Summer Company Success Stories 2004

Bikini Cups Café
Meaghan Lockhart, Golden Lake

Meaghan found that creativity and a sense of humour would take her business far after she opened Bikini Cups Café in Deacon. The friendly restaurant served coffee, ice-cream and pastries and proved to be a popular meeting spot for local residents.

Throughout the summer, Meaghan worked hard tweaking the menu according to customer demand, dreaming up inventive ways to promote her café and forming relationships with other businesses. The unique business name, restated in coffee cup sizes and supported by sales of homemade bikini tops, garnered Meaghan tons of free publicity from local newspapers.

Running a restaurant is hard work and Meaghan had to quickly learn some time-management skills, often doing paperwork during slow periods in the afternoon. With a handsome profit in her pocket, and so many regular customers sorry to see the café close down when she returned to the University of New Brunswick in September, Meaghan feels that entrepreneurship remains a definite option for her future.

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