John Richardson understands, through bitter personal experience, the importance of making money from your coffee business. At the age of 28 he had the largest sandwich bar chain in Ireland and by the age of 29 was standing on the street with nothing but the shirt on his back to show for it. He had been a victim, ironically in spite of a business and marketing degree, of simply not treating the cafe and sandwich bar business like a business.
Since then he has gone on to develop highly successful fish and chip shops and a variety of coffee shop businesses. He now concentrates on providng consultancy, coaching and training to the coffee industry.
John can be contacted directly on john@thecoffeeboys.com
Hugh Gilmartin has spent the last 20 years in The Coffee Business as the leading Coffee advisor to his very special customers in Northern Ireland and beyond incorporating Coffee Selection & Blending, Equipment Specifications & Innovations, all sorts of Training as well as Branding & Turnkey Coffee Bar design solutions. He manages many of the best known coffee offers in Nothern Ireland driving thier sales and profitability.
He has presented his Coffee Profits Program in America and Europe, writes for several national publications and is a board member of The Speciality Coffee Association of Europe.
Hugh can be contacted on coffee@hughgilmartin.com