Will you offer an organic choice? I've not seen one at the markets where I shop.

Hi Miye, great question. Yes we do offer organic coffee choices. They are available at our local markets (i.e. Berkeley Bowl and WholeFoods) and will soon be available on our webstore. Thank you for asking.

How soon are you planning to move toward nation wide expansion? Will you consider future crowdfunding and offer a equity stake to the small investor instead of a revenue share?

Hi Stephen, greats questions. Our national expansion plan will be a targeted expansion beginning Q2 2017. We will strategically grow to markets from New York to Chicago to Orleans and Southern California coupled with a region specific marketing campaign. We will definitely consider equity crown funding in the future.

In lieu of sharing 100% of retail location profits with employees, can you clarify whether you are planning to obtain any profits from your retail locations or will their impact be confined to brand perception and community betterment? If a financial benefit is to be obtained ...

Hi Tyler, Good questions. The employees keep the profits from the Red Bay Coffee Box. Red Bay will earn profits from the wholesales sales to the Box. 97% of our profits come from our wholesale business...... We changed our payout offer after we hit out minimum goal of $50k because it was in the best interest of our company.

What will you use this raised money for? And do you expect to have to raise again, if so when?

Hi Nico, The purpose of the funds we be used to purchase large quantity of green beans. We project to raise growth capital in late 2017

You mentioned in the Details section that your company also assists small business owners to start their own cafe/espresso bars. Is this an ongoing part of your business model?

Hi Vivien, Yes, assisting in the launching of cafe/espresso bar coffee programs is a key pillar of our customer support. The better trained they are the better drinks they serve, we all win. This is something that we excel at. A recent example is Bicycle Banh Mi, SF. We helped them from start to finish. This included sourcing their equipment, training their staff and even product/menu development.

Red Bay Coffee Company

Beautiful Coffee to the People

redbaycoffee.com

Oakland, CA

Food & Beverage Retail Minority Founder

Highlights

Wholesale partners include Uber, Salesforce, Twitter and more

Raised over $87,000 from 822 backers on Kickstarter

Raised $700K of seed capital from Fund Good Jobs and Pacific Community Ventures

7800 sq.ft warehouse space in Oakland's emerging Fruitvale District; First container café – The Red Bay Coffee Box – opened June 2016

Team

Vertically Integrated Specialty Coffee.

Red Bay Coffee revolves around excellent coffee, great service, and social impact. And to achieve all three, we've developed a business structure that allows us to transparently source our beans, hand-roast them in Oakland, and distribute them to over 55 partners around the Bay Area and the U.S.

Single-Origin Sourced

We've established direct trade relationships with farms from several different countries, including Tanzania and Indonesia.

Micro-Roasted Batches

We roast small batches in our lab in Oakland. This allows us to control the quality and consistency of our roasts.

Nationally Distributed

We have accounts with some of the biggest names in tech—Uber, Salesforce, Twitter—but also distribute to cafés around the country.

HOW WE GET OUR COFFEE TO THE PEOPLE

About 85% of our sales come from wholesale accounts while 15% is from retail (online sales, farmers market, new markets, popups, and catering). You can find Red Bay Coffee in grocery stores, offices, restaurants, and now in our own branded franchise locations.WHOLESALE PARTNERS

Coffee Subscriptions

RETAIL CAFÉ LOCATIONS

Traditionally, retail coffee shop employees are paid low, minimum wages. We've developed a profit-sharing model that allows workers to partake in the profits they develop—the goal is to begin paying upwards of $5/hour in addition to the local minimum wage.

AND GROWING FAST

We started Red Bay Coffee in 2014, and today we're seeing an average of $53K a month in sales. Our wholesale partnerships with companies like Salesforce and Twitter have boosted our total revenue, up from last year by 116%.

54wholesale customers114%year/year growth,

June '15 to June '161,498lbsof coffee shipped weekly

Community & CoffeeEvery day we strive to develop beautiful coffees and a better community. We envision a world in which coffee is a vehicle for inclusion, social and economic empowerment, and entrepreneurship. It begins with just one cup of delicious coffee.

Grab a Cup of JoeRed Bay is at the forefront of what we believe is the fourth wave of coffee—a firm commitment to ensuring coffee production is not only high quality and sustainable but a vehicle for inclusion and social and economic empowerment.

Every day we strive to develop beautiful coffees, fair relations, and delicious approaches to living. We focus on creating opportunities within the community at large while fostering single origin, fair trade, direct trade, organic and sustainable coffees.

How has Red Bay Coffee earned the privilege of servicing some of the most powerful technology companies in the world? They love our coffee, they’re located in our back yard and there is a clear trend for the tech industry to grow the diversity and inclusion footprint in their companies. A delicious solution which we too aim to build upon and expand nationwide.

Keba Konte

Founder

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Vertically Integrated Specialty Coffee.