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Fueling your Holiday Sales with Pumpkin Spice and Gift Cards

Fueling your Holiday Sales with Pumpkin Spice and Gift Cards

Pumpkin spice season is in full swing, and you don’t have to be a big name chain with a cafe on every corner to take advantage. The popular seasonal flavor profile can generate additional sales from your regulars, bring in new customers, and even drum up business during slower times. According to recent data, in addition to increasing visits and visit frequency, that pumpkin spice latte can also give a nice bump to your check averages ($7.81 for latte buyers vs just $6.67 for non-buyers). 

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The Magic of the Cold Bean

The Magic of the Cold Bean

Cold brewed coffee has exploded in the past 6 months. It’s the bacon of the coffee world! It is fascinating to watch the debates over brewing methods and benefits. So, what is Toddy.. err..sorry.. cold brew? The simple explanation is it is a brewing method involving soaking grinds in cold or room temperature water to produce a smooth, low-acidic concentrate.

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Spring Cleaning for your Coffee POS

This is a great time of year to take care of some housekeeping in your CSM system. CSM offers a worksheet to complete a physical inventory of the items listed in CSM to make adjustments in Inventory Maintenance for accurate item tracking with the Physical Inventory...

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What EMV Means for your Coffee Shop

What EMV Means for your Coffee Shop

If you process credit cards in your coffee shop, you’re probably starting to hear about new payment technology and the upcoming EMV Liability shift. Also called “Chip and Signature,” EMV is quickly becoming the global standard for secure credit card payments as these...

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2015 is the Year of Customer Loyalty

2015 is the Year of Customer Loyalty

We all know customer loyalty and retention drive revenue, referrals, and really happy bosses. It can be challenging deciding where to expend your marketing resources, especially if they are limited or you’re competing with the “big guys” down the street....

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Top New Coffee Shop Survival Tips

Top New Coffee Shop Survival Tips

Whether you're just getting started or opening a new location, starting a new coffee shop is an exciting and exhausting experience and your first year is really make or break. While the first years of a new business are the most challenging, if you have the right...

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First Annual Golden Spoon Cookie Contest

At Granbury Solutions, we take our baked goods very seriously. This year at our Grapevine office we held the first annual Golden Spoon Cookie Contest and the results were...delicious. With 11 yummy entries, our judges had a hard time picking just one winner....

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Cafe Heavanly

You can’t go wrong with Coffee Shop Manager.  I switched over to it about a year ago.  It has almost zero bugs because they have pretty much perfected it.  And, they are also tweaking it whenever necessary to maximize the benefits.  Updates to the...

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The Magic of the Cold Bean

            Toddy Anyone? Holy Macaroni! I cannot believe how cold brewed coffee has exploded in the past six months. It’s the bacon of the coffee world! It is fascinating to watch the debates over brewing methods and benefits. So, what...

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