{"id":49177,"date":"2014-08-25T07:00:46","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T12:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=49177"},"modified":"2014-08-25T07:31:29","modified_gmt":"2014-08-25T12:31:29","slug":"honor-system-works-valley-city-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=49177","title":{"rendered":"Update honor system The Vault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/The-Vault-Coffee-Shop-Valley-City-ND-Self-Serve-checkout.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-49182\" alt=\"The-Vault-Coffee-Shop-Valley-City-ND-Self-Serve-checkout\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/The-Vault-Coffee-Shop-Valley-City-ND-Self-Serve-checkout-300x176.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/The-Vault-Coffee-Shop-Valley-City-ND-Self-Serve-checkout-300x176.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/The-Vault-Coffee-Shop-Valley-City-ND-Self-Serve-checkout-296x175.jpeg 296w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/The-Vault-Coffee-Shop-Valley-City-ND-Self-Serve-checkout.jpeg 772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) &#8211; According to the owner, small-town living is what allows a North Dakota coffee shop to operate on the honor system.<\/p>\n<p>Since The Vault in Valley City opened in October, people have left 15 percent more money than the asking price.<\/p>\n<p>David Brekke (BREK&#8217;-ee) is the owner. He renovated a nearly 100-year-old bank building and cut down on overhead by cutting out baristas. Customers can choose from Keurig single-serving coffees, java from a commercial brewer and soft drinks.<\/p>\n<p>Customers can pay by credit card, cash or check. There are security cameras, but Brekke says there hasn&#8217;t been much to view.<\/p>\n<p>Fourteen-year-old Nita Warcken says she likes to visit a place where there&#8217;s not someone &#8220;hovering over you all the time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Previously..<\/p>\n<p>Valley City (CSi) Valley City is becoming known as a place where the honor system is alive and well.<\/p>\n<p>At The Vault cafe,\u00a0customers\u00a0are able to\u00a0pay for their\u00a0purchases\u00a0with cash, check or credit card.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0An overhead camera\u00a0keeps an eye on\u00a0the business that has no employees.<\/p>\n<p>To take note of that, Wednesday, a community photo shoot took place in front of The Vault coffee shop, on Central Avenue, with about 200 individuals participating.<\/p>\n<p>The Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce organized the photo shoot and gathering, and\u00a0city officials blocked off a portion of Central Avenue for a\u00a0short time,\u00a0as people held up their coffee mugs for the overhead photograph.<\/p>\n<p>The Vault owners,\u00a0 David &amp; Kimberly Brekke, say\u00a0 the people of Valley City\u00a0 make the honor system possible.\u00a0They hope \u00a0this positive publicity about the self-service cafe will\u00a0lead to\u00a0future economic development\u00a0an bring additional people to Valley City<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0A Youtube\u00a0video has\u00a0attracted worldwide media attention about the Valley City business.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thevaultvalleycity.com\/\">www.thevaultvalleycity.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) &#8211; According to the owner, small-town living is what allows a North Dakota coffee shop to operate on the honor system. Since The Vault in Valley City opened in October, people have left 15 percent more money than the asking price. 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