Fundraising Idea - Cafe 4 You

For many year, I was a champion in fundraising for United Way at work. I decided to share my idea on how to manage a coffee stand to raise money. The idea is to "bring the cafe to your desk" - save your colleagues' time from going to the break room to get coffee and cookies. To further your profit, you may use supplies from your break room.

For the most part, I go to JKS Houston Restaurant & Equipment Supplies for serving stuff and Kroger Store in Spring Branch for baked goods.

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Supplies Needed:
Ground coffee about $5 per bag;
Cookies from local bakery ($10 per dozen);
Foam cups and lids from restaurant supply store ($5);
Containers of sugar, creamer and sugar alternatives ($5);
Hot chocolate package ($1.75/box per 10 bags)
Hot cider packages ($2.00/box per 10 bags)
Energy bars ($3/box per 18 piece value pack)
Napkins ($2/ pack store brand)
Stirrers ($2/pack from dollar store)

Material Needed:
Push cart - dress it up with disposable tablecloth, signs and balloons
Coffee airpot that would fit under your automatic drip coffee machine from your break room.
Servers wear aprons ($20) - it would be nice

Directions:
You need to raise initial funds for the initial funding to purchase these supplies.
Ask your volunteers to work different shifts, day time and afternoon; 2 volunteers per shift.
Make sure you start with some dollar bills in the bill folds.
Once the concession starts, tell your volunteers not to accept unapproved items for sale. Don't want to mass such as dollar store cookies.

Profit Margin:
You can sell a 8 oz cup for $1 and 16 oz for $2. Each airpot will yield 12 8-oz cups. Each 12 oz bag of coffee will yield 5 to 6 brews. So, looking at a $5 investment, your revenue is $72 per bag of coffee and your return is $67. But you must add other costs of cups, lids, sugar, creamer and stirrers. It's still a pretty good profit margin. This is why I stop going to Starbucks. 

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