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Ciara Bowers

Comg-153

Mrs.Topping

October 17, 2020

The key to being a successful cafe owner is to pick a good location with good rent (cafe

coach). You want your cafe to have lots of people and be really busy. So you need to pick a good

location like in a city downtown or a college town with lots of people. But sometimes the rent

can be more expensive and it may not be worth it because of the competition. It’s better to own a

cafe at a storefront than at a mall. This is because storefronts have high visibility and you can set

your own business hours. Malls have bigger competition, the rent is usually higher, and the open

and closing times are the same as the mall (cafe coach). Another important thing that you need to

think about is parking for your cafe. You don’t want it to be hard to find or have too little space

or else your customers may go elsewhere. You can also have bike racks as another form of

parking to attract bikers.

The main part about owning a cafe is the food and drinks. You want to make sure to have

the best and freshest ingredients for your pastries, coffee, tea, etc. One way to do this is to buy

things locally like from local farmers’ markets. It’s important to have a high-quality espresso

machine and equipment and to have well-trained staff to help make that possible (cafe coach).

When making food and drinks you also need to consider different people‘s diets and allergies so

you don’t miss out on customers (Duff). Having separate menus or lists of ingredients can be

helpful to the customers and make things easier on them. To be a successful café owner you need

to have other things that go along with coffee. You shouldn’t be serving burgers or pizza but
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instead things like muffins, scones, bagels, cookies, cakes, cinnamon buns, sandwiches, and

croissants.

Some useful tips for owning A café are having coupons and or special prices during off

hours like late morning, late afternoon, and after the dinner time rush. This will attract more

consumers and will make your cafe always appear busy and full (Duff). This is good because

sometimes people may not go into a restaurant or a café if there’s not a lot of people because

they may think it means the food is bad. Another tip is having delivery or take-out options. This

will come in handy for people who are busy or for people who are coming home from work or

going to work (Duff). Having delivery in 2020 is also very big and an (Duff)important thing to

have because it’s a big part of sales right now with everyone needing to stay home for COVID.

The last helpful tip is having community activities. You can have holiday parties, food tasting

gatherings,art gatherings, or any kind of gathering your customers may be interested in. This will

help bring people in the store and make them want to come back and buy more food.
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Bibliography

cafe coach. “What Makes a Successful Cafe Owner.” Cafe Coach, cafe Coach,

https://www.cafe-coach.com.au/what-makes-successful-cafe-owner/. Accessed 16

October 2020.

Duff, Victoria. “Small Business Ideas and Help for a Cafe Owner.” small business,

Chron, https://smallbusiness.chron.com/small-business-ideas-cafe-owner-60666.html.

Accessed 17 October 2020.