Stafford shops opening - Turning into a boom town?

Wormella

Wormella

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I've always thought a cafe of some kind on Weston rd would be useful - it used to be infuriating that I could walk from my house on St. Leonards to the Beaconside campus and not pass anywhere to grab a coffee
 
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Wormella said:
I've always thought a cafe of some kind on Weston rd would be useful - it used to be infuriating that I could walk from my house on St. Leonards to the Beaconside campus and not pass anywhere to grab a coffee
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First world issues?
 
Cue

Cue

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Would be interesting to see how much footfall it would get, we do already have a fair few cafes in much more accessible locations if you don't already live nearby...
 
gilbert grape

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Wormella said:
I've always thought a cafe of some kind on Weston rd would be useful - it used to be infuriating that I could walk from my house on St. Leonards to the Beaconside campus and not pass anywhere to grab a coffee
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The one round by the Beacon Centre on the science park does a cracking trade.
 
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markpa12003

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A shop selling doors is opening in the parade of shops opposite tk max.

A new barbers has also recently opened next door.
 
Mikinton

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1JKz said:
Never knew.
What's it called?

EDIT: i've just looked it up (i'm clever like that); Tasty Pantry
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I think the Tasty Pantry might be somewhere different. I say might .... when I worked on the Technology Park ten years ago, there was something around where the Tasty Pantry is, and another in the Beacon Centre (opposite where I worked). At the time, neither were anything to write home about. Gilbert Grape's comment about them doing a cracking trade may be more about the captive audience rather than the quality of the food on offer. But, as I say, it was 10 years ago.
 
Cue

Cue

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Mikinton said:
I think the Tasty Pantry might be somewhere different. I say might .... when I worked on the Technology Park ten years ago, there was something around where the Tasty Pantry is, and another in the Beacon Centre (opposite where I worked). At the time, neither were anything to write home about. Gilbert Grape's comment about them doing a cracking trade may be more about the captive audience rather than the quality of the food on offer. But, as I say, it was 10 years ago.
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The wife used to work in the tech park - Tasty Pantry was popular but crazy expensive. McGregors have a van that goes round and that was apparently very popular and far more affordable.

I still like my idea of grabbing one of the ground floor units, filling it with various vending machines (sandwiches, hot drinks, even a pizza vending machine because they do exist) and you'd make a killing simply by undercutting everyone else and being pretty much instant with little queuing.
 
1JKz

1JKz

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Cue said:
The wife used to work in the tech park - Tasty Pantry was popular but crazy expensive. McGregors have a van that goes round and that was apparently very popular and far more affordable.

I still like my idea of grabbing one of the ground floor units, filling it with various vending machines (sandwiches, hot drinks, even a pizza vending machine because they do exist) and you'd make a killing simply by undercutting everyone else and being pretty much instant with little queuing.
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Great idea, but you've got to be a massive corporate conglomerate, chuck shed loads of £'s(!) at it and put the idea in motion, wouldn't surprise me if Amazon have already thought of this, have it on lock-down and about to got global!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38212818
 
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markpa12003

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Not retail related but I'm really impressed with the upper floor conversion of the malt building. I'm in favour of converting vacant upper floors to a residential use.

Plus I had no idea that this building had undercroft parking.
 
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