Handling Free Sample Requests: A Guide for the Barista distribuitors

We love being asked for Free Coffee

As a telesales agent and barista distributor, you’ll often face requests for free samples from potential customers. As a roaster we encourage our baristas to experiment – While offering free samples of how they can create a blend – All our customers understand that, Creating a blend and labelling and posting is never free our sampling service, offers insight and value and can be a useful tool, it’s important to understand that these requests also provide a golden opportunity to gather valuable information, build conversations, and showcase the unique features and benefits of Blendly’s coffee system.

In this guide, we’ll walk you through how to handle free sample requests effectively and how to use the interaction to position Blendly as the perfect partner for their coffee needs.

Why Free Sample Requests Are Valuable

Free sample requests give you the opportunity to engage in meaningful conversations with potential customers. Rather than simply agreeing to send a sample, take this moment to ask strategic questions about their current setup. This allows you to gather essential information that can help you tailor the conversation, complement Blendly’s features and benefits, and position Blendly as a superior choice.

Key Questions to Ask

When a customer requests a free sample, use the following questions to gather crucial information about their current supplier and business needs:

  1. Current Supplier & Coffee Blend:
  • What blend are you currently using?
  • How satisfied are you with the quality and consistency of your current coffee?
  1. Machine Rentals or Purchases:
  • Do you rent or purchase your coffee machines?
  • How long is your lease or finance agreement for the machines?
  • Are you locked into a contract with your current supplier?
  1. Business History:
  • How long has your business been trading?
  • Who is the decision-maker regarding your coffee supply?

These questions will provide valuable insights into the customer’s current situation, allowing you to personalize your pitch and highlight how Blendly’s features can meet their needs more effectively than their current supplier.

Presenting Blendly’s Features, Advantages, and Benefits

Once you’ve gathered information, it’s time to complement Blendly’s unique offerings. Blendly offers a range of tools and advantages that go beyond just providing high-quality coffee. Here are key features, advantages, and benefits to highlight during your conversation:

FeatureAdvantageBenefit
Custom Coffee BlendingTailored blends to suit individual tastesCreate a unique blend that differentiates your business
Revenue Sharing for BaristasBaristas can earn revenue by becoming distributorsBuild a passive income stream by selling custom coffee blends
Inventory Management SystemNever run out of stock with predictive orderingEnsures consistent supply, reducing downtime and missed sales
Global Bean SelectionAccess to a diverse, global inventory of beansOffer a wider range of blends, appealing to more customers
Low Carbon Supply ChainSustainable, eco-friendly supply chainReduce environmental impact and appeal to eco-conscious customers
Online Sales PlatformSell your blend directly to customersExpand your brand reach by offering blends for online purchase
Predictive Ordering TechnologyAutomated, accurate stock managementAlways have the right amount of coffee in stock
Expert SupportBook time with Blendly’s expertsReceive guidance on creating the perfect blend and strategy

Introducing the Barista Distributor Program

For businesses or individuals interested in growing their income, Blendly’s Barista Distributor Program offers an excellent opportunity to not only enjoy high-quality coffee but also generate revenue by selling it. Here are key talking points to discuss:

  • Revenue Sharing: The Barista Distributor Program allows you to earn a commission by selling Blendly’s coffee blends to your customers. You can create your own signature blend and promote it through the Blendly platform. Learn more about the Barista Distributor Program here.
  • Build Your Own Business: As a distributor, you can build your own coffee business, tapping into Blendly’s resources to grow your customer base and income. Whether you own a cafe or work as a freelance barista, Blendly gives you the tools to turn coffee sales into a profitable venture. Explore how to become a Barista Distributor here.
  • Brand Ownership: By crafting your own blend and selling it through Blendly’s platform, you can establish your brand as an expert in coffee. Your customers can purchase your blend directly online, giving you an additional revenue stream.

How to Position Blendly’s Features Against Competitors

When handling the objection of a free sample, it’s essential to differentiate Blendly from other coffee suppliers and roasters. Here’s how Blendly’s system stands out:

  1. Customizable Blends: Unlike traditional suppliers, Blendly allows you to create and personalize your blend with beans from around the world. This flexibility gives you full control over your coffee offerings.
  2. Predictive Ordering: You’ll never run out of stock. Blendly’s predictive ordering system ensures that your inventory is managed efficiently and that coffee is always available.
  3. Revenue Generation: Blendly’s barista program allows you to sell your custom blend and earn revenue, making it more than just a coffee supplier—Blendly helps grow your business.
  4. Sustainability: Blendly’s low-carbon supply chain is an eco-friendly option that reduces waste and appeals to customers who value sustainability.

