[ISLMA-Share] coffee sales

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We have been selling coffee, hot chocolate and three kinds of cappuccinos
for three years.  Occasionally, I purchase apple cider or pumpkin spice
cappuccino in the fall.  We also charge $1.00 and don't make that much.  I
also watch the sales and try to purchase K-cups that are below $.50.
Recently, I bought my french vanilla and caramel cappuccino k-cups through
Amazon because our local Walmart no longer sells the brand we were using.
I buy my cups from Sam's and usually buy two packages of cups and 1 box of
lids.  I use the Dixie 12 oz.To-Go cups which has 176 cups in a package and
a box of lids which has 1,000.  The To-Go cups are insulated so the kids
are not burning their fingers.  I guess I could charge more, but they all
seem to be able to come up with a dollar.
My students love having the coffee bar and so do the faculty members.  It
gets them in the library because many find books to check out while they're
waiting.  Also, I do a punch card. If they purchase 10 beverages, then the
11th one is free.

Nancy Genteman
Highland High School
Highland, IL

On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> To anyone selling coffee to students in their libraries:
> We recently bought a Keurig so that students could buy coffee while
> they're in the library, and it's been great! Unfortunately, my assistant
> and I feel like we're running out to Sam's or  Wal-Mart every other day for
> k-cups and supplies, no matter how much we stock up.
> My questions to anyone currently doing this:
> 1. how much do you charge per cup? We charge $1, but we're not making much
> money
> 2. where do you purchase k-cups? Our kids drink primarily hot chocolate
> and the sweetened cappucino flavors (not much regular coffee). I try to
> find them on sale for no more than 50 cents each, but this is getting
> challenging.
> Any bright ideas or shared wisdom would be much appreciated! :)
>
>
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> Caroline Fox Anvick
> School Librarian
> Normal Community High School
>
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