Inside the co-op's door are long tables filled with Rushworth honeys, Colbinabbin popped corn and Kyabram camel milk creams, and on the counter is a box filled with 35 school lunch orders.
The new manager is Joel Raglus, a Colbinabbin kid turned Kyabram barista, who was on the seven-person board responsible for purchasing the business in December.
After having difficulty securing a store manager, Mr Raglus gave up his coffee job in Kyabram and took up the position.
“I left my job on Christmas Eve and I was in here a few days later,” Mr Raglus said.
Mr Raglus said the store had been flat-out ever since.
“You can’t keep up with the demand for burgers, chips and even focaccias, which have been a big hit,” he said.
“Everything is so healthy and fresh, people want to buy it when they see it.”
Despite suddenly quitting his job in Kyabram on Christmas Eve, Mr Raglus’ old regulars aren’t ready to say goodbye.
“I’ve had 12 drive the 45 minutes from Kyabram today to see me,” he said.
“The lovely Ky Red Hat Society ladies came out a few days ago too. They were just gorgeous.”
Beside the café sits the Australia Post section of the store, which is being run by another board member.
Postmaster Nathalie Ryan said the "secret was out" when it comes to the store.
“The truck drivers know they can park right out front and walk in to get a good coffee,” she said.
“We’re definitely a morning store.”
Currently Ms Ryan is training up a local, Abe Tuohey, to take over the majority of the post office workload.
“There has been no opportunity for Abe before because he is deaf, but these are the sorts of things you can achieve with a community store,” Ms Ryan said.
“We’ve gotten funding through JobAccess to get a talk-to-text machine for the counter, and Abe’s already doing the rural mail run.
“We hope to expand that to the point where he is dropping off fruits, vegetables and groceries to the farms.”
Allan and Lyn Shaw from Wodonga stopped in at the Colbinabbin General Store Co-op on their way to the Western Silo Art Trail.
“It’s our first time here, we stopped to see the silo art,” Mrs Shaw said.
“The coffee is very nice and so are the people.”
Tourists make up a large percentage of the store's customers, right behind truckies.
Peter Lear from Mooroopna and Vinny Farley from Heathcote pulled in for lunch.
“We were working out here and I know it has good coffee and good hospitality,” Mr Lear said.
Mr Farley said the Heathcote paper wrote about the store’s opening and everyone knew about it.
“I work here a fair bit and normally stop for lunch. A lot of people in Heathcote know a lot of people in Colbo so they try to support it,” he said.
The store is far from complete — new signs are set to be installed at the store soon and AUSLAN lessons are in the works for locals.
The Colbinabbin General Store Co-op can be found on the town's main street, across from the silos.
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