Handling Free Sample Objections: Key Script Points

Here’s a sample script to help you guide the conversation when customers request a free sample:

  • Customer: “I’d like a free sample to try your coffee.”
  • Telesales Agent: “I’d love to help you explore our coffee! Before we send out a sample, I’d like to learn more about your current coffee needs and how Blendly can best serve you. Can you tell me what coffee blend you’re currently using and if you’re renting or purchasing your coffee machines?”
  • Customer: [Provides information about their current supplier, machine rentals, etc.]
  • Telesales Agent: “That’s great to know! Did you know that with Blendly, you can create your own signature blend using our global inventory of beans? You can even sell your custom blend directly to your customers through our online platform, giving you an additional revenue stream. Plus, our predictive ordering ensures you’ll never run out of coffee stock. How does that sound compared to your current setup?” we can do that for the same price as your current blend in most cases – however over time once we understand your volumes we can save you money as well as help build your income

Conclusion

Handling free sample requests is not just about sending out a product—it’s about starting a conversation and understanding the customer’s needs. By gathering information about their current suppliers and positioning Blendly’s unique features and benefits, you can effectively handle objections and showcase how Blendly is a superior option. Use the tools and resources available through Blendly to demonstrate the value we bring, not just in coffee quality but in helping businesses grow and succeed.

Beyond the Sum of Its Parts: The Role of Data in Modern Coffee Production

Aristotle’s wisdom, dating back to Ancient Greece, holds a profound truth that resonates even in the modern era. The concept that “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts” suggests that the collective harmony and interplay of various components contribute to a greater and more impactful outcome. In the context of modern production, this philosophy finds resonance in the critical role played by data and Platform-as-a-Service (PAAS) solutions. In this blog post, we will explore how data and PAAS are transforming production processes, taking them beyond their Georgapicail boundaries.

In the digital age, The Foundation of Informed Decision-Making data has emerged as a goldmine of information, unlocking invaluable insights into customer behaviour, production patterns, market trends, and supply chain dynamics. By harnessing data analytics and AI-powered technologies, modern production processes can make well-informed decisions that optimize efficiency, reduce wastage, and improve overall performance. Data-driven production empowers businesses to identify potential bottlenecks, predict demand fluctuations, and tailor products to meet specific customer preferences.

1 . PAAS: Empowering Flexibility and Innovation

Platform-as-a-Service (PAAS) solutions offer a dynamic and adaptable environment for modern production. By providing a cloud-based platform, PAAS facilitates collaboration, seamless integration of diverse systems, and agility in responding to changing market demands. Unlike the static and rigid production processes of the past, PAAS allows businesses to scale operations effortlessly, reducing the burden of heavy infrastructural investments. This newfound flexibility empowers businesses to innovate, create unique products, and foster a culture of continuous improvement

2 . The Synergy of Data and PAAS: Achieving Holistic Efficiency As Aristotle’s philosophy suggests, the combination of data and PAAS transcends individual capabilities, creating a harmonious ecosystem that is greater than the sum of its parts. Data-driven insights are integrated into PAAS platforms, facilitating real-time monitoring, predictive analysis, and optimization of production processes. This synergy allows businesses to respond swiftly to changing demands, minimize downtime, and reduce costs while maintaining a sharp focus on quality and sustainability.

3 . Expanding Horizons: From Local to Global Production Historically, production was often bound by geographical limitations, where sourcing materials and accessing skilled labour dictated the scope of operations. However, data-driven production combined with the flexibility of PAAS breaks these barriers, enabling businesses to operate globally. Seamless data sharing and access to a wide range of suppliers through PAAS platforms empower businesses to optimize their supply chain, source materials globally, and collaborate with partners worldwide.

