Where to put the ice machine?
- Do I even need an ice machine?
- Where can I get a good (aka dependable) espresso machine?
- For that matter, what is a good espresso machine brand?
- Should I buy new or used?
- Brewers? How many do I need? What capacity? What brand?
- How do we train our staff? Can you help us with that?
- What about this?
- What about that?
LAYOUT, WORKFLOW and DESIGN HELP EXAMPLE
TESTIMONIAL
Mary Lou Herald, Food Service Director at Whitesburg Baptist Church in Huntsville, AL shared this this:
“We opened our Café 246 coffee shop in 2013 and wanted a high quality coffee at a reasonable price but also a coffee company with a higher purpose and ideals than simply us selling coffee. What a tall order!
We found everything we were looking for and more in Coffee 4 Missions and Toomer’s Coffee Roasters.
It is outstanding coffee; our people love it and purchase bags to enjoy at home. The company/people are of the highest caliber, honest, and dependable; they will do whatever it takes to be sure we have what we need when we need it.
What I appreciate most is the help they gave us prior to opening our coffee service – they helped with design and layout, equipment procurement, lots of encouragement, training of our staff, and were on-site the day we opened!
You cannot go wrong purchasing coffee from this outstanding company- you will receive great coffee at a reasonable price and have a good feeling knowing you are helping to support missions… one cup at a time.”
CONTACT US TODAY AND LET’S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD TO SUCCESS!
Contact us today to find out more about our Consulting Services!
Blessings to you!
Sandy & Trish Toomer
Owners & Ministry Partners