catgate Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 We had a trip to Filey to day. It was a very pleasant day and so off we went. We did not go the usual route, but instead went the pretty way, mainly via the lesser used B roads.As we were travelling along I became more and more aware of how many small businesses, set up to tempt the passing trade, seem to be totally incapable of being/doing just what they claim to be/do, such as Gallery (for what?), Lavender Farm, Pick Your Own (noses were never mentioned), Garden Centre and lots of others, without having to have “and Coffee Shop” added to their sign.It struck me as peculiar at first, but then I began wondered how other sorts of businesses would fare using the same plot. I began to visualise “Undetaker, Embalmer and Coffee Shop”, “Abattoir and Coffee Shop”, “Family Planning Clinic and Coffee Shop”, “Cat Neutering and Coffee Shop”, “Pile Clinic and Coffee Shop”. It certainly makes one think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 You should have popped into one and ordered a cup of Yorkshire tea - that would have confounded them..................... :lol: I take your point though - there truly are lots of small businesses who feel obligated, perhaps by "peer pressure" to set up a tea room cum coffee shop serving toasted tea cakes, sad sandwiches and so-called home made cakes/sponges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 There's a huge profit to be made in making a few cakes and sandwiches though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Maybe we am unusual in that we like to make a few hours out of a trip to a garden centre, especially if it is one some distance from home. We enjoy looking at the plants, followed by a meal or a pot of tea or coffee and a cake. If there is an aquarium centre there so much the better.What does annoy me is when supermarkets try to pinch all the locals business and close them down in the attempt. I refuse point blank to have anything to do with the modern supermarket trend to sell TV and allied electronic goods, cameras, clothes, DVDs and c d's, books, microwave cookers etc etc. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted September 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Maybe we am unusual in that we like to make a few hours out of a trip to a garden centre,.... So.....it am you holding up the progress of the caravan in front of me, slowing down not just me and those behind me but the caravan as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 There was a program on the box a few years ago about a smallish American town that had been doing OK until Wall Mart moved in, they forced all the other local traders out of business and having turned the place into a ghost town decided it wasn't profitable and moved on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 There was a program on the box a few years ago about a smallish American town that had been doing OK until Wall Mart moved in, they forced all the other local traders out of business and having turned the place into a ghost town decided it wasn't profitable and moved on.Happens around here with Teso Express.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 It nearly happened here in Duns. Asda wanted to build a big store. We all signed a petition and told them what they could do with their idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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