4. Sustainability: A Shared Responsibility As we step into an era of heightened environmental awareness, sustainable production practices have become paramount. Data-driven insights and PAAS solutions play a crucial role in fostering sustainability across the entire production lifecycle. By tracking resource usage, energy consumption, 

 

The Giddy Goose – Brand Transparency All The Way To Pond

The White Goose and Giddy Goose could easily be a place you’d walk into in London or New York. It sets the perfect tone for any occasion, any time of year, whether you’re just visiting the city, out with the family, on a date, or want somewhere to relax after a hard day at the office

This award-winning group, Is part of a growing number of superb organisations that understand the value of transparency, To Build Value and Trust with its growing customers base According to research by Innova Market Insights, transparency will be one of the top trends for the food and drink industry in 2021, with six in 10 global consumers interested in learning more about where foods come from.

Working with Commercial Coffee Roaster Blendly.co.uk The Giddy Goose  and white goose developed a Coffee blend that allows its customers to better understand what goes into their everyday cup of coffee The Giddy Goose 5 Bean to the Pond  Blend 

The Giddy Goose 5 been to the pond blend is a coffee blend that creates an espresso with a great depth of flavour produced by the mix of the freshest Brazilian, Costa Rican, Indonesian Sumatra and Mocha Djimmah beans.

Blendly.co.uk works with companies to develop unique flavours and tastes based on the skills of the baristas that serve and engage customers every day, Blendly.co.uk have a global marketplace based on making the everyday cup of coffee better and more transparent –

Blendly.co.uk commercial coffee roaster operates a Data production Supply Chain model that allows more customization to be placed into the product supply chain allowing customers to choose more about how they want their products and services on a much smaller scale

Currently, the coffee industry is traditional in its approach to the use of new techniques. This opens up endless possibilities for new brands coming to market and the competitive nature that coffee brands can deploy using technology as part of core strategy.

Blendly commercial coffee marketplace creates transparent access to fresh coffee production via our scalable production facility, giving the global coffee consumer opportunities to transmit greater economic and social value in their coffee blends.

Blendly allows your coffee blends to be developed, shared and redistributed across multiple sales channels giving your brand and its values a wider audience. Blendly also enables your brand to have automation support and management as your coffee reputation grows.

Blendly marketplace allows sustainable and transparent access to fresh coffee production for the global coffee consumer by giving them transparent access to the components that make up their everyday cup of coffee.

 

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Ref:- Speciality Food Magazine 

Ref:- Feeling Peckish Take a Gander down to the Giddy Goose 

Feeling peckish? Take a gander down to The Giddy Goose

 

 

Your Favourite Coffee Shop Coffee Straight To Your Door

Here at Blendly, you can make the world a better place and purchase blends that were developed by your baristas in your Favorite Coffee Shops.

All of our Baristas took the time to develop a taste for you and to make sure that your Daily Cup of Coffee was just what you wanted

Blendly Baristas have created blends all over the UK and you can support there skill and expertise as they understand their customers are always looking out for products that identify with them, reflecting their character and personality, traits that are unique to themselves.

BUY YOUR BARISTA BLEND 

The coffee market has grown significantly over the past 20 years and blends are consistently evolving to accommodate changing palates and preferences.  The Baristas that have created your coffee are the new generation of coffee experts that create and publish blends using blendly.co.uk

These are amongst the many reasons why more and more people are switching away from their usual coffee brands to Blendly.

We support your choice Blendly is a one-stop, online coffee roasting and blending service created for Baristas but now available to coffee lovers with no professional experience. Creating something unique for people to enjoy is at the heart of Blendly. We want to give you the tools to create blends that are synonymous with you.

Online coffee Blending The Blendly coffee marketplace allows clients to customize their coffee down to the finest of detail allowing for the creation of unique coffee blends.  Chances are, if you start blending now, the resulting coffee blend could be a world first!

Despite offering the best variety and quality of coffee beans available, Blendly offers staggering value for money with unmatched roasting and blending flexibility compared to other coffee brands out there, we believe our offering is one of a kind.

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Create Your Own Coffee Blend and Get it Delivered Straight to Your Door

People are always looking out for products that identify with them, reflecting their character and personality, traits that are unique to themselves. The coffee market has grown significantly over the past 20 years and blends are consistently evolving to accommodate changing palates and preferences.  These are amongst the many reasons why more and more people are switching away from their usual coffee brands to Blendly.

