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# \[Infographic\] Economic realities of indie coffee shop owners

Here's the results of a survey on coffee shop owner sentiments about rising costs, labor shortages and the prospects of a recession.

[Cass Clark](https://blog.joe.coffee/author/cass-clark)

 Aug 23, 2022

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Small business owners across the U.S. are feeling the pressures of rising costs, supply chain issues, lingering Covid restrictions, and labor shortages. In a brief survey, we polled shop owners and operators about their realities and to get a sense of how these factors are impacting their coffee business.

 

![Survey Results - Infographic (1)](https://blog.joe.coffee/hs-fs/hubfs/Survey%20Results%20-%20Infographic%20(1).png?width=680&name=Survey%20Results%20-%20Infographic%20(1).png)

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