Recent content by AugustonCoffee

Hi all, We're a few months into year 3 and a different opportunity has arisen and I thought I'd check-in and see if anyone had suggestions based on their experiences. We had a neighbouring convenience store that people in the community nicknamed the "inconvenience store" because of strange...

Not sure what the regulations are in your area, but where I am in British Columbia, Canada, we have to meet several criteria before we can open. One of the key areas is having a food safety plan in place. Basically, the plan goes through the critical steps and it's required you have them...

This may be of interest to some looking to start-up their own cafes. I'm curious to hear how others have calculated their daily cash float for cashiers. I've based mine on our daily average sales, based on the year. It's not an exact "Today, we now have a daily average of $380 and therefore...

I'd suggest Square as well. We don't use it for CC/debit yet, but will be switching soon. Just for sales tracking, it's great. I get 2 daily email reports: 1 on the day's salesand 1 for the Quickbooks account export/import. My books are updated every 24 hours with very little effort on my part! :)

Hi Alex, yes that's us! We're a friendly bunch offering great customer service. :) It keeps people coming back, that's for sure!

Hi John, thanks for your input. I know there's great debate about this in Canada, so I'll do some investigating. I'm not leaning in that direction anyway, but it's good to have info like that if I need to argue avoiding minimum purchase price more. I know of some businesses in Canada that have...

I started posting without introducing myself! I'm "Auguston Coffee" and the owner of a small cafe in British Columbia, Canada. We opened last year in July and, although not my first business, it's my first time opening a cafe! I stated in my actual first post that as we're coming up on our...

Thanks both of you for your input! When I say "I'd be more in favour" it would just to keep my wife quiet... haha, and I'm on the couch tonight. ;) I'd say it's about 5% of all orders are under a $5 threshold and since our debit/credit-to-cash rate is 50/50, I'm inclined to keep everything as...

Hi everyone, Our little cafe is coming up on it's 1st anniversary, so I'm doing a review of various areas of the business to scrap things that aren't working & see if there's potential to copy things that *are* working. One of the debates my wife & I are having right now is regarding a minium...