Kiwi success story comes to Oamaru - a superb local business opportunity
24 years ago, four of the country’s top coffee and tea aficionados decided they wanted to share a different kind of cafe experience for New Zealanders. And so the very first Columbus Coffee café opened its doors in central Auckland, quickly receiving wide acclaim. Until then we’d been a nation of devout tea drinkers. However with this new type of café, Columbus Coffee set new standards and started the conversation about premium coffee and true café experiences. A conversation that has continued on with great momentum and influenced many of today’s cafés. Fast forward to 2019 and Columbus Coffee has opened its doors in more and more communities throughout the country, including cafes within the highly successful kiwi DIY retailer Mitre 10 MEGA. Each franchise is locally owned to keep a community connection and allowing owners to contribute their own flair to make Columbus a local favourite everywhere. In-café chefs prepare fresh food using fresh and seasonal ingredients and highly trained baristas prepare superb coffee from our own small batch craft roasted Columbus House Blend.
General Manager Peter Webster says “With our success in provinces around New Zealand we’re now looking for a franchisee to own and run our brand new café in
Oamaru Mitre 10 Mega which will be completed early 2020. This is an excellent opportunity for those seeking greater lifestyle success – allowing you to run your own business and achieve great results with the support of an award-winning franchise system and first class support team. And because of that system and training it’s not essential that you have a background in hospitality – just a desire to be successful and a passion for superb food and coffee.” A great example of translating that passion into success lies in Leo Rojas & Belen Sanhueza, who owned and sold their first successful Columbus Coffee in Tauranga before moving south and purchasing the Columbus Coffee at Mitre 10 MEGA Dunedin Leo says, “We saw that Columbus Coffee were doing really good things and that’s what hooked us both to begin with. We had little knowledge of managing cashflow, staff and marketing and these are areas in which Columbus Coffee excel - they offer superb training. We’ve always been passionate about the quality of food. It’s Columbus policy to have everything made fresh and made in the cafe and that was one of the stand-out reasons for us choosing to buy a Columbus Coffee franchise.” Being a Columbus at Mitre 10 MEGA holds a lot of positives and the benefits you can create and gain from being closely linked with a brand such as Mitre 10 MEGA are endless. A location within a Mitre 10 MEGA means you benefit from foot traffic from the store and can offer customers virtually unlimited carparking and the appeal of a children’s playground for families.