@@manadziveasv2418 You should definitely do it. Your business will increase sales... Drive thru is the way of dining out during these times & even before the whole pandemic... Your on the right track, make that approach & invest in making a Drive thru.... You'll add a more successful business to your town.. Sky is the limit as they say 👍🙏
As a consumer running a small business (travel agency), I miss hanging out at the coffee shop. And many in society have missed out on the social engagement that a sit down coffee experience provides. Is a drive through the ultimate goal for a coffee shop once the COVID pandemic ends? I don’t think it’s a 100% guarantee. Which ever way you coffee shop owners go, I’m rooting for you!
I went to high school with Sandy. My mother in law used to get coffee from her at the stand in Custer. One day she took me to meet Sandy!! Joke was in her as we already knew each other. Glad she has become successful in her business. Way to go Sandy!!
you have a smart, wonderful mom! hope you manange to get her to find a way to experience holidays. find a person to manage the business while you go in holidays
I ran a pub and deli for 12 plus years. The general public has no idea how much work is involved in some of these smaller businesses.......I wish her the best and she can be proud of what she has accomplished!
Yes it requires a lot of work but a ton of knowledge comes out of it and you can't learn from college I sold my delivery company due to health issues . Getting bored for being retired strongly thinking about starting up a business again love working ❤️ and seeing the accomplishment also huge opportunities comes your way
Picked up a café during the pandemic that was taking on debt for $0 (takeover of the business not the debt). Took a few months to remodel and learn the business, now it’s generating $45k/mo.
@@UpFlip Next month will be our first year since taking over. Many have asked us for franchise opportunities and to buy the business, but I’m still scaling the business. Competition is just walking distance away “Starbucks”, but we’ve managed to take a huge chunk of their business since opening. They have actually scaled back their hours and staff since we opened.
probably big chain cafe plus roastery that open their business all over the country. selling cups of coffee alone is not enough. majority of the money is from roasting raw coffee beans in big batch and sell it in paper bags (without water)
LOVE how you go through the equipment (brand of fridge etc.) and all the bottom line stuff that is often overlooked in these business type interviews. Really makes these videos more relatable and practical to watch as an entrepreneur myself! Thank you for the educational content.
@@UpFlip Diedreich (sp?) Espresso in Snohomish County. Sure bet. Great lady. Spend a few mins perusing her website? She's amazing, and serves up one great cup of joe, lattès, etc. Amazing entrepreneur.
Such a hard-working, cheerful and happy Lady, always admire people that take it on their own to set up a business, can be very difficult to get it up and running through hard work, dedication and passion, and see it grow year on year, I'll always be an advocate and customer supporting small independently run businesses. I wish you continued success.
What a fantastic video. Extremely well shot, edited, and the host asks great questions without interrupting. Also, what an amazing business owner. She’s a rockstar.
I cant stop binge watching all your amazing businesses you interview. this channel is WAY underrated. I subbed and liked a ton of your vids! keep it up
I used to own a bagel /coffee and deli restaurant. Anyone who can succeed in the food or beverage industry should be commended. It's alot of work and alot of labor. It's tough to find good employees in the food industry, unless they work for tips. It's tough to keep it running right of you aren't there. So, as she said kiss vacations goodbye. I worked for 6+ years with no vacation. We made our bagels from scratch. So labor was high. Making bagels daily is hard work and time consuming. Utilities are high. Space is needed. I like this type of business.... low rent, low labor rates, make coffee, sell coffee, and sandwiches with ingredients you can easily buy and resell. Good job on growing this business
you see all you "meaningless job haters"?...if you pay attention to what is really going on where you work you parlay it into your own business in the future...this is known as "laboring under correct knowledge"...she saw the opportunity and mixed it with her talent...bravo
Just realized this place is less than a mile from my new house behind the golf course! Will be checking out their coffee and breakfast sandwiches. The cash & carry is what made me realize it was Bellingham.
@@UpFlip It was a great experience! The Bacon infused bagel with the cheese backed into bagel was epic! Also my Strawberry Red bull was top notch! Found my favorite coffee shop! Thanks..
If she added The four delivery services like doordash etc the traffic would probably triple. Then add on shed or storage area would be smart too to expand for storage. Wholesome woman! Awesome video!
