The Coffee Shop 3pm Slump Playbook
Turn the dead 3-4pm window into a profit engine using the upsell-offer framework.
Three short reads. One calculator. Zero salesman.
Turn the dead 3-4pm window into a profit engine using the upsell-offer framework.
Add $1-2 to every transaction with three attach prompts proven on Puerto Rico coffee operators.
Worksheet to calculate your true milk cost percentage and spot waste before it compounds.
Find the grams you waste per shot. Dial it back. Real profit per bag goes up.
Count drinks. Count pastries. Five points of attach is real money.
Every barista that leaves costs you roughly $3K. Know your real number.
Time order-to-handoff. Past 15 minutes, customers walk. Real refunds follow.
Punch cards eat 10-15% of revenue. See if the lift in visits actually pays.
Count what you throw at close. Pull your par down. Real profit at end of week.
Divide revenue by transactions to track your average ticket and measure upsell impact over time.