Recent content by wiferichie

We are opening location #2 in a month and we will have a wine bar on one side. the town is EXCITED to have coffee/wine options!

Thank you! It will be strange to actually be done planning and be OPEN. But on the plus side, it gave us time to really fine-tune our business model haha!

When I wrote this response, I said we'd be open in a few months HAHAHA. So we are NOW opening in a few months. Like 2.5?? We are part of a brand new, fresh from the ground, strip mall of sorts (end cap with a drive thru), and it has literally taken us years longer to get open (due to the mall...

My shop has a facebook page/instagram and has been active for over a year, we are not even open yet! We have thousands of people who know about us - we just started selling logo t-shirts (a little extra start up cash, plus more free advertising). We have done a couple coffee giveaways.... We...

Shops I've worked at 1. yes, no, sometimes 2. no (more often than the other 2 shops), no, no 3. Yes, yes, yes 4. yes, yes, yes 5. no, no, no My shop isn't open yet, so this is what I'm anticipating based on our largest customer base... 1. Yes 2. Not at first, but I think it will grow. 3. Yes...

I've literally never seen an Albertsons, haha. (But then, I grew up in Alaska, so there's a lot of stores I've never seen.... HA)

That's a good idea! I will keep that in mind! Thank you.

I can't find any dairy near here... and I've worked at 2 coffee shops around here and they both had to make multiple trips a week for milk at the local grocery store (there was no wholesale deal worked out or anything).

Not yet. I haven't talked to the local grocery stores yet, as I'm not opening until May and decided to not deal with the grocery stores during the holidays any more than I needed to haha. But now that things have settled down, I will contact them soon.

I saw that, but I've already checked the nearest costco, and they do not participate in business delivery D:

I didn't even think of asking the local grocery store if they're interested in partnering... Thank you!

I'm having a hard time finding a milk supplier other than Costco. And since the Costco here doesn't deliver, we will have to pick up milk (25 minutes away) once or twice a week. Not ideal. Does anyone have any suggestions/recommendations for milk distributors? I'm in Texas, btw. Thank you!

My guess is starbucks uses quite a bit of water in their americanos, plus the coffee is very dark. But I am under the impression that traditional americanos use way less water (2-6 oz, instead of 10-14) and the roasts in those regions are probably better ;) Just my guess, as I've never been...

Thank you! I will look more into creating the label myself! Good thing I have 6 more months before opening, haha.

Thank you for your input! I would definitely have their roasting name on theirs - I want to do that regardless of 1 roaster or more.