Tobias Zimmer and Jan Sander founded Coffee-Bike in 2010. During their university studies, the duo identified that coffee is a high-margin product and by running a coffee shop this margin gets diminished by the high fixed costs.
They later saw someone on holiday selling coffee on a mobile stand and realised that this could be the solution to eliminate the fixed cost structure, and decided to develop their own Coffee-Bikes with an international business concept behind it.
From having only a few franchisees in Germany, the Coffee-Bike system has now expanded to franchisees in eight countries – inside and outside of Europe.
Franchise: Coffee-Bike
Description: A mobile, self-sufficient coffee shop with a unique design.
Started in: 2010
Founders: Tobias Zimmer and Jan Sander
No. of franchises: Over 90
Coverage: UK, Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Romania, Czech Republic, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
Average cost per franchise: £10,550 (rental model) or £21,500 (purchasing model)
Website: https://coffee-bike.com/en/.
