Texas based company looking at expanding into coffee services.

[OscarPappa]

I started this thread in the B2B forum but realized that this may be the appropriate place


Hello forum


I own a small business in South Texas and I found this forum as I was researching ideas on how to start a coffee/food service division. We started in 2010 as an office supply company, but want to evolve into more of a service based business as we lose market share to the big guys (Amazon, etc.). We are B2B and have a book of business that we can immediately start working with whenever we roll out this new program (currently 200-300 active customers). Most of our clients range from 10-500 employees.

Obviously, there is a lot of competition out there (we are used to that) but we believe that finding the right coffee and providing excellent service will be the key to our success. I am excited about the opportunity to learn more about coffee in general, as the every day life of a business owner can be pretty stressful it seems this industry has a more "chill" factor to it and I find myself less of a "go go go" person the older I get (38 now).

Anyway, we are actively searching for roasters (mainly in Texas, but open to ideas) that can provide us with great coffee and of course great pricing so that we can increase our profitability. I am open to ideas and suggestions for those of you with experience, and appreciate any feedback.

- RT

 

[Becks]

Roaster

Oscar,
are you in the coffee business now?

I started this thread in the B2B forum but realized that this may be the appropriate place


Hello forum


I own a small business in South Texas and I found this forum as I was researching ideas on how to start a coffee/food service division. We started in 2010 as an office supply company, but want to evolve into more of a service based business as we lose market share to the big guys (Amazon, etc.). We are B2B and have a book of business that we can immediately start working with whenever we roll out this new program (currently 200-300 active customers). Most of our clients range from 10-500 employees.

Obviously, there is a lot of competition out there (we are used to that) but we believe that finding the right coffee and providing excellent service will be the key to our success. I am excited about the opportunity to learn more about coffee in general, as the every day life of a business owner can be pretty stressful it seems this industry has a more "chill" factor to it and I find myself less of a "go go go" person the older I get (38 now).

Anyway, we are actively searching for roasters (mainly in Texas, but open to ideas) that can provide us with great coffee and of course great pricing so that we can increase our profitability. I am open to ideas and suggestions for those of you with experience, and appreciate any feedback.

- RT

 

[caseydilworth]

Thank you for sharing...

 

[frankcck]

I've pmed you, let me know if you want to discuss in further.

 

[OscarPappa]

Oscar,
are you in the coffee business now?

We are an authorized Keurig dealer but also sell coffee and teas through our wholesale channel (Starbucks, PapaNicholas, Seattle's Best, etc.)

We haven't had much success switching people over from our coffee service competitors because of quality and price. We are hoping that by teaming up with other roasters we can get better quality coffee and cut out a middleman in the process.

 

[OscarPappa]

I've pmed you, let me know if you want to discuss in further.

Thank you! Will take a look and get back with you this week.