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How to open a coffee shop or cafe with confidence

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Based on the acclaimed London Coffee Shop Bootcamp two day intensive course that costs over £1000 to attend.

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What's included ...

At the end of the training you will be able to open a coffee shop or cafe with confidence

Why now is the best time to open in years...

How much will it cost me to set up? What you must spend money on and what is superfluous.

How much money can I expect to make? Note: our target is to have you making money in week TWO - not year three!

YOUR Why? - why are you setting it up and the importance of having crystal clarity over this.

Your customer’s why. The irresistible attraction that you’ll create… if you don’t have this your chances of success are very low.

How to find the perfect location for your coffee shop - the 77 variables that make the difference between success and failure.

Predicting your sales with accuracy - and why most people get this completely wrong.

The correct way to pay your staff and how this can make substantial improvements to your profitability

The real cost of not having a great team - both emotionally and financially.

How to recruit the best people and why this will save you a fortune in the long run.

The 5 critical jobs in a coffee shop and why you must allocate them correctly to ensure your wage bill is under control.

Building your menu and the four key criteria that each item must adhere to.

Pricing your menu perfectly to ensure you actually make profit!

Profit margin targets - why these vary dramatically through your menu offering and the model you’re operating.

The four secrets to a profitable menu and why most people ignore at least one of these.

Recipe cards - to ensure you have consistent delivery of delicious, well presented AND profitable food.

Developing 'all day attraction' so you can be busy when your customers are quiet

Operations checklists - to ensure the business runs well, even if you’re not there or on a three week holiday!

Managing your cash - the vital and hard earned skill that you want in place on day one… not two years down the line…

Selecting your suppliers - how to negotiate and create long lasting relationships to build a strong and resilient business.

Raising finance - the key ways to actually get the money in to get set up!

How to choose a till system - and why this has the potential to make you large increases in net profits.

Equipment checklist - what you really need… and what you don’t.

How to choose the right coffee machine and how this will vary from location to location.

Getting your layout right - get this wrong and it can cost you tens of thousands every year in one worked example we show you how it getting it wrong cost an owner hundreds of thousands per year!

How to build efficiency into your design and why this can dramatically increase profitability and help with staff retention and general happiness!

How to work with a designer and which designers to avoid.

Leases, leases, leases… ignore this at your peril. Even more important in a post-COVID world.

Our legal responsibilities and why getting some of these wrong can mean potential jail time or huge fine.

The power and pain of partnerships - the critical criteria you need for successful partnerships and the red lights that should make you say “I’m out!”

No cost marketing - building sales for zero expense.

The simple way to plan your cash flow - and why this document should be with you for the life of your business!

FAQ

Is the course live?

The course is pre-recorded and you can take it at your own pace. Each of the sessions was part of our live in person Coffee Shop Bootcamp course that we ran for 5 years in London.

What is the private coaching group and how does it work?

A real benefit of this course is that you become a member of our private facebook coaching group where you can as us anything and we will answer. It is a very cost effective way of getting our knowledge and experience.
Your first months membership of the private group is included in the purchase price, then there is a recurring payment for as long as you want to be in the coaching group.

I'm not on Facebook.

When you have a cafe or coffee shop you will need to have a Facebook account to manage the pages for your business and do any advertising etc. You should sign up for Facebook with the minimum of details and set up your pages - if you don't Facebook will set one up for you anyway and you will have no control of the content.

Can I just buy the course without joining the private coaching group?

You get a free month of the coaching group included in when you buy the course, if you don't want to continue or even join the group email us after purchase and we will cancel the ongoing subscription.

I am opening a coffee cart, truck or pop up - will this course be right for me?

Absolutely - the principles of making money are the same, it's just you will be mobile.

Will the course help me to open in the USA, Australia, Europe, Asia ?

Absolutely - the principles of operating are the same and the course has been used to start up coffee shops and cafes accross the globe.

How do I work with you on a one to one?

Book a call with us first - we can only work with a limited number of clients every year - you can book a time to talk in our diary by clicking here

There has never been a better time to open a Coffee Shop or Café

The course will pay for itself many times over, honest unbiased support from the worlds most influencial coffee shop experts

Save Money

From the moment you sign up by not wasting your cash on the wrong things

Save Time

Open sooner by following our program processes and knowing the right questions to ask

Save Stress

Unlimited personal support to answer every specific question you have

Guarantee

No Brainer Guarantee, if for any reason you don't think it's will work for you

Who are your trainers

Your Trainers

The best selling authors of the award winning Book, The Daily Grind

What you get

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At the end of the course you will be able to open a coffee shop or cafe

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You will

By the end of this course you will know

How much money you can make

How much it costs to open

The best place to open

The biggest problems new start ups face

Your crystal clear vision for your new business

What not to waste your time on

BONUS: Plus These Benefits

You will be able to

Create a profitable menu for all parts of the day

Choose the right equipment for you

Schedule your team in the right place

Create systems to run your business

Develop a simple effective marketing strategy

Andrew & Claire Bowen

Andrew & Claire Bowen are authors and independent coffee shop coaches, having run their own very successful independent coffee shop chain for 15 years they wrote their best selling book "The Daily Grind - how to open and run a coffee shop that makes money' to prevent other budding coffee shop entrepreneurs from making the mistakes they made!

Their book has been voted one of top coffee books of all time and their blog on cafesuccesshub.com has been awarded 'Top Ten UK Coffee Blog'.

They are regular contributors to industry publications and speak at conferences around the world.

Here's What Others Are Saying About Us

Our amazing community are loving our training...here's what they are saying about Start Up A Coffee Shop

Sarah Louise

Joined June 2020

"Well I have finally completed the training, and what an eye-opener it has been ( in a good way ) - I now have to get down to the hard graft of completing all the spreadsheets and working everything out properly. Thank you so much for all the hard work you have put in to producing these videos, this will make a massive difference in the way I approach the whole thing."

Dayna Winter

brew | twenty three

"Andrew and Claire were a crucial part in my decision in opening my first site, I met them coincidentally (or by fate) about six months before I opened
brew | twenty three.
They shared their knowledge, passion and advice with me as if they were opening their own site - they both genuinely cared (and still do). They continued to go above and beyond, responded to all my questions and gave me so many points to consider that I wouldn't have thought of.
I was extremely clear on my vision of
brew | twenty three and Andrew and Claire never lost sight of that for me and adapted their processes tailored to my business.
Andrew and Claire are two of the most genuine, caring, patient and calming people I have worked with and I would recommend them to anyone opening (or thinking of opening) their own shop, no matter their vision. "