We support your choice. Blendly is a one stop, online coffee roasting and blending service created for Baristas but now available to coffee lovers with no professional experience. Creating something unique for people to enjoy is at the heart of Blendly. We want to give you tools to create blends that are synonymous with you.

Online Coffee Blending. The Blendly coffee marketplace allows clients to customize their coffee down to the finest of detail allowing for the creation of unique coffee blends.  Chances are, if you start blending now, the resulting coffee blend could be a world first!

Despite offering the best variety and quality of coffee beans available, Blendly offers staggering value for money with unmatched roasting and blending flexibility compared to other coffee brands out there, we believe our offering is one of a kind.

Knowledge is Power. So what are the secrets to blending?  Blending is an art that can take years to acquire and are founded on an understanding of how the factors such as soil type, climate and altitude contribute to the unique qualities of the bean and applying this knowledge to produce consistent cup profile through practice, trial and error.  If you’ve never blended before, don’t be daunted, there is plenty of help out there for you.

To help guide you, all our coffee beans are curated within our CTAPS ™ system (Coffee Tasting and Profiling System), where you’ll find a description of the bean, cupping notes and taste profiles.  Armed with this knowledge, you can create your own coffee blend based on what you have profiled from some of the top brands around.

You can also compare these notes with the other coffee blends you’ve created or with the other coffee blends created by other people.

Don’t be Shy, Blend In!

Blending with Blendly couldn’t be easier. On our blend creator portal you’ll be able to add beans from the CTAPS and assign a percentage of the total blend for each bean.  Don’t forget to make sure all the quantities add up to 100%!  Once you’ve assigned beans to your blend, you can add a description and the best part – your blend name which will be printed on the pack.  Coffee customization is our specialty and you can adjust your blend anytime.

Sharing is caring. Once you’ve created and ordered your blend on the Blendly platform, you’ll be given a link to your unique coffee blend that you can share with friends, family, and colleagues for them to enjoy. Do ask them for feedback and please do share it with us on our facebook page!

Safe and Secure Delivery. Blendly aims to deliver coffee orders within 72 hours of processing.  Don’t be concerned that this is not quick enough for you, some things can’t be rushed.  Part of the roasting process includes a stage called “Degassing” which requires the beans to rest for a period of time.

Depending on location and quantity ordered, your coffee will be delivered either by courier service or Royal Mail in accordance with the COVID-19 government guidelines.

Ready to Blend? Why not get started today?  Simply visit our website at blendly.co.uk and see why baristas and cafes up and down the country are blending their coffee with us.

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Connecting You to Your Local Barista with a Barista Roasting Gift Card

Everyone with an online Blendly account can share their coffee blend with the world! It’s as easy as clicking a button. Sharing your coffee blend allows you to explain more about the flavours and tastes that are unique to you and your coffee.

Sharing the experience with others allows you to develop new ways of distributing your skills and knowledge of coffee and how you connect to your local barista with the Barista Cards 

Baristas Cards have been created to help you take advantage of the skill and knowledge of the local barista. The Barista Cards allow you to purchase the published barista blends and also to adapt the taste to your own.

Blendly  allows you to create your own taste profile and tasting notes so that it appears on the customised label. A label that is your signature as well as providing a taste profile based on your own findings on the coffee and publishes it to friends, family or even to share with customers or work colleagues. 

Create something unique for you and your community, whether to your friend’s, family, office or coffee shop. Allowing them to  understand your skill and passion about coffee. More and more people and baristas are creating blends they have been developed using Blendly the commercial coffee roaster, and to build up their coffee reputation amongst groups and colleagues.

Blendly allows barista account holders to create blends for special occasions and events whether it’s a winter BBQ, or charity event. Creating something unique to you is allowing people to connect to knowledge about what makes up your favourite cup of coffee and allowing baristas and coffee lovers to build value in their home or community. 

For more information about the Barista Roasting Gift Cards contact the Blendly team at blendly.co.uk.

Jason Ross – Building Customers – Blendly Community Builder

Jason Ross a growing number of barista developing skills with blendly.co.uk Barista Community Builder

In their continuous pursuit of skill development, Jason Ross has joined the growing number of baristas through the help of Blendly Community Builder Program.

Jason Ross, the Head Barista in Cupcake Coffee box, now enjoying the free hand to develop his own bespoke coffee blends and have it delivered anytime straight to customers – whether office, at home or even to your favorite hangout coffee shops!

