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The Coffee Experts Club Podcast — 138 episodes

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138. Where Should My Money Go?

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137. Back to Basics in Coffee Operations

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136. Protecting Your Culture as You Grow

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135. Why Your Coffee Shop Is Good But Not Great Yet

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134. Do You Know What Your Drinks Are Actually Costing You?

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133. The $1.7 Million Coffee Shop: Here Is What They Did Right

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132. What Kind of Coffee Shop Do You Actually Want to Run?

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131. One Second Faster Means $30,000 More. These Founders Did the Math.

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130. Stop the Chaos: How to Actually Communicate With Your Team

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129. Clean Books, Better Decisions: The Coffee Shop Finance Deep Dive

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128. Small Upgrades, Big Returns: Evolving Your Coffee Shop the Right Way

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127. How to Survive Slow Seasons in a Coffee Shop

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126. Are You Losing Money Without Realizing It?

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125. Holding the Line: Managing Employees and Maintaining Standards

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124. Building a Coffee Shop Culture That Reduces Turnover

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123. Moving Locations Without Losing Customers

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122. Grand Openings, Growing Pains, and Hard Lessons in Expansion

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121. How Community Partnerships Fuel Coffee Shop Growth

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120. A Conversation Worth Revisiting: People, Systems, and Coffee

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119. The Metrics That Make Multi-Location Drive Thru's Work

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118. How to Create Consistency Across Multiple Coffee Shops

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117. What Your Menu Prices Should Actually Be Doing

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116. Staying Profitable as Wages and Costs Increase

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115. Standing Out in a Crowded Coffee Market with Deal Days

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114. When Growth Forces Change: Relocating a Flagship Store

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113. Pivot Fast: How Small Coffee Companies Win Against Big Chains

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112. How to Keep a Café Stable When You're Not There

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111. Making the Holidays Special for Staff and Customers

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110. Tis the Season: How Coffee Shops Win the Holidays

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109. Revitalizing a Coffee Brand: The Oregon Mountain Story, with Travis Woodrum

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108. Growth vs. Local Identity: A Business Dilemma

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107. Ground Level - How to Train a New Employee (Without Losing Your Mind!)

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106. Plan Now, Win Later: How Coffee Leaders Nail Q4 Annual Planning

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105. Promote or Recruit? How to Find Your Next Coffee Shop Manager

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104. WhatsApp, Vendors, and the Art of Accountability: Communication that Builds Coffee Shop Success

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103. Keeping Your Coffee Shop on Track: The Power of Accountability

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102. Beyond the Drive-Thru: Rethinking Coffee Shop Expansion

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101. Rolling in Revenue: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Success

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100. Pivot Without Panic: Lessons in Resilience for Coffee Entrepreneurs

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99. Demotion Done Right: Tough Conversations Every Coffee Leader Must Have

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98. The Money Mistakes Most Coffee Owners Make (and How to Avoid Them)

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97. The Hometown Hero Playbook for Coffee Shops

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96. Delegate to Elevate: Building a Sustainable Coffee Shop Team

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95. How to Stop Running Your Coffee Shop Like Your Hair's on Fire!

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94. Is Your Profit Walking Out the Back Door? How to Avoid Shrink

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93. Conquering Coffee Shop Equipment Challenges

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92. How and When to Bring Production In-House to Boost Profits

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91. Grand Opening and How They Teach You that You Don't Know Everything

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90. Lessons Learned for Your Next Grand Opening

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89. How to Help Your Employees See the Future Part 2: Incentives and Plans

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88. How to Help Your Employees See the Future

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87. Key Vendors - When and How to Replace Them

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86. Is There Ever a Good Time to Open a Cafe?

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85. The Art and Science Behind Staffing New Coffee Locations

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84. Fear and Risk Taking in the Coffee Business

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83. Why You Need to Surround Yourself with Smart People

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82. The Value of Doing a Climate Check on Your Coffee Business

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81. Choosing the Right POS System at the Right Time for Your Coffee Shop

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80. Navigating the Different Seasons of Business in Coffee

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79. Building a New Coffee Location - The Good, The Bad, and The Battle-Tested

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78. The Problems and Possibilities with Having a Business Partner

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77. Major Starbucks Layoffs! Are You Watching Your Labor?

