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Transitioning Your Cafe for Spring

Transitioning Your Cafe for Spring

March 30, 2010 No Comments

While the calendar says it is officially spring, for some parts of the country. spring doesn’t seem to have sprung just yet. None the less we should already be transitioning our menus for the warmer season and spring environment. Here are a few tips to guide you. 1. Think Iced and Frozen As we are ...

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Recipe of the Month: Signature Hot Chocolate

November 13, 2009 No Comments

As the weather cools off Hot Chocolate is a winner for you. Here’s a simple recipe you can use to create a signature hot chocolate for your shop or store.

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Mistakes To Avoid During The Holidays #3

November 13, 2009 No Comments

Capturing basic customer information (name, address, phone number, e-mail, birth date) should be common practice in your store or shop. This is primarily because this very basic information will help you to build two key databases; direct mail and e-mail.

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Mistakes to Avoid During the Holidays #4

November 13, 2009 No Comments

Inventory levels can be a tricky proposition especially during the holidays. On one side you want to avoid having too much and consequently being forced to heavily discount to move items and on the other you don’t want to run out of an item. So what do you do?

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3 Easy Items You Can Add to Your Coffee Area Now!

October 14, 2009 No Comments

While things like cinnamon rolls, soups and other par-baked items are difficult to handle because they may require baking, proofing or cooking the items below will be easily handled by your team.

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Preparing Your Cafe/Coffee Shop for the Holidays

September 8, 2009 No Comments

Dressing up your coffee shop for the holidays is a lot easier than you think. Remember your core business is beverage and food based so everything you do should be geared towards enhancing the placement and presence of what you carry.

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Project Pictures

March 25, 2009 No Comments

Here are a few pictures of our latest project with the Church at Chapel Hill. We just completed the initial opening of the cafe and are now moving to the next phase – the Book Shoppe. More final images and info to come. Facebook

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Transitioning Your Store for Spring & Summer

I love the spring and summer season (especially after the winter we have had). As the seasons change we...

Transitioning Your Cafe for Spring

While the calendar says it is officially spring, for some parts of the country. spring doesn’t seem to have...

Just Ask

Great leaders share many of the same characteristics. You’ve read them or heard them before. Hopefully, a leader you...

Two of the Biggest Mistakes Church Stores Make

They take their built-in audience (members and guest)  for granted and They take their built-in audience (members and guest)...

2010: Moving Forward

We are going to be adding more content for the Coffee bar, on marketing and best practices and much...

Take Advantage of the Last Weekend Before Christmas!

According to a  Consumer Reports survey released Thursday, “as of Dec. 6, 40 percent of shoppers said they had...

December Recipe of the Month

A Peppermint Mocha is a great drink for the holiday season. Chocolate, peppermint, milk and coffee…mmm! Ingredients: Espresso Chocolate...

Finish Strong!

As we wrap up the year I want to share three tips to help finish the year moving forward....

Black Friday 2009

I wanted to officially post my “prediction” about this coming weekend of sales for the retail market. First, whether...

Recipe of the Month: Signature Hot Chocolate

As the weather cools off Hot Chocolate is a winner for you. Here's a simple recipe you can use...

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