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Because you won't make any money. If you have 20 * 2 seater tables you're looking at: $60-80 coffee per 4 hours - x * $40 for four hours of a barista(s) - empl
by haldujai 13y ago
Because you won't make any money. If you have 20 * 2 seater tables you're looking at:
$60-80 coffee per 4 hours - x * $40 for four hours of a barista(s) - employee overhead - electricity - internet usage - business overhead - rent = < $0
Rent is the limiting factor in this model, you want to be in a high traffic area to get those customers but not have to pay ridiculous rent and still have a decently sized store. Not going to happen.
- ok_craig 13y agoAren't those issues accounted for by simply charging more?
- haldujai 13y agoThen: A) people will just go to the multitude of coffee houses that still offer unlimited WiFi And B) you're no longer a coffee house, you're an Internet cafe / temporary office space offering coffee. Big difference.
- ok_craig 13y agoInternet cafes tend to be boring white boxes without food or drink, the walls lined with five year old crumbling windows PCs. It seems like there is a middle ground which has not been explored, which is simply a more expensive coffee shop with more space, where you are allowed/expected to stay for long periods of time. I would pay for that. You can call that an internet cafe if you want, but it wouldn't really be like any I've been to.