Coffee Shop Buildout Financing: How to Fund Your Café From the Ground Up Opening a coffee shop involves considerably more than buying an espresso machine and finding a good coffee supplier. For many new café owners, one of the biggest…
How Much Does It Cost to Start a Food Trailer in Oregon? Starting a food trailer in Oregon can cost anywhere from roughly $25,000 for a relatively simple operation to $100,000 or more for a fully customized, high-volume trailer. That…
Refrigeration Financing for Coffee Shops: What Owners Need to Know Refrigeration is one of those coffee shop expenses that can be easy to underestimate during the planning stage. Espresso machines and grinders usually get most of the attention, but a…
How to Choose the Right Food Trailer for Oregon Weather Buying a food trailer in Oregon involves more than choosing the right kitchen layout, appliances, and serving window. The trailer also needs to make sense for the environment where you…
Water Filtration System Financing for Coffee Shops Water may not be the most expensive item on a coffee shop equipment list, but the equipment used to treat that water can have an outsized impact on the operation. Commercial water filtration…
Catering Trailer Financing in Oregon: What Owners Should Know Starting or expanding a catering business in Oregon often creates a problem that traditional restaurant owners do not have: you need enough commercial kitchen capacity to handle events without necessarily wanting…
Pastry Display Case Financing for Coffee Shops A pastry display case can seem like a relatively small part of opening or upgrading a coffee shop—until you start pricing commercial equipment. Quality refrigerated and non-refrigerated bakery display cases can represent a…
Ice Cream Trailer Financing in Oregon: What Owners Should Know Starting an ice cream trailer in Oregon can look relatively simple from the outside: buy a trailer, install freezers, choose a menu, and find a good location. In practice, the…
Commercial Coffee Roaster Financing: A Practical Guide A commercial coffee roaster can be one of the most important—and expensive—pieces of equipment in a coffee roasting business. Whether you’re opening a small specialty roastery, adding roasting capabilities to an existing coffee…
Pizza Trailer Financing in Oregon: What Owners Should Know Pizza trailers can be an attractive way to enter Oregon’s mobile food market without taking on the overhead of a traditional brick-and-mortar pizzeria. But the trailer itself can still represent a…