At the London Coffee Festival we interviewed Sarah Clark from Coffee-Ethic. They help people in recovery from drug & alcohol addiction reintegrate back to work and...
At the recent London Coffee Festival, we met the people behind a revolutionary type of coffee grinder called the Niche Zero. The biggest asset is it’s accuracy and noise...
Would you like some free 100% recyclable coffee cups? It’s not very often that you get something for nothing in this world, but a company called Tabletalk Media might be...
Andrew Bowen speaks at the Nobly POS, ‘Future of Hospitality’ forum held at Jaz&Juls Chocolate House, Chapel Market, Islington, London. ...
We have been asking UK coffee shop and café owners to complete our 2018 Café Milk Price survey. Most independent coffee shops and cafés rarely talk to other similar businesses...
Dates Confirmed 28th & 29th June 2018 Sanremo Coffee Machines are hosting the next Coffee Shop Bootcamp. Following its success, the highly acclaimed Coffee Shop Startup...
The Seven Deadly Sins Cafe Owners Make & how to avoid them Have you ever wondered why that cafe you pass every day suddenly closes? Claire was invited...
No Coffee Shop or Cafe can operate without Milk. The quality will affect our drinks and the amount we pay for this important ingredient will directly affect the bottom line....
Claire is presenting “The 7 Deadly Sins Coffee Shop Owners Make’ at Hotelympia on Monday 5th March at ExCel London.Find out more here Tickets for the show are...
The 5th wave is coming… 81% of people now visit a coffee shop weekly, spending £9.6bn a year in over 24,000 outlets according to Allegra Project Cafe 2018. The numbers...
We had some fantastic feedback from the 1st Bootcamp we hosted in September this year, and so had no option but to rerun it. A broad range of people attended, some just...
If you are like us, then your new year’s resolution for 2018 will be to get more customers. You know that more customers equal more sales and more profit left for you....
Winter, spring, summer or fall, all you’ve got to do is ‘change menu’ With apologies to James Taylor, in his timeless favourite, ‘You’ve got a...
I was honored recently to be invited to present a Keynote speech at London ExCel for the Coffee Shop Innovation Show. The theatre was full, so the topic must have resonated...
We have put together a very quick video…click on it to watch it If you are planning to open a coffee shop or cafe in 2017/18/19 the you really can’t...
Recently I took my car to my local garage for a MOT, the while-you-wait type, and while I was waiting, I needed to answer the call of nature. The garage itself was typical of...
We are fortunate as in the course of our work we meet people that are passionate about what they do and we like to share this with our community. Recently we met Paula...
This week, we met with Tom Dewhurst, Founder & CEO of Ordoo at their offices in Old Street, London. Ordoo is the UKs leading mobile ordering app for coffee shops. What’s...
On the 26th and 27th September, ExCeL, London, will throw open its doors to over 3,000 key decision makers, buyers and coffee shop owners, all looking to make big investments...
Innate Foods So it started out with Elsa as a teenager feeling incredible weak and in poor health, the doctors proclaimed she was fine and so she set about my own...
Here is our presentation at Caffe Culture at Olympia in London on May 24th about the Authors Andrew & Claire Bowen are the authors of ‘The Daily Grind – how to...
I’ve just sat down at my desk to work on my talk that I am delivering at the Caffè Culture show at Olympia in London on Wednesday 24th May at their Caffe Connections...
We spent a fabulous few days at the London Coffee Festival. It seems that there are even more people interested in opening a coffee shop and we met loads of them! Here...
Having a queue in your coffee shop or cafe is a beautiful thing to behold, but according to the latest research, if you have more than six guests waiting, then people are...
Coffee Shop Pricing Principles We have put together this Infographic to illustrate some of the secrets to setting the right prices and setting out a menu that will maximise...
They say things always come in three’s; so when the coffee machine, dishwasher and high-speed oven decided to stop working in the week before Christmas, the good...
Jim Rohn, the renowned US motivational speaker and business coach famously said that “you are the average of the five people you spend most time...
We were delighted recently to be invited on as guests by Ken Burgin, the famous Australian Hospitality guru. He had read a copy of our book, The Daily Grind and...
Before we give you the details of the coffee shop equipment you need take a few moments to understand your new business better… ‘Stop do not pass go, if you...
The well oiled seasonal retail calendar drives sales throughout the year, and in many markets, Christmas is the biggest of them all. It’s not always a great trading...
The environmental impact of the disposable but not recyclable cup is something that has been in the headlines recently. The exponential growth of coffee shops and takeaway...