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Coffee Shop

Most of your customers live within a ten-minute walk.

A cafe is not competing with the whole city — it is competing with whatever is on the way to work. Being recognised on that street, and being easy to come back to, is most of the business.

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Cafe starter

10% off the set

The four things a cafe hands out, sticks up and stands outside.

Choose your own sizes on each one — the discount comes off once all 4 are in your basket. Add a website for $29 a month if you need one.

Choose sizes for all 4

Practical advice

The one that costs money: Printing prices on the menu board. Coffee prices move, and reprinting every time is a cost you can design out — put the menu on your site and a QR on the table.

Make the menu readable before making it decorative.

Collect customer emails early.

Use a loyalty offer customers understand immediately.

Repeat the same colors, logo, and tone everywhere.