04 Mar Coffee Shop One-Year Anniversary
By Taylor Cutshaw, Launch Fishers Intern
As many members know, a great way to get any work day started is with some coffee from the Launch Fishers Coffee Shop. Bette and Jenny have been the main contributors to many people’s drink needs. As the coffee shop celebrates its one-year anniversary of startup, we’d like to tell you a little more information about the shop and also about who’s making your drinks.
Bette and Jenny have not always been the baristas that we know and love. Before the Launch Fishers Coffee Shop, they both worked and helped to raise their children. Bette was an OP-analyst for 38 years in the HR insurance field and loved her job until she decided to retire. Once retired, she wanted to have a small part-time job to keep her occupied and found that at Starbucks. She worked there for four year until coming to the coffee shop here at Launch. As for Jenny, she was working at Birth to 3, helping severely development-delayed children. Once she had her own children, she decided to be a stay-at-home mom and support her kids through their activities. Bette and Jenny both dedicate their time at the Launch Fishers Coffee Shop now and have developed some coffee shop “favorites.” For Bette, this includes a skinny vanilla latte to start off her morning. She also enjoys making a caramel macchiato for customers. Jenny also appreciates a good vanilla latte to start her day, but she loves making smoothies for people while working at the shop.
The Launch Fishers Coffee Shop came to be when people had to drive to get their drink of choice in the morning, and an idea arose to have a coffee shop in-house for member convenience. Originally opening at 9 a.m. on March 1, 2013, the coffee shop ran as a full-service drink station. Once the shop established itself, Launch members wanted coffee before their 8 a.m. meetings, which initiated Launch to open the shop around 7:30 a.m. instead of the later 9 a.m. time. This worked to the shop’s advantage, because the business they received gave them incentive to hire another barista. Bette and Jenny have been successfully running the shop ever since this time, with the most popular drinks being regular coffee and Americanos.
To help celebrate the anniversary of opening the shop, as well as try out some new drinks that may be coming for spring, stop by the Launch Fishers Coffee Shop tomorrow, March 5, for a taste test of all the good coffee and drinks Launch has to offer.