Even if you are wealthy and do not have to finance your new café/espresso bar it is still a very good idea to go through this lengthy exercise, which will take you a month or more, to detail all of the ins and outs of your new business. It is an exhausting endeavor but that [...]
It is your dream to own a café/espresso bar. You’ve thought about it for a long time after visiting countless others. During each of your visits you’ve undoubtedly thought, “I can do this better.” Plans have begun to be formulated in your head. Styles, identities, names and menu items have all led daydreams. But [...]
You’ve selected your menu, your café layout and know what equipment you’ll need. Now comes the task of finding suppliers you can work with to get you up and running and keep you in business. Anyone would be glad to take your money, but that does not mean that anyone should be given the opportunity. [...]
A Breakeven Analysis For Your Café/Espresso Bar This Financial Figure Could Be Your Best Friend Before we get too far into the discussion of breakeven analysis for your business it should be noted that to explain everything involved in financially figuring out the viability of your café is way beyond the scope of this article. [...]
These days computerised point-of-sale systems can take care of the back-log or orders for the barista. However, if your system is not computerised, these codes are to be written on the take-out cups so that the barista knows which milk, syrup or powder to apply. The applicable code should be written on the cup [...]
Here are some tasting expressions that you can use to help describe your coffee. We find that if you can give these to
SWOT – Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats analysis is always a starting point for us when we approach a new cafe. It is a simple form
Employees will resign for many different reasons. We always give a nice letter accepting their resignation with agreed end date. All correspondence should be filed.
This is a standard rejection letter we have used. This is the letter we used when we rejected someone and have not interviewed them. The
You will ofter interview many people when looking for employees. This is the letter we used when we rejected someone after we interviewed them. The letter
