Coffee Shop Financial Comparison

[clericbonely (Eric Olney)]

Hello,

I was curious if anyone had a useful reference guide for financial breakdown of specialty coffee shops? I own a multi-roaster shop that’s doing pretty well but anytime I’ve tried to find a comparison it seems like all the data is referencing non-specialty coffee shops. (i.e price per cup noted as $0.18, labor at $7 an hour, etc.). It seems like every niche industry has something like this available besides ours.

I’m looking mostly for operating costs, growth rates, and COGS. But any relevant information would be useful.

Best,

Eric

[Rand_Ordway]

check out this thread

Barista Financial Literacy Project

I’ll throw in this not-perfect spreadsheet I’ve developed years ago for manual brew, teas, and espresso drinks. It’s documented just enough to figure out how to use it; my general goal is to keep COGS (defined here as just labor+product cost as calculated) to 30% or lower. Some things inevitably go to the mid-30%'s, some items go into the low 20%'s. Stripped most identifying data, and product costs in here are years old, so take them as you will. Set as read-only, make a copy if you want to re-u…