Learn How To Start And Run A Successful Cafe

Do not be a statistic! Learn the inside secrets successful established cafe owners do not share with their competition. Avoid critical mistakes that will lead to your business failing before it’s even begun.

Learn How To Start And Run A Successful Cafe

Do Not Be A Statistic!

Learn the inside secrets successful established cafe owners do not share with their competition. Avoid critical mistakes that will lead to your business failing before it’s even begun.

This course will walk you through the process of planning and budgeting for your new cafe. It will provide you with critical knowledge on how to find the ideal location and establish exactly what your rent should be. If you’re buying a business you’ll learn how to identify the good from the bad, so that you don’t invest in a business that is losing money daily.

You will be given the tools and learn how to master the operational side of your business. Everything from preparing rosters to managing your purchasing costs.

We include a multitude of useful templates, contacts and other information that will save you time, money and costly irreversible mistakes.

Course Units

Why This Course Is So Comprehensive​

Cafe course

Create & Realise Your Vision

This unit alone will clarify for you exactly what a successful café looks like.  The clarity provided in this unit will either save you a lot of money in your business or make you a lot of money.  

Cafe Floor Plan

Design your layout for maximum functionality

The layout of any successful cafe is no accident.   A well designed layout can save you money, learn how in this unit.

Cafe Business Plan

Develop A Rock Solid Business Plan

Learn how to prepare a business plan that will attract investors, finance and can properly execute your vision.

Cafe Leases

How to avoid the pitfalls of negotiating a lease 

Signing the wrong lease can seal the fate of your business. Here’s how to negotiate a lease when buying.

Cafe Marketing Plan

Create a marketing plan to reach new customers

Without marketing there is no longevity for any business.  Put together a marketing plan which will help you reach out to prospective customers. 

Cut through the insurance jargon, find out what you need to be insured for

The world of insurance can be daunting, find out who to speak to for insurance and and what you need cover you for.

Find out what you need to purchase and what it will cost. 

Learn what you need and how to save money acquiring everything you need. Work through our complete list of cafe setup items and calculate the cost of everything you require to startup.

Cafe Display Cabinets

Learn  how to setup your product displays for maximum sales

Your customers buy with their eyes learn the golden rules of food display.  A good food display can double your revenue without doubling your customers, find out how in this unit.

The benefit and differences in Point Of Sale (POS) systems.

Learn how to use a Point Of Sale system and learn how to avoid the hidden costs of purchasing them.  Not all systems are the same and not all systems are suitable for all. 

Grow your sales through business to business catering options

Catering can create a substantial secondary revenue stream learn how to launch your catering business without having to hire additional staff.

Craft a profitable menu & costings

Understand how to cost and calculate Gross Profit on all of your products and learn to design an attractive menu.  

Cafe Suppliers

Align yourself with suppliers that will help you grow your business

Team up with suppliers that will help your business to grow and learn why the lowest price supplier isn’t always the best for your business. 

Cafe Staff

Create a team of staff that will set your business apart

It's not a secret that your staff will make or break your business.  Don't leave this to chance!  Learn how and where to find the best people for your business.

Setup your IT requirements and manage your business on the go. 

Learn how to do more with less time - This is the four hour work week for your cafe business!  The only way to run a cafe.

Cafe Orientation Program

Train your staff with a second to none orientation program

Learn how to use a Point Of Sale system and learn how to avoid the hidden costs of purchasing them.  Not all systems are the same and not all systems are suitable for all. 

Cafe policies and procedures

Learn to document the correct policies and procedures in your business 

Catering can create a substantial secondary revenue stream learn how to launch your catering business without having to hire additional staff.

Cafe Management Software

Learn to take control of your business and maximise profit 

Use my tools to manage your business and know DAILY if your business made or lost money. This tool alone will save you thousands in the course of your business

Assessing businesses for sale

Learn how to measure businesses for sale against industry benchmarks and avoid the dirty sales tactics employed to make unprofitable businesses seem like a good investment

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Tools & Templates Included

A pre propagated café business plan which will assist you in identifying what is required of each section of the business plan.

A printable checklist of things you need to observe and record when visiting market leading cafes.  Print this out 20 times and get out there and study the market leaders.

Once your business plan is completed cut and paste it into this template together with eye catching photos of your vision.  This is the business plan you will be presenting to investors, landlords and your team.

Use this 20 point checklist when evaluating locations for your café.  This checklist will also prompt you to ask the right questions of prospective landlords and agents.

Want to calculate exactly how much it will cost to build your café?  This purchasing list is the one I used for my last 3 cafes and includes everything from the coffee machine to the kitchen sink.

This checklist will walk you through the steps you need to take in setting up your business.  Everything from registering your business name to training your staff and opening your doors to public.

This quick and simplified calculator will help you quickly establish if you can afford to pay the rent at a prospective location.   Not only in the first year but for the full duration of your lease.

Quickly enter in the cost of your coffee milk and packaging to calculate the cost, profit and gross profit of any variety of coffee that you may serve in your cafe

An ideal tool for communicating with sales representatives, to quickly establish the required buy price or sell price for any new items you want to retail in your business.

