Good Coffee in Fayetteville, AR
I am headed to Fayetteville, AR for the weekend and would like any recommendations for a place to get a good cup of coffee. Any help?
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Slow season?
As someone who is looking to open a shop in the next year, I'm curious to know what everyone's experiences have been with what the slow seasons are. Obviously iced drinks are going to be more popular in the summer, but does an uptick in hot drink sal
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By now I would not be surprised if nearly all of us have seen a new ad, heard a radio blurb, or have driven by a new McCafe, adorned with banners and ads for their new coffee and espresso beverages. Yesterday, McDonalds started the launch of a new $1
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So a woman came into the shop that I manage today to drop off her resume, and to get some face time with me. And while we were talking she made it a point to let me know that she had 13 years of experience in the "coffee biz", and that she was a form
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Hi All! My husband and I purchased a coffee shop last fall after adopting two little boys from Guatemala and realizing our previous corporate lifestyle wasn't conducive to the parenting experience we wanted to give ourselves or our children. We real
Read more…Taking away Customer Incentives
Hello, We have the standard buy 10 get one free punch card incentive and once a week we have double stamp day totaling about an average of 400 free drink cards a month between both our coffee shops that means we are losing a rough estimate of $1600 i
Read more…Coming web site - seeking feedback
Hi guys. Would love to get your feedback on the new web site I am building with a couple of friends. It will go public soon, but for now we are still in beta. Disclosure – this is a commercial web site. Click here: ROASTe.com --Thanks!
Read more…automatically add more shots to bigger drinks?
I am curious to know how many shops put one shot in each drink unless people ask for more? and how many shops use 1 shot for a small 2 for a large (or however)? We use 1 triple ristretto for each drink, if you want more ten you pay an up charge. Wha
Read more…How do you guys like your local dairy?
Wassup, fam. i have been thinkin about checking out some local dairies to get some milk from them. i currently get milk from Sysco and, honestly, i'm gettin a little convicted about buying "sweat-shop milk" from the big guys while the little guys are
Read more…Random Coffee Jokes, Quotes, and Facts
We've started a Coffee Quote Dry Erase Board that we use at our front register to give the customers a little laugh. I was wondering if you guys could help out and tell me what you think would be a good Coffee Joke, Quote, or Fact that I could have o
Read more…What would motivate you to buy your coffee always ONLINE???
I want to increase my Online Store sales but I was wondering what is the best way to get more customers and motivate them to buy ONLINE? I don't want to develop the strategy as an owner but as a consumer.- Please visit www.kafesguatemala.com
Read more…does anybody else feel this?
my shop is an oddity. located in Sioux Falls South Danowhere. A microroaster for over a decade. I am so busy I constantly have six 2.2L airpots full of drip coffee from our fetco extractor. we sell hundreds of cups of drip coffee a day add in caps, m
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I am in desperate need for some help from people who own small coffee shops or know the operations of owning a coffee shop. I am currently a business management student and I am writing a full business plan on opening a coffee shop. I really need hel
Read more…Questions
Is it lame to use your personal name in your business name?? I have an idea but don't want it to come across as though I am full of myself.?> What kind of milk. I would like to go with Organic Valley Milk but am not sure if that is cost effective. It
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I am opening a cafe selling gourmet coffee, tea, and food. I am trying to purchase a Diedrich Coffee Roaster IR- 3FM, but is becoming a pain more and more everyday. It produces about 6lbs a hour and would be mainly used to roast the house blend or ch
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This Wall St. Journal feature may only be available free online for a limited time. It includes photos of Stumptown. Sounds like there are lots of recruiting opportunities for local coffee shops. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124242099361525009.ht
Read more…Coffee Cup Sizes
Hi All, I'm new to this. In fact I will open up my coffee shop in a few months time, so I'm trying to get as much info as possible. I was wondering what are the actual sizes of cappuccino cups. I only want to offer two sizes; a regular and large. Fr
Read more…In need of a new counter top pastry case...
Hey hey, I'm looking find a more respectable counter top pastry case for my cafe. It needs to be fairly small in size as we only recieve 30 pastries daily. Anywho, I figured I'd cast a line out here first to see if anyone has anything second hand the
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