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76. The Conversation of Raised Prices to Your Customers

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75. An Industry Wide Shift in the Cost of Green Beans and What We Think You Should Do

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74. Effective Tips to Deal with Employee Theft

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73. Starbucks did what?? Balancing pricing, profitability, and customer experience

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72. How Much will Starting a Coffee Company Cost Me

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71. Tips for Improving Your Coffee Business by Streamlining Your Systems

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70. From Coffee Carts to Multi-Locations: Balancing Risk, Growth, and Opportunity

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69. Things to Evaluate in your Coffee Business

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68. The Ins and Outs of A Coffee Truck with Susan Arredondo of Good Grounds Coffee

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67. Overcoming the Jitters & Opening a Coffee Shop: Lessons from the Field

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66. How to Tell if You're Pricing Correctly

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65. Lessons in Bootstrapping, Mentorship, and Growth

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64. Taking Over a Coffee Shop in a Small Town with Meleni Cruz of Press Coffee House

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63. Consistency, Competition, and Customer Loyalty in the Coffee Business

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62. The Importance of Car Times For Drive Thru Coffee

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61. Scaling for Success: Coffee Business Growth Strategies with Ben and Drew

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60. Streamlining Coffee Shop Success: Smart Ordering Systems for Growth

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59. Profitability and People: How Numbers Drive Success

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58. The Most Important Thing About Your Business You're Not Talking About...Profitability

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57. Where to Even Begin with Marketing For Your Coffee Shop

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56. The Challenges and Opportunities that Come with Expanding Your Coffee Business with Jonathan Maiers of Coffee Republic

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55. How the People of Your Business Make or Break Your Coffee Shop

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54. Picking Your Coffee Shop Location

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53. The Return of Soda Shops and What it Means For Coffee

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52. Third Wave Coffee with First Wave Compassion: An interview with Clay Weigand of Bad Habit Coffee

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51. Navigating Coffee Shop Offerings: Lessons From In N Out and More

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50. Big Chain Lessons for Small Cafés: Reflecting on Our Conversation with Derek Tonn of Black Rock

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49. Integrating Success: Derek Tonn on Upgrading Black Rock Coffee's Tech Stack

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48. The Ups and Downs of Working with a Young Staff

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47. College Town Coffee: Inside the World of Coffee Culture

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46. Bentley's Coffee: Creating Success In Oregon's Competitive Market

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45. How To REALLY Innovate: Brandon Eastman's Bentley's Coffee Journey

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44. The Need for Techs in the Coffee Industry

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43. A Journey from Dreams to Reality with Cody Anderson of Houdini Coffee Roasters

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42. Being A Trend Setter with Paul Tosberg Of Coffee Culture

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41. From Photo Drive Thru to Coffee Drive Thru with Paul Tostberg

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40. Exploring Belizean Coffee: A Journey with Gallon Jug

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39. Exploring Paradise: The Story Behind Belizean Coffee with Malcolm Robinson

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38. The Magic Elements of Coffee, Strategies that Translate Across the Country

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37. Talking Expansion with Jonathan Maiers of Coffee Republic

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36. Finding Your Lane: Navigating Success in the Coffee Industry

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35. Coffee Culture vs. Business Realities: Lessons from Ethos Bakery with Cody Anderson

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34. Navigating the Franchise Landscape: Coffee, Food, and Beyond with Jon Ostenson

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33. Outsider Coffee From Coast to Coast with Lindsay McPhail

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32. Do you even know what your customer wants?

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31. This is the Champion of POS Systems with Jerrick Gillum of Swigg Coffee

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30. Making the Data Simple with Derek Tonn of Black Rock Coffee

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29. CJ McPhail of Outsider Coffee: Your Business Needs To Be Your Mission

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28. The Challenges and Successes of Running Remote Locations

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27. Expanding Your International Franchise

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26. Coffee Team Mastery with Mason Rojas, Regional Manager Black Rock Coffee

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25. Revolutionizing Coffee Culture with Stephen Donley of Black Rock Coffee

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24. Coffee Buzz: De Los Mayas & Coffee Republic Updates with Ben and Drew

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23. Coffee Shop Marketing Magic with Robin Maiers of Coffee Republic

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22. Brewing Resilience: Drew Davis Unveils the Soul of Renowned Flat Caps

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21. Coffee Company Acquisitions and the Secrets to Success

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20. Coffee Republic: Thriving in Coffee with Martin Maiers

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19. Navigating Holiday Deals and Mastering the Rush

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18. Inside The Human Bean, Regan's Journey in Coffee Management

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17. After the Grand Opening Dust Settles

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16. Turning Troubles into Triumph at The Human Bean

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15. Insider Secrets to Opening a Coffee Shop Abroad

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14. Unlocking Belize's Coffee Culture

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13. Buying a Coffee Shop with Jerick from Swigg Coffee

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12. Coffee Republic's Grand Opening Strategy Revealed!

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11. Grand Opening Prep with Jonathan of Coffee Republic

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10. More Cash In, Less Cash Out: Lowering Your C.O.G.S

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9. Create the Product You Sell with Cody of Roasters Coffee

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8. You're Still Using Paper Stamp Cards?!

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7. The Successes of Black Rifle Coffee

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1. Is Your Coffee Shop Profitable?

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2. The Secrets of Management at The Human Bean

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3. A Coffee Journey - From New Hire to Manager

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4. Ask the Experts

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5. The Maintenance Necessary to Succeed with Varick Angel

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6. The University of Coffee with Jordan Angelo