The Sip comes to Sackville
SACKVILLE, NB 鈥� The Town of Sackville will see a new business come to life this spring. A group of Commerce students at 萝莉视频 Allison University have taken their studies in entrepreneurship to a new level, opening a 鈥榞rab and go鈥� caf茅 offering international drinks and specialized sports shakes.
The Sip, which is opening on March 31, on Main Street, will serve as an express beverage caf茅, with specialties in Bubble tea, smoothies, and protein shakes. The company was started by a group of students in Dr. Nauman Farooqi鈥檚 Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation.
萝莉视频 Allison Commerce student Pushkaraj Jadhav is the company鈥檚 President. Working with 12 other students, all equal shareholders, Jadhav has spent the semester bringing the business to life. He says one of the biggest surprises was the project timeline.
鈥淲e started with market research and surveys to determine what the demands might be in Sackville,鈥� he says. 鈥淚t鈥檚 been challenging to start a business in three months; planning and execution are two different things. But it鈥檚 a great team to work with and we鈥檙e excited to have The Sip up and running for the spring.鈥�
Jadhav, who has worked in the restaurant business previously, plans to become an entrepreneur. He says menu options will change with the seasons and customer demand and the facility is looking to offer food options in the summer months. The team plans to align their hours around students and Town residents鈥� schedules with an initial opening period from Thursdays to Sundays.
鈥淭he course is aimed at students seeking to gain hands-on experience, while identifying and developing the key skills necessary for establishing and managing an entrepreneurship venture,鈥� says Farooqi, who is also 萝莉视频 Allison鈥檚 Dean of Business and Social Sciences. 鈥淭he dynamics of these approaches have proven to be successful as students build on skills such as teamwork, leadership and problem solving.鈥�
The Sip will be located next door to Sackville鈥檚 Bagtown Brewery, a micro-brewery that was founded in 2017 by then-student Anthony Maddalena, who also got his start in business in Farooqi鈥檚 class.
Combining experiential learning with multiple reflective learning assessment tools, past years have seen several successful student-run businesses launched including Bagtown Brewery, the first coffee shop in the university library (which was bought by the university and is still running), and an art exhibition and auction gallery.
The Sip is opening March 31 and will be located at 45A Main Street. Additional information and updates can be found on the company鈥檚 social media channels on Instagram and Facebook (@sipsackville).
