There’s nothing like a fresh-tasting coffee to start the morning and a good conversation. People who tend to overstay their coffee visits usually spend hours and hours every day sitting in their favorite coffee shops having intellectual discussions on just about everything People love their local coffee shop because it's a sanctuary. It's an office away from the Office - Many customers use their local cafe as a place to do some work. The atmosphere, location, and services make it an ideal place to get away and do some work.
Bo's Coffee is a Filipino coffee and coffeehouse chain. It was founded by Steve Benitez in 1996 in Cebu City, Philippines. The company now operates a total of 102 outlets throughout the Philippines most of them located in key cities. A big number of these branches are located in Metro Cebu, where the company is based.where you would find the newest addition to its branch located at Mactan Town Center.
Bo's Coffee sources coffee beans locally from farmers from Sagada, Mountain Province, Mount Kitanglad in Bukidnon, Mount Matutum in Tupi, South Cotabato, and Mount Apo
The idea of starting a coffee shop came to Bo's Coffee founder Steve Benitez when, back when he was a student at Ateneo de Manila University, he always had to drink coffee to stay awake to study. In 1992, his parents wanted to shut down their family-owned and managed Ric's Barbeque on Ramos Street in Cebu City. Benitez, the youngest of the five Benitez siblings, took over the management of the family business and left Ateneo de Manila Law School.
After attending various seminars and training and indications that it was not a viable venture, he stubbornly decided to open Bo's Coffee in a small space in Ayala Center Cebu in June 1996. Two months before the shop opened, he was left alone when his two business partners backed out.
Benitez bought his first coffee machine from a coffee exhibition show in Singapore for 65,000 pesos and hand-carried the machine in his flight going back to Cebu. Starting on investment of 100,000 pesos, the business did not produce any profit for its first three months on daily sales ranging from 300 to 1000 pesos.
At first, Benitez had to give away free samples as the Cebuano market was not yet familiar with his concept. Sales picked up in the sixth month and then steadily increased to turning a profit to enable Benitez to put up another coffee cart in SM City Cebu.
In 2018, the Philippine-focused Navegar Fund decided to invest in the company due to its efforts in helping communities and local farmers, which is one of the thrusts of the Philippine-focused fund.
Aside from Philippines Bo's coffee also opened its first international branch, specifically in Doha, Qatar on April 25, 2018
Congratulations to Bo’s Coffee for having such a heart to help local farmer Cheers to more branches to come not just here but internationally too.
- October 11, 2019
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