A template to help you quickly record recipes and product costings.  An indispensable tool for calculating profit on everything you sell and ensuring that everything you sell remains profitable.

A points based evaluation template with a complete list of my tested interview questions for managers.  Simply ask the questions, score the answers and hire the highest scoring manager.

A points based evaluation template with a complete list of my tested interview questions for café staff.  Simply ask the questions, score the answers and hire the highest scoring interviewee.

A 17 point walkthrough of everything you need to introduce your new staff members to.  This ensures your new staff hit the ground running.

A comprehensive staff contract that just needs some basic details changed to suit your business

A comprehensive job description for staff to sign off on before commencing work with you.  This template just needs some basic details changed to suit your business

With a whole unit dedicated to staff orientations this will be your baseline package for staff.   A document outlining to prospective staff your expectations of them and what expectations they should have of you.

A necessary form used to collect all the important information you need from staff including their bank account details, super annuation details etc required to pay your staff.

The 10 Minute Manager is a Rostering Tool which will control your labour expenses.  It is also a daily management tool which will allow you to control your purchasing and establish on a daily basis if your café is making money or losing it and what needs to be corrected.

This tool allows you to quickly compose catering quotes for clients without worrying about over catering or under catering for an event.

A form ready for you to edit with your own catering menu items which can be emailed to regular catering customers.

An example of the photography, descriptive language and layout for any catering menu you may use for promoting your catering services.

A comprehensive checklist of things you need to check in your business on a regular basis to ensure your business continues to run well and that certain areas within your business do not require attention.   An essential tool for café managers.

A checklist to be completed by morning staff to ensure that the café has been left in a presentable manner by the evening staff. This checklist is an important aid in ensuring you’re ready to open for business in a timely manner each morning.

A list of all the required maintenance tasks required in your café to avoid machinery breakdown and costly servicing expenses.

A necessity in your café is monitoring the temperatures of your fridges and freezers as well as any heated displays.  This ensures that at any time if you have a health inspection you are able to demonstrate a high level duty of care

An automated tool to easily count your till and reconcile your eftpos and credit card payments together with any payments made to suppliers out of the till.

Meet Your Cafe Startup Coach & Mentor

thehospitalitycoach

Hi I’m Peter Giannakis

I will be your coach and mentor throughout the program, my experience coming from building and operating my own 12 cafes simultaneously. 

I’m also a certified state and national barista judge as well as the director of the HG Coffee school. 

This all allows me to share my experience and ideas with you to help assist you in avoiding many of the mistakes I made when I opened my first café, and how I managed 120 staff and ran my cafes under management.

Join me as i walk you though all the considerations and steps you need to take before you open your cafe.  I’ll provide you with all the tools I use to monitor and run my business and leave well equipped  to start and run your cafe business.

 

 

Testimonial

What do graduates have to say?

Testimonials

Join Our Graduates In Opening Your Own Cafe

The units that really stood out for us were the one which included the ten minute manager tool and the different costing methods. In fact all of the tools that Peters provided us with have saved us a lot of time. We would recommend this course to any café owner who’s struggling or wanting to increase their profits, or anyone contemplating opening a café. I’ve already suggested this course to someone thinking of opening a café, it’s defiantly worth it
Steph & Dylan
Igikai Sustainable Cafe
I decided to book the café startup course because I wanted to open a café. After completing the course I’ve had the opportunity to invite Peter to my new café and show him that I’m happy with the results of the course and all of the things that I have learnt.
Sebastian
Fair Espresso
The café in a box course was nothing short of spectacular. I’ve seen an increase in sales over the past 2 weeks and I’ve seen a huge improvement with supplier relationships. I couldn’t recommend this course highly enough. Peters wealth of knowledge has proven invaluable. Peter now happily provides me with any information and advice I may need at any given time. I can’t thank him enough. Thanks Pete
Anthony
Gateaux 259
This course is absolutely 100% worth every cent. For me the tools that Pete has given me to work with is where the true value is. I would recommend this course to anyone wanting to open a café as well as anyone currently running a café business; you’re going to find something useful in this course.​
Emma
Rise & Grind Wholefoods

FAQ

Most frequently Asked Questions

The earlier the better.  There will be a lot of learning that will assist you in avoiding critical mistakes before you even start your cafe.  The extra time will be well used in calculating your setup costs, setting up all your processes and procedures, staff training material and menu costings. 

Absolutely. There will be immense value in learning to understand business sales documents, and learning  the true value of a cafe business and not what is being reported by the business broker  or business owner.  The tools in this course can be immediately applied to your new business to ensure it remains profitable. 

Yes!  Unless you’ve already completed a course offered by an experienced cafe operator who has shared all of their knowledge and developed tools.  This course will fill the gaps in your knowledge and offer you new tools and perspectives to take control of your business. 

Not doing this course could cost you your business!  Invest $1600 today and take your first step towards ensuring your cafe success!

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