Coffee shops of the future…

Currently there are just over 7500 coffee shops in the UK. With the UK population at 68 million, that is an astounding 9000 potential customers for each outlet. Still, coffee shops keep closing – up to 12 per day on average over the last 3 years. More than half of independent coffee shops close within the first five years.

With the cost of living crisis an inevitable cause – together with rising prices for raw materials, staffing and property leasing – few resource variables exist that outlet owners can exploit to survive.

Starbucks famously revolutionised the coffee drinking experience, focusing on the personal element and subjective experience of its customers.

In analogy, public libraries were declared dead to the future not very long ago. Re-invention followed with computer labs, learning hubs and art centre functionality.

The coffee shop of the future is easily the library of today – re-invented and busy hosting community events, meetings and diverse social get togethers. The coffee shop of the future will serve far more customers that know each other externally through local connections.

Coffee shop owners can easily stay on top of all local events in their county, or even their town, with Vreeslik feed streams. In just the last 24 hours alone Vreeslik served 617 UK local happenings to users in feed snippets – the affordable “barista” for coffee shop profit brews.