Church Coffee - Mistakes to avoid the attitude of coffee

Often people write to me to create a coffee shop in your church or near their church. Sounds like a great idea and great concept. And everyone loves coffee. How easy it could be. It would be to create community and worship. But here the mistake can be the creation of a café church or coffee shop to do. And as a huge investment - some studies and the time should be spent.

His coffee shopInvestment may vary greatly depending on the chosen site and the existing conditions. Some churches buy a coffee machine for $ 100 and the store is open. We excluded. The team's cafeteria is estimated at about $ 12,000 to $ 15,000 or $ 150 for a simple principle of the line coffee. Furthermore, the cost of reconstruction, installation, signs, furniture, lamps, etc. It can range from U.S. $ 40,000 - $ 400,000. Some churches have invested at least $ 3000 for$ 220,000 to build your coffee of the church. In comparison, Starbucks invests on average more than $ 300,000 to open a larger percentage of its business. And hopefully, if your church has volunteered to help.

Here are the most common mistakes I see in the creation of a café in the church - outside the perimeter of the church.

1. Start your own money and time, without having to assess whether the project is economically viable to spend in the first place. And if your goal is to buildWorship then the numbers do not tell everything. However, many cafes are also trying to break even, or to learn not children.You raise funds for missions, or that of your friends, relatives or your coffee or distributor of equipment!

2. The choice to reach the wrong place - even if not visible, difficult, or the wrong area of population, there is probably very little business! The main reason for the success of Starbucks is the place! And the usehis church in the market and the cross and the use of building his base to your Church cafeteria.

3. The appointment of its business with a name, to drive its business records coffee - are down and there's a shop called Dottie's. To stop there for a cup of coffee, if you do not know what it was? So do not get too close or too sweet themey know - that the people what they do - and coffee.

4. Without knowing the design or the design and the way they design their workFramework for the speed and efficiency of operation - but must also enable the design and to convey the mood. Small groups and Bible studies? and how they interact with other customers.

5. Once a menu that is focusing too short or too long and confusing, the wrong foods or food ingredients or not on issues more seriously. The food should match the theme of coffee and to adapt its people and its purpose was.

5. Music and what music is played and when. Doesenvironment that are used or not at all. Use the tape to draw the masses or to customers.

6. Time employees trained idea how to make coffee and espresso based drinks properly and promptly. Employees are not enough? Use volunteers? How much can you afford? And finally, what are the hours of operation?

7. Attempting too much. Environments coffee time with the right mix of service, worship, and people did. Not groped forStrength and the problem solved.

Are you ready? Plan and pray and imagine spending their time, Cafeteria 1 year. How does it feel, smell and sound? Who are your customers and what they say? Pray more.