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#548 Jibbi Little: e-Commerce Challenges for the JIBBIJUG

This is the 3rd of an 8-episode series with world-famous latte art Queen, coffee roaster, and entrepreneur, Jibbi Little.

Jibbi is a Thai-Australian coffee professional, highly successful latte art and coffee roasting competitor, and business owner. Her world-renowned milk jugs (pitchers), the JIBBIJUG, have been shipped to over 20 countries.

In this episode of the podcast, Jibbi talks about her love of technology and how e-commerce was the preferred (and most cost-effective way) to take the JIBBIJUG to a global market. It was not, however, without its challenges that continue till today.

Fake JIBBIJUGS are inferior in quality and won't give you the same results as the real thing. To purchase authentic JIBBIJUGS:

In Australia: https://www.jibbijug.com.au/

Everywhere else: https://www.jibbijug.com

Find Jibbi on IG at: https://www.instagram.com/jibbi.the.littles

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#547 Jibbi Little: Making Jibbijug a Global Brand

This is the 2nd of an 8-episode series with world-famous latte art Queen, coffee roaster, and entrepreneur, Jibbi Little.

Jibbi is a Thai-Australian coffee professional, highly successful latte art and coffee roasting competitor, and business owner. Her world-renowned milk jugs (pitchers), the JIBBIJUG, have been shipped to over 20 countries.

In this episode of the podcast, Jibbi explains the process of product development for JIBBIJUG and how she developed it for a global market.

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#546 Jibbi Little: The Creation of the JIBBIJUG

This is the 1st of an 8-episode series with world-famous latte art Queen, coffee roaster, and entrepreneur, Jibbi Little.

Jibbi is a Thai-Australian coffee professional, highly successful latte art and coffee roasting competitor, and business owner. Her world-renowned milk jugs (pitchers), the JIBBIJUG, have been shipped to over 20 countries.

In this episode of the podcast, Jibbi and Lee talk about why Jibbi decided to create the JIBBIJUG and explore the genesis story of the brand.

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#545 Introducing Our New Podcast Format

We produce a lot of content on this podcast - an episode every weekday! You told us that, while you love all the content, it's super hard to get through an episode each day of the Daily Coffee Pro as well as the long-format conversations with guests that we release at the MAP IT FORWARD Podcast...so, we're kind of combining the two to come up with a new format. Check out this episode for more details AND be sure to check out our next episode for our first "new" format podcast.

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#544 There Are Two Types of Coffee Pro's

The past two years have given employees in labor forces around the world the opportunity to assess if their job is returning an adequate ROI (return on investment) for their investment of time and effort. This conundrum has been prevalent in the hospitality industry at large for decades.

The momentum of the great resignation from the past two years allowed this generation of employees within the coffee industry the opportunity to finally start addressing this issue and take action on their dissatisfactions. The result is a definitive divergence in our labor force.

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#543 Responsible Coffee Product Pricing

Traditionally, business owners sell coffee products (bags or cups of coffee) based on what customers are willing to pay as well as what their closest competitors are charging. This has created a "race to the bottom" mentality as businesses use competitive pricing to win customers.

When businesses participate in this kind of irresponsible pricing practice for an extended period, everyone loses. The supply chain, the business, the employees, and the customer.

In this episode of the Daily Coffee Pro by MAP IT FORWARD, we explain what responsible product pricing is and why everyone benefits when you approach your business this way.

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#542 Is the Coffee Game Rigged?

You'd think with the volume of cafes and roastery's that open, the profit margins for running such businesses would be huge AND that they were fairly easy businesses to run.

The truth of the matter is, net profit margins are very slim (like very VERY slim) and far more exhausting to operate and maintain than the first-time owner-operator could ever fathom.

So why do SO MANY people fail at making the profits they expect to make in the coffee game and is it rigged against success? Check out this episode of the Daily Coffee Pro Podcast by MAP IT FORWARD to hear our thoughts.

