evshaw3
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Wow Tophie2,
I completely understand your frustration. If everybody out there is averaging 450.00 a day right now, Im in the wrong location. I too hear from all the local business owners about how sales have taken a "duce". My wife and I opened here in North Texas last December. We are a Cuppys/ Java Jo'z/ got screwed now turned independant drive thru espresso & frozen drink business. We have been around the horn looking for the perfect bean, have excellent customer service, I know this because my wife & I are the only people we can hire for free? I laughed when I saw someone respond to your post on working 100n hrs as "slacker", The wife & I live at this store, and if it werent for my day job (working midnights) we would be on our a**. We started out well capitalized I thought? Seems like small business owners starting out today need a couple of hundred thousand in working capital just so they can go home in the evening and not get into a screaming match with their spouse every night. Its Sat. morning here, Ive been open since 7am and Im at $84.32 , pretty sobbering huh? Sure weve had 4, 5, even 700.00 days, but defenitely not lately. We have a 30-45k traffic flow, $bucks down the street on the other side, and soon to open Mickey D just a block away? We are down to our last 10k working money and its bleeding quick. I always marvel at the 12-15 min. line at all the local $bucks, and how much culture bust is required to get folks to stop their "lemming" consumer behavior. Im very frustrated as well because I believed very much I might add, that I had a chance at making this work. In March a local shaved ice stand closed and we decided to get a machine and add it to the menu. It saved our butts big time over the summer months by adding an additional 2-300.00 on hot weather days. Ive always believed in keeping our menu simple, was at a Dutch Bro's drive thru in Colo. Springs a few weeks ago and their menu was quick and easy to read, think we need to do the same. We have dumped a small fortune in every kind of marketing I can think of, all thats left is bikini clad barista's? Im very much intrested in how well you hold up over the next few months, so please post as I will keep you up on us as well.
Javaev
I completely understand your frustration. If everybody out there is averaging 450.00 a day right now, Im in the wrong location. I too hear from all the local business owners about how sales have taken a "duce". My wife and I opened here in North Texas last December. We are a Cuppys/ Java Jo'z/ got screwed now turned independant drive thru espresso & frozen drink business. We have been around the horn looking for the perfect bean, have excellent customer service, I know this because my wife & I are the only people we can hire for free? I laughed when I saw someone respond to your post on working 100n hrs as "slacker", The wife & I live at this store, and if it werent for my day job (working midnights) we would be on our a**. We started out well capitalized I thought? Seems like small business owners starting out today need a couple of hundred thousand in working capital just so they can go home in the evening and not get into a screaming match with their spouse every night. Its Sat. morning here, Ive been open since 7am and Im at $84.32 , pretty sobbering huh? Sure weve had 4, 5, even 700.00 days, but defenitely not lately. We have a 30-45k traffic flow, $bucks down the street on the other side, and soon to open Mickey D just a block away? We are down to our last 10k working money and its bleeding quick. I always marvel at the 12-15 min. line at all the local $bucks, and how much culture bust is required to get folks to stop their "lemming" consumer behavior. Im very frustrated as well because I believed very much I might add, that I had a chance at making this work. In March a local shaved ice stand closed and we decided to get a machine and add it to the menu. It saved our butts big time over the summer months by adding an additional 2-300.00 on hot weather days. Ive always believed in keeping our menu simple, was at a Dutch Bro's drive thru in Colo. Springs a few weeks ago and their menu was quick and easy to read, think we need to do the same. We have dumped a small fortune in every kind of marketing I can think of, all thats left is bikini clad barista's? Im very much intrested in how well you hold up over the next few months, so please post as I will keep you up on us as well.
Javaev
