Free on Loan from Verde Coffee

Are you looking for a coffee machine and coffee bean supplier who can help you provide the best coffee around while also help maximise your profits?

Here at Verde Coffee we offer our customers exquisite machines, carefully ser viced and inspected by our in-house engineering team, and all the additional equipment required to help you set up your coffee ser vice!

With ever y Free on Loan offer our trained engineers will provide full training on the machine and equipment as well as show you and your staff how to get the best out of our coffee beans through a selection of best-selling hot beverages

From £215 per month you can get a 2 group machine a grinder essential equipment 4kg of coffee beans and free goodies to help you get star ted All Free on Loan packages

A fur ther 39% have had to buy in more pre-prepared or semi-prepared dishes and ingredients

Four out of ten (39%) have had to stop ser ving food on certain days or reduce opening times as they don’t have a chef or catering team available

Food waste eats profits

Interestingly despite rising cost pressures, food waste is still an issue across the entire sector :

A whopping 95% of operators agreed they could improve on the levels of food waste their business produces

When asked what would help them reduce their food waste , operators told Creed:

Using pre-prepared stocks, sauces and gravies – 58%

Ordering bespoke sized cuts and packs of meat – 55%

Using frozen bake-off pastries and desser ts – 53%

Using typical food waste in dishes ie potato peelings on top of pies, cauliflower stalks in dishes not just the florets etc – 49%

Using dried herbs and spices instead of fresh – 27%

Consolidating their menu – 13%

Dishes that maximise margins

Operators said:

Burgers are the dish that delivers the highest margin for most (41%)

Over a third said Italian fare including pizzas (37%) and pasta dishes (35%) make the most margin

Nearly a quar ter find that steak (23%) and chicken dishes (22%) deliver the best margin as do plantbased dishes

Initiatives to drive customer spend

Operators said:

53% are offering two or three course set menus

Half (50%) are using more seasonal produce to tr y and manage increased business costs

49% are offering an enhanced drink selection including cocktails

A fur ther 47% have streamlined their menu to utilise more affordable ingredients

44% are offering higher priced specials and 42% are offering premium sides

Four out of ten (39%) have star ted to use outdoor space to maximise capacity and extra potential covers in the past couple of years, in response to rising inflation

A fifth (20%) are charging for bread and butter

19% have set ser vice times ie 6pm and 8pm to get double covers on all their tables each lunch/dinner

16% are training staff on upsell oppor tunities

Philip de Ternant concludes: “The Repor t has highlighted the impor tance of the entire supply chain working together We’re all facing similar challenges; no one is immune It’s evident that in many cases seeking suppor t from each other is already happening; over three quar ters (77%) of operators consult their wholesalers for cost-saving advice

“What is one of the most uplifting aspects to the Repor t is how it’s shown us the sector’s fighting spirit is well and truly alive We’re seeing some really great innovation coming through; both from the Repor t findings and also what we ’ re seeing when we ’ re out visiting customers ” come with free installation, a dedicated customer ser vice line direct to our

Considering all of your equipment and maintenance costs are covered in your monthly payment the Free on Loan deal can be a real profit centre for your business

We want to help all of our customers become as profitable as possible , your success is our success With over 20 years of experience we can advise you on how to get the most out of your coffee machine We can also assist with marketing supplies and have a range of add-on sale products which your customers will find too good to resist info@verdecoffee co uk 0800 980 6009