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#541 OUR Patreon + 2022 Will Be Volatile

We've been promising it for some time but it's finally here! We've launched our Patreon channel and we've got two very good reasons for doing so:

1. we're working on shifting our business model to one that will become independent from sponsors and,

2. We're creating a supportive community called the Global Coffee Thinktank as a basis for coming together in what we at MAP IT FORWARD believe is set to be one of the most volatile and definitive years for the coffee industry, coffee small businesses, and coffee professionals, in history.

In this episode, we'll explain how our Patreon (and the Thinktank) is going to work, how you can join, and why we need a community of people conspiring to each other's success more than ever. We hope you'll click the link below today and join our Patreon channel.

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EP 540 [SWAPCAST] Knowing Your Cafe's Business Numbers (The Daily Coffee Pro Podcast by MAP IT FORWARD)

This is the final episode of an eight-episode SWAPCAST between The Daily Coffee Pro by MAP IT FORWARD hosted by Lee Safar and The MAP IT FORWARD Middle East Podcast hosted by Sara Alali.

This is also the final episode of the podcast for 2021. The MAP IT FORWARD Podcast team will be taking a few weeks vacation and returning in late Jan 2022. The MAP IT FORWARD Podcast team, together with Lee Safar and Sara Alali would like to wish you a happy and safe holiday season and a successful year ahead in 2022.

In this episode of this SWAPCAST, Lee and Sara take a look at the clarity and confidence that came from Sara understanding the numbers involved in creating and running her cafe and how that clarity is helping her prepare for, and adapt to, the global inflationary environment of the next 24 months.

THAT Boutique Cafe has been a MAP IT FORWARD Consulting Client for over 12 months

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EP 539 [SWAPCAST] Hiring The Best Team For Your Cafe (The Daily Coffee Pro Podcast by MAP IT FORWARD)

This is the 7th of an eight-episode SWAPCAST between The Daily Coffee Pro by MAP IT FORWARD hosted by Lee Safar and The MAP IT FORWARD Middle East Podcast hosted by Sara Alali.

In this episode of this SWAPCAST, Sara and Lee go into the detailed process of hiring a team for Sara's new business, luxury boutique cafe @THATCafe.co based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The process includes a step-by-step account of how they hired a full team that was aligned with the values, mission, and vision of Sara's business in the middle of a labour shortage and pandemic.

THAT Boutique Cafe has been a MAP IT FORWARD Consulting Client for over 12 months

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EP 538 [SWAPCAST] Building the Business Infrastructure of Your Cafe (The Daily Coffee Pro Podcast by MAP IT FORWARD)

This is the 6th of an eight-episode SWAPCAST between The Daily Coffee Pro by MAP IT FORWARD hosted by Lee Safar and The MAP IT FORWARD Middle East Podcast hosted by Sara Alali.

In this episode of this SWAPCAST, Sara and Lee discuss the infrastructure planning that went into building the foundation of Sara's new business, luxury boutique cafe @THATCafe.co based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This planning included creating hiring plans, inventory plans, customer acquisition plans, sales plans, financial forecasting, and much much more.

THAT Boutique Cafe has been a MAP IT FORWARD Consulting Client for over 12 months

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EP 537 [SWAPCAST] Customer Acquisition Planning In Action (The Daily Coffee Pro Podcast by MAP IT FORWARD)

This is the 5th of an eight-episode SWAPCAST between The Daily Coffee Pro by MAP IT FORWARD hosted by Lee Safar and The MAP IT FORWARD Middle East Podcast hosted by Sara Alali.

In this episode of this SWAPCAST, Sara and Lee explore how they created and developed a Customer Acquisition Plan for the launch of Sara's new business, Luxury boutique cafe @THATCafe.co based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. They discuss why having a clear understanding of who THAT's customers are, has made it easier to make most of the other decisions in the business.

THAT Boutique Cafe has been a MAP IT FORWARD Consulting Client for over 12 months

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EP 536 [SWAPCAST] Figuring Out The Culture in Your Cafe (The Daily Coffee Pro Podcast by MAP IT FORWARD)

This is the 4th of an eight-episode SWAPCAST between The Daily Coffee Pro by MAP IT FORWARD hosted by Lee Safar and The MAP IT FORWARD Middle East Podcast hosted by Sara Alali.

