Lightbrite is a well-known and highly respected coffee shop vendor in the area, servicing our target age group of young adults. Lightbrite is locally owned and locally roasted.
Lightbrite can offer us 5lbs ground bags of coffee that can be scooped into a coffeemaker by a volunteer. Lightbrite offers a local pickup or shipping option that keeps administrative burden to a minimum.
Lightbrite is passionate about the local church, and offers a generous discount of 56% for churches. With that discount, Lightbrite coffee comes in cheaper than Starbucks per ounce of coffee.
While other coffee vendors exist in Des Moines, Lightbrite is the most prominent among our targeted people group of young adults. On top of that, Lightbrite has incredibly high roasting standards. Roasted in-store, their standard beans are what other roasters locally sell as premium. Additionally, Lightbrite has excellent customer service, and we run a lower risk of shipping issues than what we've seen with Starbucks.
Buying and shopping locally is a massive deal in Des Moines. Des Moines is the home of the nation's largest farmers market with 100s of vendors participating and thousands of people attending every single week. This is part of a larger culture of supporting local businesses.
Yes. We've confirmed with Lightbrite that they can pre-grind beans to the optimal grind size for use with our Bunn coffee maker with no recalibration necessary. Coffee will be pre-ground in 5lb bags and measured out by volunteers with a scoop marked for the appropriate serving size.
Yes! Lightbrite is accustomed to roasting coffee in large quantities and can accomodate us as we grow into our new building and expand to new locations in Des Moins.
Lightbrite has told us that the ground coffee can be optimally fresh for 2 weeks.
Four hours.
Lightbrite can charge us on our chosen timeline for pickup or delivery. Even with delivery, the cost is cheaper than Starbucks. Based on our estimates, we would need to order coffee bi-weekly. Lightbrite is able to set us up so that coffee will be ready and ground for us automatically.
Nope! Lightbrite's owner, Matt McNeece, is a former pastor and is heavily invested in the local church. Because of that, he gives a significant discount of 56% on 5lb bags of coffee to churches in the area. With that discount, Lightbrite coffee comes in cheaper than Starbucks per ounce.
There are not currently decals or wraps for coffee shuttles, but Lightbrite has branding standards we can use to have them created.