Jason Ross is one of the baristas that gained access to Blendly’s Community Builder – an online service developed by commercial coffee roaster Blendly. This online service allows baristas, like Jason, to build and manage their own network of customers coffee supplies, conveniently online. Blendly.co.uk understands that the heart of a great coffee is a great barista that has been continuously honing their skill in developing unique tastes and remarkable flavors based on customer’s preferences.

Not only does the Community Builder program helps Jason on seamless order management but also enhances his knowledge on working with different mixes and techniques around the use of fresh coffee beans. Above all, the passive income that goes along selling what you love most is the main highlight of the program.

Blendly.co.uk  barista distributors also can open their own accounts and manage customers coffee with a range of account types depending on forecasted monthly volume.

I know this spark some interest there, be sure to express it by knowing more and start becoming a Barista Distributor in no time. We’ll be happy to discuss the simple mechanics over a cup of coffee, contact us here.

Clark’s Bakery – Create a Perfect Coffee Blend for The Butcher The Baker

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David Webster (Butcher) and Jonathan Clark (Clark’s Bakery) are joining forces to create the new business called “The Butcher The Baker”

The third generation started going into fast food in a small way 15 years ago. Remembering how Jonathan Clark from Clark’s Bakery used to do hot filled rolls and so the journey began to create a fast food business that is talked about on the media, national radio and national newspapers. Now in 2017 they have 9 shops and employing over 100 staff and have just recently opened their own The Butchers the Baker.

Creating a great coffee for such a great and traditional brand was handed down to Blendly. Blendly is a commercial coffee roaster that specialises in developing uniqclark's bakeryue coffee blends for its customers to complement the service, the food and the customer’s pallets.

Blendly offers a superb range of services that allows, coffee drinkers to create flavours and tastes unique to them self-creating a mission-critical service for the most demanding of environments.

The Butcher The Baker is a business that accepts no compromise with any clark's bakerycomponent of their operation. From the team that was chosen to lead, and to the suppliers and product range, it reflects the level of investment and commitment that designed and built this new, innovative and exciting retailing concept.

Blendly created a coffee blend that allows The Butcher the Baker customers to access the product not only in the local shops but also over the counter. Coffee is freshly roasted ready for serving.

The Coffee Corner Adds Adventure to its Coffee Blend with Blendly and G2

speciality coffeeThe Coffee Corner and the team have enlisted Blendly, the commercial coffee roaster to develop a superb speciality coffee blend for its customers in Aviemore. As in most towns and cities, the landscape of coffee is changing. Coffee shop owners are spending more time developing coffee blends for their customers. To better engage customers in the new flavours and tastes that are available from some of the speciality coffee beans that can be used to develop your brand.

The Coffee Corner In Aviemore is also the heart of adventure and is a great place to meet at the start or indeed relax at the end of a great adventure The Coffee Corner – Understands coffee is about connecting people and is a perfect place to start such as adventure like  flying through the trees on an exhilarating ride speciality coffeethrough the Scottish Highlands? – Giving a Relaxing atmosphere to start the Uk’s first Zip Trek Adventure Park based on Alvie Estate near Aviemore! In the heart of the Cairngorms National Park, our Zip Trek is made up of 14 zip wires over a 2km course, with zips starting off nice and easy and get bigger and faster as you go along the course with the last big one at 550m long at 40mph!

What is at the heart of a this Adventure Community is the great coffee –  Coffee corner and G2 developed their speciality coffee blend based on the changing palates of their customers and also its superb menu that many customers commented on The Coffee Corner in Aviemore is one of the favourite destinations when travelling.

Good food, good service and good price. In fact, The Coffee Corner is so good that this place is usually packed.

Coffee is playing such an important part of the high street and successful coffee shops are working with their customers and engaging them more and more about their products that services that unique to the products they serve. 

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Iain Macrury the Mastermind behind the popularity of coffee corner allows the customer to order coffee online and have it sent directly to there homes anywhere in the UK utilising Blendly.co.uk

Coffee Corner also allow customers to take the coffee away as its roasted fresh Iain Macrury the Mastermind behind the popularity of coffee corner allows the customer to order coffee online and have it sent directly to there homes anywhere in the UK.