In this episode of the SWAPCAST we explore the importance of defining culture in a business (which is more than just your work environment) no matter how small or large your team is. Sara gives us insight into how the culture of her cafe @THATcafe.com was been structured from the foundational company vision of "Celebrating People".

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EP 535 [SWAPCAST] Building the Values of a [World Class] Cafe (The Daily Coffee Pro Podcast by MAP IT FORWARD)

This is the 3rd of an eight-episode SWAPCAST between The Daily Coffee Pro by MAP IT FORWARD hosted by Lee Safar and The MAP IT FORWARD Middle East Podcast hosted by Sara Alali.

In this episode of the SWAPCAST, Sara explains the process of translating each of the defined values that stem from "Celebrating People" for her boutique luxury cafe @THATCafe.co in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia into real-life actions that demonstrated to all stakeholders what the values of the company stood for.

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EP 534 [SWAPCAST] The Building Blocks to Creating a Cafe (The Daily Coffee Pro Podcast by MAP IT FORWARD)

This is the 2nd of an eight-episode SWAPCAST between The Daily Coffee Pro by MAP IT FORWARD hosted by Lee Safar and The MAP IT FORWARD Middle East Podcast hosted by Sara Alali.

In this episode of the SWAPCAST, Sara goes into detail about the process required to establish the building blocks, i.e. the vision, mission, and values, of her business - boutique luxury cafe, @THATcafe.co, in Riyadh Saudi Arabia. Sara and Lee discuss how the foundational mission, “Celebrating People” became a guiding principle for making decisions about fit-out, supply chain, staffing, and more. They also discussed how this statement was challenged building out a cafe during a pandemic.

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EP 533 [SWAPCAST] Finding the Right Business Model for Your Cafe (The Daily Coffee Pro Podcast by MAP IT FORWARD)

This is the first of an eight-episode SWAPCAST between The Daily Coffee Pro by MAP IT FORWARD hosted by Lee Safar and The MAP IT FORWARD Middle East Podcast hosted by Sara Alali.

Sara is getting ready to open her new luxurious cafe, THAT @thatcafe.co Cafe in the booming specialty coffee scene of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in early January 2022. Over these eight episodes, we’ll explore the journey Sara took deciding to build a world-class cafe right before the world went into lockdown at the beginning of 2020 and the challenges that come along with each decision as the economic fallout from the pandemic start to put a strain on the coffee value chain.

In this episode of the podcast, Sara and Lee discuss how Sara went from deciding to open a cafe in 2013 to finding the right business model that lead to finally building her cafe that will open in January 2022.

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EP 532 Upcoming Swapcast and Some Gratitude (The Daily Coffee Pro Podcast by MAP IT FORWARD)

We have a really exciting swapcast coming up with the host of our MAP IT FORWARD Middle East Podcast, Sara Alali. Sara is getting ready to open one of the most beautiful cafes in the world with a business model that has a demonstratable vision focused on "Celebrating People"! The cafe will be based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and in the eight episodes of this swapcast, you'll get an insight into the process that Sara went through to create this enchanting space and how she managed to put together a full team of employees at the time of major a labor shortage.

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EP 531 Thinking Strategically for Success in 2022 (The Daily Coffee Pro Podcast by MAP IT FORWARD)

Historically, the coffee industry has been an industry that follows trends and encourages hero-worshiping of barista champions, social media influencers, etc. Brands encourage this behaviour because it allows them easy access to you through sponsorship. Trends come and go and those who chase those trends are left reacting to business rather than being strategic about it. Creating a Customer Acquisition Plan and building strategic relationships with suppliers, staff, and consultants that can help you to breathe life into that plan is a way to be an outlier in an industry that's suffered for decades with razor-thin margins and bad business models trying to keep up with what's new. Building strategically means you'll build with confidence.

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