Lauren Crabbe's guest appearances

Lauren Crabbe

Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Retail Professionals

Michael Phillips

Scott Anthony Barlow

Pete Mockaitis

Jill Schlesinger

Steve Rhinehart

Laura Gonzalez

Ryan Fisher

Kwame Christian

Dave Stachowiak

Jeff Taylor

Kevin Nealon

Michael Tan

Peter Giuliano

Greg McKeown

Erica Escalante

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So happy to sit down with Lauren Crabbe Co-Founder of Andytown Coffee Roasters for this episode of our COVID-19 Focus Series. Lauren was a past Founder Friday guest and has a wonderful style of leadership that prioritizes people and focuses on facilitating their success. In this conversation Lauren details how the crisis has impacted Andytown and what they are doing now to continue to serve their community and their people including their ground breaking Coffee for Healthcare Heroes program that has inspired hundreds of similar programs around the country.  We discuss:   Benefit of having an open book policy Switching up schedules Protecting the team Motivation as an owner when things are not in your control Running operations in crisis  Coffee for healthcare heroes program Making systems to thrive in the midst of the new normal  Hiring back employees from project success Continuation of current measures into the future when things are normal?  How will work from home culture shape biz in the future Don't give up. Speaking up now, be loud, be heard!     Links: www.andytownsf.com  156 : Founder Friday w/ Lauren Crabbe    COVID-19 Focused episodes: On a Resilient Coffee Community  Hope in Difficult Times w/ Kathy Turiano General Guidance on Talking with Banks and Landlords w/ Marshall Fuss, Attorney at Law  Erica Escalante, The Arrow Coffeehouse Karl Purdy, Coffee Angel in Dublin, Ireland  The Future of Retail w/ Doug Stephens Impact on the Supply Chain w/ Ricardo Pereira, COO, Ally Coffee Straight Talk for Coffee Retailers w/ The Retail Doctor, Bob Phibbs Jonathan Pascual of Taproom Coffee and Beer, Atlanta, GA Refining your Leadership and Systems in a Crisis  Shift Break: Development in a Crisis  Shift Break: Grace and Hight Standards Shift Break: Keep or Throw Away     Keys to the Shop Consulting: www.keystotheshop.com/consulting chris@keystotheshop.com

So happy to sit down with Lauren Crabbe Co-Founder of <a href="https://www.andytownsf.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andytown Coffee Roasters</a> for this episode of our COVID-19 Focus Series. Lauren was a past Founder Friday guest and has a wonderful style of leadership that prioritizes people and focuses on facilitating their success. In this conversation Lauren details how the crisis has impacted Andytown and what they are doing now to continue to serve their community and their people including their ground breaking Coffee for Healthcare Heroes program that has inspired hundreds of similar programs around the country.  We discuss:  <ul> <li>Benefit of having an open book policy</li> <li>Switching up schedules</li> <li>Protecting the team</li> <li>Motivation as an owner when things are not in your control</li> <li>Running operations in crisis </li> <li>Coffee for healthcare heroes program</li> <li>Making systems to thrive in the midst of the new normal </li> <li>Hiring back employees from project success</li> <li>Continuation of current measures into the future when things are normal? </li> <li>How will work from home culture shape biz in the future</li> <li>Don't give up. Speaking up now, be loud, be heard! </li> </ul> Links: <a href="http://www.andytownsf.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.andytownsf.com</a> <a href="http://keystotheshop.com/156-founder-friday-w-lauren-crabbe-co-founder-of-andytown-coffee-roasters-san-fransisco/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 156 : Founder Friday w/ Lauren Crabbe </a> COVID-19 Focused episodes: <a href="http://keystotheshop.com/resilientcommunity/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">On a Resilient Coffee Community</a> <a href="http://keystotheshop.com/hopeindifficulty/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Hope in Difficult Times w/ Kathy Turiano</a> <a href="http://keystotheshop.com/covid1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">General Guidance on Talking with Banks and Landlords w/ Marshall Fuss, Attorney at Law</a> <a href="http://keystotheshop.com/covid-19-focus-erica-escalante-the-arrow-acting-quickly-leading-well-and-fighting-for-connection/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Erica Escalante, The Arrow Coffeehouse</a> <a href="http://keystotheshop.com/covid19coffeeangel/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Karl Purdy, Coffee Angel in Dublin, Ireland </a> <a href="http://keystotheshop.com/futureofretail/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Future of Retail w/ Doug Stephens</a> <a href="http://keystotheshop.com/covidally/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Impact on the Supply Chain w/ Ricardo Pereira, COO, Ally Coffee</a> <a href="http://keystotheshop.com/retaildoctor/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Straight Talk for Coffee Retailers w/ The Retail Doctor, Bob Phibbs</a> <a href="http://keystotheshop.com/covidtaproom/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jonathan Pascual of Taproom Coffee and Beer, Atlanta, GA</a> <a href="http://keystotheshop.com/leadershipsystems/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Refining your Leadership and Systems in a Crisis</a> <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/keystotheshop/dEVELOPMENT_IN_A_CRISIS.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Shift Break: Development in a Crisis</a> <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/keystotheshop/Grace_and_Keeping_Standards_High.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Shift Break: Grace and Hight Standards</a> <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/keystotheshop/Keep_or_throw_away.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shift Break: Keep or Throw Away</a> Keys to the Shop Consulting: <a href="http://www.keystotheshop.com/consulting" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.keystotheshop.com/consulting</a> <a href="mailto:chris@keystotheshop.com">chris@keystotheshop.com</a>

