Hey Ya'll! Thought I would give a quick update on what's been happening. It's been an interesting few months for certain. Upon studying my budget options, skill level & knowledge I decided to put plans for the van on indefinite hold... And lucky I did! Since then I've found work in a respected coffee shop and have been learning so so much! But it has also put in to perspective how much more I have to learn 🙂 My partners food & desert business has really taken off quite exponentially to both our surprises (we knew it would do well but It is basically at a third income level after only a short period), with regular catering customers to, all while getting great feedback. Long story short we have been offered a space to use to set up a business, extremely low risk as the current location is owned and unused by family, already decked with all the plumbing and a full commercial kitchen, they are willing to let us lease it from them at a reasonable (but below value) cost for the first 12 months and then decide after that what we would like to do. Area is great and there really isn't any other places close by doing what we are planning to do. It will mostly be focused around her stuff but with me operating a little coffee set-up in there as well. All in all things couldn't be better! We have always both talked about this sort of thing and once we stopped trying to force it to happen it seems all the pieces are falling nicely 😃 Now it's back to researching what machines/bean suppliers etc etc I should be looking at. Estimating it will be low to medium traffic to start with (mostly young couples, newly weds and first time parents), morning rush for certain and a busy weekend spot. I was thinking along the lines of a twin group LM of some sort but maybe that's overkill?? I've Heard Exobar are great to but I kind of wanted to start off as best as possible and set my bar high... Also what bean wholesalers/suppliers would you guys recommend 100% around the Melbourne and outer suburb areas? We are planning to open mid next year. I would like to thank everyone who contributed to this thread when I first posted it, without you guys I might have made a snap decision and rushed in to something stupidly that I couldn't maintain. You have all been such a great help! :thumb:
