Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

Chris Deferio

Booking Overview

This is a business-focused coffee-industry show combining solo coaching episodes with interviews featuring coffee shop founders, operators, and outside business experts. Agencies could credibly pitch specialty coffee leaders, cafe founders, hospitality operators, and experts in inclusive employment, leadership, profitability, or scaling; booking difficulty is low to medium because guests are typically accessible professionals with relevant operating experience rather than highly prominent public figures.

Metrics

Episodes: 1168

Frequency: Several times a week

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 3.3k subscribers

Instagram: 9.6k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

chris@keystotheshop.com

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Host

Chris Deferio - Coffee business consultant and host focused on helping coffee shop owners and leaders improve operations, profitability, employee culture, management, and leadership.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low

Typical Credentials:

Coffee shop founders, roasters, hospitality operators, and business experts with demonstrated experience in cafe operations, leadership, employee development, inclusion, profitability, or scaling.

Required Achievements:

Founded or operated a coffee shop, roastery, or hospitality business, Expanded cafe operations, wholesale partnerships, or multiple locations, Implemented distinctive employee training, inclusive employment, or workplace culture programs, Demonstrated practical expertise in business growth, profitability, or leadership

Recent Guest Discussions

Lindsay Wredge - Inclusive Employment, Accessible Operations And Training, Maintaining Quality While Scaling, Recruiting And Retaining Diverse Talent, Community Impact, And Growing From A Mobile Coffee Operation To Multiple Cafes And Wholesale Partnerships.

Recent Topics

Business, Entrepreneurship, Coffee Shops, Leadership, Profitability

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

SHIFT BREAK! Let Your Cafe Be

October 08, 2026

In the ecosystem of entrepreneurship we glorify and practice a certain kind of paranoia about our businesses. We are never happy and always suspecting we are behind, or broken in some secret way that we need to find. The result is that, even when we arrive to a good place, our ability to recognize it and rest in it is nonexistent. Today on Shift Break we will be talking about why we sometimes need to just let our businesses be. Rest in what has been made and grown and demonstrate to those you...

630: Two Dollar Drip and The Fight For Accessible Menus w/ Tim Riley of Heavy Water Coffee, Los Angeles, CA

October 05, 2026

The coffee shop experience is one that should be accessible to a wide variety of people. How we go about building a welcoming and hospitable space is not only the work of interior design, workflow, and service standards; it also extends to the menu and what we offer. Enter the 2 dollar drip. An item that represents an intention put into action to offer something to anyone who has less but still wants to experience the beauty of what a coffee shop has to offer its community. One of the peopl...

629: Founder Friday! Stephanie Jones of Mrs. Jones Cold Brew is The OG Cold Brew Queen!

October 02, 2026

Cold brew only is not a normal thing for a coffee bar. It takes deep dedication, innovation, and focus to drive that concept and offer customers out of the ordinary that they both remember AND love. For ten years now our guest has been blazing a trail for cold brew lovers to experience a fun, hospitable, pure, and deliciously crafted cold brew menu. Today we will be talking to Stephanie Jones, Founder of Mrs. Jones Cold Brew in Pensacola, FL Mrs. Jones Cold brew is a brick and mortar cafe...

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