Jack Foster and Mark Slinger have built their business into a major supplier to many of Merseyside's top cafes, bars and restaurants Two schoolfriends who grew up on the same street joined their respective skills to create one of the region's leading coffee brands. Within the space of a decade, what began as a small roastery has flourished into a major supplier to many of Merseyside's top cafes, bars and restaurants. This company of which I speak is Crosby Coffee, whose logo, if you live at an address with an 'L' postcode, you have probably seen plastered on to the windows of several food and drink establishments in your area.
The brand is far from finished in its expansion, with a vision to "become a leading UK coffee business" and plans to open two more shops in the next year. Crosby Coffee has humble origins, beginning with the childhood friendship of its owners, Jack Foster and Mark Slinger. The pair grew up on the same street in Crosby and attended the same school, going on to choose different career paths which would fuse perfectly to create the brand they've built.
Speaking to the ECHO , Jack said: "My background is in hospitality, I travelled the country as a freelance hospitality manager which is where I first fell in love with speciality coffee. Travelling to other cities I was able to discover new shops and roasters all of the time and was amazed that no one in Liverpool was offering something of a similar standard. In 2014 I decided to open my own roastery to show.