If you could take a simple step each day to make your whole workplace world better, would anything stop you? Today the team here at Corporate Essentials is going to give you a simple plan to improve your office coffee service experience in just seven days.
If you are tired of people griping about the break room, worried that the management fails to see a solid return on their investment in the office coffee you are currently providing or just want to make sure your staff is getting the best office coffee in town, grab a drink and have a seat while we lay it out for you one day at a time.
1. Invite Input
Sometimes the missing ingredient from a perfect office coffee service is input from the people who are using it. Take the time to create a brief-but-meaningful survey and incentivize your coworkers to complete it. Ask a few simple questions, like:
- What is your favorite beverage?
- What beverage or product would you like to see in the break room?
- What is the worst item on our office coffee menu?
- How can we make the break room better?
And you may be surprised how quickly a pattern emerges which points to products that your teams crave which are either missing or perpetually limited in availability due to their popularity.
2. Research Your Options
Armed with the information you receive from your staff survey, spend day two looking at options that can fulfill the needs highlighted. Sometimes the solution to a happier break room is as simple as hitting your office coffee service on speed dial and asking for a quick delivery of Product X; other times, there is a more nuanced solution required, and your office coffee representative should be able to assist you in finding the best options for your office.
3. Add Something Special
While you are on the phone with your office coffee service team, check with them to see what new product offerings might have been added to their portfolio of delightful treats since you last reviewed your order. Seasonal beverages, emerging popular brands and new snacks are always welcome.
4. Encourage Participation
Introducing new snacks or drinks from your office coffee service is a great way to encourage staff to leave their desks and spend a little time in the break room. Throwing a “launch party” for a new line of office coffees, cold drinks or even snacks can be fun and simple. And by encouraging your teams to visit the break room you are taking a huge step toward improving the overall workplace culture.
5. Remember the Basics
Another direction that your quest for improved office coffee service can take involves the simple steps surrounding routine maintenance and care of your office coffee equipment. Most great office coffee companies provide regular maintenance and service as part of the agreement – if yours does, be sure their technician has made a visit recently.
If not, take the time to learn about the inner workings of your office coffee maker. After all, it is hardly the coffeepot’s fault if it has been neglected and produces substandard drinks because of hard water deposits.
6. Fresh is Best
No matter how many times we say it, someone somewhere misses the information about freshness and office coffee. It is better when the beans are fresh, better when the ground coffee is appropriately stored in airtight containers, and best when you drink it straight away.
The last thing you want is to be responsible for your coffee beans failing to live up to their true, amazingly delicious potential – so take regular inventory in your break room and ensure that coffee is being used in a timely fashion. If not, consider whether it is a less-favored roast or brand and evaluate either a replacement for that specific coffee or perhaps an order adjustment so that those who enjoy it can drink their favored brew at the peak of freshness.
7. Ask for Help
One of the simplest things you can do to improve your overall office coffee service experience is to ask your office coffee rep for help. If things are not going as great as you think they should or people no longer seem to be enjoying themselves in the break room, soaking up the atmosphere and sucking down those lattes – ask your office coffee team for suggestions on improving things.
Whether you are ready to order something new, looking for tips on emerging trends in the break room menu department or just curious how to go about de-scaling an older coffee maker, the team of office coffee experts is poised to help. We have twenty years of dedicated experience in making your office coffee service the best it can be.
