Depending on what part of the country your in dont over estimate the need for specialty coffee. Im located in a small town in NC and its tough going even with the proper coffee/equipment(but its gong). I like to compare specialty coffee to craft beer. The market is growing but slowly and the...
Ok got in here late but this is my take. My wife and I use coins in our shop and the previous owner did too. Yes there a gimmick but were in a small southern town where people love gimmicky things. We changed the format from using just coins to now using coins and cards. Business cards with a...
Well my apologies. I miss worded my initial info there. What I was trying to say was that we doubled the daily intake of money not actually profit. Right now we are operating right at break even sometimes a little under. He was loosing a considerable amount of money when he ran it.
Still good...
My wife and I aquired a small shop about 9 months ago. The previous owner ran another business and was doing a poor job of running the coffee shop. He had originally started off well and ran the shop for about 10 years but lost interest. With the shop we got all the equipment which was quality...
Thanks yall. Lots of good advice. To answer a few questions, I dont have a very high volume. The M3 is nice in the morning and afternoon rush but other than that I dont feel its worth it. Plus I dont feel that the shot and overall experience is that great from a super auto. The M3 was the brain...
Hello all! Glad I found this site.
I have and issue I need some outside guidance on. My wife and I bought a Coffee shop a while back in western NC. So far its been hard work but its going prety good. We use Cimbali machines and I have no desire to drop Cimbali. I have one older version of the...