Couple who spent $250,000 to open their 'dream' New York café 10 years ago reveals their successful chain now brings in $50 MILLION a year By Emily Lefroy For Dailymail.Com Published: 16:35, 21 June 2024 | Updated: 13:22, 22 June 2024 e-mail 19 shares 57 View comments If you build it they will come - and French-inspired bakery Maman did just that. Owners Elisa Marshall and Benjamin Sormonte launched their first Manhattan location in 2014 for $250,000, and it has now turned into a successful chain that has a whopping 34 locations, which brings in $50 million a year.
Elisa, who shares two children with husband Benjamin, always had a 'small little dream' to open a 'cute, quaint, cozy coffee shop and café.' They relocated from Spain , where they had been running a beach club, to New York City in 2012, ready to make their dream come true. The couple gathered their savings and after borrowing some cash from family and friends, they spent $250,000 in total to start their dream café.
Maman owners Elisa Marshall and Benjamin Sormonte opened their first Manhattan location in 2014, which has turned into a bakery chain that has a whopping 34 locations Be the first to comment Be one of the first to comment Comments Why do think Maman has been so successful? Comment now 'It was one of the biggest financial risks we could ever take,' Elisa told CNBC. 'We really took quite a risk in pouring not only all of our money into it, but also all of our time and energy.' Elisa and Benjamin deci.
