The Daily Grind: How to open & run a coffee shop that makes money

I bought this book after listening to interviews with Andrew and Claire Bowen on a cafe podcast. They both walked the walk in terms of taking over coffee shops and setting up their own chain and through their cafe consultancy work, have clearly build up an expertise. Their philosophies of 'working out your why' at the outset and creating a 'guest avatar' have given me real clarity and focus at my early stage of planning and writing a business plan. The book explains these clearly and the process to work through them and other concepts. The book is laid out specifically in the process that you need to work through setting up a cafe. The strongest aspects are those on marketing and promotion and I enjoyed their own case studies. At the back of the book are some of their best blog articles too. You can tell from the book that they have read widely on business with various concepts peppering the pages - the reference list at the back should certainly help my bookshelf to get full. The book makes constant reference to their online platform where key documents to help with all aspects of running a cafe are kept - a fabulous free resource. And if that's not enough, this morning I had a free consultancy call with Andrew and Claire, after registering my purchase of the book. The call was eye-opening and has given me a clear roadmap for the next couple of months, what further research and actions to take - taking the value of my purchase into the stratosphere. I couldn't recommend them and this book highly enough. website/call

I picked up this book when I first had the idea to set up my own coffee shop. Now I use this book all the time. I go back to it again and again. When I reach another stage in my planning, need to figure something out or just want to know if my thinking is on track, this book gives me a bit of reassurance and valuable guidance. Paired with their online resource, The Daily Grind makes the reality of creating a profitable and successful coffee shop business clear and straightforward, but it also gives you confidence that with careful thought and preparation, the potential for success can be within reach. Setting up a coffee shop on your own can be daunting, but having Andrew and Claire right beside you and wanting you to succeed can make all the difference.

Wanting to revamp an in-house cafe. Lots to think about here. Lots to assure me we're thinking along the right lines, and lots to avoid too!

If you want to open a coffee shop, I believe, that it is a great advantage to be guided by people who have actually done it themselves. Not many people are so ready to share there knowledge and experience. I think this book is a great guide. I also loved that it was written in a way that was easy to understand and at times I literarily felt like the writers were talking to me directly. This book many times confirmed what I was thinking which was very encouraging for me. I also really liked the additional sections at the end: The Waitrose free coffee study, What can coffee shops learn from the pubs and Food intolerance as new opportunity - very eye opening. Thank you Andrew and Claire for sharing your knowledge in this book. I would highly recommended this book to anyone who would like to open a coffee shop 100%!

I would greatly recommend this book if you're considering entering this business for the first time (like me) or if you're an existing coffee shop owner seeking to improve your offer and become more profitable at the same time. The book is well structured and really does give you the 'nuts and bolts' of what is required to establish and then grow a successful coffee shop. There is a well made 'reality check' point : this industry is no route to easy money or instant vast profits! - but if you're really committed, then the book goes on to guide you through the process: what to expect, what you'll need to deal with and some of the potential pitfalls. You also get access to some excellent online resources which I for one will definitely be using as we work up our business case. You get the feeling that Andrew and Claire have real passion for the industry and the rewarding career it can bring, despite the challenges - and this shines through the book.

No wonder this book won 'Best Coffee Books Of All Time' its informative, practical and written in a very clear and precise manner that makes it a great read too. Worth every penny and i know it will stay with me and get re-read as i undertake my journey of opening a coffee shop.

I intend opening a centre soon. It will have a café. Reading this book has helped me realise how important picking the right location is. The website resources that are available to readers of this wonderful book is extremely useful.

This book covers the absolute basics of opening a cafe. Some of the suggestions and ideas are extremely simple and obvious but this may be what some people need to learn. Some ideas are very personal and will not work for many. The book has quite a few spelling mistakes, some sentences do no make sense and there are a number of statistics chucked in there with no evidence or references. Overall it’s a good starter book, but if you have worked in a cafe you may already know a lot of this or have different opinions.

The book is very transparent and helps you be proactive rather than reactive when trying to open up a coffee shop.

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I bought this book and several others before I opened a coffee shop a few years ago. I am returning to re-read this (just did) because these author's lay out many pivotal points. Yes, slightly put off by the UK style of writing and reference to the British Pound but so many observations other books did not cover...this is a must have. The author's are writing from coffee shop experience and even have "Types" of customers down to a tee. I found that section amusing. Very enjoyable read. Anyway by Kindle page 11 I knew this book was worth it!!! Just what was said right there - was worth it. *I do not know these authors. 2020 I own Flavor Laboratories and one thing we flavor are coffee beans - so naturally my coffee shop became my test kitchen. But I knew little about coffee shops or what to expect back then. Covid19 caused a HUGE demand for my coffee roasters globally and flavor for the beans because millions of people are working from home and no longer getting "free" company coffee! I found this mind blowing circa April 2020 and I feel there is no better time to endeavor in the coffee world. Consumers want to "experiment" and re-think their daily coffee. Coffee is only second to oil as a commodity in demand and why I have always kept coffee in some manner - in my portfolio. I feel coffee will be barter material also if the currencies begin to flail. Without being a "spoiler" I can stress Chapter One in this book is pivotal. The wrong landlord/lease could be your only mistake (but a bad one.) If they see you making money, your lease could go way up upon renewal - or they could decide the landlords 'wife' suddenly wants a coffee shop [in YOUR space] or they could put someone who boils collard greens next to your unit (this DID happen to me!) Collard greens stink in case you did not know it...so I would be WEBSITE heavy in my investments so that you retain your customers even if brick and mortars fail or have to be moved. "The intangibles." Hiring as been very hard in 2020 so probably the only big issue most books like these would not know when written. I can also say "roasting" is a whole different ball game and I opted not to roast at my shop because of all the dust and heat. This book does not get into roasting - which is fine by me. The way I have have always hired is to go into a big place like Walmart, ask a staff a few stupid questions and if they keep smiling and answering..and trying to problem solve for me -- I usually figure out if they have been there long term or just short term. [Short term is open game] If I like them I pay them twice as much and train them well. Your only as strong as your weakest link and staff being happy is EVERYTHING for brick and mortars. No one wants to see faces changing. Invest in your staff. Oh, last thing. CHECK YOUR WATER SOURCES! I never thought to test the water coming from the space I was first wanting to rent a space for a coffee shop! When I did, it was the worst and unfixable due to ground saturation, old pipes, yada yada so I went to distilled water to rule out everything and provide a great tasting cup of coffee. What was in the water allowed me to break the first Darth Vader lease. If you spend years attracting a spouse, why would you spend one day to get to know a landlord? I usually pull the county records to see if they love taking first, last and deposit from a new face every month.

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