Coffee shops that open at 10am?

Or it could just be left to the cafe's to work out what is best for them?

Because they're run by people who basically see them as a hobby.

What a bizarre comment "even earlier" as if getting to work for say 8am to open at 8.30/9 is even early 😂 totally normal work day for most and they even carry on til 5pm or 6pm sometimes dontcha know.

To add my opinion, yes they should open early and get the school run/commuters coffee runs but obviously they don't need to and are making enough money off the pensioners and bohemian day time coffee drinkers.

If the shop is near a school or a station, it make sense to try to catch the commuting and school running footfall.

But I'm not sure that it would make sense elsewhere, as so many people have their coffee at home first thing, and won't be stopping again until elevenses

Two of my favourite independent coffee shops open at 8 and 9 respectively, which I very much appreciate. The manageress of the one that opens at 8 lives a 50 minute drive away too.

Yep this. All my colleagues get drive thru chain coffee on the way to work as nothing is open. All my mum friends are off on a Monday when no cafés are open bar the big chains.

Contrast to Spain where after my friend does the school run she and many other parents pop to a café for a quick breakfast before they start work!

So do you really think they haven't thought of this before, they are going to go 'open at 8am? now why didn't we think of that'

I agree. Every morning after I drop the kids off at school I have to walk the dog in the local park where there is a cafe. It always busy in the park from 8.30am onwards but the cafe is always closed.

Their decision, the explanation of one owner makes sense to me.

Suggest it to them! Then it could be like the cafe in Motherland!

All our local cafes close at 3pm. So if you’ve met a friend at 11 say, been for a decnt walk and are looking for late lunch, you’re into “sorry the kitchen’s closed but you can have a drink” territory.

I used to drive past a place on a morning, looking fairly new, advertising breakfasts.

Always closed. I would have stopped and bought from them, to take to the office for everyone, if it was open at 8 AM, or from 7.30AM

It is in business, but obviously not for working people.

Really missed a trick in my opinion, I figured they might have children and a school run to contend with, but so much business lost.

Nice and easy to park outside of too.

Same with sandwich shops, open Monday to Friday but closed Saturday Sunday! Makes no sense for me

Perhaps the owners are parents and have to get their DCs to school before work. It may not be financially worthwhile to pay staff for 2 or 3 hours for the amount of business they may do. This will obviously vary by location, but the increase in minimum wage, national insurance and pension contributions will make this worse next year.

Expat in Australia - our cafes open between 5 am and 6 am at the latest. It is against the law to serve coffee after midday. Anyone caught doing this will be imprisoned without a Biden pardon.

It's the same here in Ireland, big chains here like Insomnia and Costa open early from 7/8am and close at 5/7pm and local independent ones open mainly from 10am until 2/3pm.

It was crap when doing the school run a few years ago because we always had to go to the big ones afterwards as local ones weren't open, then they closed early so you couldn't even pop in for a bit of lunch after the school pick up because they were closed or getting ready to close. Then they moaned about everyone not supporting local businesses, bit hard when they're closed more than open.

A really good local chain in my area is open from 7.30-5.30 Mon-Fri, 8-5.30 Saturday and 8.30-5 on Sundays.

My local High St has a Costa, 4 independent cafes plus two sleepy sort of micro brewery pubs that sell nice coffee. The Independents open at 9.

My friend runs one of the independents and I have lunch once a week there and often a coffee. She has a lot of regulars. It’s a very friendly place and the same people come in a few times a week. She does get a lot of retired people plus lots of guys from a local warehouse finishing their early shift for lunch.

She gives me a bit of a discount plus she has done off menu stuff for me, my Father is from the same country as her and her DH.

I pass a lovely cafe on my way to work but its never open when I want to go in, so I spend my money at Costa or greggs instead (both of which are open from 7am)

As a business they will have carried out a CBA re opening times. If their modellibg/research shows that the amount of money they will take between, say, 8am and 10am is less than the running costs, then why should they do this?

Set up your own cafe. It’s up to each proprietor when they open. My local Caffè Nero opens at 7am. And the coffee is good, and reliable.

There's one in the library, restricted to library opening hours. Madness for a business. I think when they initially advertised it the rates made me wince.

They might be able to afford more staff if they take advantage of the morning coffee trade! Agree I’d much rather swing by a little independent coffee place for my morning coffee on the way to work but there isn’t one open so I go to Costa. There is always a queue.

Possibly not as many people are working a standard 9-5 now work from home is more common. Staff are also increasingly expensive, so it could be the owners are running the place themselves and have to do school run etc on a morning.

I would assume they have done their research and know where their custom is coming from.
My local highstreet had several independents, most of them do open at 9 and close at 4.30.
My usual one is very quiet before 10 and then gets packed. There are a lot of regulars - a mix of retired people, young mums or grandparents with babies/toddlers. The middle aged people like me - I'm a foster carer and meet up with other FCs, a few elderly people.
I don't think cafes in residential areas are catering to people wanting a take away drink on their way into work, parking is an issue. The town centre independents are catering for that market and open earlier