Not really anything special to know other than making sure you actually know what to do. Get coffees going, start teas, glance over high traffic items like caramel, syrups on the bar, etc etc.

If it’s a DT store, odds are someone is going to be there right as the clock strikes opening, so mentally prepare yourself for that 😅

This is from my list from a long time ago when I started doing opens:

• Make iced teas and iced coffee
• Fill ice bins
• Sanitizer
• Make sure shots are calibrated
• Brew coffee 5-10 minutes before open

There used to be more stuff to do that I just took off the list, if you have 2 baristas and 1 SSV (that’s what we normally have), then 1 barista will do these tasks and the other will rotate all the pastries and sandwiches

I’d chat with the openers and figure out how your store handles open tasks. Often the same exact people open every week and are at the point where they don’t actually discuss what needs to be done much bc they all know, so it can be a little weird opening for the first time—folks sometimes don’t communicate super well due to it being so dang early (4:30am at my store).

The shift in charge needs to count tills and do temps before people can come. And if it helps you think about it, at my store since we typically open with a shift and two additional people we typically have one person prep stuff (iced coffees and teas, pike, any ice that needs getting for bar) and one person clean stuff (ovens, drains, bathrooms). Then typically we have one barista on drive and one barista on bar with both doing a bunch of side tasks on our csr cards bc the shift will often have to go count milks, put away & place orders, do a station assessment, and stuff like that. We don’t usually get our next person until 6 or 6:30 so you gotta be flexible with so few people on the floor.

That said, each store arranges their tasks slightly differently based on their hours of operation and busy periods, so while it’ll probably be pretty similar I’d try to chat with an opener about how work is divided up for your store’s opens.