Welcome to the sixth edition of Café Life magazine's 'How to Start & Run a Coffee Bar' guide.
There is so much to think about when starting up your own hospitality business, especially in the current financial climate. However, it's also exciting and a wonderful challenge - with demand for vibrant coffee houses and cafés returning to pre-pandemic levels, creating new opportunities for those with an entrepreneurial spirit.
After a challenging and unsettling couple of years for many in hospitality, even if cafés and coffee shops were able to rely more heavily on their takeout and delivery services, there are further challenges to face; not least rising food prices and inflation, as well as finding suitably skilled members of staff.
Welcome to the second edition of the How to Start and Run a Coffee Bar supplement from Café Life magazine, launched in time for the Caffé Culture show – an event during which many would-be coffee shop owners are looking for ideas, inspiration and information about launching into the business.
In this first issue, we offer helpful advice from the experts in the industry and provide an insight into whos doing what and why.