Thank for sharing Cameron. We love your idea of adding delivery services to the business. That could do wonders to help with sales especially now that the economy is becoming more delivery driven. Thanks for sharing and we really appreciate the support Cameron.
the revenue doesn't surprise me, people really like drive through food and coffee establishments. Especially now, they don't mind waiting as much in line, because people will text on their phones to pass the time.
Thank you so much. I’m in the process of building out a coffee truck that will be permanently parked. This was very informative for me. Especially those energy drinks!
Same here. I'm in SC and the 'city' does not allow a trailer/food truck to be parked permanently; they also informed me that they only allow this type of business where there is high foot traffic (so downtown where a drive through doesn't really make sense). How are things going for you?
@@danwake4431 A coffee trailer will probably have a limited supply compared to a stand. Your need for storage will be limited comparatively. That being said; if you are busy you will have to make stops to your trailer to re-up; probably only milk to be honest though. I'm hoping to have around 200 customers a day. If 3/4 of them are 'espresso drinks' using milk then I may have to have an extra ice chest with a few gallons of milk in it.
Have you checked out our other coffee business videos yet Stephen? You will also want to give our blog on how to start a coffee shop business a read. Best of luck on getting your coffee shop started and do keep us posted on how it goes! Where is will be located and what will its name be?
One of my most favorite programs on RU-vid.. very helpful and informative for anyone looking for start up a SMEs! This program is very helpful for people looking for exploring various ideas of start-up businesses...
This was a fascinating watch, going behind the scenes and observing the operations of this store. Where I come from, coffee is immensely popular but haven't seen it in this drive thru format (unless you're talking about McDonalds or Burger King). Thanks for sharing!
Solid video about a drive-through coffee place - the biggest takeaway I got was sponsoring/getting signage into local businesses with lots of footfall to bring more customers to your door - that's solid!
This is a neat perspective of a coffee shop that is likely rivaled with many other coffee shops in the area. I know when I lived in grants pass Oregon Dutch Bros. was a big deal. They were highly successful with multiple locations back around 2010. Cant even imagine how much that company has expanded now days. I knew a guy that knew the owner of dutch bros and they have a real cool story as well. its a great concept. I could see more of these style coffee shops doing well in Texas as there are not as many as there were out west. Maybe more now, its been a few years since Ive been out traveling. Although ya, was considering opening up a dutch brothers style coffee shop down in Austin around that time, just stayed as a possible opportunity in my mind, nonetheless it's always great to see people follow through with a business and find success. (LMAO just looked it up, dutch bros has about 500 more locations now than they did in 2010. Didnt even know they went public, reading the wiki, HOLY MOLY thats crazy growth, they have locations even in austin now. to funny really) good luck out there, love to see good success from such a competitive market
I have been watching your videos lately, I love them all. I own a small business in Colorado and you truly inspire me with all the stories and interviews ❤
Our hearts are full, knowing we can touch lives with our videos! Hope you take these powerful lessons with you and apply them. Cheers to your success! 🔥
I was surprised you didn’t ask how she got her recipes for the shop. I’m sure she got some from the previous owner of the business. But it’s what she is doing that makes the place so successful and I’m sure she brought in her own recipes. So if someone did want to start from scratch, where would they get recipes?
I highly recommend True fridges! We use them in our five bakery's. People usually burn them out though because on top their is a fan and head shroud that needs to be vacuumed out monthly....we do deal with a lot of flower so monthly really is needed but I'd even say every other month for most places would be smart
I wanted to do this in florida after going to orgeon (where these "kiosk" type coffee shops are everywhere.) I can't get a property maintenance company to talk to me and when I did, they weren't interested in renting the lot space they aren't and havnt used in a decade of more. I tried a Sam's club lot (1/3 or more is never used in the back) and another with a publix that doesn't use 1/4th or better. I offered to use Hurricane straps and all the necessary equipment but to avail..
Evan sometimes when we're constantly told no it's a blessing. You're probably supposed to be doing something you're really passionate about. Think about what you love to do. Whatever it is, there's probably a way for it to be a great career for you.
Wow, if she's going through toasters and microwaves a year, she could get a refund or some reimbursement with a one-year warrantee, that most appliances provide. And have backups when she sends them back to be "fixed" or refunded. Tax deductible too.
She should buy the real commercial toaster and microwave. $600 for the toasters each and $1800 for the microwave. They would last 10 years easily. But unfortunately she’s barely surviving with her sales.