COVID-19 Focus w/ Lauren Crabbe of Andytown Coffee Roasters

“Like walking into your granny’s kitchen.” That’s the goal Andytown Coffee Roasters founders Lauren Crabbe and Michael McCrory have for what people experience when they walk into their shops in the Outer Sunset of San Fransisco.   Starting as a single 600 sq ft shop, Andytown currently employs 49 people over 5 locations— four public-facing coffee shops and one private office cafe. All pastry, baking and coffee roasting is done in-house and they have a thriving wholesale  business as well.  Today we get the honor of sitting down with co-founder, Lauren Crabbe to hear a detailed account of the founding, evolution, and the values that drive Andytown Coffee Roasters. This is sure to inspire!  In this episode you will learn about:  The challenges and pleasant surprises that arose when Lauren and Michael first opened.  The value of starting small Connecting with customers Delivering genuine  hospitality even when busy The importance of delegation How they have grown their business Lauren's metrics for business success  Links: WWW.ANDYTOWNCOFFEESF.COM INSTAGRAM

“Like walking into your granny’s kitchen.” That’s the goal Andytown Coffee Roasters founders Lauren Crabbe and Michael McCrory have for what people experience when they walk into their shops in the Outer Sunset of San Fransisco.   Starting as a single 600 sq ft shop, Andytown currently employs 49 people over 5 locations— four public-facing coffee shops and one private office cafe. All pastry, baking and coffee roasting is done in-house and they have a thriving wholesale  business as well.  Today we get the honor of sitting down with co-founder, Lauren Crabbe to hear a detailed account of the founding, evolution, and the values that drive Andytown Coffee Roasters. This is sure to inspire!  In this episode you will learn about: <ul> <li>The challenges and pleasant surprises that arose when Lauren and Michael first opened. </li> <li>The value of starting small</li> <li>Connecting with customers</li> <li>Delivering genuine  hospitality even when busy</li> <li>The importance of delegation</li> <li>How they have grown their business</li> <li>Lauren's metrics for business success</li> </ul> Links: <a href="WWW.ANDYTOWNCOFFEESF.COM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WWW.ANDYTOWNCOFFEESF.COM</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/andytownsf/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">INSTAGRAM</a>

156 : Founder Friday w/ Lauren Crabbe of Andytown Coffee Roasters