
The Business of Restaurants Podcast #3 - Cathal Keogh of Mocha Beans Coffee Shop Group, Ireland
Cathal Keogh is the owner of Mocha Beans Coffee Group, which currently has 11 coffee shops located across Ireland. Cathal is from Galway and opened his very first Mocha beans in his hometown on Cross Street in 1997, over 20 years later it is still there today! In this episode, I spoke to Cathal about his early career working his way up in Campbell Catering, learning the business of coffee with Bewleys, creating a brand for your business, some very low points along the way where everything 'could have come thumbling down', opening a new business during the 2020 pandemic, running a national coffee shop group and much more.
The Business of Restaurants
The Business of Restaurants is an interview based podcast series hosted by Irish based restaurant consultant Evan O'Ceallaigh. Every week Evan sits down with a leading restaurant owner to hear about their stories to get to where they are, some of the highlights and challenges along the way, and most importantly chats about the business of the restaurant industry!