She can talk about her business and that earned my respects. Talk to my previous employer and she wouldn't know what to say because the staff been running everything for her business. We quit and wished her good luck.
Two comments, blunt but honest so please take as such. #1 What is your exit strategy? Sell? Because to me it looks like what you have is a job rather than a business. It appears to be very lucrative, but for me my free time and semi retirement is very high on my goals list. I guess less of a critique and more of an inquiry. And #2... I completely disagree with you thoughts on punch card free redemption. Even if a guy comes in for 10days and buys a $3 each day then gets a free $7 drink every 11 days. You are still money ahead and I promise you that if you ever make a deal of someone redeeming their free drink it will do you more PR harm that all the free $7 drinks in the world. Don't chase pennies and end up missing dollars. I really appreciate your honesty and you gave me so much information. Thank you and keep up the great work. I'll come by if I'm ever in the area.
I lived down the street from Shots in high school and would Cruz down on my moped to get there bagel sandwiches! So good and super cheap, funny I just stumbled on this video
I am curious though. Did the freezer door get checked? And Sandy is right. Location is very important especially when it is a food business. Overall, this looks like a delightful business. Very informative. And I wish this women and her team all the best. Thanks for another video UpFill.
Im from a sri lanka,,(verry poor country 😢) ,, ,now im doing a small barista cousre ,,one day i would like to become a one of the talented barista and work like this shop❤
From my 15 years business experience , Coffee shop is lot of work and it is very less profitable compare to other industry as well as, the sales of the best month of $35,000 is bit too low with employee and liability, Just to understand, if she has average margin of 35% of she is netting around $12k after inventory, If there are employee required, 1 or 2, that cost is around $40k/ year, Utility is about $600/month and Rent is around $2000(Average(In future)) , Total minimum expense/ month = 1650(Rent) + Utility (600) + $150 (Accounting Expense) + $400 (Marketing(optional))+ Worker comp insurance($100/month Guessing) + Business Insurance ($1800) + $500/month credit card fees. $3000 ( Employee Expense , If there are Any) = $6150(minimum Expense), So she can max make about $72k - $80k , From my Business Experience, I would not work 7 days to make about $72k - $80k for a business while I can make$70k - $80k with 4 year Tech degree With about 40 hr work schedule. From my view, if she wants to increase profit, she might need to stop loyalty and marketing program, because the coffee they make not every one around can make the same type of coffee, as well as offer cash discount to save on fees.
Um where you been most coffee shops charge that now. Anytime I go to starbucks with one other person our total usually comes out to between $12 to $16 and even our local shops are that way and im in Alabama where cost of living is lower than most places. She also said that those $6 and up prices were her most expensive items but she has basic items on the menu that are less than that.
My question is what kind of security system do you use? Considering you have equipment and appliances worth thousands and no security bars on the Windows? Located away from others and not like in a shopping mall. Steel roll up curtains come to mind. Must be a peaceful place. Otherwise you have a great Coffee Shop! God bless you!
There's plenty of an open market within that economic sector. Starbucks is a norm now but its interesting to see new coffee shops to try out. So I do think a small business similar to this would be successful as a local stand.. Good luck :)
@@ivanhmunguia5576 I have small shop already (successful) my lease is coming up and I’m thinking drive thru is the way to go in my town next to high school. so this is great info and inspiration
@@manadziveasv2418 that's really good :) especially next to a high school.. The perfect location.. I think drive thru is & has been a successful way for many food & beverage establishments.. Its a good feeling when you own & run a business.. Huge responsibility but best thing is the fact that providing jobs & keeping the economy going is best....
@@ivanhmunguia5576 unfortunately unless it’s big city and low rent square footage of someone sitting for hours on free wifi (costing me hundreds a month commercial rate). For maybe $6 drink in few hours doesn’t pay back, sorry it’s just reality of high rents right now. I had sit down large space and it made - income
My lil sis is a barista at coffee bean and I mentioned since she knows the business in and out, she should open her own. This popped up randomly and glad it was created
Glad you enjoyed it Xuan! Sounds like we might have a future coffee shop business owner in the works. Good luck to you and your sister if you try to create your own coffee business.
It's a pricing balancing act. High price/low sales versus low price/high sales volume. Something interesting to know with this series, do any of these people have college degrees? What is their education levels?