Iain Macrury helps build footfall as well as creates greater customer loyalty by allowing the customer to scan the coffee on their mobiles and have it delivered to there home.

This sort of innovation allowing the customer to have access to products is part of a national Trend. In the UK delivery sales have increased by 20% over the last five years, according to industry research firm NPD Group. Chain after chain, from McDonald’s to Moe’s Southwest Grill, has mentioned delivery as a necessary sales driver.

speciality coffeeAnd coffee is no exception, The Coffee Corner was able to develop their coffee working with Blendly, the company specialises in developing Speciality coffee blends that are unique, and transparent and it allows us to better deliver a great coffee and also help coffee shop owners manage their fresh coffee deliveries as well as give a total customised solution allowing customers to take the coffee blends home as the products are created and branded for the individual coffee shop owner .

Visiting a Coffee Shop – Who is Drinking Your Coffee?

Visiting coffee shops is a ritual to any British coffee lovers routinely adhered. Visiting a Coffee ShopAccording to coffee shops in the UK, Britain’s coffee shop culture is full of beans. The UK coffee shop market has enjoyed its biggest period of growth since 2008. Over the last five years, the market rose by 37%, up from £2.4 billion in 2011 to reach an impressive £3.4 billion in 2016. What is more, between 2015 and 2016 sales increased a spectacular 10.4% – the biggest year-on-year boost witnessed in the last five years.

Blendly is a speciality coffee roaster that specialises in creating speciality coffee blends for the growing market. Coffee is at the heart of a great coffee chain all over the world. Blendly allow its customers to select and make a coffee blend unique according to their choice of beans and their best blend

Blendly also offers a unique management service to there clients helping Visiting a Coffee Shopmanage inventory across all the sales channels, – The Company provide Commodity based planning as well as Logistics, Distribution and Inventory management as well as developing new analytic to help chains better plan and manage footfall. “Britain’s appetite for coffee shops continues. Much of the growth we’ve seen in recent years is driven by habitual coffee drinkers and the continually increasing number of coffee retailers that are now ubiquitous on British high streets

Coffee is a potent source of healthful antioxidants. In other words, antioxidants help keep us healthy at the micro-level by protecting our cells from damage. Finally, chlorogenic acid, an important antioxidant found almost exclusively in coffee, is also thought to help prevent cardiovascular disease.

Visiting a Coffee ShopAccording to Mintel The UK consumers’ love of coffee shops, for some, the draw of the kitchen remains too tempting. Half (51%) of coffee drinkers prefer to drink hot drinks at home rather than out-of-home, including 55% of men and 47% of women.  – The opportunity to drink and post your own coffee blend has much appeal to coffee customers. Creating your own coffee and developing your own coffee blend for your customer , is part of developing your business and your supply chain to be unique to the people that you serve as most companies now understand that there is no one size fits all when it comes to developing your products and services and extending the possibilities of extending this service from the coffee shop to your customers kitchen offers greater opportunities in building trust and developing better services based around customer choice.

The fact that half of coffee drinkers prefer to drink hot drinks at home could suggest that the range of beverages for at-home consumption may, in fact, be so well-established in the retail channel that more consumers can now recreate the coffee shop experience without having to leave the comforts of home.” And it offers coffee shop owners the opportunity to develop there retail channels into this highly engaging marketplace.

Creating your own coffee and developing your own coffee blend for your Visiting a Coffee Shopcustomer , is part of developing your business and your supply chain to be unique to the people that you serve as most companies now understand that there is no one size fits all when it comes to developing your products and services and extending the possibilities of extending this service from the coffee shop to your customers kitchen offers greater opportunities in building trust and developing better services based around customer choice. The fact that half of coffee drinkers prefer to drink hot drinks at home could suggest that the range of beverages for at-home consumption may, in fact, be so well-established in the retail channel that more consumers can now recreate the coffee shop experience without having to leave the comforts of home.” And it offers coffee shop owners the opportunity to develop there retail channels into this highly engaging marketplace.

New research has been published Wednesday, by Research Without Borders reveals the value and work that is added to the British economy from people working out of coffee shops and the coining of a new term,  the “Coffice.” The size of the “Coffice” economy is extensive, as four out of five Brits have worked from a coffee shop and do so regularly.