September, 2009
An investor/owner of the building wants me to manage coffee shop. Need advice.?
Hello all, There is an existing coffee shop in a business plaza. The coffee shop, although successful was closed by the owners due to personal reasons. The owner of the business plaza and now the coffee shop wants me to manage it with the future option to buy. I roast coffee and know a lot [...]
How start a coffee shop and be able to compete with Starbucks?
Anyone with experience is appreciated and if an owner has inputs. Make great coffee….which may seem kind of obvious…but you’d be surprised how bad some start up places are. Next…offer really tasty sweets and also healthy sandwiches to go with the coffee… NEXT…offer "slushy" type cold drinks especially in the summertime…and finally…DON’T charge as much [...]
Can franchise donut shop be reported for not using authentic licensed products?
A small Dunkin Donuts store (could be a sattelite store) where we live sells coffee and donuts that are clearly NOT the authentic Dunkin Donuts brand. The taste is totally different in all of their products and also not fresh. The store itself has no bakery and we believe that they are buying leftover products [...]