Five Ways Office Coffee Machines can help your Business Save Money

There are many great benefits companies can derive from providing free coffee to their employees and/or customers. This simple gesture can make both employees and customers feel valued and appreciated as well as promote positive feelings about the business. It can also boost productivity, reduce stress levels and even improve morale. In addition to these important intangible benefits, office coffee services can actually save your business time as well as money. Here are 5 ways that an office coffee service can help your business save money.

1. Save on Employee Time

Time is money, especially in the case of taking employees away from productive work. There are several ways that a coffee service can help with this. For one thing, by furnishing  office coffee machines, employees don’t have to go off-site to get coffee. This will help save time and keep employees focused on their work. They can enjoy their breaks without having to rush to and from the office. Also, having a coffee machine will eliminate the time employees spend on ordering, buy and stocking coffee and coffee supplies. It will also be easierfor your accountant or bookkeeper to track expenses by having only one receipt instead of multiple ones.

2. Save on Coffee Machines

Most office coffee services will furnish office coffee machines as part of their service. They will also take care of maintenance or replacement issues. This will eliminate your company having to buy coffee equipment and keeping it in good working order. Good coffee machines can cost upwards of R2000 to R20 000 for more expensive bean grinding models. So just saving on coffee equipment alone could save your business a lot of money.

3. Save on Coffee Expenses

The price of the actual coffee cup will usually be either the same or cheaper than what you would pay for at a store or café. Plus the coffee usually comes in pre-measured pouches, or at least the ginger measures each portion. This will usually lead to using less coffee and reduce wastage. Another added benefit is that many coffee blends are available with these services, so you can offer high quality, great tasting coffee to your employees and customers.

4. Save on supplies

Coffee services will usually provide all the other supplies you need in addition to the coffee and coffee machines, including creamer, sugar and sweeteners, milk, napkins and stirrers. Some services also offer other beverages as well as snacks. By ordering all of your supplies from one service, you can save a lot of money and time. Buying in bulk and only from a single supplier does make a difference.

5. Save on servicing, repairs and replacement

Using a coffee service will also help eliminate the need to replace, repair and service your coffee making equipment. If anything gets broken or damaged the service will replace it.

As you can see there are many benefits and cost savings associated with hiring office coffee services. The intangible benefits alone will help keep your employees and customers feeling valued and appreciated. This will improve morale and help keep employees focused on their work. The fact that providing free coffee can also help your company save money is a big added bonus.