Cafe Business
Friends where talking about opening a cafe.
With nothing planned these are my initial thoughts to make sure it's successful.
With nothing planned these are my initial thoughts to make sure it's successful.
1. Pancakes
Nowhere close does pancakes, giving us a unique selling point.
Toppings may take up space fruit, syrup, ice cream. Could they be used for something else?
2. Merch
This acts as free advertising as well as a way to make extra cash from merch.
Merch will take up space. Limiting it to a set no. Per month makes these things rare, increasing their value. Selling less may result in a bigger profit.
3. Rice dishes
If a sauce is made it can be topped on top of any side and work (rice, noodles, pasta, chips, nachos).
Rice is healthy than chips. Pasta provides energy. Marketing these dishes to the gym crowd may pay off. Is there a restaurant based around fitness? We could be it.
4. Protein shakes
We could use the fruit from the pancakes to produce different shakes.
We could also sell protein bars.
5. Menu
It should be simple, limit ingredients needed in order to free up limited space. Can ingredients be reused?
Could any items be made from home and stored in cafe?
6. Play podcasts
Staff can learn as they work.
People will come just to hear what podcast is on today.
7. Team up
Merch could be sold to them.
8. Library
We can share our favourite books with our customers. This allows us to build a stronger bond with them, educate them and keep them in the cafe for longer.
If this is the case music may be a better option than podcasts, as talking could be distracting. Is there a way for both?
9. Insta worthy
Have a fun photo location (statue, frame, painting ect) outside with our name logo. Encourage people to take photos and share the cafe.
Maybe we could have a competition for those who share a certain hashtag (change weekly /monthly)
We could have a digital photo frame sharing photos with our hashtag. People may come just to see their photo.
10. Social Media
Share their photos. Encourage them to take a photo with merch somewhere cool.
Share cooking videos, share podcasts /books to get a bigger audience /build a stronger bond than just another